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Department of Accounting News

The Department of Accounting provides a curriculum that dynamically blends theory and practice. Accounting students are prepared to pursue careers and advancement in the areas of taxation, public accounting, managerial or corporate accounting, and government.

Current Accounting News

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People |

From Deloitte to Wynn Resorts, alumni prove how Lee Business School turns education into career breakthroughs.

Standing left to right are Justin Manning, Jacinto Alfaro-Martinez, James Sarmiento and Quincy Branch
Campus News |

The duo presented their pitch to Nevada Surplus Lines Foundation board members, who agreed to fund the first cohort of insurance and risk management juniors and seniors with up to $10,000 per year.

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Campus News |

Accounting lecturer Tammy Perri brings regulatory realities from the world's largest poker tournament to her classroom.

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Campus News |

Budgeting, bragging rights, and a lot of fun — this accounting class adds up to student success.

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Business and Community |

UNLV study shows that what corporate leaders say, and how they say it, can change how people invest their money.

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Campus News |

As plans for a permanent memorial garden take shape, community-driven projects offer a way for students and faculty to reckon with loss.

Accounting In The News

Las Vegas Weekly

Coffee is all about ritual—the smell of the beans, the personalization of cream and sugar and the comfort of enjoying the cup, whether it’s in your kitchen, your car or at a cafe. And while routine is central to the coffee experience, customer behavior points to a paradigm shift when it comes to where people choose to get their morning joe.

Las Vegas Sun

Actions speak louder than words — except, maybe, on earnings calls. Investors may be more likely to place financial stake in a company if they learn about that company’s future plans through the written word and not increasingly common audio or visual formats, like quarterly video calls in which CEOs discuss company performance with shareholders, according to a new UNLV study.

Phys.org

Female CEOs were held in higher regard when they reacted to shareholder activism—attempts by shareholders, often hedge funds, to wield their influence as partial owners to bring about change in a corporation—using cooperative approaches. Similarly, the study found that male CEOs were regarded more highly when they used dominant or assertive stances, and less highly when they were communal.

Forbes

Researchers have found that female CEOs are targeted by activist shareholders more frequently than their male counterparts and are more likely to cooperate with activist requests. While there has been a lot of speculation about the reasons for these findings, little evidence has been brought to bear on the issue.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Through an analysis of Federal Bureau of Investigation internet crime data from 2022 and census data, Tiplati, an accounting software company, found Nevada had 286 victims of financial fraud per 100,000 people. The Silver State ranked just ahead of Delaware, Alaska, California and Colorado, per the report.

Conversation

Congress is on the verge of spending US$1.9 trillion to provide additional coronavirus relief to Americans, including $1,400 direct payments and extended unemployment benefits. Opinion polls show the bill has strong support, even among Republican voters.

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Recent Accounting Accomplishments

Aaron Saiewitz (Accounting) completed his term as President of the Accounting Behavior and Organizations (ABO) Section of the American Accounting Association (AAA) by hosting the 2025 ABO Research Conference in Indianapolis. Dr. Saiewitz also had a paper accepted to the conference (presented by a co-author), titled "Clients’ Experiences with the…
Scott Jackson (Accounting) recently presented at the 2025 BYU Accounting Research Symposium held in Provo, Utah. Jackson presented his paper entitled “Nonprofit CEO Compensation and Gender: A Different Context for the Implied Communality Deficit."
Scott Jackson (Accounting) recently published a case study, "A COVID-19-Related Fraud at Applied BioSciences Corp.: What Are the Lessons?" in Issues in Accounting Education, the premier educational journal in accounting. The case, co-authored with Paul Ordyna (University of Missouri - St Louis) and Srini Ragothaman (University of South…
Aaron Saiewitz (Accounting) and his co-authors, Mary Kate Dodgson (Lehigh University) and Marcus Doxey (University of Alabama), recently had their paper, "Examining the Use of Trait Skepticism Feedback in Auditor Training," accepted for publication in Accounting Horizons. Their study used an experiment to test the efficacy of a new audit firm…
Scott Jackson (Accounting) and co-authors Elaine Wang and David Piercey from the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently published their paper, "Does Temporal Immediacy Impact Investors’ Judgments? It Depends on Communication Mode," in the journal Behavioral Research in Accounting. The study finds that investors are more willing to…
Truman Rowley (Accounting) has been honored with the 2024 Outstanding Dissertation Award by the Accounting Behavior and Organizations (ABO) Section of the American Accounting Association. The award was recently announced at the ABO Conference in Montreal, Canada, where Rowley also presented his research, titled "Does 'Making a Difference' Make a…