Class of 2019: Meet the Foster School’s eight new faculty members
Business education is booming at the UW Foster School, which welcomes eight new members to its expanding faculty. Each brings a wealth of expertise and... Read More
Foster climbs 15 places in Academic Ranking of World Universities
Movin’ on up. In the past two years, the University of Washington Foster School of Business has advanced 15 places in the Finance and Business... Read More
The 2019 Foster Awards: recognizing extraordinary faculty and staff achievement
Announcing The Fosters for 2019: a collection of awards honoring the best and brightest achievements during the past academic year by faculty and staff at... Read More
Machine learning could help firms select more effective board directors
A growing chorus of institutional investors and economics critics is finding flaws in the way that corporate boards of directors advise and monitor senior management.... Read More
One measure of Foster’s unparalleled climb in research productivity, over time
In rankings of MBA and undergraduate programs, the reliance on soft or suspect measures and the ossified force of reputation generally result in precious little... Read More
Skiing scholar: Karpoff featured in the Wall Street Journal for backcountry adventures
Jonathan Karpoff is best known in academic circles. The professor of finance and Washington Mutual Endowed Chair in Innovation at the UW Foster School of... Read More
Thought leader: Financial Times ranks Foster #7 in the world for research productivity
The Financial Times has ranked the UW Foster School of Business faculty #7 in the world and #1 among public business schools for research productivity... Read More
The Year in Research: Top 18 of 2018
Each year, faculty of the University of Washington Foster School of Business produce influential research—on a wide array of topics—that advances academic theory and advises... Read More
Minority-owned ventures, despite barriers to capital, deliver superior ROI
Does discrimination exist in financial markets? It’s too big a question to be answered with a single study. But new research by William Bradford, the Business... Read More
Class of 2018: Foster School welcomes 11 new faculty members
Momentum is revealed in many ways. One salient manifestation of the Foster School’s growing international clout is its ability to recruit the best and brightest... Read More