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Headlines SHORT TAKES NEW APPOINTMENTS sJudy Olian has been named dean of the Anderson School ofManagement at the University of California in Los Angeles. She will take the position January 1. Currently she is dean of the Smeal College of Business Admin- istration at Pennsylvania StateUniver- sity, where she has been dean and professor of management since 2000. sLewis R. Gale has been selected as the new dean of the John B. Goddard School of Business and Economics at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. Gale has spent the last two years as dean of the B.I.Moody III College of Business Administration at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. sRajib Sanyal has been named dean of theWalker L. Cisler College of Busi- ness at NorthernMichigan University inMarquette. Previously, he was a professor of management at the Col- lege of New Jersey, formerly Trenton State College. sNancy Hayes has been appointed dean of the College of Business at San Francisco State University in Califor- nia.Hayes worked at IBMfor 20 years, and more recently was president and CEO ofWISE Senior Services in Southern Califor- nia. sDavid K. Graf has been named the new dean of the College of Business and Economics at the United Arab Emirates University. He was for- merly the dean at Northern Illinois 14 BizEd NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2005 University. sStefanie Lenway has been named dean and professor of managerial studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Business Admin- istration. She was previously associate dean ofMBA programs at the Uni- versity ofMinnesota. She succeeds in- terim dean JohnMcDonald, who will retire from UIC. NEW PROGRAMS sThis fall, the Owen Graduate School ofManagement at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, launched a health careMBA program in which students collab- orate closely with professionals at Vanderbilt'sMedical Center as well as some of the health care companies based in the city. Participating stu- dents will earn a traditionalMBA with a concentration in a functional discipline while also completing courses specific to health care. Stu- dents will learn strategic, economic, ethical, and operational aspects of health care while pursuing specializa- tions in the fields of health services, medical devices, biotech, consulting, pharmaceuticals, or managed care. sThe Yale School of Management in New Haven, Connecticut, has launched its MBA for Executives: Leadership in Healthcare programthis fall. It is the school's first degree tailored to the needs of working executives. Students currently enrolled in the programrep- resent diverse sectors of health care, including pharmaceuticals, biotech, managed care,medical devices, non- profit and government health organi- zations, hospitals, private practice, consulting, and insurance. sSouthern Methodist University's Cox School of Business, Dallas, Texas, has developed cooperative programs with the Journalism Division of theMead- ows School of the Arts at SMU. Funding was provided byWilliam J. O'Neil, chairman and CEO of In- vestor's BusinessDaily. The Cox School will establish theWilliam J. O'Neil Center for Business and Fi- nancial Reporting and theWilliam J. O'Neil Chair in Business and Finan- cial Reporting. The school also has developed a new BBA major in busi- ness and financial reporting. sThe University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School in ChapelHill has launched the Lead- ership Initiative, an integrated, expe- rience-based program that assesses and developsMBAs' leadership skills. The program is directed byMindy Storrie. Students will develop individ- ual self-assessment and goal-setting plans, receive feedback from leader- ship coaches, and consult with com- panies to solve real-world problems. Storrie, who was previously director ofMBA Career Services, has been re- placed in that position by Susan A. Amey. GRANTS AND DONATIONS sAn anonymous donor will provide $25 million toward a new executive education building for theHaas School of Business at the University of California in Berkeley. It is the largest single gift in the school's history. The center will create space for classrooms and short-term housing for execu- tives attending educational programs. sThe Gordon and BettyMoore Foundation has awarded the Yale En-