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Kellogg gift from Ann Drake will accelerate advancement of women in business
Ann Drake ’84 makes the largest-ever gift from a female Kellogg graduate, will support and connect women leaders
February 03, 2021
Ann Drake grew one of the nation’s leading supply chain management companies.
Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management has received a transformative gift from Ann M. Drake ’84 to establish the Drake Scholar Network, a powerful, intergenerational network of women students, faculty and alumnae fostered through Kellogg. The launch of this formal, global network will underscore Kellogg’s long-standing commitment to training future women business leaders.
“Kellogg has a long legacy of breaking new ground in the education and professional advancement of women, but there is still much work to be done to address gender-based disparities in the business world,” said Dean Francesca Cornelli. “Ann’s gift will help reinforce Kellogg’s
Walking the tightrope : Super Bowl advertisers try to strike right tone after tumultuous 2020 Tom Schad, USA TODAY UP NEXT
During the past 12 months, we ve seen the arrival of a pandemic and a falsely contested election. A nationwide social justice movement and racial reckoning. The end of one presidential impeachment. The start of another. Widespread economic uncertainty. And the storming of the U.S. Capitol.
Any one of these events would be enough to complicate the high-stakes world of Super Bowl advertising, where brands spend $5.5 million or more for a 30-second audience with 100 million people.
Take all of them together and the result is one of the most complex backdrops in the history of advertising s marquee event.
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PanAgora Asset Management Announces Winners of 19th Annual Dr. Richard A. Crowell Memorial Prize
February 1, 2021 GMT
BOSTON, Feb. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ PanAgora Asset Management (“PanAgora”), a preeminent quantitative investment manager, today announced the winners of its 19th annual Dr. Richard A. Crowell Memorial Prize, which recognizes new and cutting-edge academic research that connects theory and practice in the field of quantitative investing.
First prize was awarded to “Stock Price Reactions to ESG News: The Role of ESG Ratings and Disagreement,” by authors George Serafeim of Harvard Business School and Aaron Yoon of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
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