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You did it, Boothies! On to your next adventure. 🎓🤩 #BoothGrad #ClassOf2025
Booth Wellness finished the school year strong with an ice cream break, a walking tour of campus, and a group spin class. Current students Amtej Randhawa and Dorothy Yuen said, “Sometimes wellness is giving yourself permission to slow down and experience a small moment of joy.”
As part of @ChicagoBooth's continued investment in #AI and its role in shaping business, markets, and institutions, three new faculty have joined our community. Welcome Kawin @ethayarajh, @SuproteemSarkar, and @tedsumers! Full story: chicagobooth.edu/research/cente… #MachineLearning
“I’m grateful I got to spend two years at Booth with some of the smartest and most driven people I’ve ever met—and grateful I can count many of them as friends for life. Congrats to the class of 2025—we did it! 🎓” —David McAlpine, MBA ’25 (XP-94) #BoothProud
Moiz Shirazi, AB ’00, MBA ’07, and his company are taking advantage of the AI boom to create the world’s most comprehensive database of legal risks. ms.spr.ly/6017sBgP7
“Even though a quarter of a century seems like a long time, it feels like my time at Booth has flown by.” Congratulations to professor Haresh Sapra for 25 years at Booth! Hear him discuss how he ended up here on the UChicago podcast The Course. ms.spr.ly/6015sBgR9
Lifting paperwork requirements during the COVID health emergency prevented large-scale disenrollment from Medicaid, according to research by Booth’s Matthew Notowidigdo, PhD student Emily Crawford, and UChicago’s Sarah Shubeck. ms.spr.ly/6016sBgbO
Pregnant women may not be getting the depression care they need, suggests research by @mcgillu’s Claire Boone, @Stanford PhD student @ccolina_pe & @ChicagoBooth’s @Devin_G_Pope. ms.spr.ly/6019s6eev
“I am thrilled to share that I graduated from Chicago Booth! I am grateful to Booth’s faculty for their dedication to create one of the best MBA programs in the world, and to my classmates and friends who made the experience memorable.” —Jorge González Reyna, MBA ’25 #BoothProud
A study by Chicago Booth’s Chad Syverson and coauthors found that takeout and delivery orders helped boost restaurant productivity following the COVID-19 pandemic. ms.spr.ly/6014sBgPQ
This summer, Fabian Gosselin, MBA ’22, will bring his favorite sport to Chicago with his new padel facility. #BoothAlumni ms.spr.ly/6017sBgbP
Read more about how #inflation made the labor market appear 🔥 (Research via @Columbia_Biz's Hassan Afrouzi, Andrés Blanco of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, @DrenikAndres of @UTAustinEcon, and @ChicagoBooth’s Erik Hurst) ms.spr.ly/6010s6e5u
Keeley Kandziora, MiM ’25, is beyond excited about graduating as part of the first cohort of Booth’s Master in Management Program. She’s also the program’s first-ever admitted student. Hear her reflect on her time at Booth and how it prepared her for new job at J.P. Morgan.
Students in the Asness and Liew Master in Finance Program are putting their training into practice with summer internships in the finance industry. #MasterinFinance ms.spr.ly/6017S7dQ5
Amid the pandemic, Karen Bernhardt-Walther, MBA ’11, PhD ’11, launched an economics club to connect students in Toronto and Munich and ease their isolation. ms.spr.ly/6014S7eEy
Research by Booth’s @ProfStefanNagel and PhD student Benjamin Marrow find that investors are best to find a market anomaly before researchers do. @chicagoboothrev ms.spr.ly/6013S7dk5
On this episode of the Chicago Booth Review Podcast, Booth’s Amir Sufi discusses the rise of private capital. Is it better or worse for borrowers? Should we be worried about systemic risk? And why aren’t banks lending as they used to? @chicagoboothrev ms.spr.ly/6013S7e61
“Battle of the Bands isn’t just a concert—it’s a full-scale student-led production. We brought 1,700 people together for an electric experience at the iconic Aragon Ballroom. An absolute highlight of my first year.” —Keerthana Hogirala, Full-Time MBA student, AudioBooth co-chair
NEW podcast: 👇 Should we pay coal miners to go to college? @ChicagoBooth's @AndersPHumlum talks about his research on retraining injured workers. ms.spr.ly/6015s6QTV
Chicago Booth’s Alexander P. Frankel and his coauthors examined whether ignoring standardized tests could help colleges make better choices. @chicagoboothrev ms.spr.ly/6014S7dCK
