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How Does Cognitive Bias Hinder Fraud Examiner Decisions?

October 4th, 2023
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Financier Bernie Madoff was a high-profile executive who owned Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. The one-time Nasdaq chairman was highly respected and well-liked in the business community, with an incredibly successful record of earning strong returns for his clients. Unfortunately, Madoff used his expertise and relationships to perpetrate the largest Ponzi scheme in history, defrauding thousands of investors of billions of dollars.

IDA Team Leads Charge to Track and Combat the National Opioid Crisis

October 4th, 2023
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“If we think about a football team, as great as the quarterback might be, what good is it going to do if you’ve got 11 quarterbacks?” Culverhouse’s Institute of Data & Analytics (IDA) Director Jason Parton explained the institute’s interdisciplinary approach to research with a football analogy. “This team is interdisciplinary, and the skill sets of the team members are complementary.”

Who Shoulders the Invisible Family Load?

August 30th, 2023
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It goes beyond simple cleaning: Someone must schedule play dates for the kids, stay on top of school updates, and remember that the family will soon be out of eggs. These responsibilities are well-known, but rarely studied. It’s widely agreed that they are real work, and that they are largely unappreciated. But what do we call this kind of work, and who shoulders most of the load – men or women?

Searching for Truth with Numbers

August 25th, 2023
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What do heart murmurs, housing prices during the Obama administration, and migration flows into Europe have in common? For Culverhouse econometrician Dr. Daniel Henderson, the answer is in the numbers, and his research centers on the ways that numbers can explain and predict complex relationships.

A Day for Data: The Culverhouse Business Analytics Symposium Returns Sept. 15

August 25th, 2023
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Beyond hearing about new innovations in the use of data to solve business problems, the Symposium offers the opportunity to connect – and build a network – with data-focused UA students and colleagues from industry.

Culverhouse Faculty Scholars Program Accepting Faculty Mentors for 2023-2024

August 25th, 2023
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The Culverhouse Faculty Scholars Program is now accepting volunteers for Faculty Mentors for the 2023-2024 academic year (to begin working with students on research projects early in the fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year).

Rental Costs Rise in the SEC’s College Towns

August 25th, 2023
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Rent prices across the 14 cities hosting SEC institutions rose 8.22% on average over the past year, double the national average of 4.11% over the past 12 months ending in June, according to the Waller, Weeks and Johnson Rental Index that examines the entire stock of homes and apartments across 100 metro areas in the United States.

ACRE: To Comfortably Pay Rent, Alabamians Need $59,000 Income

August 25th, 2023
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The average renter in 12 metro areas across Alabama must make about the median annual income for the state to avoid rent becoming a financial burden, according to a recent report from researchers at The University of Alabama and two other schools.

Dr. Shawn Mobbs Named Associate Dean for Faculty and Research

August 25th, 2023
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The Culverhouse College of Business at The University of Alabama is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Shawn Mobbs as Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, starting August 16. Dr. Jim Cochran, who has served in the role since 2017, will return to the College’s Department of Information Systems, Statistics, and Management Science and resume teaching duties.

Rent Growth Continues Even as Inflation Slows

August 25th, 2023
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Bennie Waller, PhD, of The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business said, “this national trend indicates that rental relief is not on the immediate horizon, particularly in the largest metropolitan areas.”

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