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students who Love Research And four schools that are finding ways to reward them for their enthusiasm. by Sharon Shinn R esearch is the lifeblood of any business school, and administrators often look for creative ways to disseminate information about their faculty members��� scholarly work. But these days, more business schools are putting special emphasis on getting students involved in research initiatives. In some cases, students are learning about the findings of their professors; in other situations, they���re presenting their own work. It���s not uncommon for universities to hold campuswide research fairs, where MBA and PhD students from all disciplines can create and display poster boards illustrating their research efforts. (See ���Getting ���REDay��� for Research��� on page 72 of the January/February 2012 issue.) But the four schools profiled here have designed their own unique approaches to strengthening the ties between business students and research. It seems clear that, if students grow interested in faculty work���or, better yet, adept at refining their own scholarly efforts���the next generation of business leaders will be enthusiastic about the benefits of research, whether they���re generating it themselves or applying it to their own real-world enterprises. 36 January/February 2013 BizEd