Christopher Gray on overcoming adversity, his entrepreneurial superpowers and his quest to save the world.

It has been an eventful year for the Department of Accounting & Taxation.

The Accounting Department is pleased to welcome 4 new faculty members and a new staff member to our department and congratulate 4 professors on their promotions

We thought you may want to get to know our faculty a little better, so we asked around to see if anyone had interests outside of the field.

PhD candidate Tom Zylkin recently accepted a visiting assistant researcher position at Yale University under the supervision of Professor Costas Arkolakis.

Join us for coffee, catch up with fellow alumni, meet our faculty and mingle with our Beta Alpha Psi students.

The Accounting Department welcomes scholars from around the country to present relevant accounting research and topics to our faculty and students.

One of the most challenging events for a board is the departure of a company’s CEO. A study by Booz & Company found that 14.2 percent of CEOs at the world’s 2,500 largest public companies were replaced in 2011. This rate of turnover implies that a typical CEO is on the job for about seven years.

Not long after being sworn in as the new Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mary Jo White presided over her first open SEC meeting.

Independence Blue Cross (IBC) recently teamed up with Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business to develop a Business Analytics Certificate program as a new way to further develop its informatics staff and prepare them for the many opportunities to improve health care coming with health care reform. The first class of IBC associates completed the program in May and a new class of students will begin this fall.

The National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) of Philadelphia awards banquet recognized three Drexel University students who were awarded scholarships.

Commencement is the culmination and celebration of four to five years of hard work and dedication and the beginning of the next chapter of their lives.

LeBow College of Business has transitioned from using the term "concentrations” to “majors.”

Scott Dust, who is graduating with a doctorate in management, was recognized with the Outstanding Promise Doctoral Award by the University.

Junior Stephanie Terinoni was awarded a $4,000 multi-year scholarship from the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Congratulations, Stephanie!