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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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Shane Matthews with headphones and a microphone at a sporting event

Talking Gators football with Shane Matthews

Shane Matthews was an accomplished college quarterback for the Gators and 13-year NFL veteran, but he’s also a UF Warrington College of Business graduate. Matthews (BSBA ’92) capped his Florida career with 74 touchdowns and more than 9,000 passing yards

Archway leading to Heavener Hall at the University of Florida

Meet Warrington’s new faculty for 2023

The Warrington College of Business is proud to welcome five new faculty members to campus in the fall of 2023. Learn more about these outstanding new members of the Warrington team who will continue to strengthen the college’s reputation and

Joel Houston sitting at his computer in his office.

The art and science of finance

In this edition of our Faculty Spotlight series, Dr. Joel Houston shares his career journey to becoming a professor and faculty member at the Warrington College of Business and the valuable lessons he seeks to impart to his students. If

Jay Ritter

In latest troubles, top UM athletics booster John Ruiz faces $67 million lawsuit

Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter lends his SPAC insights to this story about LifeWallet, the health-insurance claims company founded by lawyer John H. Ruiz, a top financial booster of University of Miami athletics, which faces another legal challenge after Miami

Joel Davis

You’re not imagining it: Here’s why Halloween stuff is out earlier each year

It’s a hot summer day. You head to the store to grab a few items; maybe groceries, maybe a few things you need for that home project. You walk through the doors into the much-needed air conditioning and then you

Anuj Kumar

Integrated Framework of Educational Production

Most EdTech applications focus on improving a part of educational production. However, these applications are suboptimal because they do not leverage other entities in the educational ecosystem (such as peers and families to motivate and support students) and connected processes

Anuj Kumar

Is EdTech deployment in K-12 schools aligned to maximize educational production?

In partnership with the RightWalk Foundation (RWF), Matherly Professor Anuj Kumar is researching the impact of EdTech in K-12 schools in India. These observations and prescriptions would generalize to K-12 schools in most developing countries.  In his latest report, Kumar

Daniel Dong-Wook Kim, Soo Yon Ryu and Xinyu Zang

Warrington PhD students honored with teaching awards

Ph.D. students Daniel Dong-Wook Kim (Ph.D. ‘25), Soo Yon Ryu (Ph.D. ‘25) and Xinyu Zang (Ph.D. ‘24) were awarded Warrington College of Business Ph.D. Teaching Awards for their exemplary teaching contributions across the fall 2022 and spring 2023 semesters. The

Jinhong Xie and Woochoel Shin

Incentivized online reviews inflate product ratings, sales, even when disclosed

JCPenney Eminent Scholar Jinhong Xie and Brian R. Gamache Professor Woochoel Shin‘s new research based on thousands of reviews posted on Amazon shows that when people received free products in exchange for reviews, their ratings were significantly inflated — and product

Aaron Hill

University of Florida management professor’s work awarded for research method advancements

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Research methodology in the field of management is advancing thanks to new insights from University of Florida Warrington College of Business Associate Professor Aaron Hill. Hill’s paper was awarded the Sage Publications/Robert McDonald Advancement of Organizational Research

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