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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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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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University of Florida Class of 2022-2023 business student outcomes include excellent job placements, higher than average starting salaries

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida Warrington College of Business students who graduated during the 2022-2023 academic year (summer and fall of 2022 and spring of 2023) secured jobs in significant fields at some of the nation’s top companies and

Liangfei Qiu in a business suit with a blue tie.

Warrington faculty named UF Research Foundation Professor

Dr. Liangfei Qiu, PricewaterhouseCoopers Professor at the Warrington College of Business, is one of 34 faculty members at the University of Florida to be named a UF Research Foundation (UFRF) Professor for 2023. The recognition goes to faculty who have

Brian Ray

Faculty member honored for perpetuating alma mater’s core values

Dr. Brian Ray, director of the Poe Business Ethics Center, was awarded this year’s George and Mary Hood Award by Stetson University. The award is given in honor of the late Dr. George Hood, a professor, former dean of students

A joint color guard presents the U.S. flag and flags of the services during a change-of-command ceremony at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., June 19, 2017. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Katherine Spessa

Five military branches represented in University of Florida Online MBA Class of 2025

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Out of the seven military branches in the United States, five are represented in the latest class of Online MBA students at the University of Florida. Fifteen students in the Online MBA Two-Year Class of 2025 are

Anuj Kumar

EPInc. – An AI-enabled Knowledge Diffusion Platform

As part of his collaboration with the RightWalk Foundation, Matherly Professor Anuj Kumar built the EPInc platform – an AI-based integrated knowledge diffusion platform for K-12 schools. This platform aims to create a uniform and higher overall educational production (cognitive

Being arrested for breaking the law, Businessman with brown money envelope, demanding bribes for business benefits, offenses in public and private organizations must be prosecuted by law

Accounting is facing a labor crisis. Could fraud be part of the solution?

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The field of accounting is facing a labor crisis. From the high rates of baby boomer CPAs that are retiring to the 4% decline in the number of college graduates earning a bachelor’s or master’s degree in

Joshua Green and his business parter pose in front of a colorful background on the TV show, Shark Tank.

Hit refresh on pizza

Joshua Green (BSBA ’02) hosted a pizza party on the premiere of Shark Tank’s latest season. Green, with his best friend and business partner, Kevin Klein, offered slices of pizza to the “Sharks,” potential investors like Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran,

Jay Ritter

IPO market: Companies not finding interest they hoped for, analyst says

Recent IPO debuts from companies such as Instacart (CART), Arm Holdings (ARM), and Birkenstock (BIRK), have not delivered the performance many investors hoped for. University of Florida Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter joined Yahoo! Finance Live to discuss the IPO

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