Michael Lapre

How teams are seeded in tournaments can make a big difference in their outcomes. The way the UEFA European Championship and the FIFA World Cup are seeded could use some work, say Owen Professor Michael Lapre and co-author Julia Amato, BA’23, in an article in the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports. Improving how teams are seeded could make for fairer, more exciting tournaments, Lapre said: “Balanced groups increase the chances that the best teams advance and that more matches truly matter.” Read More

Gilbert Gonzales, associate professor of medicine, health and society, and Michael A. Lapré, associate professor of operations management, have been awarded the 2023–24 Chancellor’s Cup by Chancellor Daniel Diermeier for their remarkable teaching and mentorship of undergraduate students. Read More

Vanderbilt Business’ Michael Lapré studied years of FIFA data and made recommendations on combatting competitive disparity at the Women’s World Cup. Read More

After four years of planning, a committee led by Susan R. Wente, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, designed a business curriculum that builds upon the achievements of the Managerial Studies program by drawing on strengths from across Vanderbilt. Read More

Members of the Vanderbilt Trauma Survivors Network discuss the impact of traumatic brain injury at a recent peer panel discussion. (Photo by Mary Donaldson) Using Vanderbilt University’s Trauma Care Center as a case study, Owen Graduate School of Management professor Nancy Lea Hyer asks how operations management… Read More