An Exceptional Opportunity
With three faculty serving as co-editors of leading marketing journals, Smeal will enjoy unparalleled impact on the discipline.
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Perspectives
Responsibly Using AI
Smeal plans to instill skills in students that will help them ethically employ AI in the classroom and the workplace.
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Just the beginning
During my first six months as the John and Karen Arnold Dean of Smeal, I have focused on building relationships and crafting a vision for the future.
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Artificial Intelligence
What is AI? Artificial intelligence, or AI, is a general term (first coined in 1956 by John McCarthy) to describe a machine or computer program that can perform tasks that seem “smart” (e.g. classifying loan applicants based on their financial data and diagnosing patients based on their clinical data, etc.)
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The Path to CEO
(Excerpted from the moderated discussion between Dean Charles H. Whiteman and John Geller during Executive Insights, Smeal’s signature speaker series)
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It’s been an honor.
When I joined the Penn State Smeal College of Business in 2012, I had no doubt I would be a part of an extraordinary community.
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Absorbing the Shocks
The COVID-19 pandemic had a severe and rapid negative effect on the economy, causing widespread business closures, supply chain disruptions, and job losses. Over time, the government implemented several stimulus measures to mitigate a recession, highlighting the pandemic’s economic challenges.
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Better Business Podcast EPISODE 10: Climate Change and Commercial Real Estate
From investors to business owners to those tasked with expanding their company, everyone in commercial real estate is now feeling the early effects of climate change.
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Better Business Podcast EPISODE 9: Funding Options for Entrepreneurs
Funding for new entrepreneurs has quickly dried up. Over the final quarter of 2022, startup investments in North America declined by more than 60% compared to the same period in 2021, according to a Crunchbase report.
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Better Business Podcast EPISODE 8: The Circular Economy
As we attempt to eliminate waste and slow climate change, we’re seeing a shift to a circular economy, where products and materials are repurposed in new cycles.
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Competing with the best in the world — with a lot of help from our friends
Media outlets and independent observers regularly identify the Penn State Smeal College of Business among the best business schools in the world — a perception that is most certainly reflected in the growing number of college applications Smeal receives each year.
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Better Business Podcast Episode 7: The Leadership Trajectory of Women:
How COVID, Roe v. Wade, and Other Obstacles Have Brought New Challenges to a Longstanding Struggle
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