GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Professor of Management Heng Xu’s unique contributions to teaching cybersecurity recently earned her an award from the premier operations research and management science international society. This October, Xu received the INFORMS Information Systems Society Haim Mendelson Teaching
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University of Florida Class of 2022-2023 business student outcomes include excellent job placements, higher than average starting salaries
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida Warrington College of Business students who graduated during the 2022-2023 academic year (summer and fall of 2022 and spring of 2023) secured jobs in significant fields at some of the nation’s top companies and
Why Fraud—Yes, Fraud—Could Boost the Accounting Talent Pipeline
A new study from the University of Florida revealed how financial fraud can play a surprising role in the struggling accounting labor force. The study’s co-authors—Assistant Professor Robert Carnes and Deloitte Foundation Term Associate Professor Paul Madsen, along with University of
Five military branches represented in University of Florida Online MBA Class of 2025
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Out of the seven military branches in the United States, five are represented in the latest class of Online MBA students at the University of Florida. Fifteen students in the Online MBA Two-Year Class of 2025 are
EPInc. – An AI-enabled Knowledge Diffusion Platform
As part of his collaboration with the RightWalk Foundation, Matherly Professor Anuj Kumar built the EPInc platform – an AI-based integrated knowledge diffusion platform for K-12 schools. This platform aims to create a uniform and higher overall educational production (cognitive
Accounting is facing a labor crisis. Could fraud be part of the solution?
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The field of accounting is facing a labor crisis. From the high rates of baby boomer CPAs that are retiring to the 4% decline in the number of college graduates earning a bachelor’s or master’s degree in
Do financial incentives drive the voting behaviour of ESG funds?
In a new paper, Bank of America Assistant Professor of Finance Tao Li studies whether ESG funds trade the long-term sustainability of portfolio companies for greater short-term financial performance, focusing on how these funds vote on ESG proposals at shareholder
On the fast track
Kevin Boone (BSAc ’00) recalls getting his first glimpse into the world of finance while reading stock quotes in the newspaper with his grandfather. As time and technology progressed, he opened his first account during the early days of online
Warrington College of Business mourns the loss of accounting champion Frederick E. Fisher
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – It is with deep sadness that the University of Florida Warrington College of Business shares the loss of one of its alumni and greatest supporters – Frederick E. Fisher (BSBA Accounting ’59). The namesake of the Fisher
How valuable are online product recommendations to consumers?
In today’s online world, third parties collect and store your browsing data at staggering rates. Third parties benefit greatly from this information, but do you get fair returns for sharing your data online? New research from the University of Florida