McCombs Magazine
The M.D. Has An MBA
Jon Trujillo, left, and Justin Jensen are students at Dell Medical School and are also pursuing MBAs at Texas McCombs.…
A Pioneering Legacy
A Pioneering Legacy Santa Rita No. 1 Birthed The Biggest US Oil Field And Continues To Inspire Growth And Transformation…
Energy Innovators
Energy Innovators, Made in Texas McCOMBS Alumni Lead on Energy’s Latest Developments: Generating It, Storing It, Cleaning It Up by…
Energizing His Next Chapter
Chris Bake, BBA ’88, enjoyed a high-voltage career and now helps future energy leaders get a global perspective by Omar…
Retirement Is About Confidence as Well as Money
Feeling financially savvy is as important as actually being savvy, when it comes to easing retirement anxiety
Alumni Notes
Update US Please send your updates to alumni@mccombs.utexas.edu for publication in the next issue of McCombs magazine. Feel free to…
Fueling Academic Excellence
Innovation is steeped in our DNA at McCombs and The University of Texas at Austin. I sometimes wonder whether we…
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…
11 Faculty Members to Receive Promotions for Fall Semester
Interim UT President Jim Davis has recommended 11 members of the faculty at Texas McCombs to the UT System Board…
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…
Accounting Faculty Member To Lead Board Of Trade Magazine
The Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TXCPA) announced in May that Derrick Bonyuet, clinical assistant professor of accounting, had been…
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…
Breaking Ground on Mulva Hall
Key donors celebrate visionary campus development and honor Miriam and Jim Mulva
Business Activism Brings Benefits and Blowback
Corporations may start choosing their battles more carefully
A Community of Success for McCombs Scholars
Business School Program Builds the Bonds and Offers the Support that Help Students Reach their Goals
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
Securities Watchdogs Bark More, Bite Less
SEC files more cases in September, right before a reporting deadline to Congress
A New Tack for Slack: Motivate Workers
Managers can boost everyone’s productivity by praising successful workers in company-wide messaging
Gatherings
2024 Summer Celebrations and more
Business Executive Pays it Forward by Teaching Children the Power of Coding
Nikole Vaughn, BBA ’96, MSTC ’04, was fresh out of college and working for Andersen Consulting, which later became Accenture
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
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
When Should Humans Override AI?
Asking AI to explain its reasons does not always help humans make better decisions
Dive into Change: MBA Alum Shares Career-Switch Advice After Launching Pool Service Business
The year was 2021, and the COVID-19 pandemic was making it hard for Leslie Elliott, MBA ’07, to get reliable service for her backyard swimming pool
Steady, Knowable Investing
Jeff Rosenbaum, BBA ’00, shares his insights on the future of energy and powerful investing
Driving Conversation
How Jefferson Fisher, BBA ’11, became the communications whisperer for 10 million people from the front seat of his SUV
What Is Your Next Move?
Whether you’re looking for a promotion, moving to a new job, or reinventing your career, take that next step
Finding A Lifesaving Purpose
Bianca Rhodes, BBA ’81, Found A Career In Finance, But Talent And Business Savvy Landed Her On The Front Lines Of The Aerospace Industry
McCombs by Your Side
Letter from the Dean
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…
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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…
Keith Asmussen, BBA ’21, MPA ‘22
Keith Asmussen, BBA ’21, MPA ‘22, recorded his 64th career victory as a jockey in December, passing the total registered…
Alex Gupta, MBA ’16
Alex Gupta, MBA ’16, founded Break Point Energy to help companies buy clean energy tax credits. He had worked as…