From the Spring / Summer 2024 Issue of McCombs Magazine
Upfront
Winning in Business
A New Executive Education Course Teaches Executives About Adapting to a Fast-Changing Workplace by Mary Ann Roser An unlikely classroom…
‘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…