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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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Kate O'Hara, MBA student

UF MBA Class of 2017 featured in Poets & Quants

UF MBA at the Hough Graduate School of Business was featured in Poets & Quants’s most recent installment of “Meet the MBA Class of 2017.” Learn more about this exceptional class of students, and the incredible success UF MBA has

Luke Watson

Are corporate inversions worth it?

The U.S. Treasury Department recently issued guidelines aimed at curbing the practice of corporate inversions—where American companies shift their “tax mailboxes” overseas to pay a lower tax rate. While inversions yield a sizable and long-term tax benefit, this method rarely

Should we worry about the federal deficit?

The Hough Graduate School of Business hosted its annual Capitalism and Capital Markets panel discussion sponsored by BB&T Foundations of Free Enterprise on April 22. The discussion entitled,  “The Federal Deficit…Visible and Invisible.  Should We Worry About It?  How Large

“It’s not goodbye. It’s see you later.”

Warrington grads share their career plans, thank those who have helped them along the way and say goodbye–for now. Congratulations!  

Luis Franco, Brian Ray, Joey Couture, Cara Grandstaff

Heavener School adds three exceptional students to Hall of Fame

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Joey Couture, Luis Franco and Cara Grandstaff, seniors at the Heavener School of Business, were inducted into the Heavener Hall of Fame. The Heavener Hall of Fame is reserved for undergraduate business students who have shown truly

Emily Lunn, Abdul-Kader Okab, Kaitlyn Czencz, Presidential Service Awards

Warrington trio receive honor for exceptional community service

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Warrington students Kaitlyn Czencz, Emily Lunn and Abdul-Kader Okab were recipients of the University of Florida’s 2016 Presidential Service Awards on March 29 at the President’s House. The Presidential Service Awards, awarded by UF’s Center for Leadership

Kent Fuchs, Kelley Bergstrom

Influential real estate executive receives UF’s highest alumni honor

Kelley A. Bergstrom, namesake of the Warrington College of Business’s Kelley A. Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies, received the University of Florida’s Distinguished Alumnus Award on Friday during the College’s annual Business Advisory Council meeting. UF’s Distinguished Alumnus Award

2016 Big Idea Competition: Shawn Doyle, Samyr Qureshi, Dennis Hansen and Austin Doyle

Mobile tutoring app claims top prize at Big Idea Competition

Knack, a peer-to-peer tutoring mobile app, won the first-place, $25,000 grand prize at the 2016 Big Idea Gator Business Plan Competition on Friday. The Big Idea Gator Business Plan Competition, presented by the Warrington College of Business’s Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Alex Sevilla

UF MBA Director to lead Heavener School of Business

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Dr. Alex Sevilla, who has guided UF MBA at the Hough Graduate School of Business to its place among the nation’s premier MBA programs, has been named Associate Dean and Director of the Heavener School of Business.

Qwerk founders Jonathan Katz and Alex Schepps

Men at Qwerk

How many times have you overheard a stressed-out UF student say they’d be willing to pay someone a small fee to take care of a menial task? Jonathan Katz has lost count how many times he’s heard that familiar refrain.

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