Gies Business News and Stories
Explore the ideas, people, and impact shaping Gies College of Business. From faculty research and student experiences to alumni achievements and donor impact, these stories highlight how our community is advancing business knowledge and creating real-world change.
MSF alum Reddic applies Gies-inspired learning approach to leadership role at Syracuse
Jul 29, 2026
Willie Reddic credits Gies Business with helping shape the resilience and hands on teaching philosophy that have defined his career. After overcoming significant academic challenges through persistence and mentorship, he earned a PhD and has risen into academic leadership.
Brown wins ARIA's Robert I. Mehr Award for research reshaping Social Security policy
Jul 23, 2026
Ten years later, the paper's core finding – that something as simple as a framing choice can measurably shift a decision worth tens of thousands of dollars in lifetime income – continues to inform how policymakers, financial advisors, and researchers think about presenting retirement information.
University of Illinois launches campuswide Entrepreneurship Minor
Jul 22, 2026
For the first time ever, students from across the University of Illinois can now pursue an entrepreneurship minor. Beyond core courses from both Gies Business and Grainger Engineering, the minor allows students to choose from more than 70 elective courses from within their respective colleges to round out the minor.
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A different kind of MBA, built for a different kind of career
Jul 14, 2026
Traditional MBA programs are facing growing pressure as AI reshapes hiring, salaries soften, and graduates take longer to find jobs. The Gies Business iMBA was built for this environment by focusing on experienced professionals who apply AI, analytics, and leadership skills directly at work while earning the degree.
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From semester to seven Days: How Agentic AI is changing the pace of finance education
Jul 01, 2026
Gies Business students use agentic AI and multi-agent systems to build trading platforms, analyze markets, and gain finance skills for an AI-driven future.
PODCAST: Business leader and Gies Business namesake Larry Gies
Jun 17, 2026
Larry Gies discusses leadership, philanthropy, innovation, and the future of business education.
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Fonseca named Research Associate at National Bureau of Economic Research
Jun 15, 2026
Fonseca is an economist focused on household, development, and labor finance. Her research examines how finance shapes our labor, jobs, and mobility.
Gies Business announces first class of AI Faculty Fellows
Jun 11, 2026
The program supports our world-class faculty in developing discipline-specific AI curriculum content, and in designing and testing new models for teaching, learning, assessment, and research.
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Beardsley, Gao, Lagaras named Gies Advanced Study Scholars
Jun 01, 2026
The Gies Business Advanced Study Scholars program recognizes promising assistant professors whose research track record to date has proven to be outstanding.
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What the MBA "Fire Sale" conversation is missing – and what we've learned from doing this differently
May 26, 2026
What we hope is that affordability becomes a permanent feature of more programs, not a temporary response to enrollment pressure.
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