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The Dean Goes to Davos
Norean R. Sharpe, Ph.D., Dean of The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, was one of a select group of international business deans who attended a Business Roundtable hosted by the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) and Corporate Knights at the World Economic Forum on January 23 in Davos, Switzerland. The theme of this year’s roundtable discussion was Sustainable Finance and the Current State of Business School Rankings. Upon her return from Davos, Dean Sharpe sat down with St. John’s Business to share her experiences and thoughts on the future of business education.

Risk Made Simple
Stephen Mildenhall has been an Assistant Professor at Tobin’s School of Risk Management, Insurance, and Actuarial Science (SRM) since 2016 and teaches courses in predictive analytics and actuarial...

St. John’s University Raises Nearly $2.4 Million at Annual Insurance Leader of the Year Dinner
St. John’s University hosted its 24th Annual Insurance Leader of the Year Award Dinner on January 16, raising nearly $2.4 million to fund student scholarships and support program initiatives for the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science (SRM), part of The Peter J. Tobin College of Business.

ERM students learn from IBM Master Inventor
IBM Master Inventor Michael P. Perrone, Ph.D., along with IBM ERM expert Lana Strazhkova, led a class of enterprise risk management students on how to build mind maps around risk scenarios that can be used with IBM's Watson at the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science on Dec. 4.

Tobin Management Students Learn to Manage IT
As video interviews are deployed more in business, the need for business students to master this skill is increasingly important. Professor of Management Charles Wankel, Ph.D., recognizes this by mentoring students in this function through assignments in his Managing the IT Function course.

New MBA in Real Estate Launched in Tobin
Within a few miles of St. John’s University sits some of the most valuable real estate in the world.

Economics and Finance Students Discuss the Future of Cryptocurrencies
Beatrice O’Carroll ‘95C returned to The Peter J. Tobin College of Business on Nov. 29 to explain the intricacies of cryprocurrencies to a room full of economics and finance students eager to learn more about this burgeoning field.

SRM students experience life at Zurich North America
Twenty-two students from the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science program at St. John's University visited Zurich Insurance on November 7 for an intense series of events designed to help them to understand and discuss various roles within the industry.

Tobin Students Spend a(nother) Day on Wall Street
The annual “AIV…Day on Wall Street” took place on Wednesday, Nov. 14, when 43 undergraduate business students visited the corporate offices of PIMCO Investments, Standard & Poor’s, and the New York Stock Exchange.

Center for Executive Education and CoverWallet team up to enhance Insurtech education
In the first partnership of its kind for Insurtech education, the St. John’s University Tobin Center for Executive Education and insurance technology company CoverWallet have agreed to work together to develop thought leadership initiatives that include events, conferences, and research.