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.
Mollner uses mathematical theory to solve real-world problems
Sep 18, 2026
New Gies finance professor Josh Mollner uses mathematical theory to study how modern trading systems affect market liquidity, pricing, and retail investors. After a decade at Northwestern, the award-winning teacher joins Gies to expand his market-design research and collaborate with its finance scholars.
Rise of alternative credit adds another layer to US household debt concerns
Sep 17, 2026
Rising US credit card debt tells only part of the story of household financial stress. Gies Business finance professor Avantika Pal says consumers are increasingly supplementing traditional borrowing with alternative credit products such as online installment loans and short-term cash advances.
PODCAST: When Influencers use AI to interact with fans and consumers
Sep 15, 2026
A study of 225 prominent Weibo influencers found that clearly labeled AI-generated replies encouraged users to comment on later posts, including sponsored content. They worked best when they matched the influencer’s voice, addressed the specific comment, arrived after a believable delay, and were used selectively.
Chen joins Gies Business with mission to make tax more accessible
Sep 11, 2026
Former Deloitte tax consultant Shannon Chen joined Gies Business as an assistant professor of accountancy, seeking a career with lasting purpose. Through award-winning teaching, she makes complex tax concepts approachable and helps students see accounting as a path to opportunity.
Bucheli wins Richard M. Hodgetts Award for work in management history
Sep 10, 2026
The award recognizes scholars who have made substantive contributions to scholarship, teaching, and service in the field of management history.
Study shows that AI can lower the cost and increase the speed of clinical drug trials
Sep 08, 2026
Generative AI models could help researchers use real-world patient data to identify promising treatments more quickly and potentially reduce the cost and time of clinical drug trials, while giving human experts a transparent way to validate AI’s reasoning.
Karneisha Wolfe receives 2026 Wildman Medal Award
Sep 03, 2026
Wolfe and her coauthors' award-winning work finds that committees are increasingly assigned responsibilities beyond their traditional role, which can improve governance while also creating overwork, weaker oversight, and a “box-checking” mentality.
PODCAST: Ambulance Taxis: Curbing Medicare Fraud Without Hurting Patients
Sep 01, 2026
In this episode of Research Reverb, a study from Gies Business economist Riley League showed that upfront authorization slashed fraudulent nonemergency ambulance rides without any impact on patient care.
Jiekun Huang honored with Richard S. Williams Endowed Professorship of Finance
Aug 26, 2026
Huang’s research focuses on how economic agents—including investors, corporate executives, and political figures—and the interactions among them shape the informational role of financial markets and corporate decision-making.
What picking pay peers reveals about executive labor market
Aug 13, 2026
New research from Gies Business shows how the peer firms companies choose to benchmark CEO pay can reveal insights into the executive labor market and help explain hiring and compensation decisions.