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Media Mentions: Predicting the crash, tracking your data

A summary of where College of Business faculty, students and alumni are getting attention out in the world.

Something we missed or you’d like to see mentioned on the blog? Email COB storyteller Chris Hagan at chris.hagan at bus.oregonstate.edu or leave a comment on this post.

Finance professor Dave Berger was recognized for a new paper looking at how to predict when global stock markets might decline:

Professor Nancy King was quoted in a New York Times story looking at how personal data get shared between companies:

King also took part in a panel at the Orange and Black Evening in Portland. Check out the Facebook page for the OSU Alumni Association for some photos from the event.

This month was also the first-ever TEDx event hosted by Oregon State, which was organized by OSU MBA candidate Jennifer Villalobos. The Gazette-Times had a story and photos on the talks:

 

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Sights from the first Oregon State TEDx

Oregon State hosted its first-ever TEDx talk last night at the LaSells Stewart Center on campus, with an audience of around 120 people at the sold-out event.

The whole event was organized by Oregon State College of Business MBA candidate Jennifer Villalobos. Speakers focused on the theme “Our Planet,” highlighting ideas around sustainability, specifically as it relates to water and energy.

The COB staff headed over around 5 p.m., though Villalobos had been at the center all day running through preparations such as blocking the stage, running microphone checks and even cutting out the paper Earths that decorated the hall.

Note: Apologies for the grainy iPhone3 shots. We’ll have shots from the event photographer up in the next week or so.

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