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Employee Spotlight Faculty Research 2019 2015
Lee Perry will deliver the Marriott School devotional address on Thursday, February 12 at 11 a.m. in W408 TNRB.
The prototype wasn’t pretty. Wrapped in tinfoil and dotted with hand-drawn circles, the cardboard cylinder could have easily passed for an elementary school project, but the student entrepreneurs didn’t mind.
BYU assistant professor Ryan Elder's research found that people react significantly faster to warning signs that depict greater movement.
It's no surprise that some of the most celebrated leaders in the business world also happen to be self-promoting narcissists.
Scott C. Johnson has been a Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology founder since 2011. Johnson grew up in Ogden, Utah, and despite receiving two scholarships to Brigham Young University, he attended Weber State. It wasn’t until Johnson served a mission in Brazil that he had a self-described “change of heart.” Johnson’s desire to teach at the MTC led him to transfer to BYU post-mission. He didn’t get the MTC job he was hoping for, but he met his wife, Kristen, and graduated from BYU with a degree in near eastern studies and a minor in business in 1994.
For OLS professor David Cherrington, arriving at his teaching career didn’t come as expected.
When the alarm clock blares on a workday morning, MBA academic program manager Christine Roundy is not one to grumble. “I don’t wake up and think ‘oh no, I have to go to work,’” she says. “I love coming to work; I’m excited to go.”
Here’s a challenge marketing professor Lee Daniels poses his students:
Marriott School research shows camp jobs teach essential workforce skills
You don’t mess with a Texan’s pickup truck, says BYU finance professor Andrew Holmes. So, needless to say, back in the 90s when someone broke into his truck, stole his checkbook, and started writing fraudulent checks in his name, he was pretty upset.
Bruce Money insists that the colorful flags lining the Tanner building’s atrium are not just for show. They represent the Marriott School’s dedication to international business. And as the director of the Global Management Center (GMC), Money takes that mission seriously.
Explosions, accidents, and disasters—surprisingly, that’s what motivated Peter Madsen to pursue a degree in management.
Eighteen weeks of training, 26.2 miles, an average heart rate of 136–there are many ways to measure a marathon.
MPA student Jeff Roberts discovered many things during his internship: the best ways to help people become self-reliant, his love of social innovation, and the power of a late-night pizza party.
The Ballard Center co-sponsored MPA Professor Ty Turley's research on development economics in Paraguay. See how Turley is working to end poverty around the world.
The path toward a higher education comes with twists and turns. Alicia Becker's path has taken her to the Ballard Center.
Can watching a violent movie make you more likely to lie, cheat or steal? What about reading a violent book?
In new research, professor Jeffrey Jenkins can tell if you're angry by the way you move a computer mouse.
“Prepare for the media.”
A new BYU study finds the battle between good and evil is being waged in our food packaging, and we are paying the price because of it, both in terms of health and money.
In early 1990, JaLee Clarke was several months into her fourth pregnancy. However, rather than taking it easy, Clarke was back in the classroom at BYU to finish her undergraduate degree.
The Trump administration proposal to require pharmaceutical companies to publish drug prices in TV ads is unlikely to help control drug prices, according to a co-authored BYU study published Jan. 22 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Move over trust falls and ropes courses, turns out playing video games with coworkers is the real path to better performance at the office.
With his impactful research record, years of academic service, and distinguished publication history, BYU Marriott School of Business Associate Dean Steve Glover was an obvious choice for the Outstanding Audit Educator Award.