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Spring 2014 B B The relationship between school leadership and organizational outcomes is one of her research interests, as well as the impact of educational policy on achievement and orga- nizational outcomes. Teaching interests include introductory and advanced statistics for decision-making in business, multilevel statistical modeling, and research with large- scale databases. x Anderson receives teaching award Muriel Anderson, adjunct associate pro- fessor in the School of Management, is the inaugural recipient of the Arjang A. Assad Excellence in Teaching Award. The award, established with a personal endowment from Arjang A. Assad, dean of the School of Management, is designed to recognize, in perpetuity, the contributions of outstanding faculty in the school. It will be presented every other year, with preference given to an undergraduate professor who has demonstrated excellence in teaching and leadership and a passion for the profes- sion. Recipients of the award will be chosen based on the recommendations of the school's teaching effectiveness committee. According to the committee, Anderson consistently receives high evaluations while teaching the widest variety of undergraduate courses of any instructor in the School of Management. She teaches for the Accounting and Law Department and the Organization and Human Resources Department. "Muriel has demonstrated sustained excellence in teaching over an extended peri- od of time and in the face of a very heavy course load," says Assad. "We are delighted to present her with this well-deserved honor." x H. Raghav Rao, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Management Science and Systems at the School of Management, will collaborate to launch a research project to learn just how people fall victim to cyberphishing attacks and what tools can be used to protect them. Phishing is the familiar scam in which Internet fraudsters send spam or pop-up mes- sages aimed at drawing personal and financial information from unsuspecting victims. Once they acquire personal information, phishers can sometimes get into the victim's other online personal and business accounts as well. Rao will partner with Arun Vishwanath, associate professor in the Department of Communication at UB, and other organiza- tions, including the National Consumer League, in conducting the study. Funding is provided by a three-year $320,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. x Anderson Rao Rao to collaborate on antiphishing research