Numerous School of Business faculty members presented papers at the Rocky Mountain Academy of Legal Studies in Business annual conference in Vail, Colo., Oct. 9-10. Assistant Professor of Management Lisa McVicker presented "High Stakes for Stakeholders: Resolving Disputes in Pursuit of a Sustainable Future of Water Supply." Assistant Professor of Management Whitney Traylor presented "Law & Media: A Relationship Replete with Ethical, Social, and Professional Challenges."And McVicker and Traylor collaborated with Professor of Management Ron Taylor to present "The Academic and Legal Challenges Posed by Financial Exigency in Higher Education."

Assistant Professor of Management Stuart Warnock has been invited to speak on the topic "Collaborating in the Supply Chain" at the Logistics & Supply Chain Forum being held in Scottsdale, Ariz., Nov. 1-3, 2009.

Assistant Professor of Economics Alexandre Padilla and Associate Professor of Accounting Nishat Abbasi are two of the three editors organizing a Symposium on Corporate Governance: International Perspectives, for the Association for Private Enterprise Education Annual Convention, to be held April 2010 in Las Vegas, Nev.