News Articles
Jul 30
Herbold’s approach to teaching Accountancy wins top award
Gies Business Teaching Professor Josh Herbold, has been honored with the 2025 Outstanding Educator Award from the Illinois CPA Society.
Jul 28
Gies Business retirement expert calls for reframing annuities conversation
Reframing annuities as reliable cash flow instead of a risky investment can significantly reduce the stress inherent in retirement planning, according to Gies Business Professor and Dean Emeritus Jeff Brown.
Jul 25
Wymer Hall centers learners at heart of its design
Steven S. Wymer Hall takes learner-centric design to the next level, from its flexible, hybrid classrooms to its intentional collaboration spaces and everything in between.
Jul 25
Four Gies Business faculty featured at NBER Summer Institute
David Molitor, Tatyana Deryugina, Julian Reif, and Riley League authored research papers that were featured at the 2025 National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Summer Institute conference held July 7-25 in Cambridge, MA.
Jul 23
Rethinking AI through the lens of empowerment
Three Gies scholars reframe conversation by introducing a new perspective that positions AI not as a threat but a collaborative partner in human creativity.
Jul 22
Court blocks medical debt credit rule, but Gies study suggests limited impact
Judge reverses Biden-era rule, but Gies study shows eliminating medical debts from credit scores would have had little to no measurable impact on credit outcomes or likelihood of default.
Jul 21
PODCAST: Gies Business Chief Marketing Officer Jan Slater
Branding a business school isn’t about marketing buzz—it’s about authenticity and purpose. Chief Marketing Officer Jan Slater joins The Gies Download to reveal how - and why - the Gies Business brand was built.
Jul 17
Two Gies Business students named to Poets&Quants Best & Brightest 2025 Online MBA
Christina Reed and Malcolm Wilson were recognized as standouts in online MBA programs across the country.
Jul 16
Faculty Entrepreneurial Leadership Programs welcomes 26 members
Designed to help faculty innovators enhance the commercial and social impact of their research, FELP is a selective professional development program that imparts entrepreneurial knowledge and self-efficacy without requiring prior startup experience.