Resources are available to small businesses impacted by Hurricane Ian. The Florida SBDC at USF is encouraging businesses to seek available disaster assistance and has opened Business Recovery Centers where disaster specialists help small businesses complete state and federal disaster loan applications.

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For the second year in a row, the 2022 SportBusiness Postgraduate Rankings place USF's Vinik Sport & Entertainment Management program No. 1 in Florida, No. 3 in the U.S., and No. 3 in the world. The program ranked No. 1 globally  in the industry network category and No. 2 in the world in the extracurricular category.

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Powerhouse investor Cathie Wood, founder of ARK Invest, headlined a fireside chat on Oct. 5 at the Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance. Allen Clary, an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at the Muma College of Business, moderated the panel discussion that also featured investor Tom Federick.

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What's the best workplace environment for inventors who like to venture outside their fields of expertise? In an article in Technovation, Lin Jiang examines why  inventors are more productive when they are in an organization with cross-unit communications versus a hierarchical approach.

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The USF Esports Summit returns on Nov. 10 with a line-up of esports industry speakers. Participants can connect with regional and global leaders in the $1B  esports industry during the summit and then watch the live-action championship finale of the 2022 Battle for Florida tournament.

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Sunil Mithas, a World Class Scholar and professor with the School of Information Systems and Management, received the 2022 INFORMS Information Systems Society Distinguished Fellow Award. The award honors outstanding contributions to the information systems discipline.

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Yeseul Kim, a graduate teaching assistant in marketing, was named a 2022 Association for Consumer Research/Sheth Foundation Dissertation Award winner. The awards highlight top dissertations that address areas of global consumer behavior or public purpose consumer research.

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Professor of Instruction Matthew Mullarkey had the opportunity to speak at the 77th United Nations General Assembly as part of the Science Summit Session on the Digital Transformation of Healthcare. His research offered a novel approach to adopting digital technologies to transform health care.  

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The 3rd annual Business Ethics Essay Competition is underway. This year's essay question is simply, "Why Do Business Ethics Matter?" Top essays could win up to $700 in prizes. The competition is presented by Professor Greg Smersh and funded by the USF Exide Professorship in Business Ethics.

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Faculty Spotlights

Jung Chul Park, an associate professor of finance and the Bank of America Professor of Finance, had two research papers accepted for publication in FT-50 journals. “A Cognitive Perspective of Real Options Investment: CEO Overconfidence,” was accepted for publication in the Strategic Management Journal, and “A Dilemma of Self-Interest vs. Ethical Responsibilities in Political Insider Trading,” was accepted for publication in the Journal of Business Ethics.

Martina Schmidt, a professor of instruction at the Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance, was interviewed by WalletHub for a blog post on credit cards.

Stephen Diasio, an associate professor of instruction, was quoted in the story “Under The Radar: New Pathways To Success Through South Florida’s Entrepreneurship Program” in Poets&Quants.

Delroy Hunter, the Serge Bonanni Professor of International Finance in the Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance, contributed an op-ed titled “Should the BOJ care about firms’ forex losses?” in The Gleaner.

Steven Currall, the former president of USF, will become a full Professor within the School of Information Systems and Management on Nov. 3 after completing a 15-month sabbatical.

Dipayan Biswas, the Frank Harvey Endowed Professor of Marketing in the School of Marketing and Innovation, was featured in a story in Daily Coffee News and in retailcustomerexperience.com about his research suggesting drinking coffee before shopping may lead to more purchases. 

Alumni Updates

Will Daughtrey (‘05, MBA, Marketing, Management, Finance) was named vice president of merchandising for furniture retailer Gardner-White. He was previously the vice president of merchandising for Kane’s Furniture in central Florida.

Bob Batz (‘96 BS, Accounting) was promoted to senior managing director of CBIZ MHM, a leading provider of financial, insurance, and advisory services. He previously served as the MHM attest practice leader for the Tampa Bay market and a lead managing director for CBIZ.

Richard Weinstein (‘79, BA, Marketing) was appointed by the Florida governor to the College of the Florida Keys District Board of Trustees. He is the president and chief operating officer of the Ocean Reef Community Foundation and previously served as a trustee of the Incentive Research Foundation.

Ivan Gil (‘12, BS, Marketing) started a new role as the assistant vice president for marketing and digital innovation at NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. He is a former USF Muma College of Business 25 Under 25 honoree.

Jessica Senatus (‘21, BS, Business Analytics and Information Systems) is excited to share that she was promoted to senior associate at KPMG US on the new Cyber Threat Management team. She is a former USF Muma College of Business 25 Under 25 honoree.

Thalia Michaels (’15, BS, Accounting, MACC, Accounting) has a new role as an information security senior analyst in the Technology Risk and Assurance team at Raymond James Financial.