Information and Decision Sciences
Tuesday, October 8, 2019 by
This past month, Flames Consulting Group has hosted multiple events
introducing UIC students to the world of consulting. Early on in
September, FCG executive members started to develop curriculum for
workshops and establish a better membership hierarchy. Membership
sign-ups are open to all UIC undergraduate and graduate students of
any majors or disciplines. One of the main benefits of becoming an
FCG member is the access to case studies. Earlier this month, FCG
partnered with the Undergraduate...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019 by
The recent headlines surrounding the nation’s opioid crisis begs
the question, “How is this epidemic happening, when many of these
drugs are prescribed?” The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports
that anywhere from 21% to 29% of prescription opioids are misused.
They also hold that the total economic burden of prescription
opioid misuse alone in the United States is $78.5 billion a year,
including the costs of healthcare, lost productivity, addiction
treatment, and criminal justice...
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Friday, March 2, 2018 by
Be sure to follow UIC Business on social media to stay up to date
on upcoming events campus activities, business news, and fun things
going on around Chicago: Instagram: @UICBusiness Twitter:
@UICBusiness Facebook Page: UIC Business While we’re already
halfway through the Spring 2018 semester and just starting to see
some spring temperatures on campus, let’s take a look back at some
UIC Business highlights with a midterm social media recap. UIC
Business Swims with the Sharks For UIC Business,...
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017 by
The study abroad application deadline for Spring 2018 is October
27! We talked with the Study Abroad Office about the opportunities
available to UIC Business students and the information you should
know as you decide to apply. Academics The
highly motivated students at UIC Business are often understandably
nervous to miss a semester of classes on campus. It’s important to
know that studying abroad does not extend your graduation date. In
fact, UIC students who study abroad have, on average,...
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Tuesday, October 3, 2017 by
In 2012, Michael Mikhail joined UIC as Dean of the College of
Business. In five years, he’s launched programs such as iLEAD — the
Institute for Leadership Excellence and Development -- the renowned
Business Scholars program, increased enrollment, and improved
student outcomes. We sat down with Dean Mikhail to hear his
thoughts on the past five years and learn what he looks forward to
accomplishing in the future. Q: You just underwent UIC’s five-year
assessment process with rave reviews. What has...
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Friday, September 29, 2017 by
Be sure to follow UIC Business on social media to stay up to date
on upcoming events campus activities, business news, and fun things
going on around Chicago: Instagram: @UICBusiness Twitter: @CBAatUIC
Facebook Page: UIC Business We started the Fall 2017 semester
with a busy and productive month. Let’s take a look back at some
highlights with our September social media recap. It’s hard to say
goodbye to a carefree summer schedule when classes start.
This year’s Student Org Networking Night...
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Tuesday, September 5, 2017 by
The Business Career Fair takes place on September 18 from 11:00
a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Student Center East Illinois Rooms. When
preparing to make the most of your time with employers, ask
yourself these three key questions. 1.) How will I prioritize the
employers that I want to talk to? Look at the list of employers
that will be at the fair the week before. There will not be time to
speak to everyone, so rather than wandering around the room looking
for a short line or a company name that you...
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Thursday, August 31, 2017 by
by Cynthia Mancilla Beginning in June and continuing
through the end of the year, I’ve been fortunate to be working for
a mouse, Mickey Mouse, as a Consumer Insights Market Research
intern at the Walt Disney Company offices in Orlando, Florida.
So far, I’ve had the great pleasure of researching consumers
in the U.S. as well as international consumers in Mexico, Brazil,
and Canada. Part of my role is assisting in qualitative and
quantitative research projects across Disney parks and...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2017 by
Samu Thomas, BS ’16, has one piece of advice for UIC Business
students: find your area of interest and focus. Thomas works as an
IT consultant for Maven Wave Partners, where consultants like
himself help clients like Nike, US Foods, Bosch, and other familiar
names stay up to speed in the digital marketplace. Thomas found
this work–and the IDS degree that led to it–after a little
soul-searching of his own. “Early on in college, I was doing
electronic and communications engineering,” Thomas says....
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017 by
For Brandon Feld, BS ‘13, a regular day at the Googleplex involves
a mix of project management and writing code in SQL, Java, and
Python, a balance of duties Feld sought from the start, when he
enrolled as a freshman IDS major at UIC Business. “Before I came to
UIC, I was living in Northbrook, and trying to make a college
choice between Arizona, Iowa, and a few University of Illinois
campuses,” Feld says. Raised in a single-parent family, Feld said
the in-state tuition helped him narrow his...
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Thursday, September 8, 2016 by
Karthik Sundar is a full-time MIS candidate graduating from UIC
Liautaud this year. Sundar earned his B.Tech in Communications
Engineering from SASTRA University in India, and has been working
in the security industry with the goal of moving into marketing and
CRM analytics. He recently interned for ADT, a leading provider of
security and automation solutions for homes and businesses in the
United States and Canada. Sundar sat down with our student writers
at the beginning of the Fall 2016...
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Tuesday, August 9, 2016 by
If you haven't set your fall schedule, consider some of the
college’s special topics courses, which provide intensive study of
business topics not regularly covered in the course offerings. In
this post, we feature Professor Arslan-Ayaydin’s Islamic Banking
and Finance course and Professor Liotine’s Global Sourcing &
Logistics course. FIN 494: Islamic Banking and Finance A few years
ago, Professor Arslan-Ayaydin started looking into the steady
double-digit annual growth of the Islamic finance...
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Friday, June 3, 2016 by
On any given weekday, a handful of analysts are working in an
office above North Wacker Drive, collecting current data on over
200,000 railcars scattered across North America, the fleet of the
TTX Company. Freight is constantly in motion, and this means data
is constantly pouring in. Miranda Powell, a senior at UIC Business,
is one of the analysts who makes sense of it all. “A railcar goes
over alerts on the tracks, and we get data from each axle or
'truck' on each car,” says Powell. “Alerts...
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Monday, March 14, 2016 by
Many students underestimate the importance of building
relationships during their time in school. Liautaud students have
heard again and again and again the importance of building a
personal network during school and maintaining it into our careers.
The student organizations at UIC Business provide some of the best
opportunities for students to network and build lasting
friendships, but each student only has so much time to devote to
extracurriculars, and finding the right organization can be...
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Thursday, March 3, 2016 by
The faculty of the Professional Development Program at UIC Business
are here to support all UIC students, whatever their area of
specialization. We offer the soft skills that help them stand out
among professionals in their fields. Self-awareness, self-control,
the ability to work in a team; these elements of professionalism
raise students above their peers both in job searches and in the
workforce. Our BA 100 and BA 220 Professional Development classes
are required for freshmen and sophomores...
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Monday, February 15, 2016 by
Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Who we are You know those people who use free pizza to lure
audiences to their boring PowerPoint presentations? Or people who
waste hours at a conference table batting around buzzwords? We are
NOT them. We are the young consultants, coders and zealous geeks of
UIC Liautaud united against the boring misuse of pizza and of time.
What we do We organize events to help MIS students, MSBA students
and anyone from the information...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016 by
Do Jeopardy! fans out there ever wonder what became of IBM Watson
after its 2011 game show victory? Far from simply resting on its
laurels, IBM Watson has been developed toward a wide range of
applications in the public and private sectors, including a number
of apps based in the Watson technology. The growth of IBM Watson
has also reached UIC Liautaud, where the Watson system and the
field of cognitive computing were the focus of Professor Aris
Ouksel’s graduate IDS course last fall. “Cognitive...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016 by
I used to tell myself that once I got into business school I would
focus on marketing and marketing only. In meetings with my career
advisor, I was confident that after immersing myself in marketing
studies, I’d transition easily into a marketing career. He would
push back - a narrow focus on marketing might be inadequate, he'd
say, to a job market driven by demand for data skills. Fortunately
for me, Liautaud’s IDS courses were an option. I waded into IDS
last semester with an Introduction to...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 by
During the 2015 fall semester, UIC Business undergrads and Liautaud
MIS students participated in student-business partnerships as part
of the UIC Business Center for Research in Information Management
(CRIM). Under the guidance of Professors Matt Liotine and John
Fyfe, students formed project teams through a process of resumé
review and grouping by skills and interests. Once formed, the teams
were paired with participating organizations. The organizations for
the fall semester were Complyse,...
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Friday, November 20, 2015 by
As UIC Business students knuckle down in the Fall ’15 homestretch,
a handful of students are working overtime on coursework that is
more than just coursework. Three teams of 2-3 students each have
partnered with area organizations to help them solve a range of
business problems, and their December deadlines are looming. These
student-business partnerships are a core program of the UIC
Business Center for Research in Information Management (CRIM). With
the help of faculty from the Department of...
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