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Business & Economics
Three people chat in the Carlson School of Management building.
The Carlson School of Management is undergoing a significant expansion. The school's new 124,000-square-foot Hanson Hall, which will open in 2008, will dramatically expand the impact of the undergraduate program.

Future innovation: listen to the CEO
(8/15/2007) When the chief executive officer speaks, it may pay to listen. University of Minnesota researchers have found that the words of a CEO can foretell a company's future innovation.

A bug-eat-bug world
(7/24/2007) University of Minnesota researchers are field testing good insects--in this case, stingless wasp--as a safe, environmentally friendly method of controlling soybean aphids.

Cool country, warm ties
(7/23/2007) The universities of Iceland and Minnesota celebrated 25 years of collaboration when a U of M delegation visited the island nation in May, conferring an honorary degree on the prime minister, a U alumnus.

Neither standard nor poor
(7/12/2007) An unprecedented infusion of 10 new faculty members will transform and rejuvenate the University of Minnesota's economics department. The department ranks as one of the top five worldwide in macroeconomics.

The young and the generous
(6/8/2007) Recent grad jump-starts her philanthropy (even if it means going without caffeine)

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Ninth International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC 2007)
Innovative techniques and technologies are the foundation for new research, which will allow e-commerce to grow more rapidly in the coming years. ICEC '07 will have multiple scientific tracks, each chaired by research leaders.
August 19-22, 8-12:30 p.m., Carlson School of Management

Minnesota Cup Final Awards Reception
The program will include welcoming remarks by U president Robert Bruininks, presentations from 2007 Minnesota Cup finalists, and the University's Entrepreneur of the Year award to be given to Robert Stephens, founder of the Geek Squad.
September 6, 5-7 p.m., Carlson School of Management
Man walking in front of Carlson School of Business.
This fall, the Department of Economics welcomes 10 new colleagues.
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