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Year in Review
A look back at some of the key events and happenings at the Carlson School in 2007.
January
The Medical Industry
Leadership Institute
launched a medical industry
specialization for MBA
candidates at the Carlson
School.
Researchers in the
Department of Information
and Decision Sciences
published the most scholarly
articles in top management
of information systems
journals, according to a
Communications of the
Association for Information
Systems study.
According to a study
published in the Chronicle of
Higher Education, the Carlson
School’s faculty ranked sixth
in research productivity.
MBA candidates traveled
to India for a Global
Enrichment Elective.
They met with high-level
government officials and
business leaders, including
Indian President A.P.J.
Abdul Kalam.
44 University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor
Kathleen Vohs of
the Department of
Marketing and Logistics
was honored as a
McKnight Land-Grant
Professor, a special
award she will hold for
two years. This program
advances the careers of
the U’s most promising
junior faculty.
On the Carlson School’s
first-ever China Seminar,
MBA candidates traveled
to Shanghai to work
with counterparts at the
Cheung Kong Graduate
School of Business. The
students analyzed the
Chinese operations
of Twin Cities-based
International Dairy
Queen.
feBruary
Target made a gift of $5 million
to the University of Minnesota.
The gift was designated for the
Carlson School’s Hanson Hall,
the Weisman Art Museum, and
TCF Bank Stadium.
Ecolab asked students in
the Carlson Consulting
Enterprise to analyze the
global biofuel production
market and provide
recommendations based
on Ecolab’s current
services. The students
talked to researchers at
the U to learn about the
biofuel market and spoke
to Ecolab personnel
to see how market
needs aligned with the
company’s capabilities.
Carlson School
Professor of
Marketing Rajesh
Chandy was
named to a U.S.
advisory council
on innovation.