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management as key sources of added value. Classes will be held on EDHEC's London campus, as well as its newly opened campus in Singapore. The new Singapore execu- tive campus is the base for EDHEC-Risk Institute-Asia. n The School of Business and Economics at Seattle Pacific University in Wash- ington state now offers an MA in social and sustainable management. The intensive, 11-month immersion pro- gram is intended for new, nonbusiness graduates. The SSM program offers a Chris- tian perspective on business while emphasizing business fundamentals, leadership, ethics and responsibil- ity, and sustainability and stewardship. n The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is partnering with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to launch the UTK/ORNL Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education (CIRE). The center will train scientists to take on some of the world's challeng- ing energy problems by work- ing with teams of researchers making scientific break- throughs that could become thriving business enterprises. When it officially opens in August, CIRE will offer an interdisciplinary doctoral degree in energy science and engineering. The program will focus on nuclear energy, bioenergy and bio fuels, renewable energy, energy conversion and storage, dis- tributed energy and grid man- agement, and environmental and climate sciences related to energy. n The University of Califor- nia Davis Graduate School of Management is revamp- ing its MBA curriculum to increase its emphasis on globalization, responsible business ethics, and sustain- ability. The new curriculum will begin this fall for enter- ing students in both the daytime MBA program at the Davis campus and the working professional MBA programs at its campuses in Sacramento and San Ramon. The revamped curriculum is anchored by IMPACT (Integrated Man- agement Project, Articula- tion, and Critical Thinking), a two-part capstone course designed to sharpen stu- dents' writing, speaking, and analytical abilities. Students will then take on 20-week team projects for client companies representing key regional industry sectors. n IMD in Lausanne, Switzer- land, has announced innova- tions to its MBA, an inter- national one-year leadership and general management program. Starting in 2012, the school will incorporate a new continuous "action learn- BizEd May/June 2011 21