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Tina Das, professor of Economics and Cassandra DiRienzo, professor of Economics and associate dean of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, presented their paper titled “Tourism Competitiveness and the Role of Diversity: A Cross-Country Analysis” at the 3rd WSEAS International Conference on Cultural Heritage and Tourism (CUHT 2010) in Greece, July 22 – 24, 2010.

Professor John Burbridge has been awarded a 2010 Yoseloff-SABR Baseball Research Grants to examine the legacy of a player and manager involved in a famous confrontation in 1955 involving Jackie Robinson.

Eight MBA students, one MBA alumnus and one ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law student traveled to Ireland June 18th to study business and corporate culture in the country. Love School of Business management professor Scott Buechler and Economics professor Tina Das are accompanying the group.

Christy Benson, an assistant professor of business law and ethics, and Gary Palin, executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and senior lecturer of entrepreneurship, presented June 26 at the International Council for Small Business World Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Kevin O'Mara, a professor of management, and Gary Palin, director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, presented their paper "A Cross-National Empirical Study Investigating the Role of Purchasing Purpose has on the Country-of-Origin Effect" on May 30 at the ABWIC Conference in Nashville, Tenn.

Jay Reno ’10, a business administration major who graduated with honors last month, has been selected as a Green Plus Sustainability Fellow by the Green Plus Institute for Sustainable Development.

The Love School of Business at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has established a new scholarship in honor of Peter Tourtellot, immediate past chair of the school’s board of advisors. The Peter L. Tourtellot Scholarship will be awarded beginning in April 2011 to an eligible business student.

Richard Jordan has been named Associate Director of Career Services in the Love School of Business. He joins ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ from Lee Hecht Harrison, where he was consultant with the global career management firm’s Raleigh office.

Tina Das, professor of Economics and Casey DiRienzo, associate professor of Economics and associate dean of the Love School of Business, have had their paper, "Assessing terrorist risk and FDI using relative information measures," published in Applied Economics Letters. The paper was co-authored with Anthony Mancuso of SAS Institute in Cary, NC.

Christina Benson, assistant professor of business law in the Love School of Business, has been selected as a finalist in the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Master Teacher Competition.