Learn more about recent honors, appointments and publications at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business in this month's achievements column. The achievements of faculty, staff and students are grouped within the college’s three mission-focused goals of research + discovery, learning + transformation and connection + engagement.

Research + Discovery

• School of Accountancy faculty were ranked in the latest BYU Accounting Research Productivity Ranking, measuring faculty research among more than 600 international institutions. Todd Thornock, associate professor of accountancy, earned No. 4 managerial experimental overall, while Tom Kubick, Ellsworth L. Fulk Chair and professor of accountancy, earned No. 6 managerial archival overall and No. 7 tax archival overall. Nebraska earned the recognition of No. 3 in managerial experimental in the Big Ten, No. 4 in archival audit in the Big Ten and No. 6 in financial archival and archival tax in the Big Ten. Rankings are based on the total research output of the school's faculty in the top 12 peer-reviewed accounting journals.
• The Department of Management ascended into the Top 20 in the United States in the Texas A&M/University of Georgia Rankings of Management Department Research Productivity list for 2023, including No. 19 for publications and No. 13 for publications/faculty.
• Research by three Department of Economics faculty members — Yifan Gong, assistant professor of economics; Daniel Tannenbaum, assistant professor of economics; and Yuxi Yao, assistant professor of economics — were cited in the 2024 Economic Report of the President. The White House report cites Tannenbaum's research on eviction and Gong and Yao's research on the housing market. Read the report.
• Four Bureau of Business Research Scholars presented their research projects and recent findings in a webinar on March 29. The BBR Scholars are undergraduate students who conduct original economic research for the bureau. The students and their research projects include: Jessica Chen, senior computer science and economics major from Lincoln, Nebraska, "Modeling Economic Wellbeing Using Machine Learning Techniques"; Isha Kishore, senior finance and management major from Omaha, "Voter Engagement Nonprofit Impact on Minority Voter Turnout"; Reese Munson, senior economics major from Omaha, "Innovation and SBIR Awards Granted to Women-Owned Businesses"; and Juliana Quattrocchi, senior economics major from Lincoln, " Mobility's Impact on Healthcare Work Arrangements: Evidence from a Late-Night Bus Service Expansion."
• Tom Kubick had his research paper "Judge Ideology and Debt Contracting" published in the Journal of Banking and Finance. The research found that loans issued by firms in circuits with a greater number of judges who are more liberal politically in a class action lawsuit have higher loan spreads, shorter maturity, and a larger number of more restrictive covenants. Read the research.

Learning + Transformation

• Six graduating business students were named Chancellor's Scholars by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln as they earned an A in every undergraduate class. It is the highest academic award at the university. The students are: Isaac Dietzenbach, actuarial science major from Canton, South Dakota; Sydney Gray, finance major from Tucson, Arizona; Ashley McRae, actuarial science major from Bolingbrook, Illinois; Aaryan Naik, economics major from Omaha; Gunner Ott, economics major from Valley, Nebraska; and Jayden Rocha, marketing major from Omaha.
• Eight international students earned their Employment Readiness Certificates this spring after completing an in-depth zero-credit course tailored to their specific career needs. The students included: Asila Al Rawahi, junior supply chain management major from Muscat, Oman; Wiam Ambusaidi, junior supply chain management major from Muscat, Oman; Sunny Gupta, junior finance major from Punjab, India; Kapil Mansinghani, sophomore international business major from Muscat, Oman; Xunqi Shen, senior supply chain management major from Chengdu, China; Yuwen Song, senior actuarial science major from Zibo, Shandong, China; Jia Xien Tee, junior supply chain management major from Subang Jaya, Malaysia; and Chun Yin U, senior economics major from Shah Alam, Malaysia. Three peer mentors for the class were international business majors Sasha Akeson, junior from Crete, Nebraska; Collette Feagins, sophomore from Omaha; and Mollie Fee, sophomore from Omaha.
• A team of students from the Nebraska Business Honors Academy competed and earned third place and the Team Communication Award in the Leadership Challenge Event hosted by the Washburn University Leadership Institute on March 1 in Topeka, Kansas. The event challenges students to address a variety of problems and situations where the outcome of the simulation depends on the leadership decisions made throughout the course of the competition. The students included: Lily Cooper, sophomore supply chain management major from Aurora, Illinois; Tanner Maas, sophomore actuarial science and finance major from Omaha; Alex Nydahl, senior finance major from Lincoln; Sam Nelson, senior accounting major from Columbus, Nebraska; and Grace Schaefer, sophomore supply chain management major from Papillion, Nebraska.
• The Nebraska Council on Economic Education partnered with economic educators from Virginia, Georgia and South Carolina as well as the Council for Economic Education to create the "Ethics, Economics, and Social Issues Curriculum," which earned a silver award at the National Association of Economic Educators Spring Conference. The curriculum helps students think critically about ethical issues and understand why ideas of right and wrong are vital to economic decision-making.

Connection + Engagement

• Nikolas Mainieri Mancio, junior accounting and finance major from Porto Alegre, Brazil, and Aaryan Naik, senior economics major from Omaha, were named Students of the Month by the Nebraska Business Student Advisory Board.
• Edgar Montoya, Inclusive Business Leaders and diversity, equity and inclusion coordinator, and '21 alum, was named to First Generation Nebraska Advisory Board. As part of the board, he works to help connect first-generation college students to mentoring, resources, and opportunities they need to make the most of their college experience and overcome obstacles these students face in obtaining a college degree.
• Mia Sadlouskos, junior marketing and broadcasting major from Lithia, Florida, was selected for an award from the Omaha Press Club Foundation. She will receive the $2,500 Judy Horan Scholarship, which honors a longtime Omaha Press Club reporter and former promotion and marketing director at WOWT TV.
• The College of Business Career Center took 12 students to Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona, for the spring career expedition. The students experienced what it's like to live and work in the area, visiting eight employers. The students included: Cecelia Beckerbauer, freshman management and computer science major from Omaha; Austin Cramer, junior finance and accounting major from Plymouth, Minnesota; Jonathan Gerdes, senior civil engineering major from Lincoln; Jagjot Grewal, MBA student from Gilbert, Arizona; Laci Hilpipre, junior accounting major from Okoboji, Iowa; Nathan Johnson, M.S. in business analytics student from Lincoln; Sydney Moore, sophomore business administration major from Omaha; Madeline Ann Rentschler, freshman actuarial science major from Atkinson, Nebraska; Shannon Sullivan, junior accounting major from Palatine, Illinois; Jia Xien Tee, junior supply chain management major from Selangor, Malaysia; Zhang Xuan Tan, senior management major from Selangor, Malaysia; and Chun Yin U, senior economics major from Selangor, Malaysia.
• Forty Clifton Strengths Institute students from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln went to Kansas State University in March to participate in a student-led conference focused on developing strengths. Eight of them led sessions, including business students Carolina Barraza, junior accounting major from Courtland, Kansas; Jade Erickson, junior Clifton Builders management major from Central City, Nebraska; Chloe Heller, senior management and marketing major from Lincoln; Isha Kishore, senior finance and management major from Omaha; and Sarah Leach, senior marketing major from Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
• The UNL Black Masque Chapter of Mortar Board national honor society tapped business students for membership including: Tenley Katt, junior finance major from Lincoln; Avery Plessel, junior marketing major from Beatrice, Nebraska; and Tram Ngo, junior marketing and management major from Crete. The induction ceremony is in April.
• The Innocents Society, the Chancellor's senior honorary society, tapped business students for membership, including Natalie Karrels, junior supply chain management major from Brookfield, Wisconsin; and Nikolas Mainieri Mancio, junior accounting and finance major from Porto Alegre, Brazil. The induction ceremony is in April.

This column is a monthly feature of the College of Business. Faculty, staff and students can submit achievements to be considered for this column via the News Proposal Form at the bottom of https://business.unl.edu webpage. On the form, select Recognize Achievement and fill out the related questions.