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The Researcher
The Researcher Driving Change in Accounting Policy and Practice Jaime Schmidt, Professor of Accounting When Jaime Schmidt left her Kansas…

The Executive
The Executive Managing an Accounting Giant Through Change Jenny Koehler, MPA ’02, PWC US Chief Operating Officer of Advisory During…

Thank You, Dean Mills
Thank You, Dean Mills A 6-Year Sprint That Shaped McCombs: Through Record Fundraising, a Transformational Future Home, and a Personal…

The Student
The Student Why Gen Z is Choosing Accounting: The New Value Proposition Ben Breed, BBA ’25, MPA ’26 “What do…

The Changemaker
The Changemaker Why Investing in Accounting Education Matters Now Jonathan K. Shulkin, BBA ’97 When Jon Shulkin, BBA ’97, arrived…

The Teacher
The Teacher Preparing Accountants for an Uncertain Future Saad Siddiqui, Clinical Assistant Professor When Saad Siddiqui begins the first session…

Leading the Ledger Forward
Leading the Ledger Forward 6 Perspectives From The Top-Ranked Accounting Program Reveal A Profession Expanding Far Beyond The Numbers…

The Leader
The Leader From Scholar to Dean and Back, Lillian Mills, Outgoing Dean and Professor of Accounting, McCombs School of Business…

Young Workers New Leaders
Gen Z and Millennials are Changing Their Workplaces, and Their Leaders are Responding

Having Serious Fun
Clayton Spencer, BBA ’03, Built Poncho Outdoors to Reflect His Passion for Wild Places — and a Culture of Camaraderie

Leading with Authenticity
BeatBox Beverage founders Justin Fenchel, MBA ’13, and Aimy Steadman, MBA ’13, went from B School to boxed wine stardom, with a focus on developing workers and keeping them

The Empathy Advantage
To Fill A Niche In The Beauty Aisles, Live Tinted Founder Deepica Mutyala, BBA ’11, Built a Mission-First Company Culture

Meet the Knowledge Creators
Ph.D. researchers are in demand as businesses seek speedy adaptation to new technologies

The M.D. Has An MBA
Jon Trujillo, left, and Justin Jensen are students at Dell Medical School and are also pursuing MBAs at Texas McCombs.…

A Pioneering Legacy
A Pioneering Legacy Santa Rita No. 1 Birthed The Biggest US Oil Field And Continues To Inspire Growth And Transformation…

Energy Innovators
Energy Innovators, Made in Texas McCOMBS Alumni Lead on Energy’s Latest Developments: Generating It, Storing It, Cleaning It Up by…

Energizing His Next Chapter
Chris Bake, BBA ’88, enjoyed a high-voltage career and now helps future energy leaders get a global perspective by Omar…

Driving Conversation
How Jefferson Fisher, BBA ’11, became the communications whisperer for 10 million people from the front seat of his SUV

What Is Your Next Move?
Whether you’re looking for a promotion, moving to a new job, or reinventing your career, take that next step

Finding A Lifesaving Purpose
Bianca Rhodes, BBA ’81, Found A Career In Finance, But Talent And Business Savvy Landed Her On The Front Lines Of The Aerospace Industry

UT Goes Big: The Year of AI
The University of Texas at Austin has been a leader in artificial intelligence for more than 50 years — some…

AI Explorers
Until recently, it’s been hard to imagine a technology more disruptive and transformative to our culture and to business than…

AI’s Health Benefits
Ganesh Padmanabhan, MBA ’12, Co-Founded a Company to Fix Problems in Health Care Using AI by Omar L. Gallaga Like…

AI for Mom & Pop
Rachel Woods, MIS ’18, Wants to Make Artificial Intelligence Accessible to Any Small Business by Omar L. Gallaga By the…

AI in Action
Apptronik Co-Founder Jeff Cardenas, BBA ’08, MSTC ’13, is Building Humanoid Robots, Powered by Artifical Intelligence by Omar L. Gallaga …

How AI Affects Our Sense of Self
And Why It Matters for Business by Gizem Yalcin Williams and Stefano PuntoniIllustration by Kacper Kiec If you ever took…

Meet the Mulvas
Meet the Mulvas Namesakes Of Future Undergraduate Building Are Driven By Family, Faith, And Community A DECADE AGO, WHEN MIRIAM…

The Early Investors
ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF TEXAS McCOMBS HAVE PLEDGED their support to building a $425 million undergraduate business school, Mulva Hall.…

Preparing for an AI-Driven Workplace
Texas McCombs Students Meet the Demands of a Rapidly Evolving Job Market by Sharon Jayson | Illustration by Matt Chinworth…

A Vision With A View
A Vision With A View Making A Statement With Mulva Hall, A New Undergraduate Building That Casts An Unblinking Gaze…