What distinguishes Islamic finance from Western finance, and how do those distinguishing characteristics manifest themselves in Islamic financial instruments and practices?   It was these questions that distinguished speakers Dr. Zamir Iqbal and ...[Read More]

  Consider these statistics: An international risk survey found last year that 70 percent of the companies surveyed had not anticipated most of the risky events they experienced, and only 30 percent accurately estimated the impact of those epis ...[Read More]

Outshining six superb teams of budding student-entrepreneurs from throughout the University, students Tyler Durham (McIntire ’12), Celine Heckel-Jones (Engineering ’12), and Virginia Robinson (McIntire ’12) were awarded top honors—and $20,000 in s ...[Read More]

The application to the McIntire School of Commerce for UVA students for the 2012-2013 academic year is now available. The application is available online only, and will be accessible until the due date of Jan. 23, 2012.   Apply here.   ...[Read More]

By Kevin Pujanauski (A&S ’12)     Where can you find fish farms, water filtration systems, organic energy bars, investment advisory services, and a shoe that can charge a cell phone—all in the same room? Innovation for the common good hit i ...[Read More]

Having bested nine superb teams of budding entrepreneurs in the McIntire Concept Competition, students Tyler Durham (McIntire ’12), Celine Heckel-Jones (Engineering ’12), and Virginia Robinson (McIntire ’12) will move on to represent the McIntir ...[Read More]

  William Clark (A&S ’11, M.S. in Commerce ’12), a student in the M.S. in Commerce Program at the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce, has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Investor Solutions Graduate Scholarshi ...[Read More]

  Professor Amar Cheema, co-author of a chapter on credit card mismanagement in the new book Transformative Consumer Research for Personal and Collective Well-Being, recently spoke with CreditCardGuide.com Correspondent Marcia Frellick about his ...[Read More]

Digital Fulcrum's Kevin LeFew.   Addressing everything from technological particulars to target markets to metrics for measuring effectiveness, Digital Fulcrum executives Kevin LeFew (Engineering ’89), Brian Lineweaver (McIntire ’95, M.S. in M ...[Read More]

McIntire Finance Professor David C. Smith and UVA School of Law Professor Michal Barzuza were guests on news/call-in show “At Issue with Ben Merens” on Wisconsin Public Radio Oct. 25, 2011. The two discussed “shell companies” and their prevalence in ...[Read More]