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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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Tom Arnold talks to a group of students in a classroom

A Balancing Act

Tom Arnold has spent most of his life balancing disparate commitments. The last three years of his life have been no exception, balancing his UF academic goals with his demanding global professional responsibilities.  As a student in the University of Florida Warrington

A young man dressed in business suit and tie wears a homemade jetpack and flying goggles raises his arms in the afternoon sun while running to take off into the air on an outcropping above the surf in Montana de Oro State Park, California. This young entrepreneur is ready to take his new business to new heights.

2019 New Year’s Resolutions: 12 entrepreneurial ways to help change the world in 12 months

By Jamie Kraft, Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center As you kick off the new year with new goals, many of which center around losing weight, saving money, or being nice to others, you might also consider strengthening your entrepreneurial mindset.

A line of men in orange bike gear on road bikes.

Racing for a personal cause

George Pollock discovered his love of cycling as a student at the Fisher School of Accounting while competing on the UF club cycling team that made the collegiate cycling national championships at Stanford University in 1990. Over 25 years later,

Philip Podsakoff

Warrington marketing professor receives award for distinguished scientific contributions

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Dr. Philip M. Podsakoff, Hyatt and Cici Brown Chair in Business in the Department of Marketing at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business, has been named the recipient of the 2019 Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award

Rear view of Woman looking at city in Sunlight

Low female C-suite representation isn’t because of a ‘glass ceiling,’ rather a choice to ‘lean out,’ according to new research

GAINESVILLE, Fla. –  On the 2018 Fortune 500 list, you’ll find a number of impressive leaders of some of the most successful companies in the world. Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway, the

UF MBA Full-Time students sit on picnic tables at a local brewery

Community support leads to success for this UF MBA Full-Time student

By Amanda Ladner, MBA ’19 After working in corporate retail as a buyer for three years, I decided I wanted to make a career change. After a few months of intense job searching, I realized how challenging it could be

Warrington Fall 2018 graduates do the Gator Chomp in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center at the Fall Graduate Recognition Ceremony

Warrington ceremony recognizes fall 2018 graduates

The Warrington College of Business held its fall Graduate Recognition Ceremony on Sunday, December 16 in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. More than 340 graduates were recognized for the completion of either their undergraduate, master’s or doctoral degree in subjects

UF MBA students listening in class to Professor Anthony Coman.

UF MBA full-tuition scholarship enables students to transform without breaking the bank

One year ago, the University of Florida MBA program began offering 100 percent tuition scholarships to its Full-Time students. Since the introduction of the scholarship, 60 students have been able to pursue their MBA without having to cover the cost

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, highlighted in the legal document.

SOX 404(b) provides investor value after all

Since its enactment in 2002 in response to notorious financial scandals at Enron, WorldCom, and other corporate behemoths, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, or SOX, has been a continuing target of criticism. And probably no provision of the law has provoked more

MSM student Ashley Owens with Albert and Alberta doing the Gator Chomp.

How lessons in communications, project management helped this Master of Science in Management student take her career to the next level

By Ashley Owens (BS ’15, MSM ’18) After graduating in 2015 from the University of Florida with my bachelor’s degree in Family, Youth and Community Sciences, I began working for the University of Florida Office of Development at UF Health.

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