A few weeks ago, a team of MBA students kicked off the third annual Health and Life Sciences Conference at Questrom School of Business to discuss “A Prescription for Better Healthcare”. This year focused on the provision of high-value services to patients across the continuum of healthcare. The event sold out with just under 300 […]
This past Saturday the Women’s MBA Association held their 6th Annual Networking Brunch at the Taj Hotel in Boston. Student attendees included men and women from the full time and part time MBA program, as well as the MSMS program. Also in attendance were several alumni along with company representatives from PwC, Liberty Mutual, AT&T, […]
Veterans make up a large portion of each MBA class, and there are 24 Veterans currently enrolled in an MBA program at BU. This past weekend, a group of them attended the MBA Veteran’s Conference in Nashville, TN. The conference is only opened up to 300 MBA Veterans each year, and we were privileged enough […]
This weekend, several members of Women’s MBA Association flew down to Houston, TX for the NAWMBA Conference. The weekend consisted of…- Several Keynote Speakers such as, Ingrid Vanderveldt, the Founder, Chairman & CEO of Vanderveldt Global Investments, EBW2020 LLC (Empowering a Billion Women by 2020)- Professional Development Sessions around building your personal brand, empowering other women leaders, managing your energy, […]
1. Awesome Panelists and Moderators Security panelists (l to r) Rob Zalkland, Lee Weiner and Paul Roberts The event brought together industry professionals from some of the most hottest domains in technology: Internet of Things, Mobile Payments and Security and Privacy. It was a perfect blend of industry leaders and new disruptive entrants: the insights […]
“It felt like a PROFESSIONAL conference, not a student-run event.” Those words ringing in my ears from attendees convinced me that the chairs and leadership committee of the 1st Annual Boston University Health and Life Sciences Conference had succeeded in achieving the near-impossible: success which exceeded even our own expectations. It had taken more than […]
Post by: Jessica Friesen MBA 2013 From October 18-21 MBA students from Boston University and from across the country gathered at Boston’s Seaport World Trade Center for the 2012 Reaching Out MBA Conference: Together, Building Community. Externally, ROMBA might have appeared to be your run-of-the mill business school conference. It was well funded and attended […]
Post by: Sheri Cheng PEMBA, 2012 With the help of the BU Student Activities Organization and the Public & Nonprofit Management Club, I have been able to attend a number of conferences in the area this semester, most recently the Yale School of Management’s Education Leadership Conference on March 24th, in New Haven, CT. The […]
Post by:Phan HuynhMS-MBA, 2013 If I ever got a tattoo, it’d say “fortes fortuna adiuvat.” Fortune favors the bold. A fortune. I don’t pursue goals, I pursue fortunes. And I don’t mean gold. I mean vast amounts of freedom – the freedom to scoff at forty hour work weeks, the freedom to teach unpaid at […]
Post By:Nolan Green MBA Candidate, 2012 This year, four BU MBA students (along with nine undergrads) made a cross-country trek to Portland, Oregon for the Net Impact National Conference. Net Impact is a worldwide organization dedicated to leveraging the resources of business for the social good across all sectors. Those with an interest in working […]