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Posted by Clear Admit on February 9, 2012, at 3:00 am Posted in:  Campus Chronicles , School: NYU Stern Welcome back to Campus Chronicles, Clear Admit’s weekly run-down of events courtesy of an MBA student newspaper. This week, we’re featuring the top headlines from The Stern Opportunity. Thomas Sargent, Stern’s William R. Berkley Professor of Economics and Business, collected a Nobel Prize at the end of 2011. Sargent’s research on the macroeconomy, completed in conjunction with colleague Christopher Sims of Princeton, won the pair this high honor. » Continue reading  Posted by Clear Admit on February 2, 2012, at 3:00 am Posted in: Campus Chronicles , School: Penn / Wharton Welcome to this Wednesday’s Campus Chronicles, where today we scan the latest copy of The Wharton Journal for all the news about MBA students at the Wharton School. A group of Wharton students has established the First Wharton Latin America Private Equity Competition, to be held this Saturday. With the Private Equity Conference taking place tomorrow, the students wanted “to put a Latin spin on an existing activity,” bringing together Wharton MBA hopefuls and PE funds in Latin America. The judges will be private equity professionals from key U.S. cities and Wharton’s network in Latin America. Teams from Booth, MIT Sloan, Kellogg, Columba, Stanford, London Business School and Harvard Business School will be competing with Wharton students in a two-stage competition: The winner will receive $2,000 and the second place finalist $1,000. » Continue reading Posted by Clear Admit on January 26, 2012, at 3:00 am Posted in: Campus Chronicles , School: Michigan / Ross Campus Chronicles is back on the weekly beat to find MBA student news, and this week’s edition comes from The Monroe Street Journal, the news outlet of theMBA students of the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. R&B’s Detroit 2012 SHIFT was held in Ann Arbor and Detroit last Friday and Saturday. This two-day annual conference of the Revitalization & Business Initiative, a group founded by Ross in 2010, commenced in Detroit on January 19 with a keynote address by Dan Gilbert, the CEO of Quicken Loans. » Continue reading Posted by Clear Admit on January 19, 2012, at 3:00 am Posted in: Campus Chronicles , School: Harvard , School: London Business School , School: Penn / Wharton Welcome back to Campus Chronicles. As student papers have slowed their production due to the winter break, this week’s edition will offer a selection of student perspectives gained through immersion in new places and experiences and over the course of their studies at leading MBA programs. While The Harbus features letters from several students spending time abroad as part of their FIELD programs, one student admits that he was a “Field 2 Skeptic.” Jehan deFonseka ’12 confesses that he was unconvinced that he would gain an in-depth understanding of the businesses or culture of a country in a week, among other concerns. However, deFonseka’s week spent in Mumbai made him realize that these issues didn’t “[come] to matter much” » Continue reading Posted by Clear Admit on January 12, 2012, at 3:00 am Posted in: Campus Chronicles , School: Harvard Campus Chronicles takes a gander at The Harbus today for an overview of what’s unfolding at HBS as seen through the eyes of its MBA students. Ground was broken just last month for Tata Hall thanks to the generosity of Ratan Tata. Tata graduated from HBS’s Advanced Management Program for senior executives in 1975 and is currently the chairman of Tata Group; Tata Trusts and Companies gave a $50 million gift to Harvard Business School to enable the building of Tata Hall. » Continue reading Posted by Clear Admit on January 5, 2012, at 3:00 am Posted in: Campus Chronicles , School: Penn / Wharton Our Campus Chronicles today checks out the stories of innovation that run rampant throughout The Wharton Journal, which is compiled by MBA students at the Wharton School of Business. A not-yet-alumnus of Wharton discussed his startup: Lokalty. Balu Chandrasekaran ’12 gave an interview about this loyalty program that serves small businesses in the Philadelphia area. » Continue reading Posted by Clear Admit on December 29, 2011, at 3:00 am Posted in: Campus Chronicles , School: Chicago This Thursday’s Campus Chronicles takes a look at the goings-on at Chicago Booth through The ChiBus, the news outlet for MBA students at Booth. Booth students took the top spot in this year’s CNBC’s MBA Face-off Challenge. The portfolio competition allotted teams from eight leading MBA programs with a fictitious $1 million budget each and challenged them to gain the best returns. Booth’s 10-person ultimately gained an average portfolio of more than $1,237,00. The team had bested the second-place finishers from Johnson School by over $118,000. Posted by Clear Admit on December 22, 2011, at 3:00 am Posted in: Campus Chronicles , School: NYU Stern Today’s edition of Campus Chronicles goes back to Manhattan to read The Stern Opportunity, serving MBA students at NYU’s Stern School of Business. Stern will be offering a new course on technology entrepreneurship in the spring. The class comes as a response to an initiative proposed by NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg to get universities on board with developing a” science and engineering campus in the city.” » Continue reading Posted by Clear Admit on December 15, 2011, at 3:00 am Posted in: Campus Chronicles , School: Michigan / Ross Our latest edition of Campus Chronicles trucks out to Michigan and The Monroe Street Journal, created by and serving the MBA community at Ross. This month, Ross announced that its EMBA Program will be offered in Los Angeles. The new 20-month program will go into effect in August 2012. » Continue reading Posted by Clear Admit on December 8, 2011, at 3:00 am Posted in: Campus Chronicles , School: Virginia / Darden This week, Campus Chronicles riffles through the web pages of The Cold Call Chronicle to gain some insight into MBA student activities at UVA Darden. November saw the 24th occurrence of the Marketing Club’s annual Brand Challenge. Roughly 60 first-year MBA students at Darden worked to resolve marketing-based issues spanning industries from social media to consumer-packaged goods. » Continue reading Posted by Clear Admit on December 1, 2011, at 3:00 am Posted in: Campus Chronicles , School: Penn / Wharton Today’s Campus Chronicles features stories from The Wharton Journal as put together by the MBA students studying at the Wharton School of Business. Journal interviewers spoke last week with Maryellen Lamb, Wharton’s new head of MBA Career Management. Lamb discussed changes in the recruiting landscape over the last decade, » Continue reading Posted by Clear Admit on November 24, 2011, at 3:00 am Posted in: Campus Chronicles , School: NYU Stern A Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating in the U.S.! Today’s Campus Chronicles hails from New York City and The Stern Opportunity, the newspaper serving the MBA community at NYU Stern. The 15th annual Stern Charity Ball raised nearly $20,000 in charity donations. This event occurred in early November » Continue reading Posted by Clear Admit on November 17, 2011, at 3:00 am Posted in: Campus Chronicles , School: Harvard This edition of Campus Chronicles heads to Cambridge, to HBS, and more specifically to The Harbus, the news publication of MBA students at Harvard Business School. On this coming Monday, the HBS Charity Fashion show will return to benefit The Harris Center. » Continue reading Posted by Clear Admit on November 10, 2011, at 3:00 am Posted in: Campus Chronicles , School: Chicago This week’s Campus Chronicles takes us to the Midwest and The ChiBus, the newspaper serving the MBA students of Chicago Booth. Booth has announced its five 2011 Siebel Scholars. The winners’ professional experiences span the industries of consulting, investment banking, marketing and engineering. » Continue reading |
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