It's not often that you go to an environmental conference where the majority of participants claim not to be environmentalists and where the only actual environmental activist gets escorted promptly off of the property. Then again, the Wall Street Journal's ECO:nomics Conference was not just any gathering; top executives, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs from around the world came together to discuss the ability of business to create environmental capital.
Have you wondered why so many people are walking around the business school with beards/patchy facial hair these days? Rosstache is a month-long charity event where Ross MBA students grow out their facial hair, culminating in a final judging event on April 3rd at the RSA Scorekeepers Happy Hour.
On the weekend of February 23-24, Austin received us nice and warm to celebrate the 2008 Winter Classic Soccer Tournament at the McCombs School of Business, a tournament which gathers 24 teams from the best MBA programs in the country. The Ross School of Business Soccer Team went with confidence, supported by its recent championship in the open indoor tournament at Wild World Sport Center (see picture A).