Texas Business Hall of Fame Scholars Began With Bright Ideas in the Food Biz
A Jindal School MBA student and a recent graduate of the Erik Jonsson School will be the 2021 UT Dallas recipients of Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation Scholar Awards meant to encourage their entrepreneurial efforts.
Jindal School Junior Wins Collegiate Marketer of the Year Award
A marketing and global business junior recently won the 2021 Collegiate Marketer of the Year Award from the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the American Marketing Association. Jindal School students have earned the award eight times in the last decade.
External Relations and Development Teams Earn Marketing Association Award
Efforts to make the Jindal School’s annual major fundraiser, Scholarship Breakfast, a success in 2020 despite COVID-19 were recognized with an award from the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the American Marketing Association.
Undergrad Marketing Students Win Corporate Social Responsibility Award
For student and faculty work assisting nonprofits, the Jindal School’s undergraduate program in marketing won the 2021 Corporate Social Responsibility Marketing Award from the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the American Marketing Association.
Lifetime Award Honors Associate Dean’s Achievements
A lifetime achievement award from the DFW Alliance of Women and Technology recognizes Associate Dean Diane McNulty’s enduring commitment to elevating women, assisting the alliance and serving UT Dallas and the Jindal School.
Jindal School Earns Top Learning and Networking Scores in New Bloomberg Rankings
The Jindal School moved ahead four places in new Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-School MBA rankings. The school placed first in learning and fourth in networking among the 84 programs included in U.S. regional rankings.
Scholarships Boost Accounting Students’ Balance Sheets
Accounting students headed toward careers as CPAs and auditors scored scholarships this fall from three of those professions’ top funding supporters. Recipients benefited from good grades, extracurricular activities and strong résumés.
JSOM Business Simulation Training Tallies Another Victory
JSOM student and Spring Capsim Foundation Challenge winner Timothy Shiveley prevailed over hundreds of other contestants in 10 countries to run a simulated company and make it the leader in the online competition.
Global Leadership MBA Program Earns Two New Online Ranking Recognitions
The Global Leadership MBA program earned top spots in new online MBA rankings from QS and Fortune. Program Director Rhonda Bush credits the program’s diversity, flexibility and growing appeal among women among its success factors.
Latest App Technology Front and Center in New Business-Process-Automation Course
Students use artificial intelligence, machine learning and low-code app development to create business-process automation in a new JSOM business analytics course.
Award-Winning Study Shows Green-Patent Results Don’t Square for Energy Industry
An award-winning patent study by a Jindal School researcher shows that traditional energy companies are leading green innovators whose advances are not being fairly considered in the world of socially responsible investments.
U.S. News Grad School Rankings Confirm JSOM’s Standing as a Top National Brand
The 2022 Best Graduate School rankings from U.S. News bolster the Jindal School’s national standing and make it the most highly ranked school in North Texas, with the Full-Time MBA program placing among the top 15 U.S. public universities.
Alum Recognized for Highest Score on Certification Exam
MS in Accounting degree alumnus Joshua Castille earned the highest score of any student who took the Certified Internal Auditor exam in 2019. The Institute of Internal Auditors recognized his achievement at its annual conference.
Jindal School Among Top 40 U.S. Schools in Financial Times Rankings
Steadily climbing the Financial Times Global MBA rankings, JSOM this year placed in the top 40 U.S. schools, the top 20 U.S. public schools and the top five research schools around the world.
Dallas 500 List of Influencers Includes Jindal School Dean
Jindal School Dean Hasan Pirkul, UT Dallas President Richard C. Benson and other leaders with JSOM ties are recognized in the 2021 Dallas 500 list, which celebrates a broad spectrum of people in the vanguard of business in North Texas.
Sales Students Score Top Wins at Annual Competition
The 2020 International Collegiate Sales Competition won the case-management contest and placed second in the World Cup of Sales.
Information Systems Researcher Wins Early Career Award
An information systems faculty member widely known for his research on digital piracy recently earned an honor marking him as intellectual leader in the making. Dr. Atanu Lahiri won the Sandra A. Slaughter Early Career Award last month.
Senior Wins National Contest Showcasing U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
A Jindal School senior won a national essay contest by focusing on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal that targets natural resources, waste reduction and recycling and tying that goal to remanufacturing standards.
JSOM Pair Studies Motivations and Methodologies of Property Tax Protests
A study of property tax protests by a Jindal School professor, PhD student and a research associate examined the decision-making behind disputed tax bills. Their work looked at hassle factors, aids to effective protesting and more.
Welcome Back: Be Sure to Raise Your (Virtual) Hand
Welcome to fall semester, Jindal School students. You have many options to learn and many opportunities to shine. Whether in class in person or attending online, Senior Associate Dean Monica Powell encourages your participation.
Business Leadership Group Phi Beta Lambda Pivots — and Prevails — at State
The Texas division of Phi Beta Lambda had to find a way to do its annual state conference virtually this year. Despite the difficulties involved, UT Dallas competitors showed their Comet spirit and scored more than 20 top finishes.
Robust Response as OWLIEs Go Virtual
Enthusiastic shout-outs and spontaneous bursts of support made the Naveen Jindal School of Management’s sixth annual OWLIE Awards a spirited virtual watch party that had the audience rooting for favorites and congratulating winners in real-time.
Full-Time MBA Program Moves Up Five Places in U.S. News Rankings
The Jindal School’s Full-Time MBA Program moved forward five places in 2021 U.S. News & World Report Rankings of graduate business schools. Dean Hasan Pirkul attributes the jump to a four-year effort to give students more opportunities.
Strategic Management Online Contest Grows in Popularity, Gains No. 4 Winner
Efforts to get more Jindal School undergraduate and graduate students to enter an online contest based on their strategic management course yielded more entrants and more top finishers. One Jindal School student finished No. 4 in the world.
Jindal School in Top 10 in US News 2020 Online Rankings
Both the Naveen Jindal School of Management’s online MBA program and its other online graduate programs ranked No. 6 in 2020 rankings recently released by U.S. News & World Report.
Jindal School Professor Honored as DSI Fellow
Jindal School Professor Kathryn E. Stecke was recently elected a fellow of the Decision Sciences Institute. It was the third fellow designation Stecke has earned for her research and professional contributions to her field.
Jindal School Alumnus Earns Research Fellowship
MS graduate Gabriel Castaneda is the fourth Jindal School student to have won a research fellowship from the Global Association of Risk Professionals after taking the Numerical and Statistical Analysis in Finance course from Dr. Liping Ma.
Online MBA Student Wins Capsim Simulation Challenge
Jindal School online MBA student Brendan Wiley placed first — with the highest score to date — in an online competition that tested more than 320 contestants from 83 universities on their ability to run a multimillion-dollar simulated company.
New Alliance With Tech Community Benefits MS in ITM Program
A search for more industry mentors led the Jindal School’s MS in Information and Technology Management program into a partnership with the Dallas Technology Ball that has so far netted the program fundraising proceeds and scholarships.
Winning App Launches JSOM Student as an Augmented Reality Entrepreneur
Jindal School graduate student Elaine Wang’s need to know about augmented reality turned into a passion to start her own business using the technology. That fervor fueled development of a mobile app and a prize-winning start as an AR entrepreneur.
Marketing Class Competition Pairs Students with Golin’s Pros
A study of Twitter data had marketing students and their professional mentors analyzing “accelerants of relevance,” all the traits that might cause a piece of news to go viral on social media.
Marketing Competition Offers Training — and Prize Money!
Learn more about the Morris Hite Center-IBM Marketing Customer Insights Competition on Saturday, May 7.
Two Jindal School Teams Headed to Regionals of Contest for Social Good
The first Hult Prize Challenge on the UT Dallas campus brought together organizers from the Entrepreneurship Club at the Jindal School. First place winners of the competition will win $1 million in seed money. Who will win?
Executive MBA Student Places Second in International Contest
It was a close call for John Setty, but he ultimately came out as a winner. Read how this Executive MBA alumnus won second place in the Fall 2015 CAPSIM Foundation Challenge.
JSOM Team Places Third in Real Estate Competition
A team of four JSOM students placed third in the annual real estate case study competition winning $2,000 and student ICSC memberships for a year! How they got there wasn’t a walk in the park. Read more to see what these students went through.
JSOM Faculty Member Earns Accounting Educator of the Year Award
Faculty member Kathy Zolton has won the TSCPA Outstanding Accounting Educator of the Year Award for her creative teaching, contributions to the accounting curriculum and outstanding volunteer service to low-income taxpayers across Dallas.
Two JSOM Alumni Win CFO of the Year Awards
Two Naveen Jindal School of Management alumni have been named winners of 2015 Dallas Business Journal CFO of the Year Awards.
Five JSOM Alumni Nominated for CFO of the Year Awards
Five of the finalists for the Dallas Business Journal CFO of the Year awards are JSOM Alumni! Read more about their success here.
Decade Award Honors Scholarly Influence of Prof’s Research
Professor Eric W. K. Tsang has accrued an impressive number of awards for his research. Read about his latest award from the Academy of Management for his paper “Social Capital, Networks and Knowledge Transfer.”
Accounting Prof Earns Outstanding Paper Award
JSOM Accounting professor John Gamino earned an Outstanding Paper Award from the American Taxation Association. Find out more about this prestigious honor in our latest blog post.
Information Systems Prof Wins Best Paper Award
Jianqing Chen, associate professor of information systems, won the best paper award from the Ninth China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM), held in Hefei in June. Read more about his paper topic here.
