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Mad Money Coming to UT
McCombs Defends Title
Lavie Awarded Fellowship

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Mad Money Back-to-School Tour Coming to UT

Mad Money

Watch for "Mad Money" at UT! Mad Money, CNBC's popular stock market news show hosted by Jim Cramer, will film their weekday television show at Hogg Auditorium on Tuesday, March 20. The show will air on March 20 at 5 P.M. CT and at 10 P.M. CT.

McCombs Defends Title at International Case Competition
McCombs Intl. Case Competition For the second consecutive year, a team of McCombs undergrads (pictured from left to right: Paul Albrecht, Mark Rogers, Haley Robison, Dietrich Schmidt) took first place at the Marshall International Case Competition at USC. “The biggest takeaway for me is branding Texas as an international juggernaut when it comes to our business school and our university,” said Mark Rogers, a BHP finance senior. “Texas is a team that should be revered, as we have won four world championships for McCombs in the last year alone. Being able to perpetuate that feeling of, ‘Uh oh, Texas just walked in … I sure hope they aren’t in our bracket for the competition,’ is what has driven me to excel for the past few years in the international arena.”

Lavie Awarded Sloan Fellowship
Dovev Lavie, assistant professor of management, received a Sloan Industry Studies Fellowship by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the foundation announced Feb. 19. The fellowship is given to scholars that show exceptional promise in the early stages of their careers to contribute to the advancement of knowledge, as well as to U.S. industrial development and economic competitiveness. Each fellow receives a grant of $45,000 for a two-year period, administered by his or her institution.

Texas Exes honor Academic Advisor at McCombs
Five academic advisors who have had an effective, positive influence on the educational experience of students, including Brent Winkelman from McCombs, have been selected to be honored with the Texas Exes’ James W. Vick Award for Academic Advising. The ceremony was held in the Alumni Center on March 7. These unique awards are student nominated and student selected. Each recipient received a certificate and a check for $500 funded through the President’s Office. “Academic advisors are college students’ friends, family, counselors and mentors,” said Khushboo Bansal, chair of the student selection committee. “All the recipients this year are exceptional candidates that clearly go above and beyond the call of duty to help serve their students.”

Hicks, Owner of Rangers and Stars, Turned Passion Into Profession
Hicks Don’t worry about your first job because it won’t be your last, advised Tom Hicks, chairman and CEO of Hicks Holdings, at his Feb. 27 VIP Distinguished Speaker Series talk. “Be sure you do something where you have fun.” As owner of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars, Hicks, an avid sports fan, definitely has fun. He also follows another piece of his own advice—“pick an area of business that excites you”—when speaking of his focus on leveraged buyouts (LBOs). Get the full story.

Undergraduates Design Innovative IT System to Conserve Water in Austin
Undergraduates IT System With water becoming an increasingly sparse resource in Central Texas, innovative and financially viable business solutions are needed to reduce water consumption in Austin. On Feb. 23 and 24, 12 teams of business students tackled this challenge in the BizIT Case Competition sponsored by the Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management and supported by Accenture, Citigroup, ConocoPhillips, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Shell, USAA and Wal-Mart. Get the full story .

Spring Exec Ed Course Focuses on Business in Asia
Texas Executive Education programs challenge your thinking and add value to your professional life. Coming up this spring: Doing Business With China and India: Competing in the 21st Century, May 2-4. This program offers an invaluable learning experience for senior executives who want to excel in their careers and position their companies to achieve and sustain competitive advantage in these new markets. For complete course description and registration information please visit us online or call us at 800-409-3932.

McCOMBS IN THE NEWS

Equity Office Property's Status a Source of Speculation
National Real Estate Investor, Feb. 15, 2007
Hartzell Equity Office Property Trust’s packed portfolio was the recent source of struggle in the biggest buyout in American real-estate history. The Blackstone Group conquered the competition to take over EOP, causing market observers to question how Blackstone will deal with EOP’s assets. “I would be surprised if [EOP] stays independent,” said Jay Hartzell, associate finance professor and associate director of the Real Estate Finance & Investment Center at McCombs. “As a portfolio manager, it wouldn’t make much sense to leave this as a stand-alone. You would want to integrate all you could with whatever other assets you were considering holding.” Get the full story.

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