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Tuck Teams Win Big
Tuck student teams finished at the top of three MBA competitions in February, netting two first place wins and a third place win, and bringing home both prize money and prestige.

Tuck Winter Carnival
A weekend of skiing, skating, ice sculptures and more (photo gallery).

Career GPS
Professor Bell's new book is a career guide on how women can move up the corporate ladder or optimize performance.

Tiger Woods Effect
Research by Tuck finance professor Richard Rendleman suggests the so-called Tiger Woods Effect on competitors' play is real, but it's not as great as one might think.

Learning Expeditions
Students head to South Africa and Brazil on trips organized by Tuck's Center for International Business.

Beating the Commodity Trap
A new book from professor D'Aveni helps companies combat price wars and product-segmenting competition.

Tuck Winter Carnival
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Tuck's winter carnival, students held a poster contest.

Aid in Haiti
Dan Richards T'03, CEO of Global Rescue, has been in a position to provide immediate assistance to stranded visitors and the Haitian people.

Winning in the Global Consumer Packaged-Goods Industry
The most successful brands transcend countries and cultures, said global brand expert Nigel Hollis. The Millward Brown consultant took part in a panel discussion sponsored by Tuck's Center for International Business.

Financial Times Ranking
Tuck placed #7 among U.S. schools and #13 worldwide among full-time MBA programs.
Tuck placed #1 worldwide in the category of aims achieved by alumni.

Research-to-Practice Seminars
Tuck's new classroom experience brings small groups of second-year students together with top faculty for a deep dive into specific topics.

Climate Change Conference
Recognizing that climate change raises complex issues for corporate responsibility, a team of Tuck students participated in the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December. Tuck was the only business school formally represented at the summit

The Road Ahead
Criticism of MBA programs is nothing new. But in the aftermath of the financial crisis, it has also led to a more meaningful debate over what b-schools need to teach.

Tuck Forum
New research from Tuck faculty looks at bankruptcy lessons, brand persistence, the uptick rule and more.

Financial Literacy Center
Professor Punam Keller has been appointed marketing director for a new center
dedicated to improving the financial literacy of the American public.

Tuck Reunion 2009
More than 800 alumni, family, and friends returned to Hanover for Reunion weekend
October 9-11.

Strategic Management Society
Vijay Govindarajan, Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business, has been elected a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society.

Tuck Sustains
A new program aims to promote a healthy work-life balance among students and minimize Tuck's environmental footprint.

Thinkers 50
Two Tuck professors are named in the latest ranking of the world's top business thinkers.

Dartmouth's New President
Dr. Jim Yong Kim sees the opportunity to influence students in cooperating to achieve complex goals—an effort to which he sees Tuck as key.

H1N1 Influenza Update
Dr. Turco discusses the status of the H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu) outbreak and answers commonly asked questions. [video]

Next Practices in Business Strategy
In an article for HBR, co-authored with GE chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt D'78 and professor Chris Trimble, professor Govindarajan describes how GE is making the radical shift to a new model.

Community Outreach
Tuck's incoming class gives back to the Upper Valley.

New International Loan Program
Tuck students now have access to funding at competitive rates despite existing pressures on loan availability.

Pharmaceutical Sleuths
A new technology, developed by a team of students from Thayer and Tuck, tells purchasers whether a drug is real or fake.

A New Playbook: Consulting for the Flutie Foundation
Run with it. That's what three T'09 did when handed an independent study project by the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism.

Forbes Ranks Tuck #2
The magazine's biennial ranking looks at return on investment for graduates of business schools.

Alumni Giving Remains Strong
Tuck Annual Giving continues to have the highest participation rate of any business school in the world.

Passages: Bill Seidman D'43, T'44
Former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Bill Seidman helped push a speedy recovery from the nation's last great credit crisis, the savings-and-loan debacle.

Tuck Today
The school's alumni magazine and website have a new design and a host of new stories, including a look at Sachem Village, home to Tuck's married and partnered students. 

Operation Tuck
More and more, military personnel are turning to Tuck to hone their civilian leadership skills.

On Her Game
Kate Reiling T'09 uses her Tuck business skills to take her game, Morphology, to market.

Brand Value and Marketing
Professor Kevin Lane Keller on marketing in a recession. [video]

General Electric CEO on Leadership in Hard Times
Jeffrey Immelt D'78 spoke to students about coping in times of economic downturn.

U.S. Fiscal Policy
Matthew Slaughter, professor of international economics and former member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, talks about the short- and long-term policy challenges facing the U.S. [video]

Think Again
Professor Sydney Finkelstein's new book looks at why good leaders make bad decisions and how you can avoid making the same mistakes.

Effective Health Communications
A Tuck study shows costly health care ads require better targeting.

Q & A: The 100-Year Flood
Mike Stockman T’85 and Tuck Senior Associate Dean Bob Hansen discuss the origins of the subprime mortgage crisis and its similarity to other problem periods of the past.

Application Tips
Dawna Clarke, director of admissions, outlines Tuck's admissions process and the factors that go into gauging a candidate's application. [video]

ASCENT: Leading Multicultural Women to the Top
A nonprofit organization founded by Professor Ella Bell advances multicultural women in the corporate workforce.

 

 


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