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A grim prediction about Assistant Professor Gregory Dawson’s health came true in 2009 when he was diagnosed with an aggressive and fast-moving type of cancer. At first he felt like his body had betrayed him, but after one day of "feeling sorry for myself" he started to fight.

In the January 26, 2013 issue of The Economist, there was an interesting story about technological extinction. Technologies like carbon paper seem to keep hanging on; nowadays tattoo artists and pigeon racers make use of it.

 It’s tough to differentiate yourself in online retailing. After all, you don’t have a physical location for people to check out or salespeople to build face-to-face rapport. Should your company strive to convey a hip image? Authoritative? More affordable than your competitors?

In the news this month, the information systems department is gearing up for its new master’s degree program, the Master of Science in Business Analytics. First order of business is spreading the word!

The Society for Information Management Arizona Chapter has been generating buzz in the Phoenix-area community. That’s thanks in part to the organization’s IT Leader of the Year award, which this year went to Marc Chesley, CTO at Infusionsoft, who is now a member of the SIM board.

When you check into a fine hotel the concierge is waiting for you in the lobby with all the information you need to navigate successfully through an unfamiliar city.

In case you haven’t heard, things are really heating up this summer in higher education circles concerning Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs, for short).

As the 2016 Summer Olympics ends, with the United States of America at the top of the medal tally, it is time to also celebrate another achievement in the tech sector.

Like many first-year students, Julie Harr saw so many career options when she began college that she wasn’t sure which path to take.

The capstone project is the crowning moment of our degree programs. Students work in teams to apply the knowledge and skills learned in virtually all of their classes to a project in a real business.