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Top left: Students in Katie Krueger’s Marketing 355 class dive into the data and design behind sustainability-driven ad campaigns. Top right: Halle Sterling of Berkshire Partners and Tom Dircks (BBA ’21), of One Rock Capital, lead a discussion on “Breaking into the Private Equity Job Market” at the WSB Private Capital Conference. Bottom: Madison Deputy Mayor reviews student projects during the Real Estate 430/720 poster session. Photo Credit: Paul L. Newby II
Top left: Students in Katie Krueger’s Marketing 355 class dive into the data and design behind sustainability-driven ad campaigns. Bottom left: Halle Sterling of Berkshire Partners and Tom Dircks (BBA ’21), of One Rock Capital, lead a discussion on “Breaking into the Private Equity Job Market” at the WSB Private Capital Conference. Right: Madison Deputy Mayor reviews student projects during the Real Estate 430/720 poster session. Photo Credit: Paul L. Newby II
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Natural disasters are increasingly wreaking physical havoc across the world—but from a financial perspective, they’re also creating a complex knot of challenges for property owners, insurance companies, and policymakers. Globally, only around 40% of losses from natural disasters are insured in any given year, and even with insurance, expensive disaster losses may not always be fully covered.
That’s where WSB’s Benjamin Collier comes in. An associate professor of risk and insurance, Collier’s research examines how insurance markets respond to growing climate risk, as well as how uninsured businesses and households financially manage these disasters.
Read more in Update magazine by following the link in our bio!
For Annemarie Hickey (BA ’14, MS ’25), an analytics degree from WSB was just the ticket for advancing her career in volleyball. The former student-athlete and college coach is now an assistant coach with League One Volleyball (LOVB), a professional league which hosted its inaugural season in 2025. She’s using the technical skills she developed in her program to boost her players while also using her sharpened business acumen to grow the reach and impact of the nascent league.
As AI rewrites traditional business strategies, what does it take to lead an organization effectively in this new landscape?
At the inaugural "Ground Truth: AI for Business Summit," attendees listened to 43 speakers, representing academia and global companies, who shared how their organizations are deploying AI and the lessons they have learned in the process.
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