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High school students with an interest in developing their own entrepreneurial spirit can take part in a new summer program sponsored by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ.

Thirty-five ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ and MBA students were inducted into the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ chapter of the Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society in a May 10 ceremony in the LaRose Digital Theatre.

Mark Kurt, an assistant professor of economics, presented a new working paper, "Discouraging Workers: Estimating the Impact of Macroeconomic Shocks on Search Intensity of the Unemployed" at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.

The Martha and Spencer Love School of Business welcomes Xuefeng Shao as a visiting professor of economics from Jilin University, Changchun City, China. Shao arrived at ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ on March 1 and will spend the upcoming year conducting economic research and ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ a class during the fall semester.

Mary Gowan, who has been dean of ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ’s Martha and Spencer Love School of Business since 2007, will step down as dean at the conclusion of the 2010-11 academic year. She will remain as a faculty member in the Love School of Business, ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ courses as a professor of management.

Steve DeLoach, a professor of economics, presented results from his newest research project at RWTH Aachen University on May 3, 2011. The paper, "Discouraging Workers: Estimating Impacts of Macroeconomic Shocks on Search Intensity of Unemployed," is co-authored by assistant professor Mark Kurt.

Four ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ students from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business have reached the “final four” of the IMA Student Case Competition and will travel to Orlando in June for the finals.

Research shows how the growth of a nation’s economy harms its air quality, at least until citizens live comfortably enough to demand change. Does the same hold true for water pollution? ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ senior Stephanie Franz examined that question, and her work is the last to be featured in a series of E-net profiles on ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ research presented during CELEBRATE! 2011.