McCombs TODAY

The Austin Business Journal invited Lynn Slattery, assistant director of executive development programs for Texas Executive Education, to moderate a panel at its 14th annual Profiles in Power awards celebration July 24.
The panel, titled “Women’s Leadership Institute, Education and Training,” included executive education alumna Dannielle O’Donnell, current student Hema Reddy and continuing education advocate Norma [...]

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Join the McCombs School to celebrate the opening of the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center. You’ll get a free McCombs burnt orange T-shirt and can enter a drawing to win gift certificates for the facility. Come enjoy refreshments and tour the facility while listening to live music by Suede. Dean Thomas Gilligan will also [...]

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McCombs accounting junior Ricky Berens won a gold medal in the 4×200m freestyle at the Olympic games Aug. 12 in Beijing.
Watch Berens describe the winning race, which resulted in a world record.
Berens, one of 27 Longhorns to compete in these Olympic Games, was named Big 12 Swimmer of the Year and is a five-time Big [...]

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The Hindu
August 12, 2008

We need to ask some tough questions for answers to create freedom from poverty. Leaving the responsibility to the government alone will be the biggest mistake. Read the op-ed.

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Winners of the 2008 Global Moot Corp Competition hosted by The University of Texas at Austin opened the NASDAQ stock market Friday, Aug. 15 in New York City.
Rob Adams, director of the Moot Corp program and management lecturer did the honors along with NeuroBank, the team of MBA students from Carnegie Mellon University which won [...]

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The New York Times
August 8, 2008

Michael Granof is a professor of accounting at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.

State governments across the country are reeling from the effects of the current economic downturn. New York, facing a $26.2 billion deficit over the next three years, is particularly hard hit. [...]

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By Rob Meyer
Halliburton, the Houston-based energy company, has always been impressed by the graduates it has hired from the University of Texas. The engineers and scientists Halliburton recruits from UT represent some of the top young talent available.

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