November 2026 Issue

Research-Teaching Smackdown
Teaching and research: less cage match, more separate lanes

The Role of Context-Specific Information in Auditor Decisions
AI gave junior auditors better judgment and not just louder voices

Awards
This month we are honoring Ashish Agarwal who was a runner-up for the Best Paper Award at the 2026 Platform Strategy Research Symposium.

Ph.D. Student Spotlight
Minghong Yuan is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in information systems at the McCombs School of Business.

Undergraduate Research Assistant Student Spotlight
Siqi Chen is an accounting student in the integrated MPA program with a minor in MIS.

A Special Thank-You!
Thank you to all the faculty members and Ph.D. students who participated in the Research Lunch on Oct. 2.

Research Funding Opportunities
We are pleased to announce the continued success of the McCombs Undergraduate Research Assistant Program.