Welch College of Business & Technology Recognized for Its Innovation
SHU associate dean accepts award from Wharton Research Data Services and Social Science Research Network
Sacred Heart University’s Jack Welch College of Business & Technology was recognized as the 2021 Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) and Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Innovation Award winner for the North America region.
The WRDS-SSRN Innovation Award series elevates the visibility of impact-focused research and the institutions that conduct it. Each year, awards are presented to rising business schools from North America, Europe and Asia Pacific regions, to highlight innovation and research excellence. As a part of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, WRDS provides the leading business intelligence, data analytics and research platform to global institutions–enabling comprehensive thought leadership, historical analysis and insight into the latest innovations in academic research.
Steve Sheehan, executive director of WRDS and Gregg Gordon, managing director of SSRN, presented the award to Grace Chun Guo, associate dean of SHU’s Jack Welch College of Business & Technology, during the virtual Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) Global Accreditation Conference.
“The Welch College of Business & Technology faculty are so grateful for this award,” said Guo. “The award recognizes and highlights our faculty’s hard work and dedication in trying to make an impact on the world through research. It truly is an honor, and we will continue to innovate and diligently work to make an impression on society in the future.”
Together, WRDS and SSRN, the world’s leading scholarly research network, are advancing impact-focused research, changing policy and practice at regulatory, national and global levels. In addition to the Innovation Award, the organizations have developed the WRDS Research Paper Series, a searchable repository of all papers submitted to SSRN that cite WRDS in their work.
“It is a privilege to support the research and teaching at 500+ leading academic institutions around the world,” said Sheehan. “WRDS is delighted to recognize the outstanding work of the faculty and leadership at Jack Welch College of Business & Technology. They exemplify all of the qualities of the WRDS-SSRN Innovation Award winners.”
“The Jack Welch College of Business & Technology has a long history of producing high quality research and we are happy to recognize their program with the WRDS-SSRN Innovation Award,” said Gordon.