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: Building a mission-driven culture of innovation
Sep 02, 2026
Dean Brooke Elliott joined the Higher Ed Geek podcast to discuss how a mission-driven culture, intentional innovation, and a commitment to expanding access have helped Gies grow its impact while preparing students for an increasingly dynamic workforce.
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Byrnes brings real-world experience to Reichard Real Estate Academy
Aug 31, 2026
Gies Business alumna Sarah Byrnes is returning to the College to lead the Reichard Real Estate Academy after more than 20 years in commercial real estate, where she completed more than $2.4 billion in financing.
Brokemond hired to helm Orange & Blue Ventures
Aug 27, 2026
Veteran investment banker Shay Brokemond is joining Gies Business to co-direct Orange & Blue Ventures, a new student-led venture capital initiative where students will invest real money in startups.
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.
How Yang teaches students to verify AI and trust their gut
Aug 24, 2026
Through live app building, gamified assignments, and real-world marketing exercises, Gies Business professor Nathan Yang emphasizes verifying AI outputs, recognizing hallucinations, data poisoning, and other AI limitations.
At 2026 Cozad Lecture, Kent Dauten shares insights on the investing field
Aug 14, 2026
Private equity veteran Kent Dauten drew on more than 40 years in investing to share career and leadership lessons with Gies Business students, encouraging them to approach networking with curiosity, seek early-career roles with steep learning curves, and value diverse perspectives when making major decisions.
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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.
Agentic AI Build-a-thon delivers systems innovation for Gies Business operations
Aug 06, 2026
The intensive 24-hour “build-a-thon” attracted 72 undergraduate and advanced degree students who formed teams to create agentic AI solutions alongside industry mentors.
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Two Big Ten business deans on AI disruption of higher ed: It's not just about the tools
Aug 03, 2026
Gies Business Dean Brooke Elliott and Nebraska Dean Kathy Farrell recently discussed how business schools should evolve over the next decade. The conversation ranged from AI's effect on classroom pedagogy to its murkier implications for academic research, energy costs, and equity.
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Why improving audit quality is as much about the people as the process
Jul 27, 2026
Improving audit quality isn't just about new regulations; it's about getting people inside accounting firms to embrace change. Researchers found that quality control leaders face greater challenges navigating internal resistance, competing priorities, and implementation hurdles than external regulatory demands.
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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Bridging the gap between academia and policy
Jul 20, 2026
New research from Gies Business finds accounting standard setters value academic research but face barriers accessing and applying it in policymaking.
Testing the evidence: Revisiting research on soccer success
Jul 16, 2026
A Gies Business replication study confirms that coaches with multicultural backgrounds consistently outperform their peers in global soccer competitions. The findings held up across a much larger dataset, extended to women's football, and reinforced the value of multicultural leaders in diverse, international environments.
Elliott: The AI question colleges need to address now
Jul 14, 2026
In an article published by Crain's Chicago Business, Gies Business Dean Brooke Elliott argues that organizations that succeed with AI won't simply adopt new technology; they'll rethink how work gets done while keeping people at the center.
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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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