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Event Offers Undergraduates Insights into Jindal School’s Fast-Track Program

Event Offers Undergraduates Insights into Jindal School’s Fast-Track Program

Fast-track is not just a colorful term for accelerating a process toward a particular goal or milestone; it is a structured pathway at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, one that is designed to help ambitious undergraduate students shorten the time and reduce the cost needed to earn a master’s degree. The Jindal School will […]

Key Promotions Made in Strategic Move to Advance Jindal School Graduate Programs

Key Promotions Made in Strategic Move to Advance Jindal School Graduate Programs

Hasan Pirkul The recent retirement of Dr. Monica Powell, graduate dean of the Naveen Jindal School of Management since 2009 and the senior associate dean since 2015, created both challenges and opportunities for Dr. Hasan Pirkul, Caruth Chair and Jindal School dean, to maintain the high level of service that the school has always provided […]

Productivity in Operations Management Area Reflects Jindal School’s Rise in Research Productivity Rankings

Productivity in Operations Management Area Reflects Jindal School’s Rise in Research Productivity Rankings

For the past six years, the Naveen Jindal School of Management has maintained a top 5 ranking in the UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings™ and has been at No. 2 for the past two years. Those rankings — placing the school near the top of the world’s most productive business schools that conduct […]

Jindal School Programs’ New Names Reflect Their Customizable Options

Jindal School Programs’ New Names Reflect Their Customizable Options

The Global Leadership Programs in the Naveen Jindal School of Management’s Executive Education Area recently changed names to better reflect the numerous changes and benefits that the program has been offering for several years. The Global Leadership MBA (GLEMBA) has been rebranded as the Customized Online MBA. The program’s other graduate offerings — the Master’s […]

Switzerland Trip Leaves Lasting Impression on Physicians Studying Business at the Jindal School

Switzerland Trip Leaves Lasting Impression on Physicians Studying Business at the Jindal School

During a recent trip to Switzerland, students and faculty of the Jindal School’s APL program were treated to spectacular views of the Swiss Alps A recent trip to Switzerland by students in the Alliance for Physician Leadership program at the Naveen Jindal School of Management — all the physicians are pursuing MBA/master of science double […]

Supply Chain Management Programs at the Jindal School Highly Placed in Industry Expert’s Ranking

Supply Chain Management Programs at the Jindal School Highly Placed in Industry Expert’s Ranking

A new ranking of university supply chain management programs has put both the graduate and undergraduate programs from the Naveen Jindal School of Management among the very elite in the nation. Gartner, a business management consulting firm based in Stamford, Connecticut, released its biennial Gartner Supply Chain University Top 25 (registration required) June 26, placing […]

New Program at the Jindal School Develops Future Industry Leaders

New Program at the Jindal School Develops Future Industry Leaders

The inaugural cohort of Nash Leaders in the Naveen Jindal School of Management was fêted May 10 at the Nash Leaders Reception in the Executive Dining Room. Each of the 17 honorees was also awarded a $1,000 education stipend, given a Tiffany’s pin and a leadership book inscribed with a personal note from program founder […]

Inaugural Low Code Weekend Bridges the Gap Between Education and Industry

Inaugural Low Code Weekend Bridges the Gap Between Education and Industry

“Low on code, high on value” was the core message of the inaugural Low Code Weekend hosted by the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas April 5-6. The event brought together industry leaders and educators to explore the future of low-code development platforms and their impact on the workforce, […]

FinHack 2024 Challenges and Encourages UT Dallas Students

FinHack 2024 Challenges and Encourages UT Dallas Students

Students from The University of Texas at Dallas got little sleep and plenty of encouragement at FinHack 2024, a competition presented by the Naveen Jindal School of Management’s Finance Lab. Held April 5-6, the third annual “hackathon” — a social-coding event in which students attempted to solve business problems with their financial and technology skills.  […]

Rigorous Preparation Earns Jindal School Sales Team High Placements in National Competition

Rigorous Preparation Earns Jindal School Sales Team High Placements in National Competition

A student team from the Naveen Jindal School of Management chalked up impressive placements in the National Sales Collegiate Competition in Kennesaw, Georgia March 8-11. Universities from the U.S., Canada and The Netherlands competed. From left: Semira Amirpour, Noah Holt, Howard Dover Noah Holt, a marketing senior, finished in a second-place tie in the final […]

Graduate Students from Jindal School Address a Real-World Problem

Graduate Students from Jindal School Address a Real-World Problem

Taking on challenges outside of the classroom can be daunting, yet highly rewarding. Front Row (from left): Supreeth Nimmagadda, Phani Sankula, Abhinava Kanumuru, Anusha Kalakota, Varsha Ramanathan, Purushi Doddanna, John Jennings, Joe Sepulveda.Back Row (from left): Russell Wood, Ari Reuben, Kennedy Bruce, Kannan Ramanathan, Keith Barker, Chong Lee Select students in the Naveen Jindal School […]

Two-Day Event at Jindal School Hones Students’ Sales Skills

Two-Day Event at Jindal School Hones Students’ Sales Skills

Steven Eismont, judge and senior recruiter at Spectrum Enterprise, interacts with Advanced Selling student Ved Potdar The Center for Professional Sales at the Naveen Jindal School of Management is designed to improve the sales philosophy and techniques of its students. The students recently showcased what they have learned with a two-day Pro Sales competition held Feb. […]

Winning Team of UTDsolv Senior Capstone Project Honored by Town of Prosper, Texas

Winning Team of UTDsolv Senior Capstone Project Honored by Town of Prosper, Texas

JSOM students and faculty with Leigh Johnson, left, and Mayor David Bristol (right), who read a proclamation at the Prosper town hall meeting recognizing the students for their efforts. The town of Prosper, Texas, during its town hall meeting, issued a proclamation offering thanks to the Naveen Jindal School of Management’s winning team of the […]

Jindal School’s Finance Lab Workshop offers Insights from Alumni and Resources

Jindal School’s Finance Lab Workshop offers Insights from Alumni and Resources

New and returning finance and managerial economics students at the Naveen Jindal School of Management began their spring semester with a Finance Lab Kickoff Event that featured insights from alumni guest speakers and an introduction to lab resources tailored to their professional development.  Liping Ma opened the kickoff event with an introduction of the emcees, […]

Rwanda Excursion Broadens Jindal School Students’ Global Perspective

Rwanda Excursion Broadens Jindal School Students’ Global Perspective

Learning for students at the Naveen Jindal School of Management is not always contained within the four walls of a classroom. Sometimes, JSOM students’ experience is not even restricted to the U.S. border. Led by Dr. Habte Woldu, a clinical professor in the Jindal School’s Organizations, Strategy and International Management Area, and accompanied by Hubert […]

Resilience Leads to Competition Success for Jindal School Student

Resilience Leads to Competition Success for Jindal School Student

Angellina Mackinaw Angellina Mackinaw, an accounting senior at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, recently competed against hundreds of students from around the world and was ranked fourth in the finals of the 2023 Capsim Foundation Fall Challenge.  The biannual challenge, sponsored and run by Chicago-based simulation and assessment firm Capsim, is open to students […]

Event Showcases Real-World Projects Led by Jindal School Seniors

Event Showcases Real-World Projects Led by Jindal School Seniors

A recent event held by UTDsolv at the Naveen Jindal School of Management showcased projects in which teams of seniors collaborated throughout semester with industry professionals. Students utilized the knowledge and skills acquired in their undergraduate academic careers to solve real-world business problems.

Photo of From left: Capstone Expo Judges Adam Camarena and Ray Hemmig posing with first place winner, Town of Prosper project team members, Srivani Ganapavarapu and Shriya Jejurkar (Team Lead)

Jindal School Event Introduces Student Participants to Sales Process

Jindal School Event Introduces Student Participants to Sales Process

Jeans were gone, replaced by dark suits. Slouching was corrected, replaced with squared shoulders. Casual attitudes were gone, replaced by resolute faces and some well-placed nervousness. Students in the MKT 3330 Intro to Professional Selling course dressed for success in preparation for their Rookie Preview role play Welcome to Rookie Preview, a special day in […]

Jindal School’s Online MBA Program Ranked Third in the Nation

Jindal School’s Online MBA Program Ranked Third in the Nation

Poets&Quants, an online publication that reports on the graduate business education market, has ranked The University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management No. 3 on its recently released list of the Best Online MBA Programs for 2024. It is the highest ranking on the list to date for the school and the […]

Popup Art Gallery at Jindal School benefits Homeless and At-Risk Individuals

Popup Art Gallery at Jindal School benefits Homeless and At-Risk Individuals

An in-class project undertaken by Naveen Jindal School of Management students raised $1,085 for The Stewpot, a nonprofit program that benefits homeless and at-risk individuals in Dallas.  Paintings on display at the JSOM Stewpot Gallery Students in Dr. Julie Haworth’s Social Impact Marketing (MKT 4360) course hosted The JSOM Stewpot Art Gallery Nov. 9 in […]

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