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The School of Business announced last week that there will be a new director of the full-time master's of business administration program.

Linda Wells, executive director of entrepreneurial studies at Stanford Graduate School of Business, will be leaving her position at Stanford to become the director of the U's MBA program and the Sorenson Center for Discovery and Innovation.

The University of Utah has plucked a leader in entrepreneurship education from Stanford University to help lead the David Eccles School of Business.

Linda Wells starts May 1 as director of the U.’s MBA program and the Sorenson Center for Discovery and Innovation. She currently leads Stanford Graduate Business School’s respected Center for Entrepreneurial Studies.

“This is a tremendous win not only for the school and the students we serve, but also for Utah’s dynamic entrepreneurial community,” U. business dean Taylor Randall said in a prepared statement.

Jack Brittain, the University of Utah’s tech venture development chief, talks about how his school launched more tech start-ups than MIT in 2009.

Linda Wells, executive director of entrepreneurial studies at Stanford University’s Center for Entrepreneurial Studies for a dozen years, is leaving for the University of Utah.

Starting May 1, Wells will serve a dual role as director of the full-time MBA program at Utah’s David Eccles School of Business and of the Sorenson Center for Discovery and Innovation.

Linda Wells will leave the Stanford Graduate School of Business to join the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business, the school announced Monday.

Wells will serve in the dual role of director of the full-time MBA program and of the Sorenson Center for Discovery and Innovation.

SALT LAKE CITY—The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah today announced that Linda Wells will leave the Stanford Graduate School of Business to join the David Eccles School’s leadership team. At the School of Business, Wells will serve in the dual role of Director of the full-time MBA program and of the Sorenson Center for Discovery and Innovation.

SALT LAKE CITY—A rapidly evolving and ultra-competitive global economy is pushing corporations to become both more focused—and pliable—in managing their product and service portfolios, researchers associated with the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah have concluded.

"Two undergraduates from University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business who won the March 30 techTITANS Spring Idea Challenge now are talking with investors who may bankroll their business idea.

"It just snowballed," said team leader Charlie Peters. After he and teammate Naz Khial pitched their business plan for a new roofing tool to the panel of techTITANS judges, predominantly venture capital investors and entrepreneurs, "we ended up with business cards and email addresses, leads and lots of positive interest from people in the private equity community."