Gies News Articles
Dec 22
Engagement is key for Gies professor Hayden Noel
For the past four years, Noel has taught marketing courses for Gies’ online MBA program – called the iMBA. He had never taught online previously, and but now he'll be the first to say online education is here to stay, and its impact is real and enduring.
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Dec 16
Studies show the impact of access to politicians and information
In “All the President’s Friends: Political Access and Firm Value”, Huang and Dean Jeffrey R. Brown decided to cross-reference White House visitor logs with the names of key executives at S&P 1500 companies to determine the value of political access.
Dec 15
Caterpillar’s Redzic shares insights at Hallene Lecture
On October 14, Ogi Redzic, chief digital officer and vice president of Caterpillar Inc., delivered the Fall 2020 Hallene Lecture on “Innovating for the Next 100 Years: The Power of Digital Technology to Shape the Physical World.”
Dec 15
Rindfleisch makes online digital marketing course accessible, entertaining to diverse global audience
Nearly half a million learners have enrolled in Aric Rindfleisch's “Marketing in a Digital World”, making it the College’s and University’s most popular online course and the No. 1 marketing course in the world.
Dec 14
Two Gies alumni named to Forbes 30 Under 30
Two Gies College of Business alumni - Lucas Frye (MBA ’17) and Belall Taher (ACCY ’15) - have been named to the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Dec 10
Laney invited to join World Economic Forum’s Data for Common Purpose Initiative
Based on his groundbreaking work on infonomics, which includes models for measuring data's potential and realized benefits that today are used by organizations around the world, Gies professor Doug Laney will be leading DCPI's data valuation workstream.
Dec 09
Weinstein gift helping build next generation of real estate professionals
The Howard Weinstein Real Estate Fund supports the Real Estate Program at Gies Business, specifically by funding student-related activities organized by, sponsored by, or for the benefit of members of Rho Epsilon.
Dec 03
Illinois AD Whitman: Gies alumni “always expanding their influence”
Josh Whitman (FIN '01) has participated in Homecoming as an undergraduate student, student-athlete, graduate student, alumnus, and now head of one of the largest athletic departments in the Big Ten.
Dec 01
3 Gies faculty named to P&Q’s Top Undergraduate Business Professors
Three Gies College of Business professors, Michael Bednar, Aravinda Garimella, and Mark Wolters have been recognized among the Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors in the country, according to business education publication Poets&Quants