Spring / Summer 2024
Mulva Hall Project Underway
Demolition of Dobie Garage highlights construction preparation for $425 million new Texas McCombs undergraduate building Story by Judie Kinonen The…
Winning in Business
A New Executive Education Course Teaches Executives About Adapting to a Fast-Changing Workplace by Mary Ann Roser An unlikely classroom…
Investing in People
Making a $25 Million Gift, Rozanne and Billy Rosenthal Also Give Department of Management their Name For Rozanne Rosenthal, B.S.…
Worth the Wait?
A Desire for Closure Influences People’s Choices: A Q&A with Annabelle Roberts, Assistant Professor of Marketing by Suzi Morales One…
McCombs by the Numbers
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Startups Spur Other Companies To Innovate
Fledgling companies outdo established businesses when it comes to accelerating the development of new technologies. What They Studied To examine…
Champions for McCombs
With Endowment and Gift, Former Teammates Aim to Help Others on Paths to Success Chris Cartwright, BBA/MPA ’88, and Tom…
Work with ‘companies that matter’ lands VC partner on Forbes 30 Under 30 list
Samuel D. Garcia, BBA ’16, has been named to Forbes magazine’s 30 Under 30 list for venture capital. He is…
Mixing business with pleasure: A recipe for margarita success
Chris and Elsa DeGroot hit a business milestone in 2023. Just as last year’s long, hot summer was beginning to…
Outdoor Living
How Two McCombs Entrepreneurs With a Love for Time Spent Outside Built a Company Kevin Long, MBA ’23, spent the…
Gatherings
Wall Street for McCombs Annual Reception, April 9 The annual reception for students in the Wall Street for McCombs (WSFM)…
Creative Pivot
Josh Tarplin, MPA ’24, on Finding His Passion for Auditing After a Career in Photography Accounting wasn’t on Josh Tarplin’s…
Letter from the Dean
Stepping into the Future I remember watching the moon landing on TV in 1969, and this “Star Trek” fan was…
Self-Driving Vehicles Bring the Store to You
With Autonomous Vehicles, Sellers Expand Their Reach Going Right to Their Customers Based on the Research of Junyu Cao Autonomous…
Uncovering COVID-19 Loan Fraud Schemes
How 2 McCombs Researchers Exposed Online Lenders Based on the Research of John Griffin and Samuel Kruger As John Griffin…
‘McCombs Made’
Monthly Podcast Features Revelations and Reflections on Success and Failure from McCombs-Connected Leaders by Alberta Phillips Most success stories are…
The Banana Cure
How 2 Texas Student-Entrepreneurs are Harnessing the Therapeutic Properties of a One-of-Kind First-Aid Treatment by Alice Popovici Sean Finney was…
Faculty on the Rise
Eleven faculty members have been recommended for promotion in 2024 by UT President Jay Hartzell. The new positions are effective…
Experience of Retiring Faculty Members Totals 175 Years
At the end of the summer this year, the Department of Accounting will be saying goodbye to three longtime faculty…
2 McCombs Teachers Picked As Best of 2023 by Poets & Quants
John Doggett, senior lecturer in the Department of Management, was named by Poets & Quants last fall as a favorite…
Trio Wins Best Paper Award at ISS Conference in October
Two professors and a student at the McCombs School of Business won one of two Information Systems Society Cluster Best…
Clement Selected for National Accounting Oversight Board
Longtime accounting professor Michael B. Clement, who is retiring this summer, has been named to the board of directors of…
Finance Professor Laura Starks is Named a Fellow of the EGCI
In recognition of her research and scholarship, Laura Starks, a professor of finance, was recently named a fellow of the…
Harmonizers Hum A Capella Hit the Road
Four McCombs students who are members of UT’s premier competitive South Asian fusion a cappella group, Hum A Capella, qualified…
Gen-Z Takeover Sparks Social Media Surge
This spring, Texas McCombs launched a unique initiative by enlisting student ambassadors for the first time to contribute to the…
Students Named Finalists for Outstanding Student Award
Two McCombs students — Scott Fonseka and Amelia Nickerson — were among the finalists in the Outstanding Student Award, a…
McCombs Wins National Women’s Case Competition
A trio of Texas McCombs students took the top prize for UT at this year’s National Women’s Case Competition. Finance…
Felix’s Famous Cookies: From Family Recipe to Nationwide Philanthropy
Since founding his company with his mother, freshman Felix Castillo has made giving back a central goal of the business.…
Texas Business of Sports Summit Lets Pros, Students Share Ideas
Students and professionals gathered in October to exchange ideas and build connections during the daylong Texas Business of Sports Summit.…
McCombs Marketing Conference Explores the Coming AI Revolution
More than a dozen speakers offered insights, tips, and warnings about the present and future of artificial intelligence at the…
Ethics Unwrapped Marks 10 Years of Fostering Ethical Leadership
Ethics Unwrapped, which teaches ethics through the latest research combined with video interviews and animation, celebrated its first decade last…
UT Starts Speakers Bureau
The University of Texas at Austin has launched its first-ever University-wide speakers bureau, a new program that makes it easier…
Former Cabinet Members Will Join KBH Energy Center Leadership
The Kay Bailey Hutchison Energy Center announced that former Secretary of Commerce Don Evans and former Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette…
Highest Honor
Texas McCombs Welcomes 5 Hall of Fame Honorees and Recognizes 3 Young Alumni Who Are Rising Stars Each fall, the…
Regulatory Tech Costs Can Have Benefits, Too
Though often considered a drain on the economy, regtech — technology that helps companies comply with government regulations — can…
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…