Corporate Cleanup
Are new corporate accountability measures making a difference or making a mess? Finance faculty and a Wall Street investigative journalist debate their impact.
Sports Illustrated Lauds Wisconsin Football…
and Real Estate
“There may not be a better school in America to study real estate and urban land economics than Wisconsin,“ says Sports Illustrated in a profile of UW football star (and real estate student, now alum) Joe Thomas. The profile appeared in the April 23, 2007 issue of the magazine.
“Thomas carried a 3.5 grade point average in the undergraduate program, which is ranked second nationally by U.S. News and World Report, and even with the NFL draft looming, he has a full course load this semester: Finance 300, real estate finance, business law, real estate development,” according to the article. “Who says a guy can’t be Jonathan Ogden and Donald Trump in the same lifetime?”
Senior lecturer in real estate Sharon McCabe, who had Thomas in two of her classes, is quoted in the article: “Believe me, this is no slough-off major he’s in. You’ve got to work hard to succeed. He got As in both classes, and he never once asked for an extension on any papers or projects because of football.”
Thomas was the third player chosen in the NFL draft.
Update Magazine June 2007
Feature Stories
Jumping on the Brandwagon:
Why companies are paying handsomely to make sure you see their brands more and more in movies, TV shows, even in the books you read.
Keeping Pay at Bay
Soaring CEO salaries are the target of increasing controversy. Will Congress step in to set limits?
Should it?
Why Don't We Have Better Bosses?
Even with good intentions on both sides, supervisor-employee relations can be fraught. A look at what keeps us from having (and being) better bosses.
Departments
JUNE 2007 VOLUME 25 NUMBER 1
EDITOR: Lari Fanlund
DESIGN: Lori Strelow, Anna Dulmes
EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE: Jennifer Asselin and Scott Voss
EDITORIAL BOARD: Alisa Robertson, Melissa Amos-Landgraf, Tina Frailey, Jim Kubek, Richard Lee, Mark Matosian, Deborah Mitchell, Kayleen Reilly, Steve Schroeder and Charlie Trevor
COVER: Product placement is all around, in places you may or may not expect, and it’s not happening by accident—as Marjani Coffey, a second-year Wisconsin MBA student in Brand and Product Management, helps illustrate.
Cover photo for UPDATE
by Bob Rashid.
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