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Four things to do with a finance degree

Every company needs employees who are skilled in finance. From increasing company profit to analyzing economic and market trends, a career in finance implies a multitude of opportunities, offering stability and consistent demand projections. With a degree in finance, you

Jay Ritter

WeWork Joins a Long List of High-Profile SPACs That Have Failed

After a little more than two years as a public company, the infamous office-sharing firm WeWork has filed for Chapter 11 protection. WeWork joins the likes of Core Scientific Inc., one of the largest miners of Bitcoin, and Richard Branson’s

Mo Wang

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,

Alejandro Lopez-Lira

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

A robot stands at attention.

AI is up and walking

Brett Adcock (BSBA ’08) has a knack for getting his businesses off the ground – flying and walking. Since founding his sustainable air mobility company, Archer Aviation, in 2018, Adcock has moved onto a new startup: Figure AI. Figure AI

Jordan Johnson

Sailing into a new career

For almost six years, Jordan Johnson’s (MBA ’24) engineering education helped power the U.S. Navy’s USS West Virginia as it traveled around the world’s oceans. The ballistic missile submarine, based in Kings Bay, Georgia, runs off nuclear power, and it

UF MBA students pose for a photo.

Weekend residency provides students with engaging networking and professional development opportunities

Twenty-two students in the UF MBA Online program travelled from all over the country to spend a weekend on campus. The Weekend Residency, hosted from Sept. 7-9, is a part of the UF MBA Online program, and is intended to

Heng Xu

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

Robert Knechel

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

MSF program ranks No. 6 in the nation

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The William R. Hough Master of Science in Finance (MSF) program remained in the nation’s top 10 graduate finance programs on QS’ 2024 Master’s in Finance Rankings. For the fifth consecutive year, the MSF program was named No. 6 among

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