Gies College of Business

Yang brings retail insight, investigator's eye to Gies Business

Aug 28, 2025

Nathan Yang has taught across formats at Cornell, McGill, and Yale, but Gies will still bring firsts. After years of teaching at legacy institutions, the innovation of business education at Gies was a major draw.

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Dancing in the Dark: Academia’s reckoning with Generative AI

Aug 27, 2025

Generative AI has shattered the protective walls of academia’s "Ivory Tower," challenging faculty to adapt quickly to a rapidly evolving technological landscape that directly impacts knowledge work.

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PODCAST: Why High-Status Teams Get More Effort (and What Leaders Can Do About It)

Aug 26, 2025

New research reveals that group status within an organization is a major driver of how much effort we put in. In this episode of Research Reverb, Gies Business professor Jeff Lowenstein discusses his work on nested group dynamics, where we explore how our group’s standing (high or low) influences our choices and behaviors at work.

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New Gies accountancy professor uses mom as inspiration in research

Aug 25, 2025

Kangkang Zhang is beginning her full-time teaching career at Gies Business while continuing to investigate securities regulation, public finance, and government-related research.

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Gies Business reaches 70K learners in Ukraine through free online courses

Aug 22, 2025

The program, launched in early 2024, offers a series of fully online business courses to learners in war-torn Ukraine through Prometheus World University.

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Gies Business student wins 2025 Campus Award for Public Engagement

Aug 21, 2025

Mizan views business as a tool for building solutions that matter, whether that’s a medical device, a community resource, or a new way to tackle environmental problems.

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PODCAST: Professor Tatyana Deryugina on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

Aug 19, 2025

20 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, Gies Business Professor Tatyana Deryugina shares what her research reveals about the storm - from disaster recovery and resilience to the unexpected outcomes of forced relocation.

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Bucheli's examination of political connections and business wins best paper prize

Aug 18, 2025

The award-winning paper analyzed the history of multinational corporations in Chile and the companies’ efforts to maintain a strong position in the country by finding favor with the country’s elites.

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Wymer Hall brings new artworks to the university community

Aug 15, 2025

Wymer Hall will bring more than leading-edge educational technology to campus. It will also bring new artwork to the community to inspire, uplift, and engage the university and Gies Business community.

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Gies Business announces 3 new leadership appointments

Aug 14, 2025

Nerissa Brown has been named Executive Associate Dean of Academic Programs, Ravi Mehta will serve as Associate Dean of Graduate Programs, and Tiffany White will lead as the new Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs.

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Gies students driving data innovation for cannabis industry and beyond

Aug 13, 2025

IBC team tracked metrics related to company executives, boards of directors, and overall company performance, with a keen focus on critical areas like diversity, equity, and inclusion; compensation; and banking access.

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Chicago component highlights iVenture Accelerator Cohort 11

Aug 11, 2025

For 10 years, the iVenture Accelerator at Gies College of Business has helped jumpstart University of Illinois-based companies. This year, 43 students and nine teams began the accelerator on campus and then transitioned to TechNexus for the month of June.

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After The Flood: Hurricane Katrina's lessons, 20 years later

Aug 07, 2025

Few people have studied the consequences of Hurricane Katrine more closely than Gies Business professor Tatyana Deryugina, whose research helps unravel the impact of disasters on our lives and economies.

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Ghosts in the Machine: The human legacy powering our digital future

Aug 06, 2025

On the face of it, this may seem odd. But generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude aren’t just code—they are algorithms defined by the shared knowledge of our species.

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Gies research shaping national air pollution policy conversation

Aug 05, 2025

A recent white paper from the Cato Institute, a prominent libertarian think tank, cites research from Gies finance faculty Tatyana Deryugina, Nolan Miller, David Molitor, and Julian Reif.

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Gies Business study: Corporate mobility a positive sign for investors

Aug 04, 2025

Research coauthored by two Gies Business professors finds that companies situated at the crossroads of employee movements provided a better return for investors.

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Herbold’s approach to teaching Accountancy wins top award

Jul 30, 2025

Gies Business Teaching Professor Josh Herbold, has been honored with the 2025 Outstanding Educator Award from the Illinois CPA Society.

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Gies Business retirement expert calls for reframing annuities conversation

Jul 28, 2025

Reframing annuities as reliable cash flow instead of a risky investment can significantly reduce the stress inherent in retirement planning, according to Gies Business Professor and Dean Emeritus Jeff Brown.

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Wymer Hall centers learners at heart of its design

Jul 25, 2025

Steven S. Wymer Hall takes learner-centric design to the next level, from its flexible, hybrid classrooms to its intentional collaboration spaces and everything in between.

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Four Gies Business faculty featured at NBER Summer Institute

Jul 25, 2025

David Molitor, Tatyana Deryugina, Julian Reif, and Riley League authored research papers that were featured at the 2025 National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Summer Institute conference held July 7-25 in Cambridge, MA.

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