Braving the Medicare minefield
Alumnus Tej Seelamsetty applies his joint interests in business and technology to a massive health-care problem.
Scott named 2023 Young Scholar
The Marketing Science Institute has identified Sydney Scott, an assistant professor of marketing at Olin Business School, as a promising young scholar.
MBA students learn about St. Louis, teamwork through service
First-year MBA students at Olin Business School devoted more than 400 hours of service to the St. Louis community this summer through organizations including the Habitat for Neighborhood Business, Here to Stay, the Crisis Nursery of St. Louis, Annie Malone and the Delmar Devine.
Social Policy Institute receives $475,000 grant to study social mobility
The Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis has received a two-year $475,000 grant from the Lumina Foundation. The funding supports research to understand the impact of short-term credentials on various aspects of individuals’ lives.
A cautionary tale: How Italy’s ChatGPT ban hurt businesses, economy
Initial data from Italy’s monthlong ChatGPT ban in early 2023 demonstrates the technology’s transformative impact on business and the economy, according to Olin Business School’s Jeremy Bertomeu.
Social Policy Institute receives $1.6 million grant to address employment vulnerability
The university’s Social Policy Institute has received a $1.6 million grant from JPMorgan Chase to help the institute’s Workforce Economic Inclusion and Mobility Project address low-wage frontline and essential workers’ employment vulnerability.
Sporting life
As chief operating officer of Sporting News Holdings, Shaun Koiner, oversees a legacy brand that’s been around since 1886. Now, it is global and more robust than it’s been in decades. (Photo: Terrence Jones)
Shin installed as inaugural Douglass C. North Distinguished Professor in Economics
Yongseok Shin, an expert on macroeconomics and economic growth, was installed as the inaugural Douglass C. North Distinguished Professor in Economics at Washington University in St. Louis during a recent ceremony.
Golan installed as inaugural Laurence H. Meyer Professor
Limor Golan, an expert in labor economics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was installed as the inaugural Laurence H. Meyer Professor at a ceremony in Holmes Lounge in March.
Shelf Life
Shelf Life is a Jewish–American family saga about the rise of its fashion retailing empire and how it splits and ultimately devastates the family. As the son of Max Feldman, the self-proclaimed “sodbuster from Omaha” and brilliant founder of the successful fashion shoe store chain Fratelli Massimo, Josh Feldman has always known his destiny . […]
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