Chicago’s International Expert on Policing
If there’s one thing that can be said about former Chicago Police Department commander Elias Voulgaris (M.P.A. ’15) and his experience on the force, it’s this: It is broad, and ubiquitous. In his 35...
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The Lessons of Luxembourg on Chicago’s South Side
Tannis Williamson (M.P.A. ’06) got the idea for her consulting firm while getting a crash course about other cultures in the Netherlands. The Arab Spring had just happened, with protests across many...
Tech-Focused Courses and Internship Are Keys to Launching Career
High-quality faculty, a tech-savvy curriculum, and the downtown Chicago location drew Rucha Dhopeshwar to Stuart School of Business for the Master of Science in Finance program. “The fact that a lot...
Off the Bench and Into Science Tech Management
With more than a decade of experience as a laboratory research chemist and a master’s degree in analytical chemistry from Illinois Tech, Elliott Rice enrolled part-time in the Master of Business...
Gaining Marketing Analytics Skills for the Tech Business World
When Efe Uduigwomen arrived in Chicago to begin the Master of Science in Marketing Analytics program at Stuart School of Business, she already had five years of professional experience, which included...
Mentorship and Research Collaboration Are Keys to Career Growth
As a quantitative analyst at Morningstar, the Chicago-based investment research and management services firm, Yao “Jason” Xie develops mathematical and statistical models to analyze portfolio risks...
Combining Hard and Soft Skills in the Modern Business World
Rodrigo Martorell Cascón (M.A.S. TENR ’22) always knew he wanted to be an engineer. But it wasn’t until he earned a graduate degree that he realized how much soft skills can matter in the modern...
‘A Cornerstone of Hope’
Public service—and Chicago—run in Myetie Hamilton’s blood. At 48, Hamilton (M.P.A. ’03) serves as vice president and executive director of City Year Chicago and as board president of the Chicago Park...
‘Knowing By Doing’ Yields Career Opportunities
Courses that aligned with her career goals and the Chicago location were deciding factors for Sharanya Sreenivasan when she chose Stuart School of Business. “I wanted to take my understanding of...
Ready to Tackle the Global Corporate Environment
Before moving from the United Kingdom to Chicago to begin the Master of Business Administration/Master of Public Administration dual-degree program at Stuart School of Business, Ambika Sahay Verma...