James Ziliak recently spoke to Fortune about the president's campaign to end hunger. Read: "Biden administration takes credit for reducing hunger, pushes for permanent changes."
Research by assistant professor of accounting Tyler Kleppe was recently featured on the Columbia Law School's blog on corporations and the capital markets. Read "The Efficacy of PCAOB Operational Decision Making."
Professor Cynthia Vines, Director of Gatton's Online Certificate in Financial Planning, was featured in WalletHub's "Ask the Experts" piece about personal loans. Read the Q&A here.
Welcome to our May 2021 newsletter!
It’s an exciting time for our UK MBA program as we recently graduated our classes of 2021 from our full time One-Year MBA program as well as our part time Professional MBA program, and we will be welcoming our new full time One-Year MBA cohort next month.
Monika Causholli presented her paper titled "Non-GAAP Earnings and Board Connectedness in a Multiplex Network" at Oklahoma State University. The paper is co-authored with Gatton PhD student Valbona Sulcaj and Nicole Jenkins (University of Virginia).
Millions of students haven’t been in the classroom since March 2020, and it’s sparking a national debate. Many teachers, parents and students alike are eager to get back to in-person learning. The question is — can it be done safely?
Each spring, the Gatton College of Business and Economics celebrates faculty and staff for superior accomplishments. This is a time to look back on the past year and recognize those who have gone above and beyond in their service to the college. This year, the Gatton community gathered both virtually and in-person to honor the following achievements. Congratulations to all!
Allan Chen received the Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Journal of Marketing, one of the premium journals in Marketing and a UT-Dallas journal.
As a part of the CFA University Affiliation Program, the Department of Finance and Quantitative Methods is pleased to recognize fourteen students who were awarded a CFA Scholarship to aid their pursuit of the CFA designation during the 2020-2021 exam cycle:
Taisir Ali Al Hilfi
Nicolas De Villalobos Paz
Winston Duncan
Andrew Ebelhar
Gatton College Economics alumna Tiffany Ge was promoted to legislative director of the personal office of U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in Washington, D.C. Ge, from Louisville, Kentucky, joined the senator’s office in 2017 as legal counsel and manages an extensive legislative portfolio. Read the full story on UKNow.
