Gies News Articles
Mar 29
Study: Rapid bulk-testing for COVID-19 key to reopening universities
A new paper co-written by a team of Gies Business professors shows that rapid bulk-testing for COVID-19 along with other standard mitigation measures such as mask-wearing and social distancing were the keys to successfully reopening universities during COVID.
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Mar 24
Divine Inhibition: Research finds thinking about God at work can stifle creativity
New research from Gies College of Business Professor Jack Goncalo shows that believers might experience divine inhibition rather than divine inspiration at work.
Mar 22
Perry: Higher ed must respond to society’s racial inequity
Colleges of Business must respond immediately to issues of racial inequity in society, according to renowned researcher Andre Perry, a senior fellow in the Brookings Institute’s Metropolitan Policy Program.
Mar 17
FindMBA: Securing a competitive online MBA place
Because of COVID-19, business school applications are skyrocketing, according to a recent article on FindMBA.com. The iMBA from Gies College of Business is seeing record demand from working professionals looking to improve their credentials.
Mar 15
Grammy Awards finds MBA student’s retro gramophone pitch perfect
Chicago-based entrepreneur Anthony Vitale used lessons learned in the Gies iMBA program to capture the interest of the producers of this year’s Grammy Awards. His Bluetooth Gramophone 2.0 was the star of each presenter’s dressing room.
Mar 11
Personal charitable donation budgets flexible in aftermath of deadly storms
A new paper from a team of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign experts finds that, in the aftermath of catastrophic tornadoes, charitable giving to alleviate an unanticipated event doesn’t necessarily crowd out monetary donations to other causes.
Mar 04
App for “sneakerheads” off to a running start
Gies seniors David Alston and Nicco Adams, who developed a social app for sneakerheads, were accepted to Apple’s first-ever Entrepreneur Camp for Black Founders and Developers.