New Course Available at the Whitman School!
Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management is offering an exciting new course, Entrepreneurial Deal Making, in New York City (NYC) during winter break. The course, taught by Professor of Entrepreneurial Practice John Torrens of the Whitman School, is…
Professor David Park Honored by Poets and Quants for Undergrads In Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors List
David Park, assistant professor of entrepreneurship at Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management was honored as one of the top 50 undergraduate business professors in the world by Poets and Quants for Undergrads, a website devoted to offering information and…
#WhitmanWatch: Alison Verp
Name: Alison Verp Graduation Year: Spring 2019 Major(s)/Minor(s): Management and Public Relations (Whitman/Newhouse Dual) Hometown: Demarest, New Jersey Alison Verp’s grandmother attended Syracuse University as one of the first female architecture students. A woman with dreams and ambitions ahead of…
Five Terrifying Mistakes That Haunted Businesses
Some mistakes can haunt businesses long after the mistake is made. Here are some of the worst mistakes that hindered prominent companies: Kodak’s Refusal to Go Digital In the mid-1970s, Steven Sasson, an engineer for Kodak, created the first portable…
Remembrance Scholar: Ankita Varman ’19
Name: Ankita Varman Graduation Year: May 2019 Major(s)/Minor(s): Management & Public Relations Hometown: Johns Creek, Georgia This year, Ankita Varman ’19 of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management and S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University has…
Remembrance Scholar: Jacob Urban ’18
Name: Jacob Urban Graduation: December 2018 Hometown: West Chicago, Illinois Majors: Finance, Energy and Its Impacts Jacob Urban strives to make the most of his time at Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management by heavily involving himself on…
Study is One of First to Examine Effectiveness of Native Advertising
There is now research to prove a correlation between the serial position of a native advertisement and the ad’s effectiveness. This study is among the first to examine native ads in this way. Serial position is a term used to…
Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises Program 2017-2018 Annual Review
The field of entrepreneurship is evolving at record pace. The number of universities and colleges developing new entrepreneurship programs and student interest in entrepreneurship as a vocation and mindset is staggering. Luckily, Syracuse University has been well ahead of the curve in terms of…
Whitman School Drone Research Goes Global
In mid-June, Maria Minniti, the Bantle Chair in Entrepreneurship and Public Policy at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, delivered the keynote address to the Foundation for Strategic Analysis of SMEs at the University of Cantabria in Spain. Later…
From Whitman to Silicon Valley
Dorothy Deng ’20 is a current student at Syracuse University‘s Martin J. Whitman School of Management majoring in finance, accounting and entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises. During her time at the Whitman School, she has learned many valuable skills inside and…
October Class Notes
We welcome announcements of new jobs, promotions, board positions, marriages and family additions. Please visit our online submission form to share your news. You can also use this form to request your copy of the Whitman biannual magazine via email rather than in print. To…
Hal Fetner ’83 to Receive Whitman’s 2018 Holtz Alumnus of the Year Award and Other Alumni to Be Honored at Annual Awards Ceremony
As part of the Orange Central 2018 celebration, Whitman will host our Annual Alumni Awards Ceremony and Reception on October 18. This year’s event will be highlighted by the presentation of Whitman’s highest alumni honor, the Jonathan J. Holtz Alumnus…
MBA@Syracuse Named a Top 20 Online MBA Program by Poets & Quants
MBA@Syracuse, the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University’s online MBA program, recently was ranked #17 by Poets & Quants in its publication of 2019 Best Online Business Programs, released Oct. 9. For Poets & Quants online MBA…
Trends and Tips for the 2018 Holiday Retail Season
It’s 44 days until the kick-off of the holiday season and the biggest question for shoppers might be, where will shoppers buy their toys now that Toys R Us is unstable? In a recent update, the retailer announced that it…
Hayley Foster, Author and Business Coach, to Speak at Syracuse University
Hayley Foster, business coach and author of Foster Your Passion, will provide a keynote address Nov. 12 from 1-2 p.m. at Syracuse University’s Peter Graham Scholarly Commons in Bird Library as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. The event is open to the public…
WISE Women’s Business Center Relocates, Gaining Space for Growth
The WISE Women’s Business Center recently relocated, offering more space for the entrepreneurship resource program. “We are so pleased to be situated just yards away from where we were before,” said Joanne Lenweaver, director of the WISE Women’s Business Center.…
New Credit Report Freeze Law is Empowering to Consumers
By law, American consumers can now freeze their own credit reports for free, preventing lenders from pulling their reports until they unfreeze it. Freezing a credit report can prevent identity theft by making it almost impossible for an unauthorized individual…
September Class Notes
We welcome announcements of new jobs, promotions, board positions, marriages and family additions. Please visit our online submission form to share your news. You can also use this form to request your copy of the Whitman biannual magazine via email rather than in print. To…
Featured Alumnus: Daniel Folkman ’12
Daniel Folkman ’12 joined goPuff—co-founded by Forbes “30 Under 30” awardees Rafael Ilishayev and Yakir Gola—as one of the early employees. goPuff is a digital convenience retailer delivering thousands of products directly to customers. Folkman was brought on to lead the…
69th Annual Harry E. Salzberg Memorial Lecture Program is Oct. 18
The Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s H.H. Franklin Center for Supply Chain Management, celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2019, will host its annual Salzberg Memorial Lecture Program Oct. 18, from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Marvin and Helaine…