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A program is only as good as its faculty. That’s why hiring and retaining the very best faculty members is a primary goal at Mays Business School. For the 2009-2010 school year, ten full-time tenure/tenure-track faculty members have been added to the roster from a variety of locations and a wide range of research interests. What they all have in common is a dedication to their profession that distinguishes them from their peers.

Two PhD students from the Department of Information and Operations Management were singled out for praise at a recent International System Dynamics Conference held in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

In a recent evaluation by AMR Research, the supply chain program at Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School was ranked 8th in the nation for industry value, defined as how well they prepare students to “manage increasingly global integrated supply chain organizations.”

As the world population rapidly depletes the supply of crude oil, scientists and energy investors turn an ever-hopeful eye toward “unconventional oil,” such as heavy crude oils, tar sands, and oil shale. Mining and refining these resources are still too costly to be viable, but that may not be the case much longer, thanks to on-going research from Mays Business School.

Watch out, guys - the information technology sector is no longer your domain. In response to the increasing population of women entering the field, the Center for the Management of Information Systems (CMIS) held its ninth annual Women in Information Technology (WIT) conference February 21 at Reed Arena.