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Published: Aug. 18, 2011

  • Porock named interim dean of nursing

    Davina C. Porock, professor and associate dean of research and scholarship in the School of Nursing, has been named interim dean of the school, effective Aug. 1.

    Porock takes over for Jean Brown, who resigned as dean, effective July 31, after nearly six years at the helm of the school

    A national search for a permanent dean currently is under way.

    Porock joined the UB nursing faculty last August after serving on the faculty of the University of Nottingham School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy in the U.K.

    She directs UB’s Center for Nursing Research, facilitating the development of interdisciplinary research and research by nursing faculty and students

    A noted scholar on end-of-life issues for patients suffering from chronic disease, Porock is interested in the quality of care that dying patients receive and how nurses and doctors treat symptoms of the terminally ill.

    She has published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles on end-of-life care and has garnered millions of dollars of funding to study such areas as medical crises in the aged, recognizing dying and lymphedema among older breast cancer survivors.

  • Forbes ranks SOM as a ‘best business school’

    Forbes magazine once again has ranked the School of Management as one of the best business schools in the world based on the return on investment it provides MBA graduates.

    The ranking of No. 48 places the school solidly in the top 10 percent of the more than 590 graduate business programs accredited by AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

    According to Forbes, the ranking shows which business schools offer the best return on investment by comparing the cost of attaining an MBA—tuition, plus forgone income—to salaries earned by MBA graduates upon graduation and five years after graduation. Full results are available online.

    When measuring the five-year gain as percentage of expenses (MBA profits divided by the sum of tuition, fees and forgone compensation) only three of the top 74 schools outperformed the School of Management.

    In addition, of all the schools ranked by Forbes, the School of Management had the lowest tuition.

    “This ranking indicates that our graduates get an outstanding value for their investment in our MBA program,” says Arjang A. Assad, dean of the School of Management. “In addition, it demonstrates that we’re producing graduates who achieve a high level of success in their careers.”

    Assad notes the emphasis that the MBA program places on team skills, leadership and problem solving contributes to the success of the school’s graduates.

    Results are based on a survey of 16,000 MBA graduates worldwide from the class of 2006. Graduates were selected from more than 100 business schools.