business Vice President for Public Affairs Lynn Mosher Bushnell Dean, School of Business Matthew O’Connor Editor Janet Waldman, MS ’09 Director of Publications and Design Thea Moritz FALL 2010 Assistant Editor Alejandra Navarro
features
Senior Graphic Designer Cynthia Greco Manager of Photographic Services Mark Stanczak
COVER STORY
Still Looking pg. 4
Contributing Writers Claire LaFleur Hall Steve Higgins Rhea Hirshman Donna Pintek Stephen P. Schmidt
Unemployed throngs wait for business to pick up
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BY STEVE HIGGINS
CAREER Photographers Stan Godlewski John Hassett Robert Lisak Gale Zucker
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The relationship between multitasking and productivity explored BY DONNA PINTEK FINANCE
Wall Street Reform pg. 12 Alumni express cautious optimism about Dodd–Frank Act
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BY ALEJANDRA NAVARRO
TRENDS
Less-Pampered Pups pg. 18 Hard times take small bite out of pet industry
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BY CLAIRE LAFLEUR HALL
Economic fallout from oil spill
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Business leaders to be honored
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departments 2 Dean’s Desk
20 Faculty Research
G.A.M.E. Forum bringing
Professor Xiaohong He studies
Wall Street to QU
entrepreneurial successes in China, India
22 Department News 24 Students Making News 26 GradNews & Profiles Ryan P. Brown ’98
Target event draws student leaders; MBAs visit London
Tara Liscombe, JD/MBA ’06 Kenneth J. Pia Jr. ’85
Cert no. SW-COC-002556
32 Making Connections