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B B Spring 2014 I n s i g h t s PhD candidate lands position at Brookings Institution Niam Yaraghi, a doctoral candidate in the school's Management Science and Systems Department, has accepted an offer to serve as a fellow at the prestigious Brookings Institution. Brookings, a non- profit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., is consistently ranked as the most influential, most quoted and most trusted think tank in the country. Its mission is to conduct high- quality, independent research and, based on that research, to provide innovative, practical recommendations that advance three broad goals: strengthen American democracy; foster the economic and social welfare, security and opportunity of all Americans; and secure a more open, safe, prosperous and cooperative international system. Yaraghi visited Brookings in October for a day of extensive interviews. Less than a week later, he was offered the position and will begin his new role in July. "They were very impressed with Niam's work on health care information technology and mentioned that his research on health information exchanges goes to the heart of current federal initiatives," says Ramaswamy Ramesh, professor and chair of Management Science and Systems. "His work, current and future, will likely be very influential in emerging and future health care IT policies." Ramesh added that Brookings typically recruits its fellows from Ivy League institu- tions. "This is a source of tremendous pride to all of us in the school." x Ramesh, Rao appointed academic journal editors Two faculty members in the School of Management have been appointed as editors of academic journals on information systems. Ramaswamy Ramesh, professor and chair, Management Science and Systems Department, has been appointed as an area editor for INFORMS Journal on Computing for the area of knowledge and data management. The journal publish- es leading academic contributions to the broad intersection of operations research and computing. H. Raghav Rao, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, Management Science and Systems Department, has been appointed as a senior editor for MIS Quarterly, which publishes research in the areas of manage- ment information systems and information technology. "This is excellent news," says Dean Arjang Assad. "It's always an honor when prestigious academic journals tap our faculty to serve as editors." x Treadway named faculty affiliate to UB bullying center Darren Treadway, associate professor of organization and human resources in the School of Management, has been named a faculty affiliate to UB's Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention. As a faculty affiliate, Treadway will pro- vide insight from his research on bullying, victimization and abusive supervision in the workplace, which has received international recognition. "Obviously, bullying is a reality in schools, but it is equal- ly as prevalent and detrimental in the workplace," says Treadway. "I look for- ward to helping the Alberti Center in its mission to reduce bul- lying abuse throughout the community." The Alberti Center was established in 2011 from the generosity of UB alumna Jean M. Alberti, PhD, a Chicago-based clinical and educational psychologist and former local elementary teacher, who in 2010 gave the UB Graduate School of Education the largest gift in its history. The mission of the center is to reduce bullying abuse in schools and in the commu- nity by contributing knowledge and provid- ing evidence-based tools to effectively change the language, attitudes and behaviors of edu- cators, parents, students and society. x Treadway Ramesh Rao "Obviously,bullyingisarealityin schools,butitisequallyasprevalent anddetrimentalintheworkplace." Yaraghi