Sentences with phrase «university of the north»

As one pair of sociologists from The University of North Texas and Rice put it, «in a society that encourages men to be dominant and women to be submissive, having the image of tall men hovering over short women reinforces» the very idea that men must be the aggressors and the chasers when it comes to romantic relationships.

A recent study from the Wake Forest School of Medicine and the University of North Carolina found that listening to music can help people focus their attention, but — and here's the catch — only if it's music they like.

In 2004, a psychology study by researchers at the University of Florida and the University of North Carolina found that for every inch you stand above the national average, you could earn an additional $ 789 (unadjusted) per year.

Researchers at the Center for Integrated Marketing and Sales at the University of North Carolina say having loyalists who drive people to your door makes a trackable mark in your coffers.

«Put the most strategic version of the data out there,» says Alison Fragale, associate professor of organizational behavior at the University of North Carolina's Kenan - Flagler Business School.

Our bodies are extra sensitive to conditioning, says Daniel Taylor, associate professor of psychology at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas.

Roy Williams, head coach of the University of North Carolina's men's basketball team, made $ 2.1 million for the 2016 - 17 school year.

and previously managed the endowment offices of Notre Dame University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Plenty of thinkers have argued that time abroad increases important skills for business success like comfort with ambiguity, confidence when confronted with the unfamiliar, and accelerated learning, but the team of social scientists out of Rice University, Columbia, and the University of North Carolina behind this study wanted to test the effects of extended travel abroad on self knowledge specifically.

Davis graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina.

Hudson's own research and observations are backed by similar work done by the University of North Carolina, which found that the most powerful factor in job satisfaction was how the employee felt about the effectiveness of the meetings he or she attends.

According to Barbara L. Fredrickson, PhD, director of the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology (PEP) Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, «our research shows that if a new wellness behavior evokes positive emotions, people are 4.5 times more likely to be continuing with that new behavior 15 months down the road, enjoying all of its healthy benefits.

Another study led by Michael Kane, a psychologist at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, and published in Psychological Science also found that some forms of mind wandering can be beneficial.

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According to research by leading positive psychologist Barbara Fredrickson with the University of North Carolina, a positive outlook generates creative thinking, builds self - confidence and promotes overall resilience — all qualities necessary for lasting lifestyle changes.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of them.

In another fascinating interview with Scientific American, Prinstein — who has now moved on to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and authored a book titled Popular — argues that many of us radically misunderstand the concept.

To that end, we have teamed up with the University of North Carolina's Kenan - Flagler Business School — a recognized leader in online business education — to create an innovative executive certificate program called: Change the World: Leading with Purpose.

DeSimone, who is on leave as a distinguished professor of chemical engineering at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, felt that 3D objects should also be able to similarly grow and morph.

When I speak on this topic, I start my presentation by showing a photo of me jumping up and blocking a field goal during an North Carolina State game against rival University of North Carolina.

Mellinger's experience corroborates the work of Mark Lang and Steven Huddart, professors of accounting at the University of North Carolina and Duke University, respectively.

After a multiyear investigation, the NCAA on Friday announced that it «could not conclude» that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill violated academic rules in its fake - classes scandal and that the university would not be sanctioned.

That confidence was developed through a variety of activities including a stint in the U.S. Army; earning degrees in finance and economics from the University of North Carolina; and building two successful businesses, including his current company the Sarasota, Florida - based specialty finance company Integrity Funding, which landed at No. 18 on the Inc. 5000 in 2013.

The Queen City also is home to several high - profile colleges and universities, including the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, making it convenient to find brilliant interns and forward - thinking young employees.

And that's exactly what a growing number of leaders and leading organizations from Airbnb and Pixar, to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been doing: reducing their strategies to one sheet of paper.

In 2003, Tammy Kinley, an associate professor in the school of merchandising and hospitality management at the University of North Texas, measured 1,011 pairs of women's pants, and found that high - end retailers» clothes tended to fit more loosely than those in bargain stores.

MJ studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before he was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1984.

That shift was also evident at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill's Kenan - Flagler Business School, where 18 students went into tech, up from 12 in 2013, said David Vogel, who leads career development and employer relations for the undergraduate business program.

Columbia's average scholarships, for example, are $ 10,000 — a third or less of what MBA students get at Harvard, Darden, or the University of North Carolina's Kenan - Flagler Business School.

Also in the second year, and also similar to programs in top U.S. schools, CEIBS offers for the fall term an international exchange program with about 30 partner schools, including Wharton, the U.C. Berkeley Haas School, UCLA's Anderson School, Duke's Fuqua, Michigan's Ross, the University of North Carolina's Kenan - Flagler, Indiana's Kelley, and Dartmouth's Tuck, along with European institutions such as London Business School, Spain's ESADE and IESE, France's HEC and INSEAD, plus other schools including the Indian School of Business, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Canada's Queen's, Rotman, Sauder, and Schulich schools.

Before joining the entertainment industry, Fingleton was a professional basketball player having been drafted by the NBA and also played for the University of North Carolina.

She graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and earned a law degree and a Master of Laws from the University of San Diego School of Law.

According to University of North Carolina researchers, sleep deprived people are more susceptible to social influences, like a boss who wants you to step over ethical lines.

Cook also comes out tied at 14th in entrepreneurship, alongside the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill's Kenan - Flagler Business School, and above Columbia Business School and the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, both tied at 17.

So she enrolled in the Global Supply Chain Leaders Program, a dual - degree executive MBA program at the Kenan - Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina and Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Among her colleagues and competitors is a team of researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that also is working on an implantable device to deliver drugs directly to a tumor; a group at the University of Pennsylvania that is looking at using specialized antibodies to combat the disease; and a team of German researchers who are experimenting with specialized peptides.

An early, outsourced clinical research study with real patients was encouraging, but there are many potential pitfalls yet to come, said University of North Carolina diabetes researcher Dr. John Buse, who was briefed by Google on the lens last week.

«JPMorgan and other banks have adjusted their game depending on the playing field,» said Saule Omarova, associate professor of law at the University of North Carolina and a visiting professor at Cornell.

Dora Gicheva, an economist at the University of North Carolina, has found that for every $ 10,000 young people carried in student debt, the likelihood of getting married in the seven years following graduation dropped by some three or four percentage points.

Six of the 25 schools whose MBAs graduate with the highest average loans are public, including Kenan - Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina, where the average debt burden is $ 93,898 and 61 % of all graduates are in hock.

In 2014, the University of North Carolina's Kenan - Flager Business School, in partnership with Human Capital Institute (HCI), conducted a study where they found that 85 percent of global companies report an urgent need to develop employees with leadership potential.

(Jordan, after his junior year at the University of North Carolina, was the third pick of the 1984 draft.)

While Raleigh is part of the Research Triangle Park — home to Duke University, University of North Carolina, and other institutions — it still has a relatively small workforce and would have to draw in lots of new people, according to research.

It's clear that the growth is due to a confluence of factors: Welch's reputation and brand; a pragmatic education based on Welch's well - known dictums; the relatively low $ 39,000 price of the program (Indiana University's Kelley Direct program costs $ 66,000, while the University of North Carolina's MBA@UNC is priced at $ 99,700); and high levels of student satisfaction.

«Part of what Li & Fung sells» to retailers «is the right not to attend these meetings or pay into these compensation funds when people die,» said Suri Gurumurthi, a business school professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

«A more balanced news feed might lead to less «engagement,» but Facebook, with a market capitalization of more than $ 300 billion and no competitor in sight, can afford this,» wrote Tufekci, an associate professor at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina shows that loneliness can «vastly elevate» a person's risk of heart disease, stroke and cancer, making it as dangerous to your health as a lack of physical inactivity in youth or diabetes in old age.

The University of North Carolina Tar Heels cut down the nets at last year's NCAA tournament, adding yet another title to the program's prestigious history.

Resources: For more curmudgeonly advice from Stanley Marcus on retailing, check out his book, The Viewpoints of Stanley Marcus: A 10 - Year Perspective (University of North Texas Press, 800-826-8911, 1995, $ 24.95).

Deep in the bowels of Houston's 72,000 - seat NRG Stadium, in a curtained - off makeshift room near the court where the Villanova Wildcats and the University of North Carolina Tarheels are playing for the NCAA basketball championship, a small team of engineers and data scientists from a company called Lightwave huddles over laptops watching a stream of real - time data.