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In Brief

Uniting the Big Ten: Student leaders from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan State, and Purdue met in Chicago on Sept. 29 at the first ever Big Ten Regional version of the Global Graduate Business Conference (GBC). Koji Sado, president of Purdue's Krannert Graduate Student Assn., says the meeting served three purposes: Networking with student leaders from different MBA programs, learning best practices from other student associations, and providing similar experiences for student leaders who didn't have a chance to go to the GBC.

Schools Set Capital Campaigns: Virginia's Darden School of Business announced a $150 million capital campaign for faculty, research, teacher training, technology, and scholarships. Columbia University has just launched the largest capital campaign in U.S. higher education with its $4 billion goal by 2012. A portion of the money, up to 10%, will be allotted to Columbia's business school.

Ho is a contributor to BusinessWeek Online in New York .