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McCombs No. 7 Worldwide for Faculty Research
Faculty research hits historic high in Financial Times EMBA Ranking
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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 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…
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…
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,…
MBA Hits Three Top 10 Lists
McCombs not only takes high marks for marketing and consulting but rates family friendly in the Princeton Review’s 2023 rankings…
Texas McCombs MBA Rises to No. 18 in Poets & Quants Ranking
For the 13th year in a row, McCombs placed in the top 20 in the nation’s most comprehensive MBA ranking…
McCombs Entrepreneurship No. 2 in Princeton Review rank
Undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship both reach top 5 In the Princeton Review’s tally of the top 50 U.S. undergraduate schools…
Texas McCombs BBA Ranked No. 7, Nation’s Leader in Top 10 Specialties
McCombs’ undergraduate program lands at No. 7, and all 13 business specialties ranked in the top 10 The McCombs School…
MS in Finance Hits No. 3 in U.S.
Texas Master of Science in Finance takes top 5 in both Financial Times and the Financial Engineer Times. The Texas Master…
Exec Ed Hits Historic High in Financial Times Ranking
McCombs is No. 6 in the U.S. for programs customized to meet company needs McCombs Texas Executive Education is ranked…
Global CEO and Thought Leader to Speak at MBA Commencement
Lanaya Irvin, MBA ’08, who spent more than a decade in banking and markets at Bank of America Merrill, addresses…
High Marks for MBA Programs
In a historic first, 7 Texas McCombs graduate business specialties land in the top 10 in U.S. News & World…
Alumni Boom
New and revived alumni chapters ignited during pandemic By Gretchen M. Sanders McCombs’ Philadelphia alumni chapter met in September. Those…
Embracing Change in Challenging Times
Letter from Dean Lillian Mills of the McCombs School of Business Dean Lillian Mills On June 1 I became the new…
Boom Town
Pandemic changes in Austin bode well for students and faculty Austin was already a hot spot for business, but during…
Texas Working Professional MBA Hits No. 7 in Fortune
McCombs takes high marks in debut ranking of part-time MBA programs The suite of Texas McCombs Working Professional MBA programs…
Texas McCombs Makes Top 5 in Entrepreneurship
McCombs receives high ranks in Princeton Review’s latest ranking of top entrepreneurship programs The Texas BBA Program landed at No.…
Making Better Decisions
A new course explores bias and stereotyping in marketing Trenzio Turner created Bias and Stereotyping in Marketing, a one-credit-hour elective…
Masters of Adaptability
Students in McCombs’ four Master of Science programs make the most of difficult times in a year like no other…
Pandemic Pivots
How McCombs students, faculty, and alumni changed during uncertain times By Sharon Jayson and Matt W. Turner | Illustrations by…
World Traveler
Kelly Steckelberg, MPA ’91, has always looked for opportunities to learn something new. Here’s how the CFO managed Zoom’s whirlwind…
McCombs No. 10 Worldwide for Faculty Research
McCombs hits top 10 for publication prowess of its faculty in the world’s top business journals Texas McCombs rose two…
A Season of Transformation
Letter from the dean of the McCombs School of Business In a year as unprecedented as this one, we at the…
Rising to the Challenge
The former dean and McCombs alum is UT Austin’s new president UT Austin president Jay Hartzell Jay Hartzell, who spent nearly…
The McCombs Legacy
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the transformational gift that inspired generations of Longhorns With their $50 million donation…
Weighing in, in Heavy Times
How McCombs faculty members have advanced and elevated the national conversation around COVID-19 By Judie Kinonen and Mary Ann Roser With…
Trailblazers
Insights, challenges, and encouragement from Black entrepreneurs who charted their own paths after their time at McCombs By Alberta Phillips…
McCombs Hits Six Top 10 Lists in Princeton Review’s 2021 Rankings
McCombs continues to have the best campus environment of any business school in the nation The McCombs School of Business…
Texas Executive MBA Cracks Top 10 in U.S.
McCombs rose to No. 10 in the U.S. in the Financial Times’ 2020 Executive MBA Ranking McCombs’ Executive MBA program…
The Real You
McCombs alum and NFL veteran Sam Acho shares stories from his new book on bringing your authentic self to work…
Texas McCombs BBA No. 5 in 2021 U.S. News Rankings
McCombs’ undergraduate program maintained its top rank, including 12 business specialties ranked in the top 10 The McCombs School of…
Amplifying Diversity
McCombs faculty chosen by students in new awards for fostering inclusive classrooms 11 faculty members across the McCombs School of…
McCombs Hits Historic Highs in Supply Chain Management
McCombs lands in top 5 for supply chain education at both undergrad and grad levels in a major industry ranking…
MS in Finance Program Continues Rise among Top 10
The Texas Master of Science in Finance rose to No. 6 among U.S. programs in the latest ranking by Financial…
McCombs Top 6 in U.S. for Social Responsibility
McCombs takes high marks for positive social impact in worldwide student assessment The McCombs School of Business is one of…
Celebrating the Life of Dean George William Gau
The ninth dean of the McCombs School of Business passed away on Dec. 23 George William Gau, the ninth dean…
Brand Ambassador
Emily Reagan, MBA ’99, takes the helm of the school’s marketing efforts as first chief marketing officer A former chair…
Texas McCombs BBA No. 5 in 2020 U.S. News Rankings
McCombs’ undergraduate program rose to No. 5 and 10 business specialties ranked in the top 10 The McCombs School of…
Student-Led Conference Explores Inclusion in the Workplace
Two Texas McCombs MBAs launched a conference focused on “diversity that works” Ashley Fox and DeAndrea Staes, MBA ’19 Ashley Fox and…
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…
Bringing Everyone into the Conversation
An interview with Raji Srinivasan, McCombs’ first associate dean for Diversity and Inclusion This summer, Dean Jay Hartzell created a…
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…
Business Schools Need To Start Teaching Students How To Think Like Steve Jobs
UT entrepreneurship professor says future-focused imagination can be taught, and it’s high-time business schools started Based on the research 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…
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…