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Dean Tom Gilligan will speak on economic growth as part of the University Lecture Series hosted by UT’s School of Undergraduate Studies.
His speech, titled Emerging Global Economic Growth, will take place Monday, Sept. 21, 2009 at 7 p.m. in the Bass Concert Hall.
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Throughout history, poverty and economic stagnation have defined the human condition. Even today, more [...]

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The Alcalde, July/August 2009
Hiring is down. Anxiety is up. Tom Gilligan is calm.
When economic conditions plunge, a university’s business school feels the nausea most. UT’s McCombs School has been led by a newcomer to Texas this past year. If a mid-crisis transition like that sounds like it could be rough, realize Dean Gilligan’s used to [...]

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Dean Thomas Gilligan recently interviewed Red McCombs in San Antonio at an event for young alumni called “Access McCombs.” They discussed numerous topics including McCombs’ keys to success, leadership, the economy, the auto industry, work/life balance and philanthropy. In this clip, McCombs comments on the current recession. “There is so much productivity built in to the American [...]

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McCombs School of Business Dean Tom Gilligan hosted a panel of distinguished professors from across The University of Texas at Austin April 28 to discuss the policy decisions President Barack Obama has made to help ease the current recession. Taking part in the discussion were Bernard S. Black from the School of Law and the McCombs [...]

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What: The Texas Investment Conference 2009
Where: The Texas Union on the UT Campus.
When: 1:30 - 5:00 Wednesday, April 29, 2009
http://www.texasinvestmentconference.com/
The first keynote speech will be from the Chief Economist of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Michael Cox. The second keynote will be Larry Goldsmith, a Partner at Perella Weinberg Partners, who will provide an insight [...]

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Top brass. Rally the troops. Lead the charge.
Business lingo often borrows heavily from military vocabulary, but the overlap between the two worlds extends far beyond metaphors.
Former military officers are well-represented among our corporate chiefs. Research conducted in 2005 found that military officers were three times more likely than other Americans to serve as CEOs of [...]

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McCombs Dean Tom Gilligan shared his thoughts on the economic meltdown earlier this month at the Men’s Breakfast Club at the Lakeway Activity Center. The Lake Travis View reported on the talk.
“In a very significant way, today’s financial crisis is directly connected to the enormous savings of countries in Asia and the Middle East during [...]

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Moot Corp is the oldest and most prestigious student business-plan competition in the United States. In the first-ever reunion of past Texas Moot Corp winners, the founders of seven companies will share their stories and insights into the start-up process. This panel discussion, followed by a question and answer session, will cover topics such as [...]

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From ShelfLife@Texas
For Thomas Gilligan, recently appointed dean of the McCombs School of Business, reading is like breathing.
“I’m not sure I can think of myself as existing apart from reading—it’s an integral part of life,” Gilligan says. “Reading was a big salvation for me when I went into military service right out of high school. It’s [...]

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Fresh from a 20-year appointment at the University of Southern California, Dean Thomas Gilligan dives into Texas during a semester marked by unprecedented economic events. His mission: learn fast, listen well and DREAM BIG.
Tom Gilligan must be taking his vitamins. His first semester as dean of the McCombs School of Business has seen more than [...]

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