The Accidental Restaurateur
An alum took a chance, found an industry he loved, and is now one of its biggest players
November 19 | 5:30 p.m.
Robsham Theater
Out of 503 schools ranked, the Carroll School of Management rose to the 21st spot (up from 24 last year) in the 2019 U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of the nation’s best undergraduate business programs.
This fall, the Carroll School rolled out four new minors for non–Carroll School students. The School now offers the three most popular minors at Boston College.
In an annual survey for the MIT Sloan Management Review, Sam Ransbotham (Information Systems) and co-authors identify the Pioneers—the one-fifth of companies polled that are scoring big with artificial intelligence.
The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate conferred its Award for Inspired Leadership on Jack Connors Jr. ’63, philanthropist and Hill Holliday co-founder.
Do Americans want smart toilets? U.S. News & World Report sought the expertise of Associate Professor of Management and Organization Mary Tripsas to flush out the answer.
“Human beings, [whether] Democrats or Republicans, actually enjoy breathing clean air,” former EPA head Gina McCarthy said in a talk co-sponsored by the Carroll School’s Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics.