Welcome to the SCB Blogosphere

Welcome to Saunders College Blogs. Here you will find various blogs of our dean, Dr. Ashok Rao, and various faculty and staff of the E. Philip Saunders College of Business.

Recent Posts Across Our Blogroll:

CURB YOUR CAR WEEK!
Blog: Sandy Rothenberg

May 18–24 is Curb Your Car Week in Brighton - but anyone can participate. Curb Your Car Week is part of “Way to Go,” a nationwide program encouraging the use of cheaper, healthier, and more earth-friendly transportation alternatives. Think about what you can do and then register your pledge at colorbrightongreen.org to help tally results, and to be eligible for prizes. At the.. (Read More)

Professional Networking
Blog: Development & Alumni

Hello again everyone, While having many conversations with alumni across the country, one hot topic came up time and again. The idea of social and professional networking online seems to be taking our workforce by storm. No longer do people NEED to network in person, you can just jump onto online sites such as Linked In and make connections there. The neat thing about Linked In, is.. (Read More)

LASIK - Is it worth the hype?
Blog: Thom Craver

My definitive answer: Hell, yes. OK, for the squeamish, truly, it's nothing. I've never has any surgical procedure outside of having my wisdom teeth pulled. When I laid down on that table and saw nothing but surgical masks, gloves and those bright, silver surgical lights, I really started to wonder what I was getting myself into. But then, the next few events happened in.. (Read More)

Digsby cleans up @ about.com's IM awards
Blog: Dr. Vic Perotti

dotSyntax, LLC has taken 4 of the 6 awards at about.com's 2008 IM awards! View the full article here: http://im.about.com/od/imreviews/ss/IMBestWinners.htm Most Improved IM Best Third-Party Instant Messenger Best IM Feature Developers of the Year Congratulations to RIT's own Steve Shapiro and team! .. (Read More)

Curricula: Reengineering for Relevance
Blog: Dean's Blog

Unlike most disciplines, business education continually strives for relevance. In a narrow sense it deals with elements of everyday commerce. But, as Rakesh Khurana argues in his recent book “From Higher Aims to Hired Hands” (Princeton University Press, 2007) the purpose of a business education has evolved to the development of professionals. He argues that business schools need to rededicate themselves to.. (Read More)