News Articles
Jan 15
Study: Expedited breakthrough drug approvals linked to higher safety risks
Researchers found that drugs approved under Breakthrough Therapy Designation experienced an average of 1,722 more serious adverse events per year than non-BTD drugs.
Jan 14
EntreCorps proves mutually beneficial for startups and consultants
Housed in the Origin Ventures Office of Entrepreneurship in Gies College of Business, EntreCorps provides valuable consulting work at no charge for startups within the University of Illinois ecosystem.
Jan 12
Ambulance Taxis: Curbing Medicare fraud without hurting patient care
Medicare has spent billions on nonemergency ambulance rides for dialysis patients, many of which were fraudulent. New research from Gies Business shows that prior authorization requirements dramatically reduced this abuse without compromising patient care.
Jan 08
Illinois students launch InvoGenix, an AI startup tackling $600M healthcare paperwork crisis
Poets&Quants agrees with InvoGenix’s potential, recently naming it one of the nation’s Most Disruptive Business School Startups of 2025.
Jan 07
Study: Borrowing fee is the variable that debunks theory that options predict future stock returns
Gies Business researchers find that the well-known ability of options-based signals to predict stock returns disappears in real-world trading once the often-overlooked stock borrow fee is included.
Jan 05
Rindfleisch Named American Marketing Association Fellow
Selection as a fellow of the AMA is a rare honor recognizing faculty who have made significant and sustained contributions to marketing theory and practice.
Dec 29
Reichard Real Estate Academy students find purpose and a path at Gies Business
The Academy provides high-achieving students with specialized courses, additional extracurricular programming, and powerful networking opportunities to jumpstart a purpose-driven career in commercial real estate.
Dec 22
Gies Conversations series welcomes Lincoln International Managing Director and Partner Brad Keyworth
The series is a BUS 401 capstone event designed to connect learners with alumni leaders who speak candidly about life beyond graduation and their path to purpose.
Dec 18
Gies Business provides MBA alum the power to jumpstart energy systems company
PowerBox is designing an architecture that enables growth, the ability to scale to different dimensions, and that can universally convert and work with new energy sources.