Accounting students at the Fisher School of Accounting at the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business outperformed students across the nation in the latest CPA Exam performance results. While the 2023 CPA Exam national pass rate is around 54%,
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Read the latest stories about University of Florida Warrington College of Business students, a group of problem solvers who lead with a mindset focused on the future.

From Oslo to Rio: MBA students go abroad for international consulting experience
How far would you pursue your career aspirations? For students in the University of Florida Warrington College of Business’s MBA program, the answer is quite far, indeed – all the way to Norway and Brazil. Consulting in Oslo Jessica Brinkert

UF students win Rialto 2024 Florida Case Competition
Jordi Triulzi (BABA ’24, MSF ’25) and Eric Minsky (BSBA Finance ’25) placed first in the Rialto 2024 Florida Case Competition that took place on Nov. 8 in Miami. Four schools including the University of Miami, Florida International University and

PatentIt wins UF AI Days Pitch Competition
PatentIt, a patent analytics and filing tool, was awarded first place in this year’s UF AI Days Pitch Competition. The platform uses an AI search feature that provides a sentence-by-sentence analysis and risk score to help simplify the patent process

UF awards Andrea Handal as 2024-25 Kathleen Brown Retail Student of the Year
Andrea Handal has been honored as the Kathleen Brown Retail Student of the Year for 2024-25. Driven by a passion for retail, she chose to major in marketing with a minor in retail, while also working toward a combined MS-Marketing

Business brains and basketball brawns
Playing on the University of Florida’s basketball team is a dream come true for Paige Clausen (BSBA ’24, MSF ’25). She grew up in Maryland, and moved to Naples, Florida in high school. She started playing the sport around 5

Warrington students take home the magic from innovation challenge
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – In October, three students from the University of Florida Warrington College of Business won the Blackstone LaunchPad Florida Network Innovation Challenge. Sponsored by Orlando Magic, the statewide competition invited peers from rival schools to present their best

Armed for every endeavor
Joining the Army National Guard made sense to Lindsay Collins (MBA ’25) for two reasons: First, the servicemen in her family were airmen in the Air Force, so she thought it’d be fun to do something different. Second, though she

Charting New Paths: A transition from criminology to marketing
Madison Weitzel (BA ’24, MS ’24) had long set her sights on a career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), making criminology her natural path.. Inspired by her father’s 20 years of military

US News’ top accounting programs share common X factor – Fisher School alumni leadership
The nation’s top public accounting programs have a common thread contributing to their excellence – University of Florida Fisher School of Accounting alumni leading their programs. The latest rankings from U.S. News & World Report position the University of Florida,