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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…
Measuring Bang for Value-Based Care Bucks
A new measure of value can help accountable care organizations deliver better health outcomes for less money Based on the…
McCombs Graduates Continue To Stand Tall Among Longhorn 100
In the second year of the awards, their businesses fill 40 slots
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Startup City Limits Spotlights Student Innovation
The inaugural conference celebrates entrepreneurship in the Longhorn community
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Startup City Limits at UT To Celebrate Entrepreneurship on Friday
New event calls students and alumni to connect around innovation Startup City Limits 2024, the inaugural entrepreneurial showcase and conference…
McCombs No. 11 Worldwide for Faculty Research
McCombs continues its bragging rights in the nation’s leading business research ranking. Texas McCombs rose two ranks to No. 11 in the…
Texas Working Professional MBA No. 3 in Nation
McCombs rises four ranks in Fortune’s 2024 ranking of part-time MBA programs. The suite of Texas McCombs Working Professional MBA…
Takeaways from SXSW 2024
Each spring, the world comes to Austin. A first-time attendee recaps her experience at Austin’s landmark festival and conference The…
Winning in Business
What auto racing can teach leaders about how to compete and win in today’s dynamic business world. The 22-story Circuit…
Texas McCombs @ SXSW 2024
McCombs alumni and affiliates are taking the stage to showcase their talents, creativity, and expertise at South by Southwest. Be…
Faculty on the Rise
11 McCombs faculty members have been recommended for promotion this year Eleven faculty members at Texas McCombs have been recommended for…
Hegi Family Gift Finances One-of-a-Kind Private Equity Course
Brian Hegi, MBA ’04, is the co-founder and managing partner of Crossplane Capital, a private equity firm. The Hegi family,…
Texas McCombs Business Outlook Event in San Antonio To Focus on Defense
AUSTIN, Texas — Experts on national security will discuss pressing issues for the defense sector at the 2024 Business Outlook meeting Feb.…
Texas McCombs Business Outlook in Houston to Focus on Health Care
AUSTIN, Texas — Health care industry experts will explore the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead during the 2024 Business Outlook meeting…
Professor of Finance Named ECGI Fellow
Research on corporate governance and economic policy garners international recognition for UT McCombs School of Business finance professor. Laura Starks,…
Texas McCombs Business Outlook Event in Dallas To Focus on Geopolitical Risk
Experts will explore paths forward in today’s complex geopolitical climate at the 2024 Business Outlook meeting Jan. 18 at the…
UT Ranks No. 14 for Producing Top U.S. Leaders
UT Austin finds itself in elite company for launching the nation’s most influential leaders in Time Magazine’s ranking. The University…
Texas McCombs MBA Takes No. 19 in Poets & Quants Ranking
For the 14th year in a row, McCombs lands in the top 20 in the nation’s most comprehensive MBA ranking For…
Clement Selected for FAF Board of Trustees
The parent organization of accounting’s standard-setting bodies appoints McCombs faculty member to prestigious role. Texas McCombs Professor of Accounting Michael…
McCombs MBA Hits No. 5 Among Public Schools
The Texas full-time MBA Program ranks No. 5 among public schools in LinkedIn’s inaugural ranking. The Texas McCombs Full-Time MBA…
McCombs Entrepreneurship Again Hits No. 2 in Princeton Review Rank
Undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship both take high marks in the annual lists. In Princeton Review’s tally of the top 50 U.S.…
Marketing AI’s Revolution
At the Texas McCombs Conference, a focus on artificial intelligence’s exponential growth A dozen speakers who offered insights, tips and…
Highest Accolades
Texas McCombs bestows school’s top honor on five Hall of Fame inductees for their outstanding professional contributions to the business…
Family Legacy
New gift for accounting and auditing programs thanks to two generations of McCombs alumni (left to right) McCombs alums C. Aubrey…
McCombs MBA Programs Take High Ranks
McCombs’ full-time MBA holds strong position in the 2024 QS World University rankings For the fourth year in a row,…
McCombs MS Programs Stay Strong
Three master’s programs at McCombs continue to hit high marks in the 2024 QS World University rankings Texas McCombs again…
Former Secretaries of Commerce and Energy Join UT Advisory Leadership
Former Cabinet members to join UT Austin Kay Bailey Hutchison Energy Center Executive Council Former Secretary of Commerce Don Evans…
Driven to Lead
Executives take the driver’s seat in first-of-its-kind partnership between Texas McCombs and Circuit of The Americas. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton…
Texas Executive MBA Hits No. 10 in U.S.
McCombs lands at No. 10 in the U.S. in the Financial Times’ 2023 Executive MBA Ranking McCombs’ Executive MBA program…
McCombs EMBA Hits Top 10 in U.S. Ranking
The Texas McCombs EMBA Program landed at No. 10 in Poets & Quants’ latest ranking of executive programs The Texas…
Texas McCombs BBA Ranked No. 5, Nation’s Leader in Top 10 Specialties
McCombs’ undergraduate program rises to No. 5 with 12 business specialties ranking in the top 10 McCombs’ undergraduate program rises…
Energy Leaders to Confront Economic, Security, and Decarbonization Realities
UT Kay Bailey Hutchison Energy Center for Business, Law and Policy to convene industry leaders at Symposium Sept. 15 Discussing an…
Vote McCombs for SXSW 2024
Texas McCombs hopes to send business faculty and alumni experts as featured speakers — on everything from health information sharing to sustainable…
Texas Executive Education Launches Sustainability Leadership Program
New program is designed for senior executives from various business functions and C-suite positions Texas Executive Education at the McCombs…
Delegation of Business Deans Builds Bridges in Washington
U.S. business school leaders meet with congressional and economic experts to chart a path for the future of business education…
Jeff Johanns Appointed Chair of The Texas Society of CPAs Professional Standards Committee
Jeff Johanns, McCombs School of Business associate professor of instruction in accounting, has been named chair of The Texas Society…
MS in Finance Program Hits No. 2 in U.S.
The Texas Master of Science in Finance takes top 5 status in both Financial Times and The Financial Engineer Times…
Andrew Brodsky Selected Top 40 Under 40 MBA Professor
Annual Poets & Quants list celebrates teaching excellence, research on workplace communication by assistant professor of management Assistant Professor of…
Gift Advances McCombs Center for Leadership and Ethics
Houston energy finance leader Marshall Eubank gives $1 million for programming that affects every student at Texas McCombs Marshall Eubank,…
McCombs Alumni Dominate Longhorn 100 Awards
30 McCombs business leaders honored at inaugural Texas Exes celebration of business excellence. Left to right: Catherine Cruver; Longhorn 100…
High Marks for Texas McCombs MBA Programs
7 specialties take top 10 in U.S. News & World Report ranking The Texas McCombs Full-Time MBA continued its long-standing…
New McCombs Award Honors Herb Miller
Professional Faculty Impact Award recognizes exceptional contributions of teaching, service, and mentorship Bill Cunningham, Herb Miller, and Andy Gershoff Associate Professor…
MBA Students Lead Global Sustainability Summit
Students from 26 peer schools met to track environmental concerns and potential solutions at an annual conference hosted this year…
A $1 Million Boost to UT’s Venture Culture
San Antonio entrepreneur and investor Billy Freed and family donate to support students’ business efforts at Texas McCombs William “Billy”…
Texas McCombs at SXSW 2023
Members of our business school community were speakers, mentors, judges, and moderators at this year’s edition of the megafestival South…
Deadline Approaching to Apply for New Online Version of Nation’s Top Business Analytics Master’s Program
No. 1-ranked McCombs MSBA program now welcomes part-time students to hone business strategy around AI and big data. Application deadlines are…
The McCombs Gift
An oral history of the largest gift in UT history: who dreamed big, how Red came on board, and how…
In His Own Words
Red McCombs was always delighted to share his larger-than-life lessons learned from decades in business When Red McCombs spoke, people…