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Southwest Airlines Co-Founder Herb Kelleher’s ‘14 Ways to Be a Leader’
In a powerful commencement address in 2004, the Southwest Airlines co-founder held forth with wit and wisdom on the disciplines…
10 Tips for Business Success in 2019
Research tips from Texas McCombs will improve your workday and sharpen your focus. Last year’s business insights can lead to this…
McCombs Students Pitch Solutions at Fintech Entrepreneurship Practicum
New hands-on learning course in the new Entrepreneurship Minor concludes with showcase day. Rocket Dollar CEO Henry Yoshida (right) consults with…
Texas McCombs Hits Top 20 Worldwide
McCombs lands at No. 19 in the inaugural Times Higher Education / Wall Street Journal MBA ranking. The Texas McCombs Full-Time…
Global Reach
Dean Jay Hartzell establishes new bonds with alumni and friends in Asia The UT Austin delegation to Asia, including Dean Jay…
DisrupTexas 2018 Awards $55,000 to Undergraduate Startups
5 Texas startup teams took home cash and prizes in McCombs’ second annual pitch competition (left to right) Flo Recruit…
Houston Chief Recovery Officer Marvin Odum Faces Long Haul in Hurricane Relief Efforts
The former Shell Oil CEO discusses how a business background helped him navigate complex government systems. By London Gibson Marvin…
Business Outlook 2019: Dallas
SOLD OUT. Register for the waitlist. Join Dean Jay Hartzell hosting a conversation with top C-level execs in energy and…
Business Outlook 2019: San Antonio
Join Dean Jay Hartzell hosting a conversation with top C-level execs. The third of four statewide events: Austin, (Jan. 18);…
Business Outlook 2019: Houston
Join Dean Jay Hartzell hosting a conversation with top C-level execs in energy and transportation. The second of four statewide…
Business Outlook 2019: Austin
Join Dean Eric Hirst hosting a conversation with top C-level execs in health care and technology. The first of four…
Texas McCombs Reaches Historic High in Global MBA Ranking
McCombs cracks the top 25 in The Economist’s ranking of MBAs worldwide The Texas McCombs MBA jumped 10 spots to…
MSBA Hits No. 3 in World, MSM No. 7
Four master’s programs at McCombs hit high marks in the 2019 QS Global Masters Rankings and Global MBA Rankings The…
The Origins of AI
The hidden figures of artificial intelligence, as explained by Associate Professor James Scott, co-author of a new book tracing the…
McCombs Accounting No. 1 for the Ninth Year
McCombs has once again taken first place in Public Accounting Report’s undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral rankings Undergraduate Ranking: No. 1 For…
Texas McCombs BBA No. 6 in 2019 U.S. News Rankings
Undergraduate program continues its top-10 status, with nine business specialties ranked in the top 10 Texas McCombs 2019 The McCombs School of…
McCombs Names 2018 Hall of Fame Inductees and Alumni Rising Stars
New Hall of Famers (left to right): Richard Folger, Rex W. Tillerson, and Theodore T. Wang The McCombs School of Business…
Final Management Lessons From Jim Fredrickson
Management Professor Jim Fredrickson earned over 20 teaching awards during his decades on the McCombs School’s faculty. Shortly before his…
A Look Back at Patents, With Retired Professor John Allison
Professor John Allison John Allison, professor of Business, Government, and Society, recently retired from a decades-long career at the McCombs School…
Passing of Management Professor Jim Fredrickson
Dear McCombs Community, It is with great sadness that I share with you that our dear friend and respected colleague,…
Vote McCombs for SXSW 2019
The University of Texas at Austin hopes to send business faculty and alumni experts as featured speakers — on everything from Blockchain…
Professor John Griffin Named VP of Western Finance Association
Finance Professor John Griffin McCombs School of Business Professor John Griffin has been named vice president of the Western Finance Association,…
Professor Leigh McAlister Earns Marketing Science Fellow Award
Leigh McAlister holds her award McCombs School of Business Professor Leigh McAlister earned the INFORMS Society for Marketing Science Fellow Award…
Rowling Hall: The Vision
Through collaboration between university educators, architects, alumni, students, and business leaders, five core themes were identified that would set the…
Inspiring Thought
UT’s Landmarks Program on José Parlá’s Rowling Hall Mural By Jeremy M. Simon José Parlá at work on “Amistad América.” From…
Why Politicians Spend Billions on Wasteful Economic Development Incentives — and Love It
Richard Florida, the bestselling urban development author and senior editor at The Atlantic, talked with Professor Nathan Jensen about his…
MPA Alums Named Top CPA Exam Performers
Hyungmin Kim and Maureen Patricia Sweet Two McCombs School of Business alumni were recognized by the American Institute of CPAs as…
Best Paper Award for Marketing Professor
Raghunath Rao Associate Professor of Marketing Raghunath Rao won the Gerald E. Hills Best Paper Award from the American Marketing…
Stanford Stock Pitch Competition Won by BHP Students
A team of McCombs School of Business students won Stanford University’s inaugural stock pitch competition Angela Yang, Catherine Cheng, Eric…
New Approaches to Career Management for Working Professional MBAs
The Graduate Management Admission Council recently released a paper exploring the current state of part-time MBA programs in the U.S.,…
Endowment Appointments Announced for Business Faculty
Ashish Agarwal, Jaime Schmidt, PK Toh, and Prabhudev Konana Four McCombs School of Business faculty members have earned endowment appointments.…
NFL Snaps Up Two McCombs Alums
Connor Williams and Michael Dickson Two McCombs School of Business alumni are headed to the NFL. In the NFL draft this…
McCombs Undergrad Named Texas Parents’ Outstanding Award Winner
Micky Wolf at the Texas Parents Ambassadors Council luncheon Micky Wolf, BBA ’18, earned an Outstanding Student Award from the Texas…
10 Tips about Winning, Losing, and Values in the Workplace
Values matter in the workplace because they determine the framework through which people make sense of their place in an…
University Securities Investment Team Wins First Place at USC Value Investing Conference
USIT placed first in this month’s USC Value Investing Conference Eric Sun, Nick Marchenko, Dhruv Dhuper, Bryan Goh, and Joseph…
Professor Linda Golden Wins Distinguished Marketing Educator Award
McCombs School of Business professor recognized by the Academy of Marketing Science Linda Golden McCombs School of Business Professor Linda…
Disruptive Astronomer
In his role as vice president for research at The University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Daniel Jaffe has developed…
Innovation and Optimism Set Stage for Growth in 2018
With high oil prices and record low unemployment, the Texas economy rebounded last year and will shift into higher gear…
Robert B. Rowling Hall Advances the Future of Business Education at UT
The newest learning center on the UT Austin campus houses graduate programs of Texas McCombs, including the MBA and the…
3 Billion Rural Consumers — Can Marketers Profit From Them?
Texas McCombs Professor Vijay Mahajan has a powerful message for global marketers: “Rural does not mean poor” By Poornima Subramanian…
Lessons from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy offers lessons about the qualities and responsibilities of an effective leader Statue of Martin Luther…
Nine Business Lessons We Learned in 2017
We learned plenty in 2017: How to build a stronger business network, what technology means for the future of accounting,…
A Day at the Office with Red: 90th Birthday Update
Red McCombs is still going full steam ahead as he celebrates his 90th birthday. As we celebrate this milestone, here…
Do Business School Rankings Still Matter?
They’re fickle, they’re flawed, they’re far too numerous… but we love them anyway. By Matt Turner OCTOBER 2002: BusinessWeek ranks the…
100 Years in the Business of Life
A century can barely contain all the accomplishments of these inspiring alumni By Matt Turner Shudde Bess Bryson Fath, BBA…
The Strategist Behind Dell Medical School’s Value-Based Health Care Vision
Elizabeth Teisberg is focused on establishing a comprehensive new kind of health care system that costs less and delivers more.…
Former Air Force Pilot Gains Wisdom in Ultimate Battle Against Cancer
Joel Neeb teaches executive leadership lessons learned in the military and on the death bed By Madison Hamilton Joel “Thor”…
Improvisation at Work
The benefits of bringing improv skills to the office By Jeremy M. Simon While working long, demanding hours as a…