Spring 2024 Alumni Newsletter

the spring semester draws to a close, I’d like to thank all who
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contributed to our department’s success this past academic
have
begin, we had an excellent year in recruiting new faculty.
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Castro-Pires will be joining the department as an
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professor. He is presently at the University of Surrey in
assistant
United Kingdom and earned his Ph.D. from Northwestern
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in 2022. His core area of research is in business
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and industrial organization. Chad Kendall will be joining
strategy
department as an associate professor. He is presently at the
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of Southern California and earned his Ph.D. from the
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of British Columbia in 2014. His core area of research
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in political economy and behavioral finance. Professor Castro-
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and Professor Kendall each bring an impressive set research
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teaching credentials to the University of Miami. We are
and
one can appreciate, there are many moving parts that go into
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talent. I’d like to thank our recruiting committee, headed
recruiting
Professor Noah Williams, as well as other members of our
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our Ph.D. students, and staff for their efforts. I’d also like to
faculty,
Interim Dean Olazábal and Vice-Dean Nanda for their
thank
and support. Finally, I’d like to thank the many people in
leadership
Office of the Provost for their administrative support. These
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are largely unseen by those on the outside and so I’d like to
efforts
LETTER FROM THE
CHAIR
Greetings to all 'Canes near and far!
year and report on some of our main achievements.
excited to have them as colleagues!
acknowledge them here. Thank you all!