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Intern Spotlight: Conner Paulson
Conner Paulson knows firsthand that you should never underestimate an opportunity to get your resume out there and network. Due...
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Creating New Opportunities Through Sports Analytics
When the worldwide pandemic hit in March 2020, countless students found themselves battling with the uncertainty of the future. As in-person internships were no longer an option, some companies began to offer replacement virtual internships while others cancelled their programs altogether. Many students were left without internships and scrambling to find replacements.
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Escaping Finals
Every student is familiar with the standard multiple-choice final exam given at the end of almost every course. While these exams can measure the level of understanding of a student to a certain extent, it is easy to wonder if the material covered will really apply to life after college. Dr. Jeff Jenkins took this problem and created an interactive, hands-on final to prepare students for the future. In Fall 2019, he created an escape room for the final exam of his course.
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Dr. Greg Anderson Receives the Cherrington Faculty Service Award 2019
If you have taken IS 303 or been in the IS Core, then you have probably taken a class from Dr. Greg Anderson. Due to his excellence and contributions to the IS Department, Dr. Greg Anderson was awarded the Cherrington Faculty Service Award for 2019.
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Dr. Steve Liddle Named New IS Department Chair
BYU Marriott Dean Brigitte Madrian recently announced that effective May 18th, Dr. Steve Liddle has been named the new chair of the Information Systems Department.
Students
Improving Deception Detection
PROVO, Utah – Jun 28, 2018 – In 2001, news of the Enron scandal broke, revealing that the energy company had misrepresented its income. Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm that conducted audits of Enron, failed to detect the fraud; neither company recovered after the scandal.
Intern Spotlight: Nathan Turner
2nd Year MISM student Nathan Turner has discovered that whether on a normal day or during a global pandemic, Adobe...
Intern Spotlight: Ching Tong
As a second year MISM student, Ching Tong was offered her dream job as a consultant for Pariveda Solutions. She...
AIS
Hackathon for Humanity
A slumber party in the Tanner (minus the slumber) embodied the stuff of many Brigham Young University freshmen’s dreams. For a group of tech-savvy altruists, the sanctioned sleepover was a means of service.
Alumni
Tanner Skousen Wins Best Theory Paper at ICIS
Just days after his son’s birth, BYU MISM alumnus Tanner Skousen and his co-authors received an award for Best Theory Paper at ICIS in Munich, Germany.
MISM Alumnus Kyle Mathews Helps Gatsby Raise $15 Million in Funding
Ten years after graduating with an MISM degree from BYU, Kyle Mathews (CEO and founder of Gatsby) announced that Gatsby has raised $15 million in Series A funding. This is a huge accomplishment for this open source software company. Their funding was raised by CRV and other investors including Trinity Ventures, Fathom Capital, and Dig Ventures.
BYU IS Alumna Opens First J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Utah, Excited to Give Back
PROVO, Utah – Feb 7, 2019 – After working in Texas for a decade, BYU Information Systems alumna Rachelle Morris has come back to Utah as a Vice President, Client Advisor for the newest J.P. Morgan office.
Faculty
Collaborative Video Games Could Increase Office Productivity
Move over trust falls and ropes courses, turns out playing video games with coworkers is the real path to better performance at the office.
BYU Marriott Welcomes Its New Dean
PROVO, Utah – Jan 07, 2019 – After six months of anticipation, Brigham Young University finally welcomes its newest dean. On 1 January 2019, Brigitte C. Madrian began her tenure as dean of the BYU Marriott School of Business.
Paying Attention to Notifications
PROVO, Utah – May 24, 2018 – Using brain data, eye-tracking data and field-study data, a group of BYU Marriott School of Business faculty researchers have confirmed something about our interaction with security warnings on computers and phones: the more we see them, the more we tune them out.