Rainbow for Newtown; photographed in Del Mar, October 2012
San Diego is far from Newtown, but our hearts are joined with theirs in grief for their tragic loss.
On behalf of the students, staff and faculty of the USD School of Business, I want to express our deep sorrow and compassion, as well as our hope for healing, for the Newtown community.
We will continue to keep you in our thoughts and prayers.
Over the river and through the woods to Grandpa’s house in Warren, NH
For many years, nothing said Thanksgiving like Interstate 95 between Washington, DC and New Hampshire.
I lived in Philadelphia, and some years I made the short drive south to be with my family in Washington. Those times brought back memories of childhood Thanksgivings — my uncle who always sat with us at the kids’ table; our yellow Lab, Sunny, and my grandmother who believed dogs belonged outside, so, …Read Full Article
Dean Pyke’s dog, Bunter
It’s me again, Bunter, passing time until classes start next week at USD School of Business.
I’ve heard about the 11 new faculty members, the new business writing program, and the food truck across the street from Olin Hall. And I’ve heard great things about the incoming classes in our graduate programs that have had orientations these past two weeks, and did I mention the food truck.
Students are returning with stories and photos from the food truck …Read Full Article
Signs of community in San Diego
Last week I had two opportunities to recognize the enduring value of community-building.
First, I attended an event for the presentation of the report on Our Greater San Diego Vision. The San Diego Foundation facilitated this civic engagement project, ultimately gathering over 30,000 survey responses from community members. (I was one of them, and I can tell you this was not a quick survey. I think I spent over ½ hour on it.) This number …Read Full Article
So, I was on the plane traveling home from Italy and reading the July 7th edition of The Economist. On page 9, two brief and troubling stories caught my eye.
First, the manipulation of LIBOR (London inter-bank offered rate) by Barclays bank, and apparently a host of other banks. Second, a $3 billion fine on GlaxoSmithKline for “over-aggressive marketing and selective use of clinical-trials data.” The company “was accused of using cash payments to doctors disguised as consulting fees and ‘lavish …Read Full Article
David Pyke, Ph.D., has been dean of the School of Business Administration (SBA) at the University of San Diego since 2008.
Formerly, he was professor of Operations Management, and associate dean at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.
He obtained his BA from Haverford College, MBA from Drexel University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
