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winter, was made pos- sible by a US$5 million combined endowment: $4 million from Lindner and his wife, Martha, through The Psalms Founda- tion, and $1 million from Great American Insurance Group. The school also will be adding a family and private business certificate to its curriculum beginning this fall, drawing on a $1 million endowed profes- sorship from John and Gloria Goering, founders of the College's Goering Center for Family and Pri- vate Business. n The Simon School of Business at the Universi- ty of Rochester in New York has received two gifts from alumni who have made significant donations in the past. Joseph and Janice Willett are pledging US$3.5 mil- lion; Evans and Susanna Lam are contributing $1 million. The gifts will sup- port student scholarship and faculty positions. n Investment firm BNY Mellon is giving US$1 million to the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon Universi- ty in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vania. The money will be used to provide another currently holds the Ist- ván Széchenyi Chair in International Economics and has been named director of the institute. decade of funding for the BNY Mellon Pro- fessorship in Finance, which was established in 1996. OTHER NEWS n Quinnipiac Univer- sity in Hamden, Con- necticut, is launching an institute designed to broaden the school's global ties and its opportunities for inter- national education. The new István Széchenyi Institute will build on the work of Quinni- piac's existing István Széchenyi Chair in International Economics, which is based in the School of Business; it oversees the university's relations with nations in Central Europe, espe- cially Hungary. Chris- topher Ball, associate professor of economics, n The Executive MBA Council, based in Orange, California, has released an e-book that offers a resource to indi- viduals considering an executive MBA degree. EMBA Up Close: What You Need to Know About the Executive MBA is available from www.executivemba.org as a downloadable PDF; it also will be distributed in digital form through iBooks and other elec- tronic outlets. n The Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and the Emerging Markets Institute (EMI) at John- son have announced an Emerging Markets Fellows program. Selected fellows will be designated through a combination of course work, international practicum projects, and foreign studies to gain experience in emerging market cultures, business requirements, and eco- nomic challenges. Rutgers Business School Supply Chain Management Ranked #3 GARTNER SUPPLY CHAIN LEADERS • Over 30 full-time professors focus on end-to-end Supply Chain Management, research, teaching and collaboration with industry • World class research on sustainability, responsiveness and flexibility, and risk reduction • Executive Education Programs based on current industry trends and timely topics to help your business and career business.rutgers.edu/scm BizEd March/April 2012 17