GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Dr. Gary McGill, Associate Dean and Director of the Fisher School of Accounting, received the inaugural Distinguished Alumni Faculty Award from Texas Tech University’s Rawls College of Business on April 23. The Rawls College of Business has
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Read the latest stories about awards won by the University of Florida Warrington College of Business community, including faculty, staff, students and alumni.
Marketing professor receives UF research award
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – John I. Williams, Jr. Professor Dr. Aner Sela was one of 10 professors awarded the University of Florida Excellence Award for Assistant Professors. The award recognizes UF assistant professors for their research performance. A one-time allocation of

Knechel receives UF research professorship
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Dr. W R Knechel, the Frederick Fisher Eminent Scholar Chair at the Fisher School of Accounting, was awarded a UF Research Foundation Professorship for 2015-18. Dr. Knechel was one of 34 University of Florida scholars to receive

Fisher School director awarded national faculty merit honor
GAINESVILLE, Fla.— Dr. Gary McGill, Associate Dean and Director of the Fisher School of Accounting, received the 2014 Federation of Schools Accountancy (FSA)/Joseph A. Silvoso Faculty Merit Award. The FSA/Joseph A. Silvoso Faculty Merit Award honors a faculty member for

Knechel receives one of accounting organization’s highest honors
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Dr. W R Knechel, the Frederick E. Fisher Eminent Scholar Chair, has been named the American Accounting Association’s (AAA) 2015 Outstanding Auditing Educator. Dr. Knechel is the first professor from the Fisher School of Accounting to receive
Ritter again receives William F. Sharpe Award from prestigious finance journal
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Joe B. Cordell Eminent Scholar Chair Dr. Jay Ritter was named a co-recipient of the 2013 William F. Sharpe Award for Scholarship in Financial Research. Sharing the Sharpe Award with Dr. Ritter are Xiaohui Gao Bakshi, a
Sela selected to exclusive program for young marketing scholars
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – John I. Williams, Jr., Professor Dr. Aner Sela was one of 23 scholars chosen for Marketing Science Institute’s 7th Biennial Young Scholar Program. The Young Scholar Program, which began in 2001, brings together the most promising scholars
Flannery, Nimalendran win best paper honors
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Bank of America Eminent Scholar Chair Dr. Mark Flannery and John H. and Mary Lou Dasburg Chair Dr. Mahendrarajah (Nimal) Nimalendran received the Stuart Greenbaum Award recognizing the “Most Significant Paper” published in the Journal of Financial
Wang to receive Early Career Investigator Award
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Dr. Mo Wang, an Associate Professor of Management and Co-Director of the Human Resource Research Center at the Warrington College of Business Administration, will receive the FABBS (Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences) Early Career
Wang earns Early Career Contribution award from APA
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Dr. Mo Wang, an Associate Professor of Management and Co-Director of the Human Resource Research Center at the Warrington College of Business Administration, was awarded the 2013 American Psychological Association (APA) Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career