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How Personalized Music Recommendations Can Improve Social Media Videos
Assistant Professor Xuan Bi helped create a new, highly personalized model of background music recommendation for short videos.
How Mental Health Apps Can Reduce Inequities
Carlson School Professor KK Sinha, Assistant Professor Necati Ertekin, Yi Tang, ’24 PhD, and Adam Moen, ’12 BSB, studied how mental health mobile apps can increase equity in mental health care.
Mortgage Cramdowns Could Have Mitigated Foreclosure Crisis
Carlson School Assistant Professor Jacelly Cespedes and co-authors studied how a legal provision known as the “mortgage cramdown” could help bring stability to the housing sector.
Pay for Prudence, Not Profit
Carlson School Associate Professor Salman Arif and co-authors studied bank executives and the concept of "paying for prudence," or establishing targets that reward managers for lowering credit risk, including “receiving satisfactory regulatory ratings, reducing non-performing loans, minimizing loan losses, or maintaining high credit quality.”
Grad Students Select Outstanding Faculty Awards
Carlson School faculty members have been recognized by graduate students in their programs as the 2023–24 Outstanding Faculty of the Year.
Students Select 2024 Undergraduate Instructor and Staff of the Year Winners
Seven extraordinary teachers and four outstanding staff members have been selected, by undergraduate students, as the 2024 recipients of the school’s Undergraduate Instructor of the Year and Staff of the Year awards.
Michael Ramlet, ’09 BSB, named UMN Entrepreneur of the Year
Michael Ramlet, ’09 BSB, founder and CEO of Morning Consult, was named University of Minnesota Entrepreneur of the Year.
Zero-waste project in Greece shows promise, says UMN, INSEAD researchers
The Greek island of Tilos is home to one of the world’s most successful zero-waste projects. Led by Polygreen, a circular economy solutions company, the 700+ residents of the small island completely eliminated its landfilling and brought its recycling rate to a record high of 89.2 percent during a 2-year period.
Financial Planning Prepares Students for Success
In INS 4201/6201: Personal Finance, students learn essential life skills from practicing professionals, with the same rigor as the rest of their courses. The course focuses on helping students gain an understanding of “what is enough” and the consequences of their financial decisions.