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The $20 million deferred commitment will provide unrestricted support for the Simon Business School’s mission and will help ensure the professional success of future Simon students and alumni.

Vice provost for entrepreneurship Duncan Moore, President Joel Seligman, Michael Wohl, and Simon School of Business students Mikayla Hart, Robert Joseph Kauffman, and Cesar Quijano pose with the Dalai Lama after their third place finish in the national finals of the Tibetan Innovation Challenge, a new intercollegiate social entrepreneurship business plan contest, organized by the University of Rochester. The Simon team’s project — Tibetan Microfinance — would unlock the entrepreneurial potential of Tibetans living in India by bringing them basic financial training and access to capital.

In a new study, Simon School professor used data science methodologies to take a closer look at what actually motivates candidates to “go negative.”

The University celebrated Andrew Ainslie’s appointment as dean of the Simon Business School at an investiture ceremony at the Interfaith Chapel on Feb. 3. During the ceremony, President Joel Seligman presented Ainslie with a Dean’s Medal in recognition of his leadership.

Simon will offer an innovative hands-on leadership module and an online component to allow busy executives to attend classes on campus just once a month.

Ainslie has been senior associate dean, full-time MBA program, at UCLA Anderson School of Management since 2010. The appointment, subject to Board approval, is effective after Dean Mark Zupan’s term ends on June 30.

A snowy morning outside Schlegel Hall at the Simon Business School.

Karen O. Dowd will oversee the School’s Career Management Center, lead its corporate outreach and mentor student professional development.

Public relations and communications professionals gathered at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel for the 26th Annual Big Apple Awards Gala.