Below you'll find a recent archive of news items related to the Department of Finance at the Sam M. Walton College of Business.
Ahmed, a strategy professor, was recently featured in two articles published by Nature, discussing the critical role of supercomputers in public research and the impact of private sector AI development.
12/04/2024 | By Meghan Perry
Meet Senior Sam Butler. Sam is from Olathe, Kansas and is majoring in Financial Analytics with a minor in Legal Studies. On campus, he has been involved as the president of Kappa Alpha Order, a part of Model UN, in the Venture Internship Program, a member of SAKE, and more.
10/21/2024 | By Camryn Sexton
Meet Senior, Isabelle Artnak! Isabelle is a Supply Chain Management major and Finance minor from Plano, Texas.
10/07/2024 | By Camryn Sexton
Jackson’s current thesis project explores the rapid decline of community banks, which results in a lack of financial access and financial literacy throughout many small communities in Arkansas and beyond.
01/24/2024
Hill will assist in the marketing and recruitment of students for the lucrative one-year, full-time graduate program.
01/19/2024 | By Lori McLemore
In October, the chapter organized and facilitated a food drive to benefit those in need in Northwest Arkansas.
09/14/2023 | By Lori McLemore
Jonathan Shipman, Shaila Miranda and Alexey Malakhov are Walton College’s department chairs for the accounting, information systems and finance departments.
08/25/2023 | By Lori McLemore
Walton College Portfolio Management Class students won three first-place awards at the Global Asset Management Education Forum in New York!
04/20/2023 | By Lori McLemore
Acrey is the director of the Master of Science in Finance program, which has a social impact focus. He is also the director for the Arkansas Impact Investing initiative, which promotes investing with a purpose.
11/02/2022 | By Grant Schol
The Technical Analysis and Trading finance honors colloquium class received high honors in the 2022 CMT Association, Inc. Investment Challenge.
07/16/2022 | By Lori McLemore
The Sherry Wood and Wood Kaufman Endowed Scholarship will specifically assist freshmen finance majors, thanks to their $500,000 gift.
11/04/2021
The UA working group is an initiative of the Finance Department in the Sam M. Walton College of Business.
September 27, 2021
Exploring the power of impact investing within local communities — how impact investing can stir economic growth and provide access to capital for diverse entrepreneurs.
September 17, 2021
