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Our faculty are sought out by the media for their expertise on a variety of topics. 

Here's the latest:

  • Active vs. Passive ETFs: How They Stack Up
    June 1, 2023
    Actively managed mutual funds lag behind passive mutual funds. Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer put actively managed ETFs through a similar test in this column for the Wall Street Journal.
  • New Research: Companies Appreciate Internal Audit More After They Get in Trouble
    May 31, 2023
    Richard Chambers, former president and CEO of The Institute of Internal Auditors, wrote an article about accounting assistant professor Young Hoon Kim's research on internal auditors.
  • Why Gen Z Needs to Learn How to Negotiate
    May 31, 2023
    Former School of Business professor Suzanne de Janasz wrote an article for AACSB Insights on why it's important for Gen Z to learn negotiation tactics.
  • Best Home Improvement Loans
    May 30, 2023
    Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship Executive Director Eric Maribojoc was quoted as an expert in WalletHub's list of best home improvement loans for 2023.
  • McCarthy’s Turn at the Plate
    May 26, 2023
    Management Professor and negotiations scholar Kevin Rockmann provides quotes about the debt ceiling negotiations to this U.S. News & World Report article.
  • Do Sentiment Metrics Matter to the Markets?
    May 25, 2023
    How much does consumer sentiment actually matter to market performance? Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer and recent School of Business graduates Yuge Pang and Kexin Xu explored the correlations between consumer and business sentiment metrics and market returns in an article for CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor Blog.
  • Companies seek internal auditors when they get in trouble
    May 23, 2023
    Accounting Today interviewed accounting assistant professor Young Hoon Kim about his research on internal auditors.
  • Coinbase is fighting back. But can it outmaneuver the SEC?
    May 12, 2023
    Two years after becoming the first major crypto company to go public, San Francisco-based Coinbase is waging a battle that could determine its future as a U.S.-based company. Jiasun Li, assistant professor of finance, tells the San Francisco Examiner that it's not surprising that Coinbase is hitting back.
  • When Investors Do the Most Harm With Market Timing
    May 5, 2023
    Does market timing hurt portfolios most during up years or down years? What about when things are volatile? Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer ran the numbers in this column for the Wall Street Journal.
  • How George Mason University will spend record $50M gift
    May 4, 2023
    Dean Ajay Vinzé talks to the Washington Business Journal about the recent $50 million bequest from the trust of Donald G. Costello to provide business school scholarships largely focused on entrepreneurship.
  • Leesburg resident gives $50 million to George Mason University School of Business
    May 3, 2023
    Donald Costello from Leesburg has left a $50 million gift to George Mason University’s School of Business program, which will rename the school in his honor as the Donald G. Costello School of Business. School of Business Dean Ajay Vinzé talks about the gift in a Louden Times-Mirror article.
  • 7 ETFs to Buy as Interest Rates Rise
    May 2, 2023
    Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer is quoted in a U.S. News & World Report article about interest-rate-sensitive stocks.