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Soon-to-be WVU graduate Leonardo D. Cuellar credits mentors and peers in the WVU John Chambers College of Business and Economics with helping him to build a mindset that has helped him succeed on campus and beyond. (WVU Photo)

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Leonardo D. Cuellar came to West Virginia University with a plan. He knew his major from the start — Management Information Systems — and he knew he wanted professors who would mentor, connect and challenge him. He found that in the WVU John Chambers College of Business and Economics.

Leonardo D. Cuellar, graduating senior, Management Information Systems, WVU John Chambers College of Business and Economics (WVU Photo)

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As a rising high school senior originally from Mexico and living in Texas, the first thing that put WVU on his radar was the plan for Reynolds Hall. To him, it wasn’t just going to be a new space, it was a signal that the University was investing in business students. When he dug into the curriculum, the fit felt even clearer. The coursework paralleled his goals, and offered an emphasis on practical problem solving and entrepreneurship.

Morgantown was a major shift but he settled in quickly, building community through the Connect Lead Innovate Motivate and Belong LLC program and by joining Data Driven West Virginia within his first weeks on campus. From the beginning, he said, faculty made a point to be accessible — encouraging students to ask questions, use office hours and consider their professors real resources.

In Reynolds Hall, Cuellar works through a client project as part of Data Driven West Virginia, the WVU Chambers College technology consulting outreach center that connects student teams with organizations across Appalachia. (WVU Photo)

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“I believe we can be as good as the people around us, and I was looking for somewhere where they would bet on me and where I would be around good people that would help me grow personally, academically and professionally,” he said.

Data Driven West Virginia has been one part of his WVU story that’s helped him grow the most. Based in the Chambers College, the technology consulting outreach center connects student teams with small businesses, industry partners and nonprofit organizations across Appalachia. Students use applied technology to meet the real needs of their “clients.”

He started as a volunteer. Today, he’s a project manager.

He credits Data Driven with changing him from a shy freshman with real presentation anxiety to a confident student comfortable explaining technical work and steadfast when leading teams. It also broadened his technical range, giving him experience across tools and technologies, and the confidence to step into new problems quickly.

With a microphone in hand, Cuellar presents to an audience, an example, he says, of how Data Driven West Virginia helped transform him from a shy freshman with presentation anxiety into a confident project manager. (WVU Photo)

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That work translated into internships. In professional settings, Cuellar said managers have asked if he’d already held a full-time job because they didn’t have to “hold his hand.” He said he believes that’s because he made early mistakes, learned fast and got coached through it all in Data Driven — all while doing work with a social impact.

“Our students are learning to be problem solvers using data and technology,” said Brad Price, chair and associate professor of business data analytics for Management Information Systems in the WVU Chambers College. “Our goal is to empower the next generation to put available business technology to its best use.”

Representing WVU Data Driven West Virginia, Cuellar and teammates connect with the community at an outreach event, sharing how student-led technology projects can create practical impact for local partners. (Submitted Photo)

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When Cuellar talks about the ways WVU has changed him he talks about refinement.

“I was asked in an interview not too long ago ‘How do you react to things that are difficult, challenging or hard to you?’ I answered: ‘I embrace it.’ Even though I believe I have always been a strong-minded person, WVU taught me how to be comfortable being uncomfortable,” he said. 

A December graduate, Cuellar points to the collection of experiences that prepared him including faculty mentorship, complicated projects, coffee chats with professionals and four internships that built his range. He’s worked in geospatial analysis with the state of West Virginia, did accounting work with PwC, landed a Fortune 500 technology consulting internship with IBM, and worked on the technology infrastructure team supporting mergers and acquisitions projects at West Monroe, all before crossing the Commencement stage.

Cuellar stands at PwC during a consulting internship, one of several professional experiences he credits to early involvement, faculty mentorship and real-world, applied work through the WVU John Chambers College of Business and Economics. (Submitted Photo)

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His advice to students coming to WVU is to get involved early and use the resources. 

“Find your people who will push you, coach you and open doors,” he said. “And, most of all, follow your curiosity and learn like a sponge.” 

He said he’s excited to watch the University’s expansion in AI-related degrees and coursework, including Applied AI and Data Analytics which launched this fall, and as part of the first generation of students who will be expected to use these tools daily in the real world. He can attest that WVU is preparing students exceptionally well, he said.

At the center of Cuellar’s story is the same idea that brought him to WVU in the first place — find the place that bets on you, then do the work to prove it right.

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Singapore, 15 December 2025: World’s largest anti-fraud organisation the ACFE has announced Weiyi Tan, CFE, FSIArb, LLM, as newly elected member of its 2026–2027 Board of Regents

The Board of Regents is the ACFE’s highest elected office, and Regents are elected directly by Certified Fraud Examiners (CFEs) from around the world. Following a ballot featuring nine candidates, Weiyi Tan, CFE, FSIArb, LLM, is one of three selected to fill open positions on the board.

Weiyi co-heads the firm’s Asia-Pacific Regulatory and Investigations Group. She has been practicing law for more than 20 years and is qualified in Singapore, the U.K. (England and Wales) and the U.S. (New York). Weiyi advises clients on investigations into corruption, fraud and other white-collar offenses, and assists them with their response to enforcement and regulatory authorities. She also advises clients on the design and implementation of their anti-bribery and anti-fraud compliance programmes.

Weiyi has been a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) since 2015 and served as president of the ACFE Singapore Chapter from 2019 to 2023. She regularly speaks on fraud-related topics and has been a trainer and speaker at the Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference and the ACFE Fraud Conference Asia-Pacific. She has been appointed to the Goods and Services Tax Board of Review by the Ministry of Finance in Singapore and serves as Vice President of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. She has also been recognised as a “Next Generation Partner” for White Collar Crime by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific and named “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific.

Board of Regents members will begin their official two-year terms in February 2026, contributing to the ACFE’s mission of advancing fraud prevention, detection, and investigation globally.

ACFE President John Gill, J.D., CFE said: “The ACFE Board of Regents represent the best our global membership and uphold values such as leadership, trust, innovation and hard work that define the anti-fraud profession. We’re honoured to welcome Weiyi and the fellow Regents-elect joining her as new appointees of our Board.”

Also elected to the 2026–2027 ACFE Board of Regents were David Nkang Odu, CFE, MBA, Senior Manager and Head, Currency Management Centre, Central Bank of Nigeria, Makurdi Branch, Nigeria, and Kimberly Figel Benoit, CFE, Inspector General, U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Sam Tate, Partner, Global Head of Regulatory & Investigations, London, said: “Weiyi’s election is testimony to her outstanding capabilities in the regulatory and investigations space, as well as to the global breadth and depth of the firm’s practice. We are proud that Weiyi has been selected to hold office in one of the world’s most recognised anti-fraud organisations.”

Weiyi Tan said: “The Board establishes and maintains the ACFE’s high standards, and it is an honour to be chosen by my peers to serve on the Board. I look forward to promoting the ACFE’s mission of advancing fraud prevention, detection, and investigation globally.”

The percentage of U.S. employees who reported using AI at work at least a few times a year increased from 40% to 45% between the second and third quarters of 2025. Frequent use (a few times a week or more) grew from 19% to 23%, while daily use moved less, ticking up from 8% to 10% during the same period.

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The latest Gallup Workforce results are based on a nationally representative survey of 23,068 U.S. adults employed full- and part-time conducted by web Aug. 5-19 using the Gallup Panel.

U.S. employees working in knowledge-based jobs, such as technology or professional services, were more likely to use AI than those in frontline positions. Seventy-six percent of employees in technology or information systems, 58% in finance, and 57% in professional services used AI in their role a few times a year or more. In contrast, within industries with higher rates of frontline employees, 33% of employees in retail, 37% in healthcare and 38% in manufacturing reported using AI at work at the same frequency.

Workforce Divided Over Level of Organizational AI Adoption

In Q3 2025, 37% of employees said their organization has implemented AI technology to improve productivity, efficiency and quality. Forty percent said their organization had not, and 23% said they did not know. The percentage of those who said they did not know was lower than the percentage who reported using AI at work at least a few times in the past year, but higher than the percentage who reported using it frequently. This gap suggests that a portion of employees used personal AI tools or otherwise used AI without awareness of their organization’s AI strategy.

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Employees in individual contributor roles (26%) were more likely than managers (16%) and leaders (7%) to say they did not know whether their organization had implemented AI technology. Part-time employees, those working on-site, and employees in frontline roles or industries also reported higher uncertainty. Employees who are further from organizational decision-making have been less aware of AI implementation.

A previous version of this question did not offer a “don’t know” response, which effectively encouraged respondents to make their best guess. Under that format, the share of employees who believed their organization had implemented AI rose from 33% in May 2024 to 44% in May 2025, while the share saying their organization had not implemented AI fell from 67% to 56%.

In the latest survey, Gallup added a “don’t know” option to capture uncertainty about AI adoption. Because respondents could indicate a lack of knowledge, the Q3 2025 results are not directly comparable to earlier measurements. The fact that 23% chose “don’t know” highlighted substantial variation in how well information about AI adoption was reaching employees.

Employees Use AI to Consolidate Information, Generate Ideas

More than four in 10 employees surveyed in Q2 2025 who used AI at least yearly indicated that they used AI technology to consolidate information (42%) and generate ideas (41%) and 36% said they used it to learn new things. What employees reported using AI for did not change meaningfully from Gallup’s initial measure in Q2 2024.

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In answer to a question asking what types of AI they used in their role, more than six in 10 U.S. employees who used AI at work reported using chatbots or virtual assistants. AI writing and editing tools were the next most commonly used tools (36%), followed by AI coding assistants (14%).

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While the use of more advanced or specialized AI tools — such as those designed for data science, analytics or coding — is still relatively rare, employees who reported using AI at work frequently were more likely to use such tools. The largest gap between frequent and less frequent workplace AI users was in the use of coding assistants (22% vs. 8%) and data science or analytics tools (18% vs. 8%).

Implications

AI use in the workplace continues to grow, with 45% of employees in Q3 2025 saying they used AI at least a few times a year. Even so, daily use is still limited to about 10% of the American workforce, trails organizational AI adoption rates, and is concentrated in specific roles and industries. Gallup research shows broader AI adoption among employees is strongly associated with having greater managerial support for AI and strategic integration of AI in their role.

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It used to be curry sauce, egg yolk and red wine that ruined Britain’s clothes but in a sign of the times laundry detergents are being reformulated to tackle stains left by matcha lattes, Aperol spritz and bubble tea.

In a month when year-end gongs are dished out, from BBC Sports Personality to Pantone’s Colour of 2026 (a white called “cloud dancer”), matcha has received the dubious accolade “stain of the year”.

The honour has been handed to the Japanese green tea after it topped the inaugural “stains index”. The ranking, compiled by the washing detergent maker Unilever, identified “new and emerging stains based on evolving lifestyles and culture”.

To this end, matcha, Aperol and bubble tea top what was an actual laundry list of the country’s hottest stains. However, it could also be a proxy of the zeitgeist, given gen Z’s thirst for morning matcha coffees and fluorescent boba teas.

While some could consider the topic a bit of a turn-off, Donna Macnab, Uniliver’s director of laundry research and development, said the world of stains offered an “interesting reflection on our lifestyles and routines”.

“The first thing you notice about stains like matcha and Aperol is they’re very highly coloured. These bright colour pigments [there’s a chlorophyll in matcha] penetrate the fibres, making the drinks difficult to remove,” she said.

Washing powder adverts used to be preoccupied with wholesome outdoor stains such as mud and grass stains and Macnab said these stains had not gone away, but added: “As we see new pigments and residues emerge, we test new formulas and adapt our products.”

To compile the index, Unilever polled 2,000 UK adults on their most frequent and biggest stains “concerns”, looking at “traditional” marks such as blood, mud and grass, alongside “modern” stains, including Aperol, glitter and matcha.

Perhaps due to their social media-friendly food choices, the research found young Britons were tackling a notably higher volume of dirty marks, with 70% of generation Z staining their clothes every week compared with 16% of boomers.

Matcha topped the list of stains gen Z experienced more of in the past 12 months, with 39% reporting stubborn green marks, followed closely by Aperol (38%). Another food trend leaving its mark was “hot sauces” notably sriracha (34%).

While red wine (47%) and curry sauce (47%) were still Britain’s top stain headaches when putting a wash on, for gen Z it fast food grease (40%) and coffee and tea (29%). The poll also revealed that 91% of gen Z had thrown away clothing because it was spoiled by a mark.

“We are picking up that younger people don’t know tips for getting stains out,” said Macnab, who added that the advice had not changed much over the years: scrape off the excess and soak in soapy cold water before sticking it in the wash.

But it is not just what gen Z are eating and drinking that is leaving its mark, it is their beauty regimes, too, with makeup and fake tan among the top “lifestyle” stains.

In response to the research, scientists based at Unilever’s Port Sunlight laboratories in Wirral have tweaked the formulas of its Persil and Surf brands to ensure they are a match for matcha.

It was not the first time that changing lifestyles sent the company’s experts back to the drawing board. Last year, Unilever launched the Persil spinoff Wonder Wash to tackle the musty smell of gym gear.

The shift to remote working meant “athleisure” clothing such as T-shirts, joggers and leggings were being worn every day. The company identified that this had made smells rather than stains a problem, with invisible sweat and smell-causing body oils, clinging to athleisure wear.

The index will be updated annually to monitor new stains and inform the development of Unilever’s new laundry products.

The top 10 emerging stains among gen Z