UT Dallas News Center is an official news voice of The University of Texas at Dallas. http://www.utdallas.edu/news/ http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/2/3-15521_New-Media-Rewriting-the-Ad-Playbook-for-Super-Bowl_article-wide.html This year's Super Bowl ads are using a variety of tools that go far beyond the traditional TV commercial, said Abhi Biswas, a UT Dallas marketing professor in the Naveen Jindal School of Management. Companies have been using social media and targeted marketing to whet the public's appetite for game-day ads. ]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/2/3-15561_Citigroup-Whistleblower-Now-a-Jindal-School-of-Man_article.html Richard Bowen, a former vice president at Citigroup, tried to warn the bank's senior management and board of directors about the increasing levels of defective mortgages he was seeing. The news program, 60 Minutes, recently featured his experiences in a story focusing on why large Wall Street banks have not been prosecuted under the Sarbanes-Oxley law. Bowen, who also testified before a congressional commission and is now a professor of accounting at UT Dallas, on Feb. 6 will offer a glimpse behind the scenes of the troubled mortgage industry at the heart of the nation's financial meltdown. ]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/1/31-15421_Envoy-Hopes-to-Put-Africa-on-the-Map-for-Business-_article-wide.html Extolling the virtues of her home continent and her home country, the Zambian ambassador to the U.S. recently exhorted a largely student audience at UT Dallas to "think of Africa as your next employer." "This is the continent people are calling the next frontier," Ambassador Sheila Siwela told listeners who had come to the Naveen Jindal School of Management to hear her speak on the business outlook in Africa. "There's more to it than the Lion King and Tarzan." ]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/1/30-15361_Profs-Study-How-to-Build-a-Better-Online-Forum_article.html Two UT Dallas professors received a best-paper award at the annual Information Systems Society Conference for research aimed at helping companies determine when to offer expert assistance to online forums. The two information systems professors - Dr. Vijay Mookerjee and his wife, Dr. Radha Mookerjee - worked on the paper with Dr. Wael Jabr, a PhD alumnus of the Naveen Jindal School of Management. ]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/1/26-15291_New-Chair-Brings-Tech-Expertise-to-Jindal-Council_article.html For incoming Naveen Jindal School of Management Advisory Council Chairman Skip Moore, staying ahead of the technological curve will be the key to continued success for the school. Moore, a partner at Deloitte Services LP, leads the firm's technology, media and telecommunications practice in the Mid-America region. He is excited to continue building the symbiotic relationship that the advisory council has helped to develop during the past few years between the Jindal School and the business community. ]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/1/24-15191_Team-Prescribes-Best-Medicine-in-Healthcare-Contes_article.html Hard-nosed economics and ethical judgment calls helped a team of Naveen Jindal School of Management students win a case competition that asked competitors to distribute $500 million in make-believe money throughout a hypothetical hospital system. The graduate-student team tied for first place and earned $3,000 in the second annual contest sponsored by the North Texas chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives. The three-judge panel at the Nov. 17 event awarded both first-place teams the full top-place cash prize, North Texas ACHE Coordinator Lisa Cox said. ]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/1/23-15171_Largest-Ever-Cohort-Named-to-Fall-Deans-List_article.html For the fall 2011 semester, 792 undergraduate students made the dean's list at UT Dallas. It is the single largest group named to the list in the University's history, up by more than 100 students over fall 2010 and up 27 percent since fall 2007. Dr. Sheila Amin Gutierrez de Pineres, dean of Undergraduate Education at the University said the increase is directly tied to the University's enrollment growth. ]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/1/18-15081_Fraud-Risk-Plan-Wins-High-Marks-in-CPA-Competition_article.html A UT Dallas team's plan to steer a freewheeling Texas construction company back onto a straight-and-narrow path to success recently earned the students third place in a national case competition. Highly Debticated, the foursome from Naveen Jindal School of Management, won $2,500 in the contest, the second annual American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' collegiate accounting competition. ]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/1/17-15011_Begin-the-New-Year-with-a-Plan-in-Case-of-Emergenc_article.html Experts from the UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management urge taking stock of your belongings and preserving your key documents in case disaster should strike. "When I used to work as a financial planner, one of the things that I did with clients was put together a risk management plan," says Pickens, who is a Certified Financial Planner, retirement counselor and accredited financial counselor. ]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/1/10-14681_Course-to-Teach-Business-Undergrads-How-to-Manage-_article-wide.html When one class of business school students return to campus next week, assignments for the new semester won't be the only thing up in the air. The Naveen Jindal School of Management is offering an Enterprise Resource Planning course, beginning in the spring, to teach students how to use cloud computing technology, a fast-growing field in which data and processes are hosted remotely on the Web. ]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/12/19-14811_UT-Dallas-Family-Friends-Celebrate-Newest-Grads_article.html Family and friends worked to contain their excitement as they watched UT Dallas' newest graduates walk across a stage decorated with poinsettias. A weekend of commencement ceremonies honored more than 1,800 UT Dallas students, the largest fall graduating class to date. ]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/12/15-14731_Container-Store-CEO-Pitches-Conscious-Capitalism_article.html When Kip Tindell says, "Fill the other guy's basket to the brim," he's not talking about a basket at the Container Store, the retailer that he heads as CEO and that specializes in selling storage products for the organizationally challenged. Tindell spoke last week about "Conscious Capitalism at the Container Store" at the Andrew R. Cecil Lecture Series, held at the Naveen Jindal School of Management. ]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/12/15-14741_Efficiency-is-the-Watchword-for-Business-Idea-Cont_article-wide.html Both winning teams at the Fifth Annual UT Dallas Business Idea Competition captured their prizes by seeking more efficiency from modern living. The first-place graduate team focused on cost savings and clean energy when members planned solar panel-covered parking structures for businesses. The first-place undergraduate team aimed for reducing restaurant waits by devising a smartphone app for ordering food in advance. ]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/12/12-14641_Authors-Talk-to-Conclude-Minority-Finance-Series_article.html Author Dr. Dennis Kimbro will discuss the keys to success for people like Oprah Winfrey, Jesse Jackson and Spike Lee during an appearance at the UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management. Kimbro's talk, "Strategies for Extraordinary Achievement," is the culminating event of a wealth management workshop series at UT Dallas. ]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/12/7-14551_Management-Alumnus-Provides-Winning-Suggestion_article.html A tip from an alumnus turned into $10,000 for a team of UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management students recently when they won the inaugural healthcare case competition organized by insurer and medical services provider Humana Inc. MBA graduate Adam Rivon immediately thought of his alma mater when he learned that his employer, Humana, was launching an annual contest to gauge graduate students' abilities to build viable business opportunities from healthcare challenges. ]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:00:00 -0600