Faculty Notes: April 2015

Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems Karlene Cousins, associate professor, was a guest on Pete De La Torre radio program on April 9, 2015, discussing the impact of new technology on business. https://youtu.be/UP124hmGKE4 Monica Chiarini Tremblay, chair, and Pouyan Esmaeil Zadeh, research associate, co-authored an article which has been accepted for an upcoming issue […]

College of Business Masters of MIS alum leads Jackson Health’s IT Division to a stellar achievement.

How well a healthcare system handles the mass of data, records and other critical information has an enormous impact on patient safety and care. In March, 2015, HIMSS Analytics, a subsidiary of Healthcare Information and Management Systems, announced that Jackson Health System in Miami had earned their “Stage 6 Recognition” on the Electronic Medical Record […]

Faculty Notes: March 2015

College of Business Serving as judges for the FIU Track of the Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge were Associate Professor Karlene Cousins (Department of Decision Sciences and Information System), Professor Seema Pissaris (Department of Management and International Business) and Associate Professor Kimberly A. Taylor (Department of Marketing). Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems Min Chen, […]

Faculty Notes: February 2015

David Wernick, senior lecturer in FIU’s Department of Management and International Business, hosted a panel at “Cybersecurity: Rogue Nations, Hackers, and Hollywood,” a conference presented by The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) on February 28, 2015 at the FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Monica Tremblay, associate professor and chair, Department of Decision Sciences […]

Faculty Notes: April-May 2014

School of Accounting Manny Pravia (MST ’92), adjunct, presented a Federal Tax Update at the FICPA Florida State University Spring Accounting Conference in Tallahassee on May 16, 2014. Department of Finance An article by Min Chen, clinical assistant professor, “Intended and Unintended Consequences of Minimum Staffing Standards for Nursing Homes,” coauthored with David Grabowski at […]

Faculty Notes: January 2014

School of Accounting Brent Lao, assistant professor, presented an academic study on January 11, 2014 at the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section conference in Houston, Texas, sponsored by the American Accounting Association. Jonathan Milian, assistant professor, presented his research paper “Overreacting to a History of Underreaction?” at the annual meeting of the American Finance Association […]

Faculty Notes: November 2013

School of Accounting Manny Pravia (MST ’92), adjunct, presented a two-hour seminar on “U.S. International Tax Concepts” to the Valle del Cauca Chapter of the Asociación Nacional de Empresarios (ANDI) in Cali, Colombia on November 15, 2013. Department of Decision Sciences and Management Systems Monica Chiarini Tremblay, Debra VanderMeer and Gloria Deckard, associate professors, presented […]

Faculty Notes: October 2013

School of Accounting Elio Alfonso, assistant professor, was featured on radio station 880, The Biz, on the Pete De La Torre program on October 3, 2013. Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems Monica Chiarini Tremblay, associate professor, and Gloria Deckard, associate professor and associate dean of the Landon Undergraduate School, presented the seminar “One […]

Faculty Notes: June-July 2013

School of Accounting Kenneth R. Henry, clinical associate professor, was a principal contributor to the report, “Audit and Integrity: Maximizing Shareholder Value, a Summary of ACCA Roundables in the Caribbean,” for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He is one of 37 ACCA council members worldwide. Decision Sciences and Information Systems Monica Tremblay, associate professor […]

Visionary speaks, College of Business faculty member comments.

On March 4, 2013, renowned thinker Ray Kurzweil spoke at Florida International University (FIU) on “The acceleration of technology in the 21st century: the impact on business, the economy and society.” The College of Business was a co-sponsor. Monica Chiarini Tremblay, assistant professor, Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems, was one of three panelists […]