Faculty Media Mentions

While the bill allocates billions in incentives to encourage chip manufacturers to build or expand fabrication plants across the country, it also includes an 'and science' opportunity in the form of small business innovation research and technology grants, which “will play a large role in the university setting and create more funding for R&D, scientific research and innovation,” says Rebecca Howick, Director of Operations for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

For most drivers in the United States, obeying a stop sign upon approaching an intersection is an unavoidable annoyance. But for Finance Professor Jiasun Li, it's a problem waiting to be solved.

An article in the Fairfax County Times explains the Honey Bee Initiative’s Hive Alive project.

“Northern Virginia has been No. 1 for economic mobility in the past four decades,” said Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship Director Eric Maribojoc. But the market is not producing enough housing for 60,000 new residents expected next decade.

From old-fashioned self-scan machines to stores with no physical checkout at all, the options are growing for improving the experience. There are a few reasons these technologies are gaining steam. “First, of course, is the labor shortage that we’re dealing with,” said Gautham Vadakkepatt, marketing professor and director of the Center for Retail Transformation in an interview with C-Store Dive.

Gautham Vadakkepatt, director of the Center for Retail Transformation, told BisNow he has seen mall valuations fall “astronomically” in recent years.

What guaranteed approval credit cards are the best? WalletHub picked the best guaranteed approval credit card offers to help consumers with bad credit find the right credit card. Finance Professor Steve Pilloff is quoted as an expert resource. 

How does skewness in returns relate to other factors in asset pricing? Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer and finance student Jordan Doyle explore this topic in CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor Blog.

Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer told Insider that Twitter employees might have "a rough go of it" if Elon Musk takes over. 

"The gender wage gap often starts at the salary negotiations table. By teaching our students the right skills, we can help make that gap disappear—for good," writes Management Professor Suzanne de Janasz for AACSB Insights.

An article written by Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer for The Wall Street Journal was quoted in this piece for International Banker.

Prioritization, not capacity, is the real issue facing allies as they continue to supply Ukraine but also to ensure NATO members have enough defense items, writes Center for Government Contracting Executive Director Jerry McGinn in a commentary for DefenseNews