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(January 30, 2009) CoB News, 30 January 2009 Crowning King Lai Supported by two recent publications, accounting professor Marc DePree climbed out of a three-way tie for 10th and into sole possession 9th place in the race for the 2009 Louis K. Brandt Research Award. On the basis of an additional publication, CoB economics professor Edward Nissan jumped from 16th place to 14th place.

(February 1, 2009) Winning the Brandt Award — A Boon or a Curse? A number of reports have popped up at USMNEWS.net of late setting the stage for the CoB's 2009 Louis K. Brandt Research Award. That award, which will be presented in just a few weeks at the CoB's spring awards banquet, is expected to go to associate professor of decision sciences Fujun Lai.

(February 18, 2009) The Dotys are Vulnerable . . . . . . . Maybe How Kicking ECO 336 to the Curb may Impact Some CoB Faculty Members Now that the CoB has voted to eliminate the ECO 336 (international economics) requirement in the core curriculum, more than just former CoB economist Charles Sawyer's textbook income will likely be impacted.

(February 24, 2009) Missing & Musical Professorships What Happened to the Williams & Parham-Bridges, and Who Should Hold Them? The CoB has a few professorships. The list includes (1) the Morgan Distinguished Professorship in Accounting, (2) the Draughn Distinguished Professorship in Healthcare Marketing, (3) the McCarty Distinguished Professorship in Information Systems, and (4) the Kaetsu Distinguished Professorship in International Business. Not included among this list are the Williams Distinguished Professorship in Minority Entrepreneurship and the Parham-Bridges Distinguished Professorship in Real Estate. These two are omitted from the list of four above not because they aren't funded. No, they have been funded, and in the case of the Parham-Bridges, the funding is substantial and it has been around (i.e., in the USM Foundation) for quite some time.

(March 12, 2009) Behind the 8 Eight Current CoB Faculty USM Doesn't Need to Lose by Duane Cobb As you can tell, I like to rank CoB faculty against one scale or another from time to time (e.g., "the 5 best moves from the CoB," "the 5 worst moves from the CoB," etc.). I'm often told that my CoB faculty ranking essays are both controversial and oft-requested by readers of USMNEWS.NET, and that I should provide more of them when possible. I am doing so again here, and this time my ranking of "the eight (8) current CoB faculty USM doesn't need to lose" is probably no less controversial than past topics.

(April 22, 2009) Breaking News Fujun Lai Wins 2009 Brandt Award LONG BEACH – Associate professor of decision sciences (DS), Fujun Lai, has been named the winner of the CoB’s 2009 Louis K. Brandt Award. As stated in CoB dean Lance Nail’s 21-April-09 e-mail to CoB faculty, the LKBA is a biennial award recognizing the CoB faculty with the most significant contributions to scholarship over the previous two years. As pointed out by USMNEWS.net on earlier occasions, the 2009 LKBA is based on scholarly contributions over the period 2007-08.