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John Simmons

Inaugural Fisher School director dies at 81

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – It is with great sadness we announce the death of John K. Simmons, the inaugural Director of the Fisher School of Accounting at the Warrington College of Business, University of Florida. Dr. Simmons died on July 19, 2019,

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For politicians on both left and right, it’s open season on tech companies

In three separate hearings last week, members of Congress spoke with big tech executives about Facebook’s cryptocurrency plans, alleged censorship by Google and antitrust issues in the industry. Director of the Public Utility Research Center and Gunter Professor Dr. Mark

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Rankings Roundup: How Warrington performed in 2018-2019

Over the 2018-2019 academic year, the Warrington College of Business received a number of top rankings from leading publications such as U.S. News & World Report, Financial Times, The Economist, Eduniversal and Ivy Exec. The exceptional rankings we received from these

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Warrington College of Business at University of Florida Hosts Alumni Relations Professionals from Top 30 B-Schools

Gainesville, Fla. – The University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business is hosting the 18th annual conference for the Association of Business School Alumni Professionals (ABSAP), July 23-26. ABSAP membership is limited to the top 30 full-time MBA and undergraduate business programs

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Medical school and the Master of Science in Management program: Justin Kim’s experience

Justin Kim (MSM ’19) graduated from the Master of Science in Management (MSM) program in the spring of 2019, and is currently pursuing an MD degree at UF. Last semester, he and fellow MSM alumnus Christopher Jones won the Technology

Jason Koester and his dog, Olly

Master of International Business alumnus shares advice for post-graduation career success

Jason Koester (BSBA ’11, MIB ’12) is an Account Executive with Amazon. He has built experience in sales, branded content, customer relationship management, and marketing and event planning throughout his career. While he initially didn’t think sales was the right

Eduniversal 2019 Best Master's Degrees with #1 rankings for management and real estate, #2 ranking for international business and entrepreneurship and #4 ranking for Full-Time MBA

Five Hough graduate programs earn top 5 ranking among publics for second year

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Master’s degree programs across the Hough Graduate School of Business at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business remained in the top five among public institutions for the second consecutive year in the 2019 edition of

Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett to MBA students: This is what ‘sets apart a big winner from the rest of the pack’

In 1998, Warren Buffett visited the University of Florida to speak with MBA students. In his presentation, the Berkshire Hathaway CEO spoke about the importance of developing good personal qualities at a young age. See what qualities Buffett cites as

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Is a UF MBA really transformative?

At UF MBA, we talk a lot about how you’ll transform in our program. But what does that really mean, and is it really true? To help you understand our transformation process, we asked students and alumni from across our

Philip Podsakoff

Warrington professor receives award for lifetime distinguished scholarly contributions to the management field

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Dr. Philip M. Podsakoff, Hyatt and Cici Brown Chair in Business and Clinical Professor, is the recipient of the Distinguished Scholarly Contributions to Management Award from the Academy of Management. He will receive the award at the

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