News Articles
Feb 20
Wolters' dynamic teaching approach wins national acclaim
Gies marketing professor Mark Wolters has earned multiple national and campus teaching awards. This past year, he won the Distinguished Teacher Award from The Society for Marketing Advances and the Student Success Impact Award from the University of Illinois.
Feb 19
STUDY: Retail app outage has surprising impact on in-store shopping and customer behavior
Gies Professor Unnati Narang studied an app outage, which cost the retailer $1.08 million in lost revenue and additional potential losses. She found the mobile outage actually decreased in-store shopping, highlighting the importance of mobile apps for product search in the retail experience.
Feb 11
PODCAST: Professor Oscar Ybarra on workplace wellness, psychology in business
Oscar Ybarra is passionate about finding the answers to questions that impact our daily lives, and he has co-authored a new study on workplace well-being
Feb 10
Study reveals online donations drop when government signals support
Many nonprofits are turning to online crowdfunding platforms to appeal to potential donors; however, a recent study has shown that when government funding becomes available, giving levels often drop.
Feb 05
Southern California grapples with economic fallout from historic wildfires
Experts from Gies College of Business warn that the road to recovery will be long, with significant challenges to the local economy, housing market, and insurance industry.
Feb 04
Gies Business charting course through AI’s “Wild West” in business education
In a presentation to fellow business deans at the 2025 AACSB Deans Conference, Brooke Elliott emphasized innovation, collaboration, and a focus on core educational values.
Feb 03
Wildfires affecting lives even a thousand miles away
A study out of the University of Illinois Gies College of Business details the health risks posed by smoke plumes that have traveled across the country in the days following wildfires.
Jan 28
AI regulations and their mixed impact on business
Gies accounting faculty William Ciconte, Andrea M. Rozario, and Oktay Urcan recently completed studies on the mixed impact that AI regulation has had on the business sector.
Jan 27
Undergraduate entrepreneur receives national recognition for disruptive startup
Now in its fourth year, Poets&Quants’ ranking highlights the most disruptive startups founded by undergraduates at top-ranked business schools. Each startup is selected for its potential to transform its industry and become a "game-changing" force in its market.
Jan 24
PODCAST: Alumnus and longtime Gies supporter Tony Petullo
Over the past four decades, Tony Petullo has given back to the University of Illinois in many impactful ways. And, despite being in his 80's, Tony still mentors Gies Business students each and every semester.
Jan 21
New report from Gies College of Business reveals more employees are languishing than flourishing at work
Data from new study reveal that many employees are not thriving: 57% of respondents report languishing at work, while 43% report flourishing.
Jan 16
Gies researchers cited in latest CBO Climate Change Report
The CBO estimates that the under the likely scenario (a three-degree warming trend), the GDP will decrease by four percent, wildfires would be five times greater, and damage from routine flooding would total $250 billion.
Jan 13
Board gender diversity improves investment efficiency for companies
Researchers collected data on nearly 36,000 companies between 1999 and 2021, and their study shows that investment efficiency improved in firms where the country is implementing board gender diversity interventions.
Jan 09
Adapting the curriculum for the future of business
Business schools are facing pressure to adapt to a rapidly changing business environment marked by technological advancements, globalization, and emerging high-growth industries. This requires us to take a critical look at how and what we teach.
Jan 06
Gies researcher uses novel approach to uncover prevalence of earnings manipulation
Results of a list experiment suggest that executives from 12.4% of Russell 3000 companies may have committed financial statement fraud at least once in the last five years.