Academic Showcase
The academic showcase highlights the research, experiences and successes of the Lerner academic community. Lerner faculty produce impactful research into technological innovations, consumer behavior and global business trends.
Lerner Hosts Annual Management Research Summit - On March 14, the Lerner College hosted its annual Management Research Summit "Pi in the Sky: Dreaming Big in Management Research." With over 18 schools throughout the Mid-Atlantic region being represented by attendees, this particular Management Research Summit was the largest one to date.
Lerner College Announces Strategic Plan for Transformative Excellence - Oliver Yao, dean of the Lerner College, has announced the college’s strategic plan, Transformative Excellence, to guide its efforts through 2030. This framework aims to enhance business and economics education, advance research and increase Lerner’s societal impact.
Lerner Moves Up to No. 52 in 2025 Poets&Quants Undergrad Rankings - Lerner jumped 13 spots from a year ago, one of just six schools to post double-digit rises from 2024.
UD’s Weinberg Center Holds 4th Annual Panel on ESG in the Boardroom - The Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance hosted its fourth annual event, “From Boom to Backlash: Guiding Directors in a Shifting ESG Landscape,” and brought together nearly 100 corporate leaders, legal experts and students to discuss the evolving challenges and responsibilities of directors in the ever-changing ESG landscape.
UD Junior McKinley Lynn Shines in Lerner College’s Fall 2024 Sales Competitions - The entrepreneurship and marketing double major placed second in the Lerner Sales Competition and ranked in the top 1% of thousands of competitors in the national RNMKRS competition.
Lerner MIS Professor John D’Arcy Discusses Teaching Path, MIS Quarterly Senior Editor Reappointment - D'Arcy was an Associate Editor at MIS Quarterly from 2017-21, earning an Outstanding Associate Editor Award in 2019. He was promoted to Senior Editor in 2022 and was recently reappointed to a second term in the role.
Lerner Online MBA Program Achieves Highest Ever Ranking by U.S. News & World Report - Online MBA tied for 20th place in publication’s 2025 rankings.
Charles Schwab Foundation Announces Support for UD Lerner Financial Planning Center - UD's Lerner College is proud to announce a new partnership with the Schwab Advisor Services and the Charles Schwab Foundation to establish a new, state-of-the-art Financial Planning Center.
Lerner College’s Top Stories of 2024 - From student success to faculty accolades to the first graduating class of SWUFE, these are the top stories from 2024 at UD’s Lerner College.
UD Horn Entrepreneurship receives transformative gift from Stanford family - Tom and Ronnie Stanford gift $1.15 million to UD’s Horn Entrepreneurship in support of the Summer Founders program.
Lerner In The News
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