http://www.richmondbizsense.com Richmond's Homepage For Business News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:46:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/03/17/queally-hall-is-open-for-business/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/03/17/queally-hall-is-open-for-business/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:57:37 +0000 Amy David http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=26938 A 37,000-square-foot expansion to UR’s Robins School of Business is giving students a reason to stick around after class. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/03/17/queally-hall-is-open-for-business/feed/ 1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/02/09/there-are-massive-pools-of-capital-out-there/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/02/09/there-are-massive-pools-of-capital-out-there/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:56:39 +0000 Michael Schwartz http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=25793 One of the co-founders of the M&A firm Harris Williams told a business school gathering that he’s optimistic about post-recession deal flow but that there are some warning signs far off in the distance. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/02/09/there-are-massive-pools-of-capital-out-there/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/04/02/student-entrepreneur-has-perfect-pitch/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/04/02/student-entrepreneur-has-perfect-pitch/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:20:29 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=17001 A Kindle-style tablet that its inventor hopes will display sheet music and also transcribe songs into musical notation is music to the judges’ ears at UR’s annual business pitch contest, plus four other promising startups. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/04/02/student-entrepreneur-has-perfect-pitch/feed/ 3 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/25/mba-students-write-their-own-lessons/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/25/mba-students-write-their-own-lessons/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:46:48 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=10833 MBA students at the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business spent two weekends on lock-down -- including a full weekend at the Jefferson Hotel -- and then presented their findings to executives of a Fortune 500 company for judging. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/25/mba-students-write-their-own-lessons/feed/ 3 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/06/19/ur-appoints-interim-dean-of-business/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/06/19/ur-appoints-interim-dean-of-business/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:21:52 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=8666 Economics professor Robert M. Schmidt will serve as interim dean of the Robins School of Business]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/06/19/ur-appoints-interim-dean-of-business/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/19/dean-search-at-ur-biz-school-back-to-square-one/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/19/dean-search-at-ur-biz-school-back-to-square-one/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 10:47:46 +0000 David Larter http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=7643 Citing financial considerations, Henry N. Butler, has withdrawn as the next dean at University of Richmond’s business school, according to an email sent to faculty and staff. The school will restart the search for a new dean. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/19/dean-search-at-ur-biz-school-back-to-square-one/feed/ 1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/04/20/two-seniors-win-2000-in-ur-biz-plan-contest/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/04/20/two-seniors-win-2000-in-ur-biz-plan-contest/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:14:15 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=6662 UR seniors Daniel Brunt and apartment-mate Christopher Genualdi pitched their business plan to a panel of judges about their concept Sniff-Stick LLC and won $2,000 to get rolling. The three other finalists had some promising ideas, too. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/04/20/two-seniors-win-2000-in-ur-biz-plan-contest/feed/ 2 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/02/27/robins-school-steams-ahead-in-businessweek-rankings/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/02/27/robins-school-steams-ahead-in-businessweek-rankings/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:19:08 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=5146 The University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business moved up eight slots to No. 12 on BusinessWeek’s list of top undergraduate business schools. That puts Robins just ahead of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and just behind Villanova. UVA’s McIntire School of Commerce won top honors, beating out the Wharton School of ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/02/27/robins-school-steams-ahead-in-businessweek-rankings/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/12/31/ur-business-dean-leaving-for-gmu/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/12/31/ur-business-dean-leaving-for-gmu/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:28:11 +0000 admin http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=2349 Three and a half years ago Jorge Haddock became the dean of the Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond, but he won’t be there much longer. Haddock accepted an offer earlier this month from George Mason University in Fairfax to become the new dean of their School of Management. The GMU board ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/12/31/ur-business-dean-leaving-for-gmu/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/10/31/knowledge-is-good/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/10/31/knowledge-is-good/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:07:54 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=2482 Ten days after the University of Richmond set the date for the first information session about next fall’s MBA program, the 40 available seats were already reserved. The rapid response at UR led the university’s Robin School of Business to schedule a second session for January. That session, announced two weeks ago, is full, according ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/10/31/knowledge-is-good/feed/ 0