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Read the latest and greatest student, faculty and alumni news from the University of Florida Warrington College of Business, a top national business school at one of the best public universities in the nation.

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Florida’s Future CPAs: 11 UF students selected as FICPA Scholars

Accounting students Brayden Ballard (BSAc ‘24, MAcc ‘26), Brayden Dam (BSAc ‘26, MAcc ‘26), Conley Strayer (BSAc ‘26, MAcc ‘27), Emily Lu (BSAc ‘25, MAcc ‘26), Emily Odza (BSAc ‘26, MAcc ‘26), Ivy Ye (BSAc ‘25, MAcc ‘27), Jathan Barr

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MBA students interning at leading international companies

Many MBA students at the University of Florida have taken advantage of their summers and landed internships across global and international companies. These interns worked across sales, marketing, business and finance departments to gain real-world experience in their fields. Beyond

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Three UF accounting students selected as prestigious PCAOB Scholars

Accounting students Jasmine Crockett (BSAc ‘25, MAcc ‘26), Monorath Khinsim (BSAc ‘25, MAcc ‘26)  and Emily Lu (BSAc ‘25, MAcc ‘26) at the University of Florida were selected as 2025 Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Scholars. This prestigious scholarship

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Machiavellianism boosts CEO pay, UF Warrington study finds

In an extensive study from Associate Professor Aaron Hill examining the relationship between personality traits and executive pay, CEOs who exhibit more Machiavellianism, characterized by motivation to achieve personal goals and ‘win’ social interactions, are more likely to have higher total

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The father behind the MBA

Chris Taylor (MBA ‘26) is more than a diligent student in the University of Florida Online MBA program, he is a dedicated husband and father to two sons. His journey as a father and student has been marked with perseverance,

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Sonia Singh named 2025 Beta Alpha Psi Outstanding Faculty Advisor

Sonia Singh, Davis Family Faculty Fellow and Instructional Associate Professor in the Fisher School of Accounting, is among the 2025 honorees of the Beta Alpha Psi Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award. The annual award honors faculty advisors who demonstrate extraordinary dedication

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Award-winning Warrington Welcome offered every semester

Warrington Welcome, also called GEB2015: Business and You is a one-credit course offered to first-year Business Gators beginning their journey at the Warrington College of Business. The class aims to show students how to be successful in academics, their career,

Kevin Bencomo, Elaine Buteau and Umar Lodhi

Trailblazers: the impact first-generation students have on Warrington

At the Warrington College of Business, there are over 150 first-generation students. The term first-generation refers to someone whose parents or guardians did not receive a four-year college degree. Kevin Bencomo, Elaine Buteau and Umar Lodhi are just three first-generation

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Supersizing success

David Costa (MBA ’17) began his University of Florida journey in 2000, but it wasn’t until he returned for his MBA in 2015 that he’d leave with a degree in hand. During his freshman year at UF, Costa’s father purchased

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Ignition Packaging wins 2025 Big Idea Competition

Founded and led by Abdurrahman Bejjaj, a geomatics student in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Ignition Packaging won first place in the 2025 Big Idea Competition.  Ignition Packaging is a sustainable biomaterials company dedicated to researching and developing

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