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Frederick E. Fisher 1931-2023

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

Katie Saez

Purpose-driven leadership

Katherine “Katie” Saez (BSBA ’99) became a Gator long before she started at the University of Florida as a freshman in the mid-1990s. After moving to the United States from Cuba in the 1930s, her grandfather Octavio Garces (’42) became

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

Three NextEra Energy representatives gator chomp at a recruiting table in Gerson Hall

Corporate Partnerships: NextEra Energy

NextEra Energy has a strong presence on the University of Florida campus, and the company has increased it in recent years. After starting by tabling and attending events at the UF Warrington College of Business and the Fisher School of

Sehoon Kim and Nitish Kumar

University of Florida finance faculty research among most read, according to Financial Times

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Inquiring academic and business minds into the latest and greatest research are looking to the work of two University of Florida Warrington College of Business faculty members for impactful insights into finance-related sustainability topics. Assistant Professors Sehoon

30+ students sit outside on theatre steps while doing the Gator chomp.

Hundreds of students participate in first year of Finance Professional Development program

Reeya Patel (BSBA ’25) came to the University of Florida Warrington College of Business with the aspiration of becoming a financial advisor. Stemming from her family and personal experiences with finance, Patel is working towards achieving her goal thanks, in

Alejandro Lopez-Lira and Yuehua Tang

ChatGPT may be able to predict stock movements, finance professors show

In a new working paper, Assistant Professor Alejandro Lopez-Lira and Emerson-Merrill Lynch Associate Professor Yuehua Tang find that large language models may be useful when forecasting stock prices. They used ChatGPT to parse news headlines for whether they’re good or

Joseph Alba, Joyce Bono, Amir Erez, Mark Flannery, Christopher James, Chris Janiszewski, Robert Knechel, Selwyn Piramuthu, Philip Podsakoff, Jay Ritter and Mo Wang

Warrington faculty listed among top scientists in the world

Numerous Warrington faculty have ranked among the top 2% of most influential scientists in the world, according to a recent study by researchers at Stanford University.  The study includes eight Warrington faculty who made the career list, based on their

Students cheer upon winning competition

Heavener students win the world’s largest undergraduate case competition

University of Florida undergraduate students Luke Carter (BSBA ’23), Michael McCleskey (BSBA ’23), Maxwell Farfante (BSAc ’23, MAcc ’23) and Ashley Lau (BSBA ’25) won the John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition (JMUCC) in March. JMUCC is the world’s largest undergraduate

Fisher 45 Legacy Challenge text at center with an image of Gerson Hall in the background.

Future accounting students set up for success thanks to legacy gifts

In 2022, the Fisher School of Accounting celebrated 45 years of providing exceptional accounting education to students. In that time, more than 10,500 students have graduated from the school and gone on to careers across the business landscape.    To

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