2019 Scholarship Breakfast: Former Dallas Mayor Emphasizes Need for Education
Former Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings tied education to economic viability in a keynote conversation at the Jindal School’s major annual fundraiser, the Scholarship Breakfast. The event raised enough to provide scholarships for more than 40 students.
Staying Ahead of the Future — Institute Panel Probes Workplace Change
The Jindal School’s Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance hosted a panel discussion featuring experts who examined the workplace, the future of work, technological advances, business transformation, the speed of change and more.
JSOM Internship Expo Creates Opportunities for Students and Employers
The Jindal School’s Undergraduate Internship Expo brought together 1,500 students and recruiters from more than 50 companies. The expo helped students practice networking skills, and it helped employers find students to fill internships.
Institute’s Innovate(her) Program Earns Tech Titan Award
The Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s Innovate(her) program for middle-school girls won a university-level Tech Titan award for to steering students toward and inspiring them to pursue engineering and technology-related disciplines.
Sales Students Benefit From Artificial Intelligence Tools
Students in Jindal School of Management sales courses are reaping rewards from artificial intelligence technology that can analyze their sales calls and role-plays.Their efforts are to be featured in a video by the company that makes the technology.
Seven Dallas ISD Students Commit to UT Dallas as Jindal Young Scholars
The Jindal Young Scholars Program, an outreach initiative that helps Dallas Independent School District students prepare for college, welcomed it second cohort recently. Seven DISD students signed letters of intent to enroll at UT Dallas this fall.
UT Dallas Excels at DECA Conference—With Freshmen Leading the Way
Freshmen members of the UT Dallas DECA chapter won all the first-, second- and third-place prizes the chapter earned at the 2019 DECA International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Fla. In all, 34 UT Dallas students competed at the event.
Jindal School Alumnus Receives a ‘40 Under 40’ Award
Jindal School alumnus Ron Parikh, BS ’01, has been named a 2019 ‘40 Under 40’ honoree by the Dallas Business Journal. Award recipients, chosen from several hundred nominees, are influential young leaders in North Texas.
Leadership, Debt and ‘Trumponomics’ Top Topics at IECG Conference
Headliners at JSOM’s Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance annual conference included former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and Federal Reserve Board nominee Stephen Moore.
Students Demonstrate High Level of Preparation at UT Dallas Big Idea Competition
The 12th annual UT Dallas Big Idea Competition featured eight teams who vied for $60,000 in prizes before a full house in the ATEC Lecture Hall. Teams competed before a panel of seven judges who included Netflix TV star and entrepreneur Tan France.
Panelists Share Messages of Empowerment, Support in Women to Women Event
Three female executives sharing stories at a Women to Women event hosted by the Jindal School’s Career Management Center encouraged audience members to speak up, find a mentor and support other professionals in their workplace in order to thrive.
$3 Million Gift Establishes Herbert D. Weitzman Institute for Real Estate at JSOM
North Texas real estate luminaries Donna and Herb Weitzman have given the Jindal School a $3 million gift that will establish the Herbert D. Weitzman Institute for Real Estate. JSOM Dean Hasan Pirkul announced the gift at the Scholarship Breakfast.
Emerging Technologies Summit Showcases AI, Blockchain and Fintech Innovations
Don Tapscott, a leader in spotting digital innovation’s impact, headlined at the Emerging Technologies Summit at UT Dallas. The summit included experts in artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain and distributed ledger technologies.
Jindal School Launches New Business Economics Concentration
Graduates with analytical and applied business skills in fields including finance, banking, planning and management are in demand, which is one reason why Dr. Peter Lewin is starting a new undergraduate concentration in business economics
