Two Pitt Business Professors Receive National Best Professor Awards

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Two long-tenured professors from the University of Pittsburgh College of Business Administration, Ray Jones and Deborah Good, were named to the Poets & Quants 2018 Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors awards list.

The recognition honors the world’s best undergraduate business professors. Nominations are made by students, faculty, and administrators at the top-ranked programs. Pitt Business joined the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Georgia Tech, Lehigh, North Carolina, Notre Dame, UC Berkeley, the University of Texas-Austin as the only institutions with two faculty members named to the Top 50 list.

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Pitt Business Holds Fireside Chat with TIAA CEO Roger Ferguson

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The University of Pittsburgh College of Business Administration recently hosted TIAA President and CEO Roger Ferguson for a Fireside Chat with undergraduate students that covered a wide range of business topics, including investment trends, leadership challenges, career pathways, and demographical changes in America.

With more than 1 trillion dollars in assets under management, TIAA is a Fortune 100 financial services organization. The company is a leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical, and cultural fields.

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Pitt Business Ranked #11 US. Public Business School in Poets & Quants

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For the second year in a row, the University of Pittsburgh College of Business Administration was ranked the #11 public university in the country and the #1 public university in Pennsylvania in the 2018 “Best Undergraduate Business Schools” report by Poets & Quants, a leading website for business education programs.

Pitt Business also set a new milestone, breaking into the top 25 of all business schools, by climbing to No. 23 in the country.

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Pitt Business Student Wins KeyBank/Ohio State Case Competition

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Adam White (third person from the right) receives the first-place award at the case competition.

A team led by Adam White, a junior majoring in finance at the University of Pittsburgh College of Business Administration, placed first overall at the 2018 Keybank Leadership and Creativity Undergraduate Minority Student Symposium at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business.

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Pitt Business Students Place 1st and 3rd in Sales Competition

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Kyle Guinness (right) and Arthini Pulenthiran (left) claimed top prizes at the Duquesne University sales competition.

Mastering the art and science of sales can be exceedingly difficult. It takes time to cultivate business relationships and to understand the psychological cues that make or break a deal.

Kyle Guinness, a junior at the University of Pittsburgh College of Business Administration, has been perfecting his craft in sales during the past year. He interned in a sales role with Cintas this past summer and also completed the Pitt Business Professional Sales Academy, a co-curricular program that teaches students the sales fundamentals.

Now he has some impressive hardware to show for his hard work.

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Global Alumni Spotlight: Karla Geci

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To celebrate the University of Pittsburgh Year of Global Initiative, Pitt Business is highlighting alumni who have taken their work #ToTheWorld through international roles after graduation.

Meet Karla Geci, a 2001 graduate of Pitt Business who majored in marketing. She is head of media partnerships marketing for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa for Facebook in the company’s London office. We caught up with her recently for a brief Q&A.

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Global Alumni Spotlight – Josh Siva

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To celebrate the University of Pittsburgh Year of Global Initiative, Pitt Business is highlighting alumni who have taken their work #ToTheWorld through international roles after graduation.

Meet Josh Siva, a 2011 graduate of Pitt Business who majored in finance. He is a marketing manager for European market development at Insulet Corporation in London, England. We caught up with him recently for a brief Q&A.

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Global Alumni Spotlight – Ian Buggs

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To celebrate the University of Pittsburgh Year of Global Initiative, Pitt Business is highlighting alumni who have taken their work #ToTheWorld through international roles after graduation.

Meet Ian Buggs, a 2003 graduate of Pitt Business who majored in finance. He is the finance director for consumer health in the Middle East region for Pfizer in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. We caught up with him recently for a brief Q&A.

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Global Alumni Spotlight – Abhishek Mehta

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To celebrate the University of Pittsburgh Year of Global Initiative, Pitt Business is highlighting alumni who have taken their work #ToTheWorld through international roles after graduation.

Meet Abhishek S. Mehta, a 2005 graduate of Pitt Business who majored in finance. He is the founder and principal of Blue Lotus Investments in Mumbai, India. We caught up with him recently for a brief Q&A.

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