Meet Professor J.P. Dubé: Booth’s Pricing Expert and Marketing Visionary
Professor Jean-Pierre (J.P.) Dubé is more than just a marketing professor at Booth – he’s a leading expert in pricing strategy and the Director of Booth’s Kilts Center for Marketing. This Spring Quarter, he’s teaching Pricing Strategies (BUSN 37202) on Wednesdays from 1:30-4:30 PM at Harper Center, bringing his deep expertise and real-world insights to […]
A Conversation with Professor Laura Born (MBA ’91)
Professor Laura Born is no stranger to Booth. An alumna of the MBA Class of 1991, she spent years in investment banking before returning to the school as a faculty member. Now, she is teaching Cases in Financial Management (BUSN 35210) in Spring Quarter from 8:30-11:30am on Tuesdays at Harper Center. Drawing from her extensive […]
Discovering Careers in Product and Brand Management: Lessons from Booth Alumni
First-year MBA student and Kilts Fellow Lorena Prates shares insights from the Kilts Center’s “Ask Alumni Why Product and Brand” event. Interactive sessions with Booth alumni from Microsoft, Meta, and Suja Life gave students a behind-the-scenes look at careers in product and brand management. The Kilts Center’s “Ask Alumni Why Product and Brand” event this […]
Unlocking Opportunities and Community: A Deep Dive into the ROMBA Conference
Guest blog by Felix Contreras-Castro The ROMBA Conference, or Reaching Out MBA, is the world’s largest annual gathering of LGBTQ+ business students and alumni. It serves as an unparalleled platform for networking, professional development, and career opportunities. With over 100 corporate partners actively recruiting LGBTQ+ talent, the event features workshops, panels, and a career fair […]
How to Combat FOMO as an MBA Student
Guest blog written by Kuan-lin (Fermín) Liu Starting my MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, I feel FOMO (fear of missing out) all around me. It could not be more fitting that a business school publication was the birthplace of the term FOMO because that in a nutshell captures every MBA […]
Inside the Forte MBA Conference
Guest blog by Selena Lopez The Forté Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to advancing women in business through professional development, career support, and community. Every year, Forté hosts the MBA Women’s Leadership Conference to bring together 600+ women from 62 partner schools in the summer before they start their MBA programs. This two-day conference facilitates […]
From Roundtables to the Real World: My Experience at the Marketing & Management Forum
Guest blog by Mason Yu The Marketing & Management Forum, hosted by the Kilts Center, is a unique opportunity to connect with an elite group of CEOs, CPOs, and other high-ranking alumni executives. Students are invited to select two roundtable discussions that most intrigue them, each chaired by an alumni executive who leads an intimate […]
Building Stronger Connection Over Conversation at The Kitchen Island
Guest blog by James Cungwanara & Arindha Purwandari As we write this on the final day of our classes, we reflect on the onset of our MBA journey. Being international students, there was an initial apprehension about forging authentic connections in this unfamiliar setting. While our first year brimmed with social events, which, indeed, broadened […]
Get to Know the Southeast Asian Community at Chicago Booth
Guest blog by Arindha Purwandari From Jakarta to ChicagoComing from Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world, where 23% of the population is between the ages of 18 and 30, I was surprised by the underrepresentation of Southeast Asian students in global MBA programs. When I decided to apply to Chicago Booth, I […]