The faculty, students, alumni and staff of the University of Washington Michael G. Foster School of Business are in the news on a regular basis. From feature stories to faculty quotes, find a taste of recent media coverage below.
Mindfulness — or a heightened, nonjudgmental awareness of the present moment — may not always be such a good thing, according to research recently published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Andrew Hafenbrack, assistant professor of management and organization at the UW, is quoted.
Just Right Bite, a startup led by six women from the UW, won the $10,000 Herbert B. Jones Foundation Second Place Prize at the 2022 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge earlier this month for its insect-based pet food product. The company received $595 in prototype funding from the UW Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship. Mallory Morse and Chelsea Fletcher, graduate students in entrepreneurship at the UW, are quoted. Hannah Walls-Scott, a graduate student in entrepreneurship at the UW, is mentioned.
Millions of Americans are rethinking their relationship to work. The phrase “burnout” is fixed within that conversation. There is a collective, societal hunger for more information on what to do about it. Yu Tse Heng, a doctoral student in management at the UW, is quoted.
The UW’s Certificate in Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership program is featured in this story about a graduate’s public relations and marketing company dedicated to providing employment and internship opportunities for people of color. Christy Johnson, affiliate instructor of business at the UW, talks about the goals of Women in Entrepreneurial Leadership, a certificate program at the UW.
The Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship and CoMotion hosted the Startup Career & Internship Fair this week for interested students seeking opportunities with up-and-coming startups.
Starting in January, job postings in Washington will have to include some dollar signs. Gov. Jay Inslee has signed into law legislation requiring employers in the state to include salary and benefits information in job postings, rather than waiting to disclose that figure after making an offer. David Tan, associate professor of management at the UW, is quoted.
The UW Foster School of Business is included in a list of programs that don’t require a GMAT and prepares graduates for six-figure starting salaries. Daniel Turner, teaching professor of marketing and associate dean of the master’s programs at the UW Foster School of Business, is quoted. Wendy Guild, assistant dean of MBA programs at the UW Foster School of Business, is referenced.
“In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, PepsiCo, Meta and General Motors, among others, have incorporated remote work into their corporate cultures. But in a truly flexible workplace, people would control not just where they work but also when,” writes Emily Laber-Warren of the City University of New York. Christopher Barnes, professor of management at the UW, is referenced.
Business was once seen as a way to stabilize U.S. and Russian relations. Not anymore. Debra Glassman, teaching professor of finance and business economics at the UW, is quoted.
Are you burned out? If these three symptoms apply to you — a total lack of energy, a decline in your sense of belonging and a plummeting self-esteem — you could be a victim of burnout, experts say. Kira Schabram, associate professor of management at the UW, is quoted.
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