2003 Headlines
Johnson School Names 18 BMS Leadership Fellows
The Johnson School is pleased to announce 18 2005-06 Bristol-Myers Squibb Leadership Fellows. Leadership Fellows are an elite group of 18 second year students selected for their analytical and leadership skills. Each fellow is assigned to approximately four first year core study groups. Their job is to assist the first-year students in navigating the core curriculum, working in study groups, and provide peer coaching and leadership. They also serve as coaches on the "Analytical Thinking & Logical Argument" component of the Foundations in Leadership course. These fellows not only provide meaningful assistance to first-year students, but in the process, also practice their own mentoring and leadership skills.
2005-06 BMS Leadership Fellows:
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Aaron Rettaliata Candace Davies Claire Sears Cody Danks Burke Herb Lara Hetal Patel Justin De Koszmovszky Katie Law Leo Elegudov | | Leonardo Rinaldi Leslie Biltekoff Maia Benson Matthew Leopold Nailah Jinnah Susan Wu Susannah Brumwell Tom Huber Zab Wilson |
Professor O'Hara Presents at Oxford
Professor Maureen O'Hara, the Robert W. Purcell Professor of Finance, presented the prestigious Clarendon Lectures at the fourth Oxford Finance Summer Symposium at the Said Business School at the University of Oxford. Professor O'Hara's series of three lectures were entitled "Microstructure in a Theory of Finance." The symposium, a ten-day event at Oxford, is a series of seminars and workshops attended by some of the world's leading scholars in Finance.
At the Johnson School, Professor O'Hara's research focuses on issues in market microstructure, and she is the author of Market Microstructure Theory (Blackwell: 1995) as well as numerous journal articles. Her most recent research has focused on the role of underwriters in the aftermarket trading of IPOs, the impact of transparency on trading system performance, listing and delisting issues in securities markets, designing markets for developing markets, and the role of liquidity and information risk in asset pricing. In addition, Dr. O'Hara publishes widely on a broad range of topics including banking and financial intermediaries, law and finance, and experimental economics.
Annual Fund Tops $1.5 Million
Alumni giving to the Johnson School's 2004-2005 Annual Fund topped $1.5 million. The Annual Fund helps to underwrite more than 10% of the Johnson School's annual budget. Gifts to the Annual Fund increased by 15 percent over last year's giving as participation rate grew from 24 percent to 26 percent. According to Director Marybeth Tarzian, donations increased because of a more consistent model of peer-to-peer solicitation program which includes identifying, recruiting, and training a group of highly valued alumni volunteers for the Dean's Leadership Committee and for reunion.
Stock Pitch Competition
On Friday, April 22, the Johnson School team of Michael Albrecht, Albert Chu and Edward Zelmanovitz defeated nine other MBA teams from across the United States for the title ""Wizards of Wall Street"" and a $3000 check at the Third Annual MBA Stock Pitch Competition. Second place went to Duke University and third place to Michigan.
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