The people and programs of the Wisconsin School of Business have been in the news in recent weeks.

Associate Professor Charlie Trevor, Management and Human Resources, and PhD student Anthony Nyberg’s research on worker layoffs was featured in Time Magazine.

Assistant Professor Morris Davis was quoted in the Christian Science Monitor on the possibility of an end to the slide of home prices.

Deborah Mitchell, associate dean, Enterprise MBA programs, was quoted in an Associated Press story exploring the potential of new ads that can track who watches them. The story appeared in newspapers around the nation.

Dean Michael Knetter was quoted in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial on the current economic situation.

Andrew Taylor, director of the Bolz Center for Arts Administration, and his blog, the Artful Manager, were quoted in a Chronicle of Philanthropy article on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Assistant Dean for Alumni and Corporate Relations Alisa Robertson was quoted in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article on the ways college graduates are taking advantage of alumni connections to protect against the current recession.

Dean Michael Knetter and Assistant Professor Morris Davis, Real Estate and Urban Land Economics, appeared on the new Big Ten Network show “Office Hours,” hosted by Political Science Professor Ken Goldstein.

Morris Davis also appeared on WKOW ABC in Madison to talk about President Obama’s mortgage plan.

Dean Michael Knetter was featured as an economic expert on the web-based global forum, Big Think.

Blair Sanford, assistant dean, MBA Programs, was featured in the Forbes article, “It’s a good time to go to a B-level B-School.”

Jim Seward, associate professor, Finance, Investment, and Banking, was quoted in an Investor’s Business Daily article on the trend of divesting in the pharmaceutical industry.

Neil Lerner, director of the Small Business Development Center, was quoted in the Baraboo News Republic about the SBDC’s Small Business Fundamentals course, which is designed to help fledging entrepreneurs.

Associate Professor Chip Hunter, Management and Human Resources, talked on NBC channel 15 about the immediate effects employees are facing during the recession.

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