Crickets as food source
With his team, Mohammed Ashour, a Master's candidate at 91涩漫, won a regional championship of a special competition to have their proposal of crickets as a food source for impoverished countries presented to Bill Clinton and Barack Obama - and potentially win $1 million.
MBA students win first place at USC Marshall Global Consulting Challenge
MBA students Khaled Kahale, Hamidreza Mafi, Juan Camilo Ramirez, David Solomon and Scott Weatherhead represented Desautels Faculty of Management for the first time at the USC Marshall Global Consulting Challenge alongside nine other prestigious business schools from across the world. The team was awarded the best overall industry analysis prize by a team of judges.
Desautels MBAs promote social good and compete for $1 million
Desautels MBA students Mohammed Ashour, Jesse Pearlstein, Shobhita Soor, Zev Thompson, and Gabriel Mott, beat out over 40 teams, including Harvard, MIT and Yale, to win the Boston Regional Finals of the 2013 Hult Prize.
鈥�91涩漫 State of Mind鈥� team donates to Desautels Graduate Student Society
The team behind the successful "91涩漫 State of Mind" music video project has donated a check of $500, on behalf of its sponsor Wire Rope Industries, to the Desautels Graduate Student Society. The video team, whose project has reached over 64,000 YouTube hits, would like to thank Desautels students for watching the video and contributing to a diverse campus community.
Canadian B-Schools Join Forces
Some countries get all the luck when it comes to their neighbors. And for most of its history, the U.S. has been fortunate to have some of the world鈥檚 least troublesome, actually downright nice, people on its northern border: the Canadians.
Leading business schools to speak with one voice as Canadian MBA Alliance
鈥淐anadian Schools are experiencing growing demand with a 28% increase in GMAT scores sent to Canadian Programs relative to test taking volume five years ago. (Source: GMAC North American Trend Report.)
La vague rose poursuit son chemin
Il y a une d茅cennie, les femmes 茅taient encore peu nombreuses dans les cohortes de MBA au Qu茅bec. Depuis quelques ann茅es, elles repr茅sentent en moyenne de 25 脿 35 % des 茅tudiants dans ces programmes.
La pr茅sence des femmes dans les classes de MBA pour cadres en exercice est appel茅e 脿 cro卯tre au cours des prochaines ann茅es.
The jobs have come back, MBA grads report
Despite uncertain economic times, the latest MBA graduates from business schools in Canada and around the world are landing jobs (and good salaries) at a speedy pace unparalleled in a decade, according to a new survey.
MBA student Alicia Cooper awarded Development Needs Scholarship
MBA student Alicia Cooper was awarded the Development Needs Scholarship by the Ministry of Public Administration of Trinidad and Tobago.
MD/MBA student Jordan Isenberg receives Dave Williams Leadership Award
MD/MBA student Jordan Isenberg is the co-winner of the Dave Williams Leadership Award 2012, granted by the 91涩漫 Faculty of Medicine. This award serves to recognize Jordan鈥檚 public policy works on the Quebec聽provincial, Canadian national and UN international scenes, where he exemplifies principles of leadership: setting direction, motivating & aligning people, building value and modeling the way.
The best business schools of 2012
The full-time MBA ranking published last month by BusinessWeek brings the 2012 season of media rankings of business schools to a close, and the results will be met with the usual mix of joy, despair and skepticism by the business school community. Staff, students and alumni will be assessing the impact of their school鈥檚 standing in the global market, while potential applicants may over-rely on these league tables to determine their shortlist of target schools.
Outstanding Result for Desautels MBA Team at FEI Best in Class Case Competition
Desautels MBA students, Alaa Abulhuda, Soeren Klatt, Lauren Merkel and Thomas Weber, took 2nd place at the 7th annual Financial Executives International (FEI) Best in Class Invitational Case Competition held in Toronto from November 15-17, 2012. After placing 4th in 2009 and 3rd in 2010, this is our Faculty鈥檚 highest placement thus far at this prestigious competition, which includes the top business schools from across Canada.
MBA students: Head of the (asset) class
Academia can be filled with hypotheticals and theoreticals. To make it real, just add money. A growing number of Canadian business schools are implementing investing programs that buy and sell with real dollars, blurring鈥攐r eliminating鈥� the divide between campus and Bay Street.
Why we need the world's best
The great historian Marcel Trudel liked to talk about the myths and realities of Quebec's history. On my side, I'll talk about the myths and realities of the international role of Quebec's universities - a key role for the success of Quebec.
MBA student Alexis Pradie receives 1938 Champions Award
MBA student Alexis Pradie has been chosen as the recipient of a 1938 Champions Award by the Committee on Enrolment and Student Affairs and the Martlet Foundation. The 1938 Champions Awards were established in 1991 by the surviving members of the 1938 91涩漫 Intercollegiate Champions in football and hockey in memory of their teammates who lost their lives in the service of their country during World War II.
