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
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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

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

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

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

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

Do financial incentives drive the voting behaviour of ESG funds?
In a new paper, Bank of America Assistant Professor of Finance Tao Li studies whether ESG funds trade the long-term sustainability of portfolio companies for greater short-term financial performance, focusing on how these funds vote on ESG proposals at shareholder

On the fast track
Kevin Boone (BSAc ’00) recalls getting his first glimpse into the world of finance while reading stock quotes in the newspaper with his grandfather. As time and technology progressed, he opened his first account during the early days of online

Connecting with people to create the future
Gainesville, Fla., is home to numerous innovative and imaginative entrepreneurs, and no one is more aware of this than Quang Tran (CpE ‘04, MSM ‘06). In 2013, Tran co-founded Starter Space with his wife, Payal. Starter Space serves as Gainesville’s

Warrington College of Business mourns the loss of accounting champion Frederick E. Fisher
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – It is with deep sadness that the University of Florida Warrington College of Business shares the loss of one of its alumni and greatest supporters – Frederick E. Fisher (BSBA Accounting ’59). The namesake of the Fisher