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Autumn.2013Final_layout 8/1/13 12:48 PM Page 16 Photo: Douglas Levere The 23,000-square-foot Alfiero Center opened in 2005 and features three high-tech lecture halls, an Internet café, a suite of offices for student organizations and multiple breakout rooms for student team meetings and group projects. has strengthened existing programs in Singapore and India and supported efforts to enrich the undergraduate education experience. Assad has clearly articulated three strategic areas of focus—leadership, entrepreneurship and health care management—and the school is making considerable progress in these endeavors. In 2010, the school launched LeaderCORE, a comprehensive leadership certification program that spans the entire two years of the full-time MBA program. Like its forerunner, Leadership PACE, the program focuses on helping students develop the core competencies considered vital by the business community for effective performance and successful leadership. In 2012, LeaderCORE was chosen as the 2012 winner of the MBA Roundtable Innovator Award (see Startups, page 3). In other innovations, the Terese Kelly Investment Group was created in 2011. The student-run, realmoney investment fund educates finance students on the practical aspects of global capital markets, while providing them with real-world learning experiences in investment management. The School of Management and UB are jointly investing in the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership to expand both the scope and reach of its activities with an emphasis on growth-related partnerships. The school is also expanding the Panasci Technology Entrepreneurship Competition, which awards seed money and business services annually to the teams "As we continue to expand our horizons within the global marketplace, you can be sure that a degree from the UB School of Management is a credential that opens doors around the world." Arjang Assad, Dean 16 Buffalo Business Autumn 2013