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headlines SHORT TAKES first incoming class to a new double-degree pro- gram this fall. The double degree consists of the Tongji MBA and the Weather- head Master of Science in Management-Finance. n Audencia Nantes School of Management and Sci- ences Po Lille, part of France's network of Institutes of Political Studies, have signed an accord for the cre- ation of a joint MSc in Public Policy Management. n An interdisciplinary chair in the business of biotechnol- ogy has been created by a joint effort between Univer- sity College Dublin and Élan Corporation, both based in Ireland. The chair will be sup- ported by two UCD schools, the Smurfit Graduate School of Business and the College of Science. The establish- ment of the chair is part of a broader collaborative initiative between the university and Élan to foster leadership in the global biotechnology industry. Élan, which is also contributing funds to the university's new science center, is expected to donate more than €3 million to the initiative. GRANTS AND DONATIONS n The School of Manage- ment at the University of Texas at Dallas is renam- ing its school and one of its undergraduate programs in response to US$50 million worth of donations recently made by two sets of alumni. The school now will be called the Naveen Jindal School of Management to recognize the gift of Indian statesman and industrialist Jindal. The under- graduate honors program has been renamed the Davidson Management Honors Pro- gram to recognize the gift of Charles Davidson, CEO of Noble Energy, and Nancy Davidson, a CPA and former accounting teacher. In light of these gifts, The Univer- sity of Texas System recently approved construction of a $25 million addition to the management school building. n The Kelley School of Busi- ness at Indiana University in Bloomington has received 16 March/April 2012 BizEd a US$33 million grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc. The money, the largest grant ever received by the Kelley School, will support a $60 n An alum and his wife have made an anonymous US$10 million pledge to DePaul Uni- versity in Chicago, Illinois. The largest single gift in the institution's history will sup- port student scholarships and a professorship at DePaul's College of Commerce. million renovation of the school's existing facilities, as well as a 71,000-square-foot expansion. n The Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, has received two gifts totaling US$25 million that will be used toward construction of new graduate school facilities. Of the total, $15 million comes from long- time supporters Charles F. and Joanne Knight. Charles Knight is chairman emeritus of energy company Emerson. George and Carol Bauer are providing $10 million through the Bauer Founda- tion; George Bauer was for- merly an executive with IBM. Groundbreaking on the $90 million project is expected to begin in June and take about 18 months. n A US$5 million gift from the Mitchell P. Rales Family Foundation has created the Mitchell P. Rales Chair in Business Leadership in sup- port of Miami University's Farmer School of Business in Oxford, Ohio. Dean Roger Jenkins will be the first to hold the chair. Rales, an alum, is co-founder of Dana- her Corporation. n Lamar University in Beau- mont, Texas, has established the Janie Nelson Steinhagen and Mark Steinhagen Global Fellows Endowment in the College of Business with a US$1 million gift from the Steinhagen family. n Recent gifts to the Univer- sity of Cincinnati's Carl H. Lindner College of Business will result in new programs and centers at the school in Ohio. The Carl H. Lindner III Center for Insurance and Risk Management, opening this