Bamboo Paper: Is it Profitable?
BooShoot Gardens, a wholesale bamboo nursery, wanted to know whether it was practical to make paper from bamboo fiber.
Mustaches for a Cause
There were some hairy faces around the University of Oregon last month—including UO President Richard Lariviere—as business students took the leading on organizing Movember on campus
Emerging Market Investment Fund
Investment Group (UOIG) already runs three portfolios of domestic equities, and now it is looking to expand internationally.
Supwitchu . . . MBA Students?
Taking a cue from the success of "I Love My Ducks" on YouTube, our Oregon MBA students took a break from studying to create a viral video of their own. The video "Oregon MBA: Ride Your Bike There" provides an unfiltered perspective from some students about what they feel are unique qualities of our MBA program: active lifestyles, sustainability, entrepreneurial, camaraderie. Sounds kind of like the college's mission statement. It's also a fun video for alumni, reminding them of their college days.
Students Cook Up Idea Paula Loves
If you've watched Paula Deen on the Food Network cooking up some holiday treats, you may have noticed her tin measuring spoons and cups. Crosby & Taylor (formerly Tin Woodsman) of Eugene makes those items, and recently the firm asked our business students to come up with some ideas for extending its demographic reach. The company acted on the students' recommendation to combine kitchen and Christmas products. The end result was a set of holiday measuring spoons featured by Deen in her November/December 2010 magazine as a great gift idea.
Ducks Win Big on and off Field
"After taking my official visit, I learned about their sports marketing program, and they jumped to the top of my list," said five-star football recruit Anthony Wallace, explaining his decision to join the Ducks next year. The Lundquist College of Business's Warsaw Sports Marketing Center, to which Wallace referred, is just one example of the melding of academics and athletics at the University of Oregon.
Opportunities, Challenges, and Initiatives
It has been a little over two months since I joined the Lundquist College of Business as dean and a wonderful couple of months it has been.
Accounting Prospectus 2010
Michele Henney receives the 2010 Master of Accounting Outstanding Faculty Award, David Guenther named an editor of The Accounting Review, and more.
Venturing Down the Road
Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship students pilled into vans October 14-15 to attend the Bend Venture Conference with more than 300 of the region's top entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders. Students observed, asked questions, and participated in the startup process as new ventures competed for $200,000 in prize money. "Most students are energized by the action and almost always leave with an 'I didn't realize. . .' observation," said Terry Sebastian, the managing director of.
Honoring a Distinguished Alum
A pioneer in the communications industry, Don Tykeson '51 built a small television station in Eugene into a multimillion-dollar, nationwide communications company now owned by AT&T. He was also a founding director of C-SPAN. The University of Oregon honored the business alum on October 13 with a 2010 Distinguished Service Award. Tykeson has served on the college's Business Advisory Council for years and is an actively engaged supporter of numerous UO programs and initiatives.