The latest U.S. News & World Report ranking of U.S. undergraduate business programs places the Wisconsin School of Business 13th overall among business schools.

Graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison can pursue a new certificate in strategically applying business principles to environmental and social challenges. The Certificate in Business, Environment and Social Responsibility, is being launched this fall.

Wisconsin School of Business faculty and staff are invited to join Dean Mike Knetter, alumni and friends in celebrating the opening of the east wing of Grainger Hall.

All UW-Madison faculty and staff are being invited to attend an open house for the east wing of Grainger Hall on Friday, September 12 from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

Eight tenure-track faculty members join the Wisconsin School of Business this fall, the most in many years.

• Xia Chen
  Assistant Professor, Accounting and Information Systems
Qiang Cheng
Associate Professor, Accounting and Information Systems
• Amber Epp
  Assistant Professor, Marketing
• Bjørn Eraker
  Associate Professor, Finance, Investment and Banking
• Robin Tanner
  Assistant Professor, Marketing
• María del Carmen Triana
  Assistant Professor, Management and Human Resources
• William (Bill) Weld
  Assistant Professor, Finance, Investment and Banking
• Youchang Wu
  Assistant Professor, Finance, Investment and Banking

The Capital Café, Grainger Hall’s new restaurant, is set to open September 2. The Café will feature freshly made sandwiches, salads, soups and baked goods.

• Joan Schmit
• Dan Anderson
• Mark Browne
• Blair Sanford
• Carrie Olson
• Melissa Meyer
• Kelly Cuene
• David Baumann
• Pamela Cremer

Bryan Gruley, the Chicago bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal, will be the fall semester’s Business Writer in Residence.

Wisconsin School of Business faculty and staff wishing to have professional headshots taken should attend a walk-in photo session Monday, September 15 from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

People and programs of the Wisconsin School of Business were in the news over the past month.

Monthly newsletter created to keep Wisconsin School of Business faculty and staff informed of school activities.

The following individuals will serve as department chairs in the upcoming school year:
Jon Davis, Accounting and Information Systems
Barry Gerhart, Management and Human Resources
Robert Krainer, Finance, Investment and Banking
Charles Krueger, Executive Education
Jim Morris, Operations and Information Management
Jack Nevin, Marketing
François Ortalo-Magné, Real Estate and Urban Land Economics
Margie Rosenberg, Actuarial Science, Risk Management and Insurance

The Fall Career Forum is the kick-off event for on-campus recruiting in the Business Career Center (BCC) of the Wisconsin School of Business.

As of this fall, Wisconsin Enterprise MBA students (Executive and Evening MBAs), alumni, faculty and staff have the opportunity to participate in an enhanced speaker series.

Wisconsin Executive Education will offer its biannual Economic Outlook seminar Friday, September 12 at the Fluno Center.

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