{"id":5168,"date":"2010-11-19T11:44:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T19:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=5168"},"modified":"2010-11-21T11:47:07","modified_gmt":"2010-11-21T19:47:07","slug":"mba-admissions-news-round-up-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/mba-admissions-news-round-up-9\/","title":{"rendered":"MBA Admissions News Round Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
  • U. Penn's Wharton School of Business<\/a> received a $15 million gift from Jay H. and Patty Baker to endow a new center for the study of the retail industry. The money will go towards curriculum development, research tools, and industry outreach for both graduate and undergraduate students at Wharton. Mr. Baker graduated from Wharton in 1956. (Source: CNN Money, Wharton shops for retail MBAs<\/a>\")<\/li>\n
  • As part of what a recent Businessweek<\/em> article<\/a> calls a b-school \"building boom,\" Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management<\/a> unveils the plans of its newest building addition. The location of the building will be across from the Allen Center in Evanston and will offer \"breathtaking\" lakefront views. Other schools in the building boom include MIT<\/a>, Yale<\/a>, Stanford<\/a>, and Columbia<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School<\/a> recently announced plans for its new online MBA program. The program will be designed for international working professionals. \u201cThe new MBA@UNC program will continue our tradition of excellence based on the quality of the students, faculty and curriculum,\u201d said James W. Dean Jr., dean of UNC Kenan-Flagler. \u201cWhat will be radically different is how we deliver the program. This exciting new approach will transform UNC Kenan-Flagler as we define the direction of global business education.\u201d For more information on the new program, visit MBA@UNC<\/a>.<\/li>\n

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