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4 days ago | poetsandquants.com | Kristy Bleizeffer

As a marketing professor, Detlev Zwick built a career exploring how technology changes relationships: between people, between people and things, and how new things are created. His dissertation in the late ’90s explored how the internet made the stock market an online object, making trading seem more like gambling. He’s since written on the rise of data infrastructures, marketing automation, and how technology transforms how marketers do their jobs.

1 week ago | poetsandquants.com | Kristy Bleizeffer

Hello everyone  — Welcome back to Poets&Quants’ Must Reads, a quick, digestible recap of the top business school news, sponsored by CentreCourt, P&Q’s virtual admission events. I’m your host, Kristy Bleizeffer, and I’ll be highlighting the most important P&Q stories you might have missed. So, let’s get to it. No. 1: Undergraduate GPA: The Score You Need To Get Into A Top-50 U.S. MBA ProgramThink your undergraduate GPA is too low for a top MBA program? Think again.

1 week ago | poetsandquants.com | Jeff Schmitt

“I’m driven by a passion for transforming society through the construction industry.”Hometown: Takarazuka, JapanFun Fact About Yourself: I bought my first car in Ann Arbor!Undergraduate School and Major: Akita International University, Global BusinessMost Recent Employer and Job Title: Obayashi Corporation, Assistant ManagerMichigan Ross is best known for experiential learning programming like MAP, Living Business Leadership Experience, and the Leadership Crisis Challenge.

1 week ago | poetsandquants.com | Marc Ethier

Jennifer Chatman, an organizational culture scholar and a double Berkeley alum, has been appointed the 16th dean of the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley. Her appointment was announced Monday morning (June 16) by UC Berkeley Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Ben Hermalin and Chancellor Rich Lyons. Chatman, who has served as interim dean for about 11 months, will formally begin her new role on July 1.

1 week ago | poetsandquants.com | Marc Ethier

IESE Business School has announced the launch of a new full-time Master in Finance program, designed to prepare early-career professionals for leadership roles in a rapidly evolving financial landscape. Set to begin in September 2026, the 11-month MiF will be delivered in English on IESE’s Madrid campus, with a required module in New York City. The program targets recent graduates with up to two years of work experience and strong quantitative backgrounds in STEM, economics, finance, or business.