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Jha, a Carson College of Business associate professor, has been named to the International Hospitality Institute’s list of 100 most influential people in U.S. hospitality and travel.

The School of Hospitality Business Management recently received top marks for its academic and research excellence in the 2023 Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.

This year’s list of the world’s most Highly Cited Researchers include WSU experts in business, chemistry, Earth science, engineering, food, and medicine.

Joseph Scott Gladstone is one of the few Native American faculty in America’s business schools. And that’s a problem for corporate America.

The symposium, “Information Systems: The Backbone of Business,” is free and open to the public. It will be held 1–3 p.m. Friday at the CUB Auditorium and livestreamed.

Balducci’s trip to Romania enabled her to impart some of the active classroom engagement techniques she has honed at WSU with an international audience.

The Power Breakfast is designed to inform, inspire and engage business leaders on contemporary business issues. The event is $55 and will be held 8-10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26 at the Westin hotel in Bellevue. Participants may register online until 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19.

Restaurants can persuade patrons to choose healthier foods by adjusting the font size of numbers attached to nutritional information on menus, according to a WSU-led study.

A new generation of WSU engineers will learn not only how to build better robots but also how to make them work better with, and for, humans — thanks in part to a $3 million NSF grant.

With the Baby Boomer generation nearing retirement, many career opportunities exist for students interested in shaping the senior living industry in the decades to come.

WSU researchers are studying the role of “prolific inventors,” also known as star scientists with a lot of experience and success in creating new products. These people are often seen as experts in their field and can hold influence within their company and in the wider business community.

The Carson College of Business’ third annual report surveying the youngest members of the workforce reveals Gen Z employees are facing the dilemma of advancing their careers amid predictions of an upcoming recession.

The college honored its outstanding faculty, staff, and graduate students during an annual awards event at WSU Pullman.

Deborah Compeau has been named interim dean and will serve a two‑year term, effective July 1, while a national search is conducted.

Faculty will use the awards to address equity gaps in student performance and experiential learning to help meet employment criteria.

We’ve all heard the age-old saying “the customer is always right.” However, in recent years, an emerging field of research has delved into the rise of customer incivility and misbehavior, commonly referred to as the “dark side of customer behavior.”

Business software solutions and mobile app technology for social good were collective themes presented at the 20th annual Business Plan Competition on Thursday, April 27.

CEO Magazine ranked online MBA and executive MBA programs from WSU’s Carson College of Business as No. 27 and No. 26, moving up in rankings from No. 34 and No. 55 the previous year.

Pullman Marriott Hotels is funding prizes for the three best products created from hotel linen waste by WSU students.

New WSU research shows that the main driver of doubt among voters about the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election was the consumption of fake news, which was primarily gleaned off Facebook.

The program is designed for health care executives to sharpen their leadership skills and business competencies and for rising health care professionals to advance their careers.

This year’s big challenges for regional business are combating inflation, supply chain issues, and labor shortages, according to 2023 Business in the Northwest report released by WSU’s Carson College of Business.

Carson College of Business Associate Professor Dipra Jha was recently recognized with the Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award from the Western Federation Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education.

Melissa Hellmann, an investigative journalist for the Center for Public Integrity, will discuss, “The Cost of Disparity: How State Tax Policies Fuel the Racial Wealth Gap.”

The WSU-led research leverages past customer transactions to provide brick-and-mortar stores with a degree of the personalized shopping experience online retailers such as Netflix and Amazon use.

This year’s big challenges for regional business are combatting inflation, supply chain issues, and labor shortages, according to the 2023 Business in the Northwest report from WSU’s Carson College of Business.

Many of the WSU studies that grabbed headlines last year had to do with human health, topped by the discovery of a potentially dangerous virus in Russian bats, a relative of the one that causes COVID‑19.

Five Washington State University online programs ranked among the best in the nation for 2023 by U.S. News & World Report.

As millions of Americans continue to work remotely, a new WSU-led study provides employers with key insights to keep their valuable information safe.

Hospitality business management students captured the grand prize for the third time in five years at the Intercollegiate Wine Business Invitational.