Faculty Media Mentions

Colleges and universities can commit their land or endowment funds to kick-start local affordable-housing efforts, according to a report co-authored by Eric Maribojoc, executive director of the Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship.

In this piece for CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor blog, Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer and students Zihan Chen and Yuyi Shi examined the relationship between where bitcoin mining was conducted and how the performance of the local equity markets correlated with bitcoin prices. 

Mehmet Altug, associate professor of information systems and operations management, comments on the potential visious cycle retailers may find themselves in when offloading excess inventory at low prices in an article for Modern Retail.

Accounting Instructor Kevin Matthews was quoted in TheStreet in an article about good tax breaks to take.

Assistant professor Sarah Wittman talks about her research "Job Transitions and the Lingering Identity" on an episode of the Workplace Perspective podcast.

Accounting Instructor Kevin Matthews comments on the IRS' taxpayer service in this piece for Accounting Today.

Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer shares insignts about IRAs in this piece for TheStreet.com.

Sarah Wittman, assistant professor of management, appeared on an episode of The Fix podcast to discuss her research on how work plays a huge role in shaping our identities, relationships, and sense of belonging. 

Gautham Vadakkepatt, associate professor of marketing and director of the Center for Retail Transformation was named a Top Retail Influencer for 2023 by RetinkRetail. The list is comprised of retail experts, consultants, analysts, academics, journalists, and thought leaders who are making an impact in retail in 2023.

Many investors assume the best mutual funds for their taxes are the funds with the least trading. But that isn’t always the case. Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer explains in an article for the Wall Street Journal.

Stocks that end up in a short squeeze tend to exhibit two well-known determinants: They have high short interest and are thinly traded. But do other factors come into play? Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer and students Tao Wei and Junchen Xia wondered whether certain macro conditions might correlate with greater numbers of short squeezes or if short squeezes were more common in particular sectors and shared their analysis in CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor Blog.

School of Business deans, faculty, and staff wrote an article for AACSB Insights on how business schools can help universities, students, and other stakeholders navigate the ongoing unbundling of higher education.