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Center-Community Partnership. The goal of the partnership is to cre- ate a model for university-assisted community development that can be replicated easily in other cities. OTHER NEWS n James K. Weeks has announced that he will step down next year as dean of the Joseph M. Bryan School of Busi- ness and Economics at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. He has held that position since 1990. Under Weeks' leadership, the Bryan School has expanded international activity, added six new degree programs, established research centers, and increased its endowment sixfold. Of the more than 19,000 alumni of the school, roughly half received their degrees during his tenure as dean. n Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has launched the Dexter F. Baker Institute for Entre- preneurship, Creativity and Innova- tion. The center was partially funded by alum Dexter F. Baker and the Dexter F. and Dorothy H. Baker Foundation. The institute will sup- port cross-disciplinary programs that integrate business with science, com- puter, and engineering courses. n Georgetown University's new Rafik B. Hariri Building, which houses the McDonough School of Business, recently received LEED Silver Certi- fication from the U.S. Green Build- ing Council. The 179,000-square- foot Hariri building opened in 2009 on the university's campus in Washington, D.C. The LEED Silver certification recognizes five catego- ries: energy efficiency, indoor envi- ronmental quality, water efficiency, building design and operation, and sustainable site design. The Hariri Building's green features include efficient lighting, low-flow water fixtures, water-efficient landscaping, recycled building materials, and low- emitting building materials. n School of Business in Ann Arbor. He was also a distinguished fellow at the university's William Davidson Institute, where he was an advisor for the institute's Base of the Pyra- mid research initiative. Among his most important works are a 1990 Harvard Business Review article co- authored with Gary Hamel, "The Core Competence of the Corpora- tion"; a 1994 book co-authored with Hamel, Competing for the Future; and a 2004 book, The For- tune at the Bottom of the Pyramid. Prahalad was frequently ranked among the world's most influential business thinkers and had become one of the most well-known voices in the movement to alleviate pov- erty through sustainable business. Prahalad was born in India, earned a degree in physics from the Uni- versity of Madras, a diploma in business administration from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, and a doctor of busi- ness administration from Harvard Business School. CORRECTIONS Spanish-speaking students looking for guidance about where to attend business school now can consult Eligir un MBA (Choosing an MBA Program). The book was written in Spanish by Francisco Javier Garrido, dean of the Business School at Uni- versidad Mayor in Santiago, Chile. OBITUARY Internationally known business thinker C.K. Prahalad passed away April 16 at the age of 68. He was the Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Profes- sor of Strategy at the University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross There are two corrections to the story "Tapping into Telepresence," published on page 68 in the Tech- nology department in the May/June issue. The article mistakenly identi- fied the executive masters program for which the University of South Carolina's Moore School of Busi- ness in Columbia will be using its telepresence platform—the Moore School will be using the platform in its executive master in human resources management. The Moore School also plans to use the technol- ogy to connect multiple sites, each large enough to accommodate at least 15 to 20 people. n z BizEd JULY/AUGUST 2010 19