IU Kelley School’s entrepreneurship program and its director earn global awards
For more than a half century, entrepreneurship education at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business has built a legacy of helping alumni spark business creation and innovation. Recently, the Kelley School received international recognition at the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers. At the consortium’s annual conference, the school was honored for its contributions to […]
Chicago Cubs owner shares process for building a winner in speech at Kelley
A lecture hall at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business became more like the bleachers at Wrigley Field, minus the ivy, during a presentation to students and faculty by Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts. Ricketts was the keynote speaker at Friday’s ninth annual IU Entrepreneurial Connection Day, presented by the school’s Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship […]
Programs demonstrate the importance of understanding other people and cultures
On a wet Independence Day at Indiana University, two groups of students interested in the intersection of business, language and international cultures hung out. A group of 33 mostly American high school students and a group of 100 college students from the Middle East and North Africa played cards, Jenga and other games. They enjoyed […]
Two successful IU alumni among those in Forbes’ ’30 Under 30′ lists in tech and music
With more than 600,000 alumni, it’s understandably difficult to come up with a fairly short list of successful Indiana University graduates. Many publications and news organizations are fond of such “best of” lists, where, once again, IU alumni are making their mark. Two IU alumni were included among Forbes’ new “30 Under 30” lists in […]
Faculty and students establish community loan and consulting organization to address economic needs in Indiana
Editor’s note: This article was updated on June 9 to include news of funding from the 2015-16 Women’s Philanthropy Leadership Council. Over the last two decades, many people have stepped forward, identifying themselves as “social entrepreneurs,” and passionately sought to change the world through businesses which address a social problem. Charles Leadbeater, an advisor to […]
IU team named winners of LinkedIn economic data contest
Guest post courtesy of IU News and Media Specialist Kevin Fryling Yong-Yeol (Y.Y.) Ahn, an assistant professor in Indiana University’s School of Informatics and Computing, has made a name for himself developing mathematical and computational methods to understand complex systems such as cells, the brain, society and culture. Some of his most well-known projects include tracking the national mood with […]
Successful alumnus Scott Dorsey gives back to IU, speaking at Entrepreneurial Connection Day
A wise person always looks ahead and prepares, while a fool can only look back and regret, so says a proverb. At the heart of a top business school are entrepreneurship programs, which prepare students to look ahead and learn how they can venture out on their own, and also how to create forward-thinking, innovative […]
IU Kelley School of Business is well represented at the 2014 Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Morocco
For the next two days, more than 3,000 entrepreneurs, heads of state and other high-level government officials and corporate leaders are gathering in Marrakesh, Morocco for the fifth Global Entrepreneurship Summit. Launched by President Barack Obama in 2009 as a global platform “to empower entrepreneurs with the skills and resources necessary to compete and thrive […]
Entrepreneurs and innovators from East and West coasts connect at Kelley event at Nasdaq
Big news at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business was Friday’s visit to Nasdaq, the United States’ largest electronic stock market. About 60 alumni, faculty, staff and friends joined Idie Kesner, the school’s dean. Thousands of visitors to New York’s Times Square were able to see the IU logo on the exchange’s seven-story video monitor […]
Students in Kelley School program return home, hopefully better prepared for challenges
A couple of weeks before 11 students from Palestine were due to arrive at IU Bloomington for the Global Business Institute, many of them were still struggling with the process of obtaining visas to enter the United States. LaVonn Schlegel, managing director of the Institute for International Business in the Kelley School of Business, who […]
