Masters and doctoral students battled for top honours in Carleton’s inaugural Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT) on Wednesday, March 27. PhD in Management candidate Vinita Ambwani won second place for her thesis summary about “Untying the Ribbons: Exploring Gift-giving Motives and their Relationship to Human Values”. She took home a cash prize of $500 and advances to the provincial championships taking place at Queen’s University on April… Read full post »
Two teams of Sprott undergraduate business students recently travelled to Europe to compete against some of the world’s top business students representing universities from around the globe. The Sprott teams took the silver medal at the Universidad de Navarra International Case Competition (Pamplona, Spain) and bronze at the NIBS Worldwide Case Competition (Leuven, Belgium). Both competitions were weeklong events of intense competition. “With a bronze in academics… Read full post »
PhD student David Hudson had planned to work for a couple of years after completing his masters, and then pursue a doctoral degree. But a couple of years turned into about 20 years with Nortel where Hudson ended up supervising about 600 employees. During his final years at Nortel, he was responsible for its external research program. “This program had me working with grad students and professors… Read full post »
Real Funds and Real Experience Result in Big Returns for Students Today’s class assignment? Work out a great investment strategy. The Fund @ Sprott has been providing real, hands-on learning opportunities that provide students with a tremendous advantage once they graduate, whether they go on to further education or enter the professional world. This year, 22 finance students in the Sprott School of Business will work together… Read full post »