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"Governments spend billions of dollars on social programs each year. To what extent are these programs successful at helping individuals, and how can our resources be put to more efficient use?" asks Dr. Scott Findley, associate professor of Economics and Finance. ; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1305/thumbnail.jpg

On March 16, 2016, we opened the doors of the Jon M. Huntsman Hall on the campus of Utah State University. Utah Governor Gary Herbert, members of the Huntsman family, dignitaries from the business and government communities, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends joined Utah State University President Stan Albrecht and Huntsman School Dean Douglas Anderson in a dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony. "This day is a significant step in our journey to create a world-class business education program," stated Dean Anderson. "There is not a better building on any campus in the country. Our students will absolutely love studying here." ; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1262/thumbnail.jpg

My experience in the Huntsman School of Business has been transformative. I came to college thinking I would pick a major, finish school quickly, and start my career. I never expected to discover the entire world at my fingertips in Logan, but the Huntsman School provides its students with countless opportunities to do just that. I am extremely grateful to have been involved in numerous service projects, traveled throughout the world, and interacted with business and government leaders. These opportunities have helped me to recognize the positive impact that I can make on the world. As Jon Huntsman said, "Wealth isn't always measured in dollar signs. We each have time, talent and creativity, all of which can be powerful forces for positive change." I remember sitting in a humble home in Trujillo, Peru, asking a hopeful entrepreneur about his business plans and thinking, "THIS is what business is about; helping people." I will never forget the experiences like this that have changed me as a person and expanded my vision to truly "Dare Mighty Things." ; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1266/thumbnail.jpg

From a textbook, I can learn about the United Nations: what it does, who it employs, how it works alongside national governments. But there is something surreal about being in the Geneva headquarters of the United Nations and realizing that working at such a renowned organization does not have to be a pipe dream. My semester of study and travel as a Huntsman Scholar has been filled with many such moments of clarity. Researching at Oxford University's world-class Bodleian Library, witnessing the struggle of Syrian migrants firsthand on the Austrian-German border, learning from anAggie alum turned top-level executive at Barclays—all these experiences were accompanied by deep personal reflection about just how complex, beautiful and diverse our world is, and what small role I want to play in it. ; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1226/thumbnail.jpg

From brains to beauty to business, Sharlene Hawkes has just about done it all. After winning the Miss America Pageant in 1985, Hawkes earned her bachelor's degree in Communications from BYU, and later, a master's degree from the University of Utah. She began her professional career at ESPN where she worked for 16 years as an award-winning sportscaster until she realized she was tired of living her life from the sidelines. Sharlene's decision to be a part of the action has led her to what she considers her happiest career yet—founder of Remember My Service, a digital scrapbook for military service members and their families. However, her road from Miss America to a successful entrepreneur wasn't all smooth sailing. Sharlene shared her top 5 principles for success (which coincidentally all start with the letter P) with the Entrepreneur Leadership Series (ELS) class this last Wednesday March 25th. ; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1245/thumbnail.jpg

Banks that have better political connections and invest money in lobbying are more likely to get emergency loans from the Federal Reserve System, according to research done by a Huntsman professor. ; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1173/thumbnail.jpg

Burdened by unfunded public pension liabilities and healthcare costs, state and local governments are in bad shape, considering the willingness of voters to embrace new spending proposals and their general reluctance to pay taxes to finance them. ; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1071/thumbnail.jpg

Randy T. Simmons, professor in the Department of Economics and Finance at the Huntsman School, and Ryan M. Yonk, professor in the Department of Political Science at Southern Utah University, published a blog post in the National Journal's Energy Experts blog in January. ; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1092/thumbnail.jpg

In August 2011, Zsolt Ugray, an associate professor at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, left for his native Hungary as part of the Fulbright Program, an international educational exchange sponsored by the U.S. government. The program, which operates in more than 155 countries around the world, is designed to increase international understanding by studying, teaching, conducting research, exchanging ideas, and contributing to finding solutions to shared international concerns. ; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1012/thumbnail.jpg

The research interests of Dr. Diana Thomas stretch across the globe. ; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1049/thumbnail.jpg

In November 2011, students at the Huntsman School noticed that the political discussion surrounding the presidential race was evolving from previous elections, as politics shifted from exclusively mainstream media to include blogs, Facebook, and Twitter. But traditional political polling does not capture real-time activity; it is weeks behind what is actually happening. With backgrounds in Management Information Systems, Finance, and Entrepreneurship, these students utilized their Huntsman School education to create a new website called "Politicit". Using neural network technology, the site gathers information about political candidates from social networks and mainstream media and uses it to give each candidate an "It" score, indicating how people feel about the candidate in real time. So far, the site predicts the poll results remarkably well long before they are published. In December, Politicit entered the Intel Innovators competition, and placed in the top 5. In the future, the team plans to expand the site to also cover state and local politics.At the Huntsman School, we eagerly await the future of political polling, delivered the Politicit way. ; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1017/thumbnail.jpg

A good example of cutting-edge analytics at the Huntsman School comes from the MIS department, where students Sterling Morris and Josh Light worked together with a team to create the entrepreneurial prizewinning Politicit.com website mentioned on page 7 in this magazine; it tracks keywords about politicians across the web through social media and key "influencers" to predict how public opinion is trending, even before polls have detected a change. Each candidate's "IT" score is based on a neural network model that measures the buzz around that candidate. ; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1020/thumbnail.jpg

Professor William F. Shughart II, of the Huntsman School of Business, said the recently reported IRS action of auditing non-profit groups based on their political leanings is not new, but rather it is part of a historical pattern in which the federal agency's practices have been influenced by political considerations. ; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1131/thumbnail.jpg

The federal government is hiring what it calls a "Behavioral Insights Team" that will look for ways to subtly influence people's behavior, according to a document describing the program obtained by FoxNews.com. Critics warn there could be unintended consequences to such policies, while supporters say the team could make government and society more efficient. ; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1137/thumbnail.jpg

Editor's note: Alum Dr. Lars Peter Hansen, '74, who studied mathematics, political science, and economics, at USU was named as this year's Nobel Laureate in Economics. Now a professor at the University of Chicago, Hansen shares the award with two other eminent economists, Eugene Fama, also of Chicago, and Robert Shiller, of Yale. This Herald Journal clip is just one of many stories that ran about Dr. Hansen online and in print publications across the country. ; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1161/thumbnail.jpg