Mar 18
Inside Higher Ed highlights the experience and expertise of Gies College of Business faculty as schools around the world shift to remote instruction. Gies professors Larry DeBrock, Norma Scagnoli, and Fataneh Taghaboni-Dutta share their insights on accentuating the human element of online education.
Feb 12
Gies College of Business alumni Don Edwards – chair of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees – and his wife Anne have announced a $10 million gift to the University of Illinois, $7 million of which will support scholarships and initiatives within Gies Business.
Jan 21
A team of University of Illinois researchers estimated the mortality costs associated with air pollution in the U.S. by developing and applying a novel machine learning-based method to estimate the life-years lost and cost associated with air pollution exposure.
Jan 09
W. Brooke Elliott has been named associate dean at Gies College of Business, a role in which she will oversee the strategy and programs in the online space, including the iMBA, iMSA, MOOCs, and the College’s new initiatives in lifelong learning and enterprise partnerships.
Dec 20
Gies College of Business is once again ranked as a Top 10 public undergraduate business program in the nation, according to the latest rankings released by Poets&Quants.
Dec 16
Six extraordinary faculty members at Gies College of Business have been recognized as winners of the 2019-20 Dean’s Impact Award. The award recognizes outstanding faculty for their contributions to the College.
Dec 11
Ron Lewis (FIN '17) works with the Academy Group in Chicago, which exposes young people from underserved communities to economics, entrepreneurship, design thinking, technology, and justice.
Dec 03
iVenture Accelerator Director Manu Edakara and leaders from iVenture-supported startups MakerGirl, Cast21, and Optivolt Labs received this year’s coveted honor, which recognizes innovators under the age of 30 across 20 industries who are “changing the world forever.”
Oct 31
On November 8, University of Illinois will host the “Future of Insurance: Climate Risk and the Insurance Implications,” a symposium to address the impact of climate risk on the (re)insurance industry and on global populations.
Oct 21
Gies College of Business Dean Jeffrey R. Brown joined more than 60 business school deans, CEOs, and industry leaders from across the United States in urging the federal government to make major changes to the nation’s immigration policy.
Oct 20
In the spirit of the Larry and Beth Gies' $150 million gift, Gies College of Business created an event that is truly unique: Gies Giving Day.
Oct 09
Gies College of Business celebrated the investiture of Nolan Miller as the Daniel and Cynthia Mah Helle Professor in Finance.