Professor Mark Covaleski, Accounting and Information Systems, won the Journal of Management Accounting Research’s Best Paper Award for co-authoring a paper on budgeting research.

Real Estate Department Chair Stephen Malpezzi was recently elected second vice president of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association.
Bolz Center Director Andrew Taylor was a contributing author for a recent monograph on the role of arts and culture in building creative communities, published by Americans for the Arts.

Michael Mihelbergel, a current member of the board of the Center for Urban Land Economics Research (CULER), joined the center as its new administrative director. He has more than 20 years of experience in the real estate industry and most recently was managing director and division head in the Bank of America’s Real Estate Banking Group.

Dante Viscarra has joined the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) as a part-time business counselor to serve the Madison area’s growing Latino population. The SBDC is working in collaboration with several area organizations to provide business services to the Latino Community.

This spring, the School of Business honored faculty and staff for their teaching and public service. Associate Professor James Seward, Finance, received the Lawrence J. Larson Excellence in Teaching Award. Associate Professor Terry Warfield, Accounting, received the Robert A. Jerred Distinguished Service Award. Assistant Professor Holly Ashbaugh, Accounting, received the Mabel W. Chipman Excellence in Teaching Award. Professor Anne Miner, Management, received the Erwin A. Gaumnitz Distinguished Faculty Award. Teaching Professor Sandra Stark, Business Communications, was awarded the Dean’s Academic Staff Teaching Award. Assistant Professor Divakaran Liginlal, Operations and Information Management, was given the Lawrence J. Larson Curriculum Improvement Grant.