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Class of 2021: Graduate Student Awards Posted 5.25.2021
On behalf of Dean Malhotra and the Weatherhead family, we are pleased to recognize the following students who have been selected by their peers for demonstrating excellence over their careers at Weatherhead. The Scott S. Cowen Student Leadership Award This award recognizes a leader and role model ...
Research: The Curse of Extremes: Generalist Career Experience and CEO Initial Compensation
New research published in the Journal of Management by Simon Peck, associate professor of design and innovation, challenges the assumption that generalist CEO’s—CEO’s who have worked in different organizational areas for a number of different firms—are more valued and should receive higher compensat...
2021 Flourish Prizes Virtual Celebration Announcement
We are excited to announce the 17 honorees selected as part of this year's Flourish Prize Celebration. The Flourish Prizes are one of our favorite ways to engage with our global AIM2Flourish community and we are excited to announce our 2021 Flourish Prize honorees. Each of the 585 stories publishe...
EMBA Leadership Award Celebrates 15 Years: A Look Back at Its Origins
When the EMBA Class of 2006 was putting on their graduation robes, then-Director Jenny Lahman Villa mused aloud, “Did you know EMBA is the only graduate program without a leadership award?” A week or so later, about half the class got together over a beer, and decided to start one. But when you hav...
Read David Cooperrider's latest book on "Prospective Theory"
Engaged research and qualitative theory building in the social sciences are among the greatest adventures and significant vocations life can present. The impact of good theory, no matter how tiny or vast, can instantly move across our intimate planet and affect every human and living system in this ...
Senior Spotlight: Meet Seven Undergraduates from the Class of 2021
The undergraduate Class of 2021 has seen its fair share of ups and downs. From hybrid learning to virtual job fairs, the past year wasn’t without its challenges. In true Case Western Reserve University fashion, the Class of 2021 has been resilient, adaptable and valiant. To celebrate, we are recogn...
Emily Ahlstrom, MGT ’20, Awarded among Top in the Country for Exceptional CPA Exam Score
Emily Ahlstrom, MGT ’20, was named a 2020 Sells Award winner by The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). Among the nearly 75,000 people who took the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam last year, only 89 individuals satisfied the requirements needed to earn the Elijah Watt Sells award, a demonstr...
Faculty feature: CNV Krishnan Posted 4.20.2021
CNV Krishnan, known to fellow faculty, staff and students as Krish, is a professor and the department chair in the banking and finance department and the Master of Finance faculty director. When he’s not busy managing the curriculum and other details for the widely-recognized program, he’s brainstor...
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Finance Student Wins First Place in Undergraduate Business School Leadership Conference’s Competition
Kyler Barnard, a third-year finance major at Weatherhead who will be graduating this fall, was a member of the first-place team in the Undergraduate Business School Leadership Conference’s competition, Cultivating Your Community, which partnered with Central MA Food Rescue and challenged students to...
Weatherhead to Offer Two New Finance Certificates Beginning Fall ‘21
Weatherhead School of Management announced today that the school will offer two new finance certificates beginning this fall: a Quantitative Finance Certificate and a Financial Management Certificate. The new, flexible certificates are designed for both current graduate students and working profess...