Haslam College of Business

State business leaders are showing increased optimism for Tennessee’s economy while continuing to be pessimistic about the national economy, according to a recent University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research survey. More than 72 percent of participants in the January Tennessee Business Leaders Survey said they…

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ACEI) has announced a new initiative, the ACEI Research Fellows, which aims to bridge academic research and practice related to entrepreneurship and innovation. Appointed through the end of the 2023-24 academic year, the inaugural ACEI Research Fellows cohort includes:…

“Bloom your strength.” That was the message Kelly Drummond, chief human resources officer for the City of Knoxville, emphasized during her keynote address at the Haslam College of Business’ eighth annual Women in Business, Entrepreneurship and Leadership Summit. The event, held on March 3 in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s…

An in-home security system, a trailer chocking system and a pumped storage solution captivated the judges at the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation’s spring 2023 Vol Court. Vol Court is a five-week entrepreneurial speaker series that culminates in a business idea pitch competition held every semester at the University…

The Carter Center recently published “Finding Firmer Ground: The Role of High Technology in U.S.-China Relations,” co-authored by Sara Hsu, clinical associate professor of supply chain management in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business. Hsu and her fellow researchers will discuss their analysis on Friday, March 10,…

iSustain, a national leader in industrial recycling, established a $400,000 graduate fellowship endowment to support students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business. iSustain committed $200,000 to the university, which will receive a one-to-one match from Haslam’s matching gift program for a total of $400,000. This endowment…

The inaugural conference of the Business School Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Collaborative (BUSDEIC) runs from March 8-10 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s campus and in downtown Knoxville. Hosted in its first year by the Haslam College of Business, the conference is expected to draw roughly 125 attendees from academia…

The 103-year-old Transportation Research Board (TRB), a division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, is charged with guiding the United States toward transportation improvements and innovation through research-driven, impartial findings that its members present to Congress. To pursue this research, TRB’s executive committee asks members to serve…

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business’ undergraduate programs climbed to No. 19 in the nation among public universities in Poets & Quants’ recently released rankings of top business schools. The college also rose to 49th among all institutions, up three spots from the 2022 ranking. In the…

A team of students from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business placed first in the Mulroy Real Estate Challenge, held in Philadelphia in February. The team, consisting of senior finance majors Jackson Snodgrass, Camryn Oneidas, Jonah Mikulski and Jack Beachboard, will share the first-place prize money. In…