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IN THE NEWS

National

Steve Bennett,  the CEO of Intuit and School of Business alum, was on the cover of Biz Ed magazine’s May/June 2007 issue. In the article, Bennett, BBA ’76, talked about how he keeps Intuit focused on the consumer. He also discussed his involvement with the Dean’s Advisory Board of the UW-Madison School of Business.

Regional

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisbusiness.com (article 1, article 2)and the Milwaukee Business Journal mentioned the MBA program’s 29th place ranking in U.S. News and World Report.

Wisbusiness.com took note of the Real Estate Center naming event in which the school will be named in honor of James A. Graaskamp.

The director of the Family Business Center Ann Kinkade was quoted in “Family business 'intense emotions' often lead to strife” in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 

Local

The Wisconsin State Journal featured an article about the G. Steven Burrill Business Plan Competition on April 21.

The School of Business writer in residence Charles Gasparino received mention in the April 17 edition of The Badger Herald.  The article detailed a speech the CNBC business reporter gave to students at the Accenture Leadership Center capstone event. 

Area and campus newspapers covered the U.S. News and World Report rankings that placed the Wisconsin MBA 29th among all business schools in the U.S. http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/wsj/2007/03/31/0703300421.php
http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/tct/2007/03/31/0703310312.php
http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/tct/2007/03/31/0703310314.php

The Wisconsin State Journal and the Capital Times featured articles detailing the events for the renaming the Real Estate Center for James A. Graaskamp. http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/wsj/2007/04/14/0704130409.php
http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/tct/2007/04/07/0704070672.php

The newly passed differential tuition received  coverage in local and campus newspapers.
http://badgerherald.com/news/2007/04/16/grainger_hall_tuitio.php
http://badgerherald.com/oped/2007/04/25/state_woes_spur_busi.php
http://badgerherald.com/news/2007/04/12/tuition_hike_sparks_.php
http://badgerherald.com/news/2007/04/13/board_to_settle_tuit.php
http://badgerherald.com/news/2007/04/13/board_to_settle_tuit.php
http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/tct/2007/04/14/0704140104.php

Associate Professor Rafael Lazimy, Operations and Information Management,  was quoted in a Wisconsin State Journal article,  on "The state's expensive IT mess." 
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=125934 &ntpid=3

Real Estate and Urban Land Economics alumna Susan Chapman was mentioned in Wisconsin Week for being honored with the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s Distinguished Young Alumni Award, which honors graduates under the age of 40.