“These are real-world problems the students are solving,” says Stacy Splitstone, chief accounting officer at UPMC. On Friday, October 20, 2023, five teams of Pitt Business undergraduate students were tasked to provide insights and solutions to solve a physical space...
Sharing Food Can Backfire: When Healthy Choices for Children Lead Parents to Make Unhealthy Choices for Themselves
There is increasing interest in nudging parents to make healthier meal choices for children. However, ironically, after making a healthy meal choice for their children, parents then choose an unhealthier meal for themselves to eat.
Executive MBA Alumni Reflect, Celebrate 50 Years
Westinghouse Semiconductor Division wanted to develop rising employees, so they selected Woodson “Woody” Savage III for the first-ever Executive MBA class at Pitt in 1973. “At age 29, I could not fully foresee the benefits I would gain through participating in the...
Hands-On Learning Gives Grad Students an Edge
At first glance, autonomous racing cars, small manufacturers, and homelessness have little in common. Yet these are real-world matters addressed by MBA and Master of Science students from the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. ...
Business of Humanity Project®: Transforming Communities since 2011
Transforming communities across the globe, demonstrating that business strategies can increase profits while addressing societal needs – that’s the purpose of the Business of Humanity Project, a collaboration between Pitt Business and the Swanson School of...
What You Need to Know About MS in Business Degrees
When it comes to earning a Master of Science in Business degree, you have plenty of options at the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. You can choose an MS degree focused on accounting, finance, management, management...
Botswana Ambassador and Pitt Alum Returns to Campus
As an MBA student at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business in 1990, Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba learned that strong leadership is not about the individual, but how much can be accomplished by working with others. Today, she continues to apply that philosophy as...