McDonald’s Turnaround Architect: Honoring the legacy of Accountancy alum Jim Cantalupo
Apr 15, 2026
Gies Business alumnus Jim Cantalupo came out of retirement to lead McDonald’s through a rapid and decisive turnaround by shifting the company’s focus from expansion to improving quality, operations, and customer experience. Decades after his death, he is leaving behind a lasting legacy that continues to shape McDonald’s strategy and future leaders.
State honors Larry Gies for transformational leadership and public service
Apr 13, 2026
In addition to being the namesake of Gies College of Business, Larry Gies is the founder and CEO of Madison Industries, one of the largest and most successful privately held companies in the world.
How AI chatbots streamline Gies Business student experience
Apr 09, 2026
Gies Business is integrating AI chatbots into courses to provide students with instant, reliable answers to questions, reducing repetitive inquiries and freeing faculty to focus on deeper teaching and mentorship.
How VR is shaping human-centered experiences in the Age of AI
Apr 08, 2026
Students at Gies Business participated in an immersive virtual reality experience about a Syrian refugee camp to help them develop empathy as part of a human-centered design course.
Building a better supply chain at third annual Gies Business SCM Conference
Apr 06, 2026
The Sustainable and Socially Responsible Supply Chains Conference at Gies College of Business brought together academics, industry leaders, and students to explore how supply chains can balance profitability with sustainability through research, keynotes, and real-world problem-solving initiatives like a student case competition.
Study finds workplace leaderboards can encourage – or undermine – employee generosity
Mar 26, 2026
A new Gies Business study, published in The Accounting Review, finds leaderboards that rank recognition given spur more helping—while “recognition received” can backfire. Here’s why and what to do.
Gies Business ranked #4 public business school by Poets&Quants
Mar 23, 2026
Gies Business is ranked #4 among public business schools and #15 overall. For this ranking, Poets&Quants considers factors such as admissions standards, the college experience, and career outcomes.
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Orange & Blue Ventures to collaborate with Illinois Ventures
Mar 17, 2026
Gies College of Business is teaming up with one of the largest and longest-running university-based venture capital firms in the country – Illinois Ventures – to offer students a new hands-on learning experience.
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Leading Midwest research universities launch innovation hub in San Francisco
Mar 10, 2026
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has joined seven other leading Midwestern research universities in launching Third Coast Foundry, a collaborative San Francisco-based innovation hub.
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What CES 2026 Reveals About the Future of Business Education
Mar 09, 2026
CES has always been a place to see what’s new – and it was – but this year it felt a little less like a glimpse into the future and more like a preview of what’s about to feel routine.
When adjusted earnings make for smarter deals
Mar 06, 2026
Adjusted earnings are often criticized, but new research suggests they can actually lead to smarter M&A deals when used responsibly. Gies Business professor Ciao-Wei Chen explores how high-quality, transparent non-GAAP disclosures reduce information gaps and improve acquisition outcomes.
Morningstar contributes nearly $5 million to Gies Business, brings real-world investing closer to classroom
Mar 05, 2026
The collaboration includes an in-kind contribution from Morningstar that provides professional grade access to Morningstar Direct, hands-on training with real investment data used by analysts worldwide, and scholarship support for Gies Business students.
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Standard-Setting Excellence: PhD alum Cathy Shakespeare Appointed to FASB
Mar 02, 2026
Her five-year term marks the pinnacle of a career defined by academic rigor and a commitment to excellence in her field. Shakespeare will play a vital role in establishing and improving Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in the US.
Study: How self-affirmation helps auditors use AI-supported advice
Feb 26, 2026
Two experiments show that brief self-affirmation exercises—having auditors reflect on their strengths—significantly increase their willingness to rely on AI-generated information, suggesting a simple way firms can improve AI adoption.
How Gies Business is keeping curriculum current in a changing world
Feb 23, 2026
At Gies Business, we’ve taken a new approach to curriculum innovation to ensure that we are meeting the needs of our learners and the workforce they soon will join.
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Internal Audit to C-Suite: Gies alumni pioneering the path
Feb 19, 2026
A growing number of Gies alumni are rising from a role as an internal auditor into the C-Suite. Gies Business is strategically preparing and positioning its graduates for a similar journey.
Study: SEC reorganization, scrutiny may reduce corporate risk-taking
Feb 18, 2026
Gies Business study finds that the SEC’s 2007 expansion of regional enforcement offices, while improving oversight and reducing accounting manipulation, also made firms more risk-averse.
Who's Gonna Drive You Home?
Feb 09, 2026
Replacing a job is different from assisting with one. Full replacement implies something closer to autonomy than augmentation. It means handling not just the common cases, but the exceptions.
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Gies Business launches U of I’s first student-led venture capital fund
Feb 05, 2026
Thanks to a generous gift from Illinois alumni Douglas and Deborah Ackerman, Gies College of Business is pleased to announce the launch of a new student-led venture capital investing program – Orange & Blue Ventures.
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Bill Chase brings C-suite experience to the Leighton Lecture on Ethics and Responsibility
Jan 29, 2026
Chase outlined how Abbott, a large and diversified healthcare company, spun off its research-based pharmaceutical business into AbbVie, and the challenges that process involved.