Finalists Announced for 25th Dempsey Startup Competition
The 25th anniversary of the Dempsey Startup Competition is off to an impressive start. Students from 15 different colleges and universities from across the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia competed in the Screening Round. Judges selected 36 student teams and three alternates (detailed below) to advance to the Investment Round on Thursday, May 5. They... Read More
Meet Madisen Kovell, Class of 2023
Can you tell us a bit about yourself? I hail originally from Cleveland, Ohio, and I have lived in Seattle for eight years. I moved to Seattle for work as a business analyst, supporting development and acquisition efforts for my company, and I now oversee the department. Leisure Care is one of the nation’s... Read More
Alicia DeSantola named one of Poets & Quants’ Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors
Alicia DeSantola, an assistant professor of management and organization at the University of Washington Foster School of Business, has been named one of the world’s “Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors” by the influential business school news site Poets & Quants. DeSantola joined the Foster School in 2019 after earning a PhD in organizational behavior from... Read More
AACSB recognizes Foster School’s nationwide Ascend network among “Innovations That Inspire”
The University of Washington Foster School of Business has been recognized by AACSB International—the world’s largest business education alliance—for producing one of this year’s “Innovations That Inspire.” Foster’s innovation providing the inspiration is the nationwide Ascend network, created by its Consulting and Business Development Center (CBDC), in partnership with JPMorgan Chase. Ascend convenes and coordinates... Read More
Husky Giving Day 2022
Husky Giving Day is an opportunity for you to join with other Dawgs to unleash a collective impact on our students’ experience at Foster. In addition, thanks to a generous donor, gifts to the Foster School up to $500 will be matched 50%. Make an impact on April 7 by clicking here and invest in... Read More
Environmental Innovation Challenge Rewards Student Ventures
At the heart of innovation lies the desire to make something better than it currently is. The finalist teams in the 2022 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge (EIC) embraced that ideal in a big way. Judges awarded nearly $45,000 in prizes in the 14th year of the competition hosted by the UW Foster School’s Buerk... Read More
Meet Bob Agiro, Class of 2024
Can you tell us a bit about yourself? I grew up in the coastal city Mombasa, Kenya with quite the itch for adventure and aviation. This had me roaming the east African country for the entirety of my teenage years and then some, as I started college at a University about 14 hours west of... Read More
U.S. News Ranks Full-time MBA #22, Evening MBA #10; Foster #3 in Job Placement
Foster MBA recognized for quality The University of Washington’s Foster Full-time MBA maintained a strong #22 position out of 360+ national MBA programs, according to the US News & World Report’s Best Business Schools 2023 ranking. Foster’s 97% employment 3 months after graduation earned it the #3 spot of the top 25 schools. The composite... Read More
Foster ranked #10 in the world for accounting research, #2 for financial accounting
The annual BYU Accounting Rankings list the University of Washington Foster School of Business at #10 in the world (#8 in the United States) for accounting research published in the discipline’s top 11 journals over the past six years (2016-2021). Foster ranks #16 for accounting research productivity since 1990. Foster’s Department of Accounting faculty also registers... Read More
Machine Learning, AI, and Digital Marketing courses at the MSBA
In the past decades, the largest tech companies such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have invested billions in machine learning across multiple sectors of their business. This technology has enabled companies to gain tremendous advantages, from reaching new customers to developing new business models, resulting in profitable successes. Lalit Jain, assistant professor of Marketing and... Read More