October 25, 2011 – 7:52 am
Two hundred and fifty university and high school students from across Idaho will compete at Boise State on Thursday, Oct. 27, in the second annual Frank Church International Economic Summit. The Idaho Council on Economic Education has served as an outreach program and center for Boise State’s College of Business and Economics and the College of [...]
October 24, 2011 – 7:31 am
Don Holley, professor of economics, was quoted in a StateImpact story about the three Rs: recession, recovery and relevance. Holley states that signs of economic recovery are there, including a leveling off in unemployment and improved home and auto sales. However, Holley points out that Idaho is not yet back to its 2007 economic productivity [...]
October 20, 2011 – 8:02 am
Sian Mooney, Department of Economics, is co-chair on a report released last week called “Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Agriculture.” The team of scientists also includes Ron Follett and Jack Morgan, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Keith Paustian, Colorado State University. In addition to a focus on agriculture’s role in climate change, the [...]
October 18, 2011 – 11:57 am
[ November 11, 2011 1:45 pm to November 12, 2011 1:45 pm. ] Guest Speaker: G. Alex Sinclair (see bio below)
Topic: Is the U.S. Economy Broken? What Needs To Be Done To Fix It?
Where: Student Union Building – Simplot B
When: Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 – 1:45pm
Free and Open to the public
Bio:
Alex Sinclair is originally from Twin Falls, Idaho. After earning his bachelor’s degree from Seattle University in Accounting, he [...]
October 17, 2011 – 9:22 am
Congratulations to the following students for being selected for COBE’s Student Spotlights for the months of September and October.
Matthew Campbell – MBA
Tyson Weekes – MSAT
Thomas Golden – Accountancy
Steve Canty – Economics
Joseph Danes – Finance
James Simpson – Information Technology Management
Mallory Douraghi – International Business
Ryan Loveday – Management
Cornelia Sprung – Marketing
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October 17, 2011 – 8:11 am
Kent Neupert, Mary Givens and Jared Everett all were quoted in the Idaho Business Review regarding the development and construction of Venture Lab at Boise State. Read the story, called “Boise State looks to ‘innovation kitchen’ to cook faculty inventions.”
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October 17, 2011 – 8:08 am
A report on carbon sequestration co-chaired by Sian Mooney, Department of Economics, was released this week by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology. “Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities” looks at the research behind the climate change controversy. Click here to read more.
CAST is an international consortium of scientific [...]
October 7, 2011 – 3:31 pm
The 15th annual COBE Friends and Alumni Golf Tournament, held at Crane Creek Country Club, raised over $35,000 for student scholarships and faculty fellowships. The golf tournament is put on by the COBE Advisory Committee (COBEAC).
To see activities from the beautiful, fun day out on the course click on the photo album below or view the video.
http://www.vimeo.com/30915821
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October 3, 2011 – 8:42 am
Source: Idaho Business Review 9/29/2011
CradlePoint, a Boise-based wireless router company, is naming former HP executive George Mulhern its new CEO, with founder and former CEO Pat Sewall making the transition to chief technological officer. Mulhern was a partner with venture capital firm Highway 12 Ventures, which invested in CradlePoint.
CradlePoint board member Jerry Langeler said it [...]
October 2, 2011 – 8:14 am
Michael Bixby and Susan Park, of the Management Department in the College of Business and Economics, recently published the textbook “The Legal Environment of Business,” 5th edition, available through Pearson Custom Publishing. Their co-authors are Patrick Cihon, associate professor at Syracuse University, and Caryn Beck-Dudley, dean of the College of Business at Florida State University.
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