There’s a buzz on the University of Florida’s campus. Sitting in classrooms or walking across the Plaza of the Americas, you’ll hear students talking about “the AI school.” The term isn’t just in reference to Malachowsky Hall, a newly opened
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Conservative CEOs Pursue Riskier International Deals Than Liberals Do
Associate Professor Aaron Hill and his co-authors studied 1,027 decisions to enter foreign markets made by Fortune 500 CEOs over the past decade and examined the executives’ political-campaign contributions to determine their leanings. They found that conservative leaders were more
A Costco desert: Gainesville residents pine for Kirkland Signature
David F. Miller Retail Center Executive Director and Clinical Professor Joel Davis comments on the possible economic reasons why Costco hasn’t opened a location in Gainesville. “I think that the economics of Gainesville does present a bit of a challenge
Harnessing Peer Effects with EdTech
Matherly Professor Anuj Kumar explores how we can leverage peers to motivate and help students learn in K-12 schools as part of his greater research with the RightWalk Foundation. As part of this work, Kumar built the EPInc platform –
Maine voters don’t like their electric utilities, but they balked at paying billions to buy them out
Frustration with electric utilities is universal today. Whether it’s concerns over high rates, poor service or a combination of both, people are constantly looking for a better answer to the systems that serve them. In the Nov. 7, 2023, election,
Don’t overlook race and ethnicity: new guidelines urge change for psychology research
University Distinguished Professor, Lanzillotti-McKethan Eminent Scholar Chair and Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Initiatives Mo Wang chaired the American Psychological Association (APA) working group of ten people who formulated recommendations for authors, reviewers and editors on how to address race,
Can human market investors beat the algorithms?
Are the algorithms something that people in the know could game? If insiders see specific things happening and they know some sort of action is soon to follow because the algorithms are programmed a certain way, could they try to
University of Florida professor awarded for teaching innovation
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
Bringing the numbers back to accounting
Accounting is losing popularity among college students, according to Dr. W. Robert Knechel, Frederick E. Fisher Eminent Scholar Chair at the Warrington College of Business. But for Knechel, it’s been the path to the career of a lifetime. Just a
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
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