Dear Friends in Academia,
We hope your year is off to a great start! This month’s update highlights how PwC is preparing students and early-career professionals for success in the age of AI. Explore the replay of our faculty webinar on key AI technical and human skills, insights on upskilling and adaptability, and AI-driven personalized career growth. Learn about our AI trainings for new associates and responsible AI integration in 2026. We also cover PwC’s expanded engineering career path, CEO Survey insights on leading through uncertainty, and upcoming sustainability webcasts and tax updates. We hope you find this update valuable.
Recording – Preparing students for success in the age of AI
The recording of our recent faculty webinar, “Preparing students for success in the age of AI”, is now available on our Faculty Resource site. This session describes the AI technical and human skills we are focusing on for our new joiners and highlights how we are upskilling them at PwC. If you don’t have access to our Faculty Resource site, it can be requested here.
Why upskilling and ownership matter for early-career talent in the age of AI
In a recent Fortune article, Talent Acquisition & Development Leader, Margaret Burke, shares why AI fluency, learning agility, and proactive ownership of development are critical for early-career professionals looking to grow and differentiate themselves as roles evolve in an AI-enabled workplace. Read more here.
From fear to flexibility: Why adaptability is a human superpower in the age of agentic AI
In her latest LinkedIn blog series, Yolanda Seals-Coffield, Chief People and Inclusion Officer, explains why adaptability is critical as AI takes on more of the work, and how learning agility helps people shape technology with purpose rather than fear it. Read more here.
Unlocking personalized career growth: How PwC is using AI to reimagine development
In her latest blog, Margaret Burke, Talent Acquisition & Development Leader, shares how PwC is using AI-driven insights and human-led coaching to create individualized development paths that meet people where they are and help them grow with clarity and purpose in a skills-based economy. Read more here.
Training the next generation: How PwC is preparing new associates to work differently with AI
In a recent Bloomberg Tax podcast, Tax Leader Krishnan Chandrasekhar and Talent Acquisition & Development Leader Margaret Burke discuss how PwC’s immersive AI training is helping early-career associates build critical thinking, collaboration, and human judgment skills alongside AI tools as the firm reimagines onboarding for an AI-enabled future. Listen to it here.
How today’s CEOs are transforming while building for what’s next
In his latest LinkedIn blog, PwC US Senior Partner and CEO Paul Griggs shares how leaders are navigating geopolitical volatility and AI-driven transformation by running their businesses at full speed today while deliberately building the capabilities needed for tomorrow. Read more here.
What leaders need to know about integrating AI in 2026
PwC's Rohan Sen and Shebani Patel weighed in on why the fastest-moving organizations are the ones who embed Responsible AI into their development process and also spoke to our recent AI Business Predictions. Learn more in American Business Journals.
Firmwide engineering career path to advance AI-native innovation
PwC US is expanding its engineering career path to elevate technical talent and strengthen how the firm builds and scales AI-powered solutions. By introducing market-aligned titles and expanding development opportunities, PwC is advancing engineering excellence and measurable client outcomes. Learn more.
Leading through uncertainty in the age of AI
PwC’s 29th Global CEO Survey reveals that while CEO confidence in near-term growth is declining amid heightened economic, geopolitical and cyber risks, leaders are continuing to invest in AI, innovation and business reinvention to drive long-term value— with the most agile organizations already outperforming their peers. Learn more here.
Register for our Q1 2026 Quarterly sustainability webcast (CPE eligible - February 12 or 18)
Join our Quarterly sustainability webcast on February 12 or 18. PwC specialists and guests will share insights and analysis on the latest sustainability updates impacting domestic and multinational companies. Register here.
Year-end toolkit: Accounting and reporting reminders for 2026
Start the new year with our latest podcast episode covering key year-end accounting and reporting topics, from tariffs to income taxes and many things in between. Listen to the episode here.
2026 Tax Policy Outlook — What's on the horizon
After a year of action in 2025, attention shifts to implementation in 2026. Our Tax Policy Outlook explores how OBBBA implementation, tariff uncertainty, and political dynamics ahead of the 2026 midterm elections may affect your business strategy. Download your copy here.
We hope you find this information useful. Please email us_pwc.university.relations@pwc.com if we can be of assistance.
Best Regards,
Julie Peters, US University Relations Leader
