John Starkey's (Business) BUS 103 class raised $5,063 during the 2018 spring semester. The money will benefit four charities chosen by the students: Southern Nevada Children First, Veterans Village Las Vegas, The Trauma Intervention Program of Southern Nevada and Jobs for Nevada's Graduates. Students who participated in this semester's…

Won-Yong Oh (Business) and his co-authors' paper "Intragroup Transactions, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Philanthropy in Korean Business Groups" was published in the Journal of Business Ethics.  This study examines how the corporate philanthropy decisions of group-affiliated firms in Korea (Chaebol firms) are made. Journal of Business…

Erin Hamilton (Accounting) was awarded a three-year fellowship  with EY. EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Hamilton is the second faculty member in accounting to be named an EY fellow.

Daniel Chi (Finance) and his co-authors' paper "Why Has the Value of Cash Increased over Time?" was published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. This publication is considered to be an A+ journal in finance. Additionally, he recently was interviewed by Las Vegas Sun and discussed issues concerning debt…

Ikseon Suh (Accounting) and collaborators Anna Rose and Jacob Rose, both from Oregon State University; Jay Thibodeau of Bentley University; Kristina Linke of University of Groningen; and Carolyn Norman of Virginia Commonwealth University won third place in the 2017-18 Glen McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting and Ethics for their paper, "…

Shawn McCoy (Economics) has been accepted to the 2018 Lincoln Institute Scholars Program. As part of this, he will be associated with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and participate in a program in May with other selected Ph.D.s in public finance or urban economics from all over the country. He also will have an opportunity to…

Casey Dakus (Fine Arts), Annie Lu, (Business), Schetema Nealy (Sciences), and Kaela Palmer (Liberal Arts) have been chosen to receive the spring 2018 Southwest Travel Awards. They were selected from almost 100 student applicants. Recipients of the awards receive a round-trip travel voucher from Southwest Airlines to allow them to travel…

Innovation (Research & Economic Development), the university's research magazine, recently received a Bronze Award of Excellence from District VII of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). CASE Awards of Excellence showcase best practices in alumni relations, fundraising, public/government relations, advancement…

John Starkey (Business) taught two sections of BUS 103 in the fall in which students raised $7,175 for three local charities — Family Promise - Las Vegas, Tortoise Group, and Furgotten Friends Dog Rescue. Students also evaluated each organization and created marketing plans for fundraising efforts that will be shared with the organizations.…

Vivek Sah (LIED Institute for Real Estate Studies) has been appointed by NAIOP, the commercial Real Estate Development Associations, as a 2018 NAIOP Research Foundation Distinguished Fellow. As a fellow he will actively participate in national NAIOP events, present current research to the NAIOP corporate board of directors, and provide feedback…

Robert Randolph (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) recently published an article in Long Range Planning titled “Entrenchment in publicly traded family firms: Evidence from the S&P 500.” The study, co-authored with faculty at University of North Carolina, explores the presence of familial entrenchment mechanisms in publicly traded…

Hans Rawhouser (Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology) with Michael Cummings (University of Arkansas) and Scott Newbert (Baruch College, City University of New York) recently had a paper, “Social Impact Measurement: Current Approaches and Future Directions for Social Entrepreneurship Research,” published in the prestigious Entrepreneurship…