People and programs of the Wisconsin School of Business were in the news in June.

Dan Olszewski, director of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship, shared his insights on how Baby Boomers’ experience can put them in a better position to succeed as entrepreneurs in an article on the U.S. News and World Report web site.

Professor François Ortalo-Magné and the Graaskamp Center for Real Estate conducted the first mid-year survey of  members of AFIRE (Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate) members, asking respondents to project their future real estate investment activity. Results, which showed investors expect to see a recovery in the U.S. real estate market by the end of the second quarter of 2010, were featured in several national outlets.

CNBC
Breitbart.com
Money Central – MSN

Nouriel Roubini’s visit to Madison as part of the Forward Thinking lecture series presented by the Wisconsin School of Business and American Family Insurance was covered by iStockAnalyst.com and local Madison media:
Wisconsin State Journal
The Capital Times

Crain’s Chicago Business profiled the Graaskamp Center’s new executive director, Michael Brennan.

Associate Dean of Enterprise MBA programs and Senior Lecturer in Marketing Deborah Mitchell contributed to an Associated Press story on marketing GM cars amid bankruptcy. The article was featured in a number of national publications, including Forbes.

Professor James Johannes, who directs the Puelicher Center for Banking Education, answered a Curiosities question asking, “What does the FDIC do?”

Dean Mike Knetter provided an outlook on jobs and the economy during an economic summit presented by Foley & Lardner and featuring Governor Jim Doyle. Dean Knetter’s talk was covered by several regional outlets.
Hispanic Business.com
Wisconsin State Journal
Capital Times

Dean Mike Knetter’s talk at a Wausau economic summit was covered in Wausau regional publications.
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune.com
Marshfield News Herald.com

Local coverage of the Graaskamp Center’s 2009 Housing Conference was picked up by real estate industry publications.
Wisconsin State Journal
Tools of the Trade.net
Big Builder Online.com

Neeraj Arora, professor of marketing research, provided comments for a recent Wisconsin State Journal article on the new Madison-based startup, Alice.com.

Bolz Center Director Andrew Taylor was featured in a Q&A in the Austin American-Statesman.

Taylor also appeared in an article in Madison Magazine on the importance for artists to understand business.

Tom Eggert, co-director of the Business, Environment and Social Responsibility program, contributed to an article on consumer-driven trends toward organic foods and sustainable production practices.

Real Estate Professor Morris Davis commented in a Janesville Gazette article analyzing the validity of RealtyTrac’s foreclosure numbers

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