Remembering Beau Parent

July 20 marked the 10th anniversary of the death of legendary instructor Beau Parent, who taught accounting at the Freeman School for more than 35 years.

Force named director of Center for Experiential Business Learning

The Freeman School of Business has named Mara Baumgarten Force as the inaugural director of the Center for Experiential Business Learning, the school’s new center of excellence dedicated to high-impact hands-on learning.

Longtime faculty member Russ Robins retires

On June 30, Russ Robins, the Jessica L. Streiffer and Edward L. Streiffer Chair in International Finance and professor of finance, retired, bringing to a close his 35-year career as a full-time professor and administrator.

Research sheds new light on gender disparities in the workplace

A new study by Jasmijn Bol investigates the differential impacts of Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) for male versus female employees, uncovering significant gender disparities and highlighting the unintended consequences of using management control systems to promote and reward these behaviors.

Study: Vanishing photos make matches multiply on dating apps

A new Freeman School study finds that sharing ephemeral photos, which vanish after being seen, can increase the number of matches on a dating app. The study was published in Information Systems Research.

Selected Faculty Publications

Alissa Bilfield’s paper “Exploring the Implications of the Fair Trade USA Certification for Farmworker Health and Well-being at the First Certified Farm in the U.S.,” co-authored with Edmundo Hernandez, was published in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development.