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Texas Executive MBA Hits No. 8 in U.S.

Texas Business of Sports Summit Lets Pros, Students Share Ideas
Students and professionals gathered in October to exchange ideas and build connections during the daylong Texas Business of Sports Summit.…

McCombs Marketing Conference Explores the Coming AI Revolution
More than a dozen speakers offered insights, tips, and warnings about the present and future of artificial intelligence at the…

Ethics Unwrapped Marks 10 Years of Fostering Ethical Leadership
Ethics Unwrapped, which teaches ethics through the latest research combined with video interviews and animation, celebrated its first decade last…

UT Starts Speakers Bureau
The University of Texas at Austin has launched its first-ever University-wide speakers bureau, a new program that makes it easier…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Big Dreams and Red-Hot Connections
How 25 years of entrepreneurial energy changed the trajectory and brand of business at McCombs Fireworks light the sky over…

Texas McCombs to Host Energy Business Outlook Breakfast in Houston Feb. 28
Experts will discuss energy and the economic cycle and the 2023 prospects for Texas markets, and how businesses can better…

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 Hosts Dallas Fed President’s First Speech on Monetary Policy Goals
Lorie Logan lays out plan to back gradual rate hikes with no projected peak rate McCombs clinical associate professor of…

Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan to Speak at Texas McCombs Jan. 18
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President and CEO Lorie Logan to speak at McCombs Jan. 18. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas…

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…

She Changed the World
Civic activist Shudde Bryson Fath, BBA ’37, was role model for leadership Shudde Bryson Fath, BBA ’37, legendary Austin activist,…

Texas Executive Education Launches Executive Program for Energy Leaders
Created in partnership with Emeritus, the new 9- to 12-month program provides senior energy executives with the strategic perspective, agile…

New McCombs Course Aims to Spur Energy Entrepreneurship
Collaboration between UT and MIT will catalyze Texas energy startups Eight-time entrepreneur Mellie Price, executive director of McCombs’ Texas Venture…

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…

Sports Industry Gamechangers
Texas McCombs, Accenture summit convenes superstars in the business of sports to network with students from across campus Ben Howell,…

Fourlane Establishes Gift for Next-Gen Accountants
Scholarship to prepare accounting students for advisory positions Students interning at Fourlane in summer 2022 convene on Zoom. One of…

Texas Executive MBA Hits No. 7 in U.S.
McCombs rose to No. 7 in the U.S. in the Financial Times’ 2022 Executive MBA ranking McCombs’ Executive MBA program…

McCombs MS and MBA Programs Take High Ranks
Three master’s programs at McCombs and the full-time MBA continue to hit high marks in the 2023 QS World University…

Texas McCombs MBA Hits Businessweek’s Top 20
Full-Time MBA program rose to rank 19 nationwide and to rank 5 among public schools The Texas McCombs Full-Time MBA…

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…

Succeeding in the Business of Sports
Texas Business of Sports Summit to focus on careers in analytics, branding, and more Students network at McCombs School of…

TransUnion Gift To Fund Groundbreaking Data Privacy Research
New collaboration between McCombs and national credit reporting agency will focus on financial data privacy and transparency TransUnion and McCombs…

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…

Game Changer
McCombs launches Business of Sports minor to prepare new industry leaders By Alberta Phillips | Illustrations by The Sporting Press…

New Business of Sports Institute Brings Big Names and Ideas to Summit
Author, sports analyst, and McCombs faculty member Kirk Goldsberry is the new executive director of the McCombs Business of Sports…

A Passion for the Business of Music
At McCombs conference, students are urged to harness their enthusiasm and learn from setbacks. In its drive to bridge the…

Explainable AI
Global Analytics Summit examines efforts to understand how AI systems work and why that’s essential Michael Sury, managing director of…

The Future of Work
Experts say the pandemic has brought permanent changes where and how we work, from technology to women in the workplace…

The McCombs Legacy
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the transformational gift that inspired generations of Longhorns With their $50 million donation…

A Sense of Belonging
To meet the demands of corporate hiring — and to meet the current moment — McCombs works to cultivate a more representative student body…