Charlton College of Business at UMass Dartmouth

Join the Green Navigators in clearing the brush and overgrowth trails on campus! Please check the address notes for the location. Gloves and equipment will be provided. It is recommended that participants wear long pants, long sleeves, or a sweatshirt, and at minimum close-toed shoes, as well as bring water. Sticker(s) Available: Trail Clearing Contact bbarreraguerrero@umassd.edu for meet-up times and locations.

Cedar Dell

The Department of Accounting & Finance announces the following research seminar. Speaker: Professor. Yanhua Sunny Yang (University of Connecticut) Title: The Impact of Reduced In-Person Contact on Information Quality: The Case of Analyst Forecast Accuracy during Covid Lockdowns Date: Friday, November 22, 2024 Time: 10:00-11:15 AM Location: via Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 438 755 1509 Abstract: This paper examines whether and how in-person communication influences the quality of information available to market participants. We utilize the lockdown periods during the Covid-19 pandemic as a proxy for the exogenous reduction in in-person communication, and analyst forecast accuracy as a proxy for information quality. We document that when firms headquarter states undergo lockdowns, analyst forecasts for these firms issued in the lockdown periods are significantly less accurate than for other firms or other periods, with an average difference of about 7% of the mean value of absolute forecast errors. Supplemental analyses show greater differences when companies convert from in-person to virtual events despite holding more of the latter, and insignificant differences when firms maintain virtual-to-virtual events. The difference is also greater when analysts have less firm-specific experience or cover more industries, or when firms are smaller or younger. In addition, analysts input more effort and display more divergent opinions during the lockdown periods. The collective results indicate that when there is less in-person communication forecast quality is lower despite more effort and similar or higher frequency of virtual communication. For additional information, please contact Prof. Hongkang Xu at hxu5@umassd.edu.

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Grab a snack as you learn about climate change, sustainability, and everything in between through the Sustainability Movie Series here on campus held by the Office of Campus Sustainability. Movie Synopsis: In Burning, Academy & Emmy-award winning Australian filmmaker Eva Orner takes an unflinching look at the unprecedented, catastrophic Australian bushfires of 2019-2020 and shines a light on the global issue of climate change. The documentary delves into the disaster that unfolded across Australia, analyzing the irreversible damage, and the roles played by the federal government and media. Sticker(s) Available: Sustainability Movie Series

Charlton College of Business, Room 149

Observatory Open House No Moon - Saturn, Jupiter & Uranus

Hirshfeld Dowd Observatory

Thanksgiving recess

UMass Dartmouth

Classes resume. Thanksgiving Recess is November 28-30, 2024

Online