Poverty and opportunity: Microfinance and people-powered development
SeaMo and UW’s Global Business Center hosted Terry Provance, the Executive Director of Oikocredit USA, one of the world’s largest microfinance investment vehicles. During his... Read More
Keynote speaker: Carrie Pederson
McGowan Scholar Stands Out in Almost Any Crowd You could say Carrie Pederson has a way of standing out in a crowd, but not simply... Read More
Leadership Immersion, weekend#2
Aaron Lykken, Manager – Academic Services & Technologies I’m a tad bit behind on my posting, but nonetheless one of the biggest events recently has... Read More
Mid-Semester Break Adventures
After the ninth week of the semester, we had a week long “mid-semester break.” (They don’t call it “spring break”). I went on an amazing... Read More
A summer fellowship well spent: taking Epo receptor testing to market
This past summer, CIE funded five Tech Commercialization Fellowships for graduate students in entrepreneurship. For 10 weeks each Fellow works with a University of Washington... Read More
UW CIE Named #7 in Princeton Review/Entrepreneur Magazine Top 25 Graduate Entrepreneur Programs
The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Foster Business School) was just ranked #7 in the 2009 Top 25 Graduate Programs in Entrepreneurship by the Princeton... Read More
It’s in the cards
Who doesn’t remember Topps baseball trading cards? The Foster School of Business has applied the same concept to its “all-star” faculty, “rookie” new hires, “skipper”... Read More
An Intense First Week
One of my classmates was pondering on Tuesday if the start of classes would feel anti-climatic after 2 weeks of orientation and leadership training. After... Read More
Whistle while you work…
Aaron Lykken, Manager – Academic Services & Technologies While class was out of session during September the TMMBA program office made the most out of... Read More
Sarbanes-Oxley regulation effective without harming investor value
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 had teeth, but did not bite investors. That’s the verdict of a new study on the efficacy and impact of... Read More