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Tuesday, January 1, 2008


The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression and genetic information in the University’s programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, IOA@ku.edu, 1246 W. Campus Road, Room 153A, Lawrence, KS, 66045, (785)864-6414, 711 TTY.

The University of Kansas School of Business is listed in the Princeton Review's "Best Business Schools." The Princeton Review compiled its list of the best schools based on surveys of 19,000 students enrolled in accredited MBA programs and on school-reported data. The website offers details about the schools' academic programs, student life and career prospects for graduates.


More information about KU's listing in the Princeton Review can be found at:
http://www.princetonreview.com/mba/research/profiles/generalinfo.asp?listing=1011124&LTID=2 .

"Corporate Application of Prediction/Information Markets" was the topic of a recent conference offered by the School.

"Prediction markets are a tool for harnessing the wisdom of crowds. They have been used to accurately forecast election results for several decades now," said Koleman Strumpf, professor of economics at the School, who organized the conference. "Recently, firms have begun to use these markets to leverage the information dispersed among their employees and customers. The markets have been used to improve forecasts of uncertain events, to generate new ideas, and to improve resource allocation within the firm."

The conference featured keynote speaker Jim Lavoie, co-founder and CEO, Rite-Solutions.

In cooperation with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Reserve Bank of Chicago, KU School of Business recently co-sponsored an academic research conference on "Mergers and Acquisitions of Financial Institutions" in Washington, DC.

The conference was attended by 120 academics, economists, government regulators, and industry professionals from around the world. New research, panel discussions, and keynote addresses were presented by 30 distinguished professors, financial economists, regulators, and industry analysts from the U.S., Japan, China, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, France, Italy, and the UK.

Robert (Bob) DeYoung, one of the organizers of the conference, recently joined the Business School as the Capitol Federal Professor in Financial Markets and Institutions. Prior to joining the School, DeYoung was the Associate Director of Research, Division of Insurance and Research, for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He has also held positions at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. DeYoung earned his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University-Camden.

Allen Ford, the Larry D. Horner/KPMG Distinguished Professor of Accounting, received the 2007 Outstanding Service Award for the Midwest Region of the American Accounting Association. Allen joined the faculty of KU in 1976, teaching financial accounting and tax courses. Today he teaches graduate and undergraduate level courses, including an introductory tax course for non-accounting students.