The Wisconsin School of Business and its Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) are among the sponsors of a forum with the top economic advisors of both presidential campaigns on Oct. 10.

The Wisconsin School of Business full-time MBA program has been ranked 54th among leading graduate business programs around the world, according to the 2008 Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual global MBA ranking.

John Oros, managing director of JC Flowers, gave a presentation on the current state of financial markets and the government policy response, Sept. 29 at the Wisconsin School of Business.

Recent activities by the people of the Wisconsin School of Business.

• Erin Nickelsburg, MBA Program Office
• John Jensen, Marketing Services
• Carrie Hirst, Risk Management and Insurance
• Ankur Malhotra, Management and Human Resources
• Rena Gelman, Small Business Development Center.
• Mary Kull, Business Learning Center.
• Michelle Harris, Executive Education
• Mike Carr, Undergraduate Academic Services
• Mason Carpenter, Management and Human Resources
• Jeff Gehrke, Undergraduate Academic Services
• Dan Anderson, Actuarial Science, Risk Management and Insurance
• Urban Wemmerlöv, Erdman Center for Operations and Technology Management
• Steve Malpezzi, Real Estate
• Joe Boucher, Business Law
• John Surdyk, INSITE
• Rod Matthew, Real Estate

A roundup of national, regional and local news about the Wisconsin School of Business.

Additional hours and more access to more power outlets in the Business Library are the result of a student satisfaction survey.

The Wisconsin School of Business will hold a new-employee orientation October 3, from 10 to 11:40 a.m. in 3070 Grainger Hall, with a building tour to follow.

The Wisconsin School of Business Graaskamp Center for Real Estate will host a conference on Sustainable Real Estate Development on Thursday, October 30 from 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., at the Fluno Center for Executive Education.

The Graaskamp Center for Real Estate held its semi-annual board meeting and the Wisconsin Real Estate Conference in Madison in September.