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Poets & Quants Names Yoguchi As A 2025 Best & Brightest MBA
Hiro Yoguchi, MBA ’25, said he chose Texas McCombs because of its world-class resources in his areas of interest, its…
School Shop Class Inspires BBA Student’s Woodworking Business
In 2016, Ryan Daly, BBA ’25, turned his passion for woodworking into an e-commerce business whose product lines now include…
Longtime Friends Grow Nonprofit To Help Those With Rare Diseases
In 2023, longtime friends Ankitha Gantasala, a McCombs integrated MPA student, and Sophia Pirani, a Northwestern University student, revived and…
A Passion for Coffee
3 Mba Graduates Market Patented Machine For Creating A Cold Brew They Say Makes Java Lovers Jump For Joy Samuel…
Defining Moments
Last spring, our photographers captured the spirit of McCombs School of Business graduates during their convocation ceremonies on May 9-10.…
Texas Exes Give Teaching Award To John Doggett And Sandy Leeds
Texas Exes, the ex-students association at The University of Texas at Austin, has named John Doggett and Sandy Leeds of…
Laura Starks Receives Honorary Doctorate From Swiss University
The University of Zurich gave honorary doctorates to McCombs finance professor Laura Starks, B.A. ’72, Ph.D. ’81, and seven other…
McCOMBS By the Numbers
No. 4 U.S. rank of full-time MBA among public schools in U.S. News & World Report’s annual survey. No. 16 overall …
Texas McCombs Academy Starts2 New Undergraduate Programs
More than 50 students took part in the Investment Banking Accelerator, an intensive program to help undergraduates gain essential business…
Ethics Unwrapped Wins 2 Medals for Video Excellence
Ethics Unwrapped, the educational video series housed at the Center for Leadership and Ethics at McCombs, won a silver and…
Mulva Hall Construction
Construction Is Well Underway on Mulva Hall, the future 17-story home for McCombs undergraduate classrooms, faculty offices, and community spaces.…
Owning a Business, the ETA Way
Texas McCombs is embracing the fast-rising TRENDof ‘entrepreneurship through acquisition’ By Omar L. Gallaga After Edgar Galindo, MBA ’20, finished…
Mills Ending Term as Dean in 2026
McCombs School dean to end term at the end of 2025-26 academic year
Hildebrand MBA Programs To Get New Leader
Joe Hahn is passing the torch to Urooj Khan
Faculty Endowments
New appointments recognize faculty members’ outstanding contributions
MIS Junior Expands Audience With Tips on Life and Jobs
By sharing advice about college and career, Tanmya Tripathi, a management information systems junior, has gathered over 130,000 followers on…
Senior’s Mental Health Venture Is Named a Top Disruptive Startup
Poets & Quants has named Cura, the project of Texas McCombs senior Aakriti Kamal, one of the 29 Most Disruptive…
Texas McCombs Presents Awards to Faculty for Teaching, Research
During the Spring 2025 faculty meeting, the McCombs School Business recognized the teaching and research achievements of its faculty members.…
McCombs Researcher Contributes to AI Best-Practices Publication
Gizem Yalcin Williams, an assistant professor of marketing, is one of more than a dozen leading researchers whose work was…
McCombs by the Numbers
Worldwide rank of McCombs faculty research in the Financial Times’ Global MBA Rankings for 2025, jumping 10 spots for a historic high
20 Years of Tax Prep Help
McCombs accounting students mark a milestone in preparing income tax returns in service to the community By Ben Wright “This…
Paper Wins Prestigious JAMS Award
Texas McCombs faculty member honored for article on AI for social good
Board Fellows Program Expands
McCombs expands impact of Board Fellows Program across Texas with support from Golub Capital
TXCPA Editorial Board Chair
Accounting faculty member to lead influential Texas trade publication
Breaking Ground on Mulva Hall
Key donors celebrate visionary campus development and honor Miriam and Jim Mulva
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Energy Production Drives U.S. Global Strength
Hutchison, geopolitical speakers agree that energy production is vital to the nation’s impact worldwide and security at home
Best in Impact Investing
MBA team wins international investment pitch competition
MBA Team Wins Biz Quiz
McCombs students use their knowledge of global business events to come out on top
1st in Digital Marketing Contest
4 MBA Marketing Fellows create winning plan for meat supplier
Tops in Sports Analytics
MSM students awarded championship at national competition
11 Faculty Members To Receive Promotions for Fall Semester
New positions become effective ahead of fall semester
Former U.S. Energy Secretary Warns of ‘Energy Emergency’
The KBH Energy Center co-hosts the former U.S. energy secretary for ‘Focus on Energy’ series
Finding Common Ground in the Classroom
Maryam Zoweil’s SXSW EDU session will help students and educators tackle politics in the classroom
Energy in the New Year
UT’s KBH Energy Center hosts conversation with leading energy policy experts
Texas Executive Education To Offer New Digital Skills Training
Texas Executive Education Partners With Ziplines Education To Accelerate Career Mobility With In-Demand Skills
Entrepreneurial Surge
Summer Program Sees 4X Growth in Fellowship Applications
Dobie Demolished, Mulva Hall Underway
Mulva Hall, the future center for undergraduate education at McCombs, took a big step forward during the fall
McCombs by the Numbers
The latest numbers from McCombs
Brumley Texas Venture Labs To Help Small Businesses Grow
The Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs (TVL) at The University of Texas at Austin launched the TVL Small Business Impact Program during August.
Butler, Kozmetsky Selected for Austin Tech Hall of Fame
During June, the Austin Technology Council named George Kozmetsky, a former dean of the McCombs School of Business, and John Sibley Butler, a McCombs professor emeritus, to its first class for the Austin Tech Hall of Fame
Marketing Professor Receives Best Paper Award for 2023
The Society for Marketing Science has awarded the 2023 Frank M. Bass Dissertation Paper Award to Kathleen T. Li, an assistant professor of marketing at Texas McCombs
New Books Cover Communication, Climate Change Politics, and NBA
Three instructors have published recent books or have one scheduled for publication soon
Texas Exes Honor BGS Instructor With Top 10 Teaching Award
David Quintanilla, an associate professor of instruction in the Department of Business, Government & Society, has been named one of the top 10 teachers for 2024
Student-Athlete Named To Academic All-America Team
Eliot Spizzirri, BBA ’24, was selected by the College Sports Communicators for the Academic All-America Men’s Tennis Team for his performance on the court and in the classroom
Poets & Quants Features Best & Brightest Executive MBA
In her interview with Poets & Quants magazine, Ashley Bruno, MBA ’24, says the McCombs School of Business was the natural choice when she decided to go back to school
MBA Student Helps Represent UT at Urban Land CONTEST
McCombs MBA student Ryan White was part of the team that finished in the top four in the 2024 Urban Land Institute (ULI) Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition in Seattle
BBA Advisory Board Honors Senior With Rising Star Award
Daniela Aizenman, BBA ’24, was presented with the Student Rising Star Award by the McCombs BBA Advisory Board during the spring
Football’s Jake Majors in Final Season With Longhorns
Jake Majors, BBA ’23, is in his fifth season with the Texas football program and had 41 consecutive starts going into the 2024 schedule of games