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Feb 24

PODCAST: How Gig Work Fuels Entrepreneurship

In this episode of Research Reverb, Professor Spyros Lagaras digs into his research exploring how common it is for gig economy workers to use that experience as a pathway to entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneurship Faculty Finance Podcasts Research

Feb 23

How Gies Business is keeping curriculum current in a changing world

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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Feb 20

Gies Business expert says the tariff fight is just getting started

Gies Business professor cautions the Supreme Court decision on tariffs is only a temporary hurdle, since the administration can pivot to other broad trade-law authorities to keep tariffs in play.

Faculty Finance

Feb 19

Internal Audit to C-Suite: Gies alumni pioneering the path

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.

Accountancy Alumni Faculty Student

Feb 18

Study: SEC reorganization, scrutiny may reduce corporate risk-taking

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.

Accountancy Faculty Research

Feb 16

Unnati Narang Wins 2026 AMA TechSIG Young Scholar Award

The award is conferred annually by the Technology Special Interest Group of the American Marketing Association to an early-career researcher whose work has made significant contributions to the theory and practice of technology-focused marketing.

Business Administration Faculty Research

Feb 11

Can discount grocery apps help fight hunger? New research shows promise

Study shows one Flashfood store reduces a county-level food insecurity rate by 0.090 percentage points, translating into approximately 860 people per county or 146,000 people across all the counties where Flashfood operates.

Business Administration Faculty Research

Feb 10

PODCAST: Why erasing small medical debts didn't improve financial health

Is erasing medical debt from credit reports just a placebo? In this episode of Research Reverb, Gies Business economist Julia Fonseca discusses research in which she and her coauthors found that withholding small medical debts from reporting had no impact on credit scores or decisions.

Faculty Finance Podcasts Research

Feb 09

Super Bowl ads key as brands chase last shared moment in media

Super Bowl LX once again proved that the ads have become an event of their own, with brands spending eye-popping sums to grab the attention of more than 100 million viewers watching at the same time.

Business Administration Faculty

Feb 09

Who's Gonna Drive You Home?

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.

Accountancy Alumni Business Administration Faculty Finance Student

Feb 05

Gies Business launches U of I’s first student-led venture capital fund

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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Feb 04

Annual Workplace Wellbeing Report 2026 finds majority of US workers still languishing

Study adds new insights into how flourishing employees cope with workplace stressors and how work and ethical environments impact employee well-being.

Business Administration Faculty Research

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