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headlines SHORT TAKES standing the current needs of business schools in emerging economies and determining how AACSB can help improve quality assurance processes in such regions. Advocacy Award. Milano is president and trustee of the KPMG Foundation, and president and board member of The PhD Project and KPMG Disaster Relief Fund. ■ Kerry Healey has been selected as the first woman to lead Babson College of Babson Park, Massachusetts. Healy—former lieutenant governor of Massachusetts—will assume her presidency July 1. ■ Darlene Brannigan Smith has been named one of "Maryland's Top 100 Women" for 2013 by The Daily Record, the state's business and legal newspaper. Smith is dean of the University of Baltimore's Merrick School of Business. STEPPING DOWN ■ In June 2014, Thomas S. Robertson will step down as dean of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he has served since August 2007. During his tenure, he expanded the size of the faculty, raised support for research programs and specialized centers, and made major commitments to the new MBA curriculum. Robertson plans to return to the Wharton marketing faculty. ■ In May, M. Omar Hefni retired as president of the University of Dubai, where he spearheaded the process that resulted in AACSB accreditation in 2009. HONORS AND AWARDS ■ Bernard J. Milano has been awarded the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education's 2013 AABHE 14 July/August 2013 BizEd ■ A student team from Colorado State University College of Business in Fort Collins won the Global Business School Network's third annual MBA+ Challenge Video Contest. The competition invites business students from around the globe to submit videos showing how they are making a difference in the developing world. The winning video, "MamaCarts—Increasing Food Security," shows how a for-profit food cart franchise is using local food sources to supply meals to lowerincome urban markets. Winners received a free trip to make a presentation at the GBSN Annual Conference and 10th Anniversary Celebration in Tunisia in June. All the videos may be viewed online at www.gbsnonline. org/mbachallenge. ■ Each year, the American Council on Education (ACE) awards fellowships that help prepare promising faculty for roles of senior leadership in academia. For the 2013– 2014 academic year, three of the 50 professors who received ACE Fellowships were business professors from the PhD Project Professors program. They are Jorge Perez of Kennesaw State University; Jose Antonio Rosa of the University of Wyoming; and Charles Wesley Richardson Jr. of Clark Atlanta University. Other ACE Fellows with backgrounds in business and associated disciplines are Anne Lee Balazs of Eastern Michigan University; Jennifer P. Bott of Ball State University; Carlos Prieto of Escuela Bancaria y Comercial; Celsa (Lupita) Sánchez of CETYS University; and Larry "Dale" Young of Georgia College & State University. ■ A new national award that honors the achievements of business school healthcare educators has gone to June Kinney of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Kinney is not only the inaugural recipient—she is the namesake of the June Kinney Achievement Award, which is bestowed by the Business School Alliance for Health. Kinney is associate director and lecturer at the Wharton School Health Care Management Department. NEW PROGRAMS ■ In fall 2014, the Davis College of Business at Jacksonville University in Florida plans to launch a three-year doctorate in business administration. Plans for the DBA program include focuses on big data, business analytics, and globalization. The goal of the program will be to cultivate "scholarly practitioners"—graduates who can apply classroom theories to real-world problems. Professor of finance Richard J. Cebula will advise candidates in the DBA program. ■ The Miller College of Business at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, is debuting an undergraduate major in logistics and supply chain management. ■ The Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles announces a new Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management (MSGSCM). The 16-month online program begins this fall. ■ This September, Indiana University's Kelley School of Business in Indianapolis will launch the Business of Medi-