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U.S. News & World Report announced today that five WSU online programs have been ranked among the best in the nation for 2021.

When entrepreneurs dream up ideas for new businesses, cannabis use might help, and hinder, their creativity, according to a new WSU study.

A team of Washington State University Pullman hospitality business management students recently captured the title of best wine label at the Intercollegiate Wine Business Invitational, an annual online competition, for a third consecutive victory.

New WSU research shows understanding how global warming occurs is a critical step toward believing it’s real.

Some students at WSU Health Sciences Spokane, the Carson College of Business and the College of Veterinary Medicine will begin the the Spring 2021 semester before the Jan. 19 start date.

A former career in financial services sales gives Kevin Chase an edge when bringing industry topics into the classroom. As a new faulty member in the Department of Marketing and International Business (MIB), Chase also brings a wealth of research experience on how salesperson behavior affects customer decision making in B2B sales.

People dreaming of travel post-COVID-19 now have some scientific data to support their wanderlust.

In a time when political corruption is among the media’s most intense focal points, new accounting faculty member Chase Potter will be a voice of experience in the classroom and resource to tax managers and finance policy makers seeking insights.

New WSU research is shedding light on family attitudes towards online privacy. The project could ultimately help increase the use of contact tracing apps.

Azam Boskabadi has been on a fast track toward success since her elementary school days in Tehran. The operations management scholar grew up not only exceling in academics but in sports and the arts as well.

Students at the WSU Carson College of Business made holiday cards for more than 60 senior living residents to lift their spirits during the holiday season.

Nicholas S. Delaney (’03) brings over 32 years of combined experience in senior management, business, financial services and fundraising to his new position.

After serving in administrative roles for the last six years in the University of Albany’s human resource information systems program, Richard Johnson, felt a pull to expand his research and teaching efforts, particularly after observing the growth of artificial intelligence and data driven evaluations of employees.

An overwhelming majority of Pacific Northwest shoppers don’t plan to shop in-store on Thanksgiving Day (83%) or Black Friday (77%) this year, according to a report from WSU’s Carson College of Business.

“Work doesn’t feel like work when you are making something sugary and delicious.”

A phrase that could have been coined by Willy Wonka is the real-life sentiment of Madeline Ryan (’20), a WSU food science graduate working in the beverage industry. As a research and development technician for Eagle Beverage Products in Kent, Washington, Ryan creates and packages products such as coffee syrups and bar mixes for private label beverage companies.

Only about 28% of information systems faculty at U.S. colleges and universities are women, but that’s a statistic Washington State University researcher Michelle Carter is working to change.

Poets&Quants ranked online MBA and executive MBA programs from the Carson College of Business as No. 12 in their 2021 rankings of The Best Online MBA Programs moving up from No. 16 in 2020.

The Carson College produces many graduates each year who seek careers with insurance companies or become insurance agents or brokers. To prepare WSU students interested in exploring this career path, the Carson College hosts the annual Walton Lecture featuring an insurance and risk management expert to share professional perspectives.

Roy Suddaby, one of the world’s most highly cited researchers in business and economics, recently joined the Carson College as a professor of management on a 50 percent appointment. An internationally renowned scholar of organizational theory and institutional change, Suddaby is the Winspear Chair of Management at the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria and has adjunct professor positions at Ritsumeikan University in Japan and the IAE Business School in Argentina.

If the question “What’s for dinner?” causes you stress, a new collaboration between Catering Services in the School of Hospitality Business Management (SHBM) and the WSU Eggert Family Organic Farm can help relieve some of that anxiety—at least on Fridays.

Carson College chefs Jamie Callison and Jason Butcherite along with Brad Jaeckel, Eggert Farm manager, are offering the best of WSU products and local farm-grown ingredients as take-home meal kits.

From tracking to treatment to prevention, WSU scientists are expanding our understanding of the current COVID-19 crisis while helping lead international efforts to identify and stop the next potential pandemic.

While Jeremy Cox is a gifted mathematician, one of his greatest talents lies in his ability to help people see business as something much more than a mathematical, profit-maximizing endeavor. After earning his MBA, he worked for a marketing company, building predictive models to decipher customer behavior. As he began analyzing customers, employees, managers, and society, he developed strong convictions that business needs to be taught in a different way.

Carson College students planning future careers in the accounting field will be learning from Jacob Jaggi, a new faculty member with extensive industry experience, as fall classes get underway. Prior to earning his doctorate from the University of Arizona, he worked in several accounting capacities as an internal auditor, controller, and SEC reporting analyst, and across industries, including agriculture, manufacturing, mining, and nonprofit.

The project pairs teams of business students with small companies to provide 13 weeks of confidential, no‑cost consulting.

The lab houses 12 Bloomberg terminals, giving students and faculty access to real‑time news, financial and economic data, and other tools that are the “gold standard” within the industry.

Steve Patterson will present “Risky Business: Regulated Insurers in Catastrophic Times” via Zoom from 5-6:15 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28.

Business leaders acknowledge the hardships of COVID‑19 but are confident they have the skills and resources to navigate the crisis, according to a new WSU Carson College of Business report.

Automatic gratuities leave restaurant patrons with a bad taste, even when the meal and the service were excellent, new research from WSU indicates.

Arvin Sahaym is being recognized for his many research and teaching contributions in the fields of strategy, entrepreneurship, and innovation management.

As the School of Hospitality Business Management’s assistant director, Dipra Jha will be the main point of contact when students, parents, and industry leaders visit the Pullman campus.