Developing IT leadership: Arizona SIM chapter

With chapters in countries across the globe, the Society for Information Management is the premier organization worldwide for senior IT executives. SIM is also a key partner with the Department on Information Management in developing professional talent.

Extreme recycling: Making worm wine from food scraps

MSIM alumnus Lisa Perez says that data from her recycling business shows that 14 to 22 percent of waste generated by resorts and events is food scraps. Fruits and vegetables can be composted, but not meat, so businesses have had little reason to recycle food scraps.

Sabbatical: Taking a deeper look at information security and internal audit

Information systems professor Paul Steinbart will spend fall semester on sabbatical, working with defense contractor, General Dynamics, in the company’s Phoenix location. A sabbatical gives a professor a chunk of time to study a topic in-depth.

Thinking holistically about IT: The applied project

The signature of the MSIM program is the group project -- a year-long, highly detailed project that asks students to both identify and solve a real-world problem at a real-world company.

The buzz: News about IS students, faculty

Summer may be underway, but campus does not slow down much. This is especially true for our incoming Evening MSIM students, who start an intense year of study this month. Read on for more news about our students and faculty.

Why strong business schools engender growth

Late last month, the Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC) announced it had succeeded in landing two major expansions to Phoenix metropolitan-area digital platform companies.The announcement came on the heels of a GPEC visit to Silicon Valley where target industries were information techno

News: Graduation caps a successful year

The W. P. Carey convocation was last week, and CIS was represented by the department's Outstanding Graduating Senior, Joshua McCoy, who carried our banner. In the weeks leading up to this happy event, the academic community focuses intensely on pulling the threads together.

Chairman's message: Information Systems in the W. P. Carey MBA climbs in rankings

Business schools are in the midst of rankings season and magazines like U.S. News & World Report have announced their most recent verdicts. At the W. P.

Industry leaders, other stakeholders help keep MSIM five star program

A fresh easel pad waited at each of four round tables when members of the Executive Advisory Board (EAB) broke into groups to discuss what students learn in the department’s Master of Science in Information Management (MSIM) program.

ISACA: Partnering for stronger information security

Computer hacking is a major problem in these days of electronic file systems and Internet commerce, prompting many companies to hire information technology security experts to help protect their sensitive information assets. A budding partnership between the W. P.