WashU Expert: Small business plans should include ownership transition support
Peter Boumgarden, director of Olin Business School’s Koch Family Center for Family Enterprise, discusses Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan to expand the small business tax credit and other ways in which the government can support existing small businesses.
2024 presidential election experts
Washington University in St. Louis faculty experts are available to discuss a variety of topics related to the election, politics and national and local issues.
Olin StartUp Grants to award $50,000 to WashU, St. Louis-based startups
WashU Olin Business School’s entrepreneurship program will award two $25,000 grants to WashU-founded or St. Louis-based startups. Applications are due by Oct. 1.
Comparing political parties’ economic outlook, plans
“Envy of the world” or a disgrace? Olin Business School’s John Horn discusses the state of the U.S. economy, President Joe Biden’s economic legacy and what to expect from a future Harris or Trump presidency.
When it’s the outside that counts
Alumna Katie Ireland shapes the ways everyday products are manufactured, packaged and brought to a store near you.
Greetings from WashU
WashU Welcome events bring campus spirit to a city near you.
How ChiChi is disrupting the breakfast business
Chiara Munzi and Izzy Gorton met in a WashU entrepreneurship class and made their first batches of ChiChi hot chickpea cereal in the Skandalaris Center. Two years later, the brand is booming and the founders will be featured on the Amazon series “60 Day Hustle.”
Mazzeo installed as inaugural Knight Family Professor
Mike Mazzeo, dean of Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, has been installed as the inaugural Knight Family Professor. The endowed position was made possible by the Knight family, longtime ardent supporters of the Olin, WashU and St. Louis communities.
Dennis Zhang
Olin Business School’s Dennis Zhang says online platform design is improved by considering human decision-making alongside information algorithms.
Twelve alumni earn Fulbright awards
Twelve recent alumni of Washington University in St. Louis earned Fulbright awards to travel abroad to teach English or to conduct research in the 2024-25 academic year.
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