Jun 01
William Ocasio, an award-winning, world-class researcher and teacher known for his interdisciplinary approach to strategic organizational research and education, is joining Gies College of Business.
May 26
When Gies Business alumnus Carter Cofield (ACCY '13, MAS '14) decided to begin donating five percent of all revenue from his business to various nonprofits supporting entrepreneurship, The Gray Matter Experience was first on his list.
May 22
Do you buy a brand to fit in or stand out? That likely relates to where you live, says a recently published article co-authored by Gies College of Business Professor Sharon Shavitt.
May 18
Responding to thousands of invaluable internships cancelled because of COVID-19, two U of I alumni have created a way to simultaneously support their fellow Illini and the many small businesses impacted by the pandemic throughout Illinois.
May 13
Gies College of Business alumnus Sam Skinner (ACCY ’60) has been tapped to co-chair Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s COVID-19 Recovery Taskforce. Skinner leads the task force that advises city government on planning for economic recovery in the wake of the pandemic.
May 08
Gies College of Business is expanding its commitment to delivering life-changing access to business education by launching a new online option for the Master of Science in Management degree (iMSM), pending board of trustees approval.
May 07
iMBA student Jason Thompson is contributing to COVID response on two fronts: His company supplies biofuel to paper mills, which create a fiber product used in personal protective gear. He is also Chair of the Board of Trustees for New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
May 06
Experiential learning forces interdisciplinary thinking and requires complex problem solving in a practical context, according to Professor Michael Bednar, academic director of the Magelli Office of Experiential Learning.
May 05
Gies College of Business and IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants) are proud to announce a collaboration that will help train IMA members worldwide in the latest data analytics and visualization skills needed to succeed in a rapidly changing world.
Apr 30
Four Gies professors have been named winners of the 28th annual Arrow Award, given by the International Health Economics Association (iHEA) for the best health economics paper published in 2019.
Apr 27
Chris Petersen (MBA ’09) and Dave Chonowski (MBA ’09) are the co-founders of a new company called Futurexecs, a career accelerator helping ambitious business leaders who feel like they’re stuck in “career purgatory” advance to higher levels more quickly.
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Apr 20
Are powerful individuals such as politicians necessarily viewed by others as having high status? And conversely, are high-status individuals such as tech moguls always seen as powerful? Not necessarily, according to new research from Gies.