The entrepreneurship programs at the University of Oklahoma are among the top in the nation, according to new rankings by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.
The Michael F. Price College of Business is ranked eighth in the country for its graduate program in entrepreneurship and 23rd in the nation for its undergraduate program.
Winners of this year’s University of Oklahoma Entrepreneurship Expo have been announced, with awards going to teams in five divisions. The annual expo serves as a public exhibition for students, local business owners and entrepreneurs of all ages, including K-12 students, to showcase new products and services, receive feedback, and compete for top prizes.
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The Michael F. Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma has launched the Sanford & Hall Report, which examines a breadth and depth of challenges that have risen to the top of the C-Suite agenda and are necessary for effective board meeting preparation.
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To address the growing demand for virtual graduate business education, Price College at the University of Oklahoma will launch a new online MBA program in spring 2021. The online format will make it possible for professionals to access Price College’s well-established, top-ranked and accredited MBA program, regardless of where they live and work. Applications for the first cohort currently are being accepted online at mba.ou.edu through Nov. 15.
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Small-business owners and entrepreneurs are invited to register for the upcoming SBIR Road Tour, which arrives online for Oklahoma businesses Nov. 2-6. As part of a 17-stop tour, the virtual event connects entrepreneurs working on advanced technology to the country’s largest source of early stage funding – the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs.
In a time of uncertainty, the Michael F. Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma has reasons to celebrate. Two of its programs have risen in the 2021 college rankings published by U.S. News & World Report.
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In response to the challenges of pandemic-related global demand for energy resources, the University of Oklahoma Energy Institute has launched a new summer webcast. The latest episode is available online at price.ou.edu/energywebcast.
The University of Oklahoma Tom Love Innovation Hub (I-HUB) was awarded a $300,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance Program grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration.
The funds are aimed at boosting the university’s capacity to support regional economic development strategies in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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The University of Oklahoma presented the fourth session of its Global Risks & Threats Series Leadership Forum Saturday, Sept. 19, with leaders from the intelligence, finance, law enforcement, corporate and cyber sectors. OU GRTS is a collaborative effort between the Michael F. Price College of Business and the OU Center for Intelligence and National Security—an Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence.
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The Glen McLaughlin Prize for Ethics in Accounting Research has now celebrated 20 years and has become known as the “gold standard” of ethics research in accounting across the country. We decided to contact the winning authors to see what they saw as the key “Lessons Learned” from their work. We hope you will take a moment to read and perhaps think about ways to bring these lessons to your own work, teaching or research.
Tom Lumpkin, the Michael F. Price Chair and Professor of Entrepreneurship and executive director of the Tom Love Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development at the Michael F. Price College of Business, has received a 10-year Impact Award from SAGE Publishing for his paper, “Entrepreneurial Orientation and Business Performance: An Assessment of Past Research and Suggestions for the Future.”
The University of Oklahoma has announced the appointment of Corey Phelps, Ph.D., as dean of the Michael F. Price College of Business, pending OU Board of Regents’ approval. His role at OU will begin July 1. Phelps will join OU from McGill University, where he serves as Marcel Desautels Faculty Fellow and associate dean of executive programs and education at the Desautels Faculty of Management.
The Michael F. Price College of Business and the John T. Steed School of Accounting at the University of Oklahoma have maintained their business and accounting accreditation for another five years by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).
As Oklahoma’s second-largest industry continues to grow, the University of Oklahoma is launching new graduate programs in aerospace and defense through the Michael F. Price College of Business to meet a nationwide workforce shortage head-on. The College will offer two graduate-level programs through its Gene Rainbolt Graduate School of Business, located in Oklahoma City, beginning fall 2020.
February was full of highs for the University of Oklahoma’s Energy Institute, which saw two major rankings for its Executive MBA in Energy program. The institute, which is facilitated by OU’s Michael F. Price College of Business, received three significant write-ups in the February 2020 issue of Hart Energy’s industry magazine, Oil and Gas Investor, including the No. 1 ranking in its premiere Top 15 Energy Graduate Programs listing.
The College has announced brand-new ranking jumps in both U.S. News and World Report and Poets&Quants for Undergrads. In the 2020 U.S. News Best Online Programs rankings, the Price College of Business has jumped 15 spots to No. 55 in the nation for its online master’s business program (non-MBA)after debuting in 2019. In late December, Poets&Quants announced another double-digit jump for Price College in its Best of 2020 ranking, to No. 57, up nearly 20 spots from last year.
The full-time MBA program, offered by the Michael F. Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma and housed at the Gene Rainbolt Graduate School of Business in Oklahoma City, jumped 15 spots from last year to 64th in the nation in Bloomberg Businessweek’s ranking of the 2019-20 best MBA programs.
Price E-News | October 2020
Check out the October 2020 edition of Price E-News and catch up on the college's recent activities, updates and achievements!
The Michael F. Price College of Business ensures the enduring global competitiveness of Oklahoma and the nation.
