FACULTY NEWSMAKERS National and local media often call on Bryant’s expert faculty to comment on the news of the day. Here are a few recent examples of University professors sharing their expertise: A Rhode Island company that manufactures industrial vibrators for the construction and manufacturing industries has made itself memorable, Professor of Marketing Keith Murray tells The Providence Journal. “The best strategy in a competitive marketplace is to break from the pack,” says Murray. “They’ve taken something risqué and made clean fun of it. I’m going to remember these guys.” Finance Professor Peter Nigro offered the Christian Science Monitor his perspective on the financial reform debate taking place in Congress in an article that appeared in newspapers and on news Web sites across the country. Nigro’s comments also appeared in a Providence Business News (PBN) article about new rules regarding overdraft protection. In it he says that he expects banks to “do anything to encourage
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customers to sign up” for such protection. He added that “the absence of overdraft protection could force people to learn the importance of budgeting and living within their means.” Another PBN article reported The Downtown Improvement District’s expenditure of about $60,000 to enhance the landscape of downtown Providence, RI. Do such initiatives bring in customers? Yes, Professor of Marketing Elaine Notarantonio tells the newspaper. Such improvements, she says, “create a welcoming atmosphere where people will come to spend time and money.” Commenting on what the BP oil spill disaster can teach finance executives, Trustee Professor of Management Michael A. Roberto tells CFO.com that “when red flags appear, there is a powerful human tendency to discount the risk, particularly if we’re not sure we have a solution.” CFOs, he says, typically have “a more independent view of the business than most other executives” and can offer an “objective second set of eyes.” According to the Christian Science Monitor, in the year since
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BRYANT WELCOMES NEW FACULTY Bryant appointed six faculty members to positions this fall. They join the 40 percent of the University’s tenured and tenure track faculty who have been welcomed to Bryant within the last five years. Christopher D. Briggs, Lecturer, Economics; Ph.D., University of Connecticut Mara Derderian, Lecturer, Finance; MBA, Bentley University José-Marie Griffiths, University Professor; Ph.D., University College London Sandra Potter, Lecturer, Marketing; Ph.D., Fielding Graduate University Christopher W. Reid, Assistant Professor, Science and Technology; Ph.D., University of Guelph Michael E. Salzillo, Lecturer, Mathematics Learn more about these talented scholars and mentors at www.bryant.edu/newfaculty2010.
Michael Jackson’s death due to a prescription drug overdose, very little has been done to change the rules and regulations governing such drugs. Legal analyst Ron Washburn, who teaches legal studies in Bryant’s Department of History and Social Sciences, was interviewed for the article
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and notes that, “More and more instances are arising where an individual can see multiple doctors and get multiple prescriptions to either use or sell.” To stay up to date on Bryant faculty in the news, visit www.bryant.edu/newsroom and join the Bryant RSS feed.
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