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New Required Undergraduate Course at Jindal School Anchors Professional Development

Students who enroll in business schools often do so to prepare for a rewarding life and productive career. A new undergraduate course is being offered at The University of Texas at Dallas’ Naveen Jindal School of Management to help them build the communication and professional skills essential for success. Beginning this fall, all incoming freshmen […]

December 9th, 2025 | Academics, Featured, Students

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Strengthening Ties: UT Dallas, ECLAT Foundation, and a Mayoral Visit Celebrating Taiwanese Talent

Richardson Mayor Amir Omar, MBA’13, an Executive MBA alumnus from the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas, has actively engaged with the University’s international community, including Taiwanese students supported by ECLAT and related programs. Richardson Mayor Amir Omar engages with ECLAT students At a recent campus visit on Nov. […]

December 5th, 2025 | Events

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Team of Jindal School MBA Students Wins 2025 MBA Case Competition World Cup

Matthew Turner had never even heard of case competitions before he started his graduate studies at The University of Texas at Dallas and now the MBA program at the Naveen Jindal School of Management has equipped him to win them. He and his teammates recently took first place in the 2025 MBA Case Competition World […]

December 3rd, 2025 | Featured, Students

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Real Estate Programs at the Jindal School Build on Guttery’s Legacy

Ever since joining the faculty at the Naveen Jindal School of Management in 2012, Dr. Randall S. (Randy) Guttery has taught 4,900 students without having missed a single lecture — even teaching on crutches after surgeries. Extend that back to his time at the University of North Texas, and Guttery can claim 9,120 students and […]

December 2nd, 2025 | Academics, Faculty/Research

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Wildfire Smoke Prompts Temporary Shift Toward Green Purchases, Jindal School Research Shows

Whether a campfire gets left unattended or lightning strikes dry brush during a drought, people caught in the resulting wildfires are changing their shopping habits — not just by putting on masks but also by shopping for greener products, at least for a while. Findings from a recent study by researchers in the Naveen Jindal […]

November 19th, 2025 | Faculty/Research

Women in STEM at Jindal School Lead, Solve and Inspire

National STEM Day, celebrated Nov. 8 across the U.S., highlights the creativity and ingenuity needed to succeed in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. Falling on a weekend this year, it offered the accomplished women at the Naveen Jindal School of Management a moment to pause and reflect on what the day means to […]

November 17th, 2025 | Academics, Alumni, Faculty/Research, Students

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Students, Staff and Faculty Participate in First Annual JSOM Day of Service

Not even a drizzly Halloween morning could prevent dozens of Naveen Jindal School of Management students, staff and faculty members from volunteering as they traded business casual for work gloves and spent the day planting trees, cleaning gardens and packing meals for children in need. Students lend a hand with environmental initiatives with Texas Trees […]

November 10th, 2025 | Events

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Torch Passed in Jindal School’s Internal Auditing Education

After nearly 20 years with the Naveen Jindal School of Management and associate director of the school’s Center for Internal Auditing Excellence, Chris Linsteadt, MBA’96, MS’02, has retired. New faculty member and Jindal School alumnus Matthew (Matt) Paske, BS’08, MS’10, has been appointed as assistant director to replace him.

November 5th, 2025 | Faculty/Research

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Second Annual Cybersecurity Day Highlights AI, Risk and Career Insights

The Naveen Jindal School of Management will host its Second Annual Cybersecurity Day Nov. 4 in the Davidson Auditorium. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is designed to give students from The University of Texas at Dallas a front-row look at the fast-changing world of cybersecurity. Students will hear from two […]

October 28th, 2025 | Events

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Student Military Veterans Event Nov. 12 Will Impart Business Soft Skills

To celebrate Veteran’s Day (Nov. 11), the Career Management Center at The University of Texas at Dallas‘ Naveen Jindal School of Management will be supporting the UT Dallas chapter of the Student Veterans of America by holding an exclusive event on Nov. 12. All U.S military veterans associated with UT Dallas — students, alumni, faculty […]

October 24th, 2025 | Events, Students

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Jindal School Alumnus Grows Pain-Recovery Business

After years of battling chronic pain, Leon Jacobson, MBA’22, decided to turn his struggle into a startup. The Naveen Jindal School of Management alumnus recently raised $540,000 to fund Dallas-based Nerveli and change how people recover from pain. Trey Bowles (left) and Leon Jacobson Although Jacobson calls the latest fundraising round “a nice milestone,” he […]

October 21st, 2025 | Alumni

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Jindal School Adds 15 New Faculty Members

The Naveen Jindal School of Management welcomed 16 new faculty members to its roster this fall. They bring research and teaching expertise in accounting, finance, information systems, marketing, operations, supply chain and organizational management. From exploring the role of artificial intelligence in business to improving healthcare systems and understanding market behavior, these faculty members join […]

October 17th, 2025 | Faculty/Research

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Dr. Suresh Sethi Honored for Long-time Service to Jindal School

Suresh Sethi’s Selfie with Conference Participants A recent celebration at the Naveen Jindal School of Management honored the 80th birthday — and distinguished career — of long-time faculty member Dr. Suresh Sethi, Eugene McDermott Distinguished Chair and a professor in the Operations and Supply Chain Management (OM) Academic Area. The Sept. 26-28 event was held […]

October 14th, 2025 | Events, Faculty/Research

From AI to SPACs, Boards Face a New Era of Governance

The Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance at the Naveen Jindal School of Management presented its 23rd Annual Corporate Governance Conference Sept. 24. It tied together diverse but connected threads — from academic research to family office partnerships, corporate foundations, AI in the boardroom, and special-purpose acquisition companies (SPAC). The event’s unifying theme was that governance itself is […]

October 9th, 2025 | Events

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Jindal School Celebrates Golden Age of Artificial Intelligence with Inaugural AI Day

The Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas will present its inaugural Artificial Intelligence (AI) Day Oct. 28, bringing together industry leaders, researchers and students for a daylong look at how AI is reshaping business, technology, education and society. Hasan Pirkul  “The rise of AI is one of the most […]

October 3rd, 2025 | Events

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Jain Family Foundation Supports 50 UT Dallas Graduate Students with New Fellowship

The financial load for 50 graduate students in the Naveen Jindal School of Management has been lightened thanks to a generous gift from Anurag and Gunjan Jain. Dr. Hasan Pirkul, Caruth Chair and Jindal School dean, held a reception Sept. 10 in the Jindal School’s Executive Dining Room to celebrate the gift and introduce the […]

September 23rd, 2025 | Development

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Jindal School MBA Surges in Bloomberg Businessweek Rankings

Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2025-26 Best B-Schools rankings are in, and the Naveen Jindal School of Management’s Full-Time MBA program has surged upward, now ranking No. 12 among public universities and 32nd overall. Among U.S. public university programs, the ranking, released Sept. 16, shows that the Jindal School’s MBA moved up eight places among publics and 14 […]

September 17th, 2025 | Academics

Jindal School Marketing Sophomore Jane Burkhardt Takes Helm at UTD Mercury

You might not think to look for a newspaper editor in the Naveen Jindal School of Management, but Jane Burkhardt, a marketing sophomore, takes over as editor-in-chief of The Mercury, The University of Texas at Dallas’ official student-run newspaper, this fall. Established in 1980, it had been silent for the past year. “While The Mercury […]

September 16th, 2025 | Students

Sameer Ranjan

Jindal School Alumnus Builds AI-Powered HR Framework to Predict Workforce Needs

A new platform and methodology that connects existing human resources information systems with artificial intelligence has been developed by a Naveen Jindal School of Management alumnus. It is poised to propel the field into the predictive analytics era — while creating opportunities for fellow Jindal School graduates to navigate today’s challenging job market. Sameer Ranjan […]

September 10th, 2025 | Alumni

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