UAA College of Business and Public Policy

The UAA College of Business and Public Policy (CBPP) is a dynamic academic resource that serves and reflects Anchorage, Alaska's largest metropolitan community. Accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the College has an impressive faculty who bring a wide range of academic and industry expertise to students and community partners. CBPP students represent all age groups, ethnicities and backgrounds.

The College of Business and Public Policy was founded in 1973, has over 15 degree programs, is accredited by the AACSB, and currently serves over 2100 students.

More than 280 students graduated from the college in the twenty fifteen to twenty sixteen academic year, and it has over 8000 alumni.

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Learn How Not to Get “CRUSH”–ED in the Marketplace

This seminar will be presented by a practicing expert in the field - Charley Brown, who is a Partner at Ballard Sphar - a National Law Firm, as well as UAA’s patent attorney. Mr. Brown is a registered patent attorney with substantial experience in patent prosecution and litigation. His practice encompasses patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret litigation; patent prosecution; client counseling; and opinion work. At Ballard Sphar he leads the Electrical, Software and Communications Technologies team in the firm's Patent Group and is a member of the IP Litigation Team.

Rebuilding Power in Puerto Rico: Hurricane Maria, PREPA, and the Future of Puerto Rico

Professor Bob Poe will be presenting a talk entitled: "Rebuilding Power in Puerto Rico: Hurricane Maria, PREPA, and the Future of Puerto Rico" Tuesday, October 2 from 12:30 pm-2:00 pm at the UAA Campus Bookstore. Professor Poe has been working closely with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority since early last summer on developing recovery projects on Vieques, Puerto Rico to build a "hardened, smart grid" and a "hybrid energy solution" for the Islands of Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico. The effort has also included close work with the US Senate Energy Committee. These projects are in the final stages of approval and will be the first to be constructed on Puerto Rico. They are also intended to be the model for future projects across the main island of Puerto Rico.

Economics and Public Policy

Faculty & Student Seminar: Procrastination in Charitable Giving

Maros Servatka, Professor of Economics at Macquarie Graduate School of Management in Sydney, Australia discusses his field experiment to test theoretical predictions regarding the effect of deadline length on task completion. The test involved a charitable task setting in which participants were invited to complete an online survey, with a donation going to charity if they do so. Participants were given either one week, one month or no deadline by which to respond.

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Dr. Terry Nelson receives the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Promoting Student Achievement

Professor Terry A. Nelson has been awarded the 2018 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Promoting Student Achievement with the College of Business & Public Policy Tom Case Leadership Fellows Program. This award demonstrates exceptional commitment and effort that provides significant value and merit for a group of students.

Accounting and Finance

Study by Professor Nofsinger Highlighted at MarketWatch

The article "Doing this one thing could make you a better investor — and it’s free" recently published by MarketWatch highlights the study “DEEP Sleep: The Impact of Sleep on Financial Risk Taking.” The study was conducted by professor of finance John Nofsinger, and Corey Shank, an assistant professor of finance at Georgia’s Dalton State College .