Quarterly Updates

Assad Assumes Management Deanship

Professor Robert Shibley, who is overseeing work on UB’s comprehensive physical plan, talks with faculty at an April 22 forum.

Arjang A. Assad took the helm of the School of Management effective Aug. 1. A leader in innovative educational initiatives, he previously was professor of management science and Dean’s Professor for Extraordinary Service in the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. At the Robert H. Smith School of Business, Assad also had served as chair of the Department of Decision, Operations and Information Technologies and as senior associate dean. More