Faculty newsletter - March 2026

Webinar - Teaching Accounting in the Age of AI: Practical Applications for the Classroom

We’re pleased to announce that our next AI webinar for faculty is scheduled for April 21st from 3-4pm ET. In this session, we’ll showcase several AI classroom activities and discuss the integration of AI within Audit and Tax. Express interest in joining the live session for CPE or receiving the recording here.

If you are looking for other AI resources, check out our Artificial Intelligence Resources page that can be accessed here. If you do not have access to our site, you can request it here.

PwC launches PwC One to help clients move faster through complexity

PwC has introduced PwC One, a new AI-enabled environment that brings together the firm’s expertise, methodologies and autonomous capabilities to support clients facing complex decisions. The launch marks another step in PwC’s AI-first transformation and its vision for the future of professional services. Read more here.

PwC named among America’s Best Management Consulting Firms for 2026

PwC was recognized by Forbes and Statista as one of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms for 2026. The annual list is based on surveys of both clients and consulting industry executives across a range of industries and functional areas. Read more here.

AI reality check: Find the signal in all the noise

PwC’s US Senior Partner, Paul Griggs, shares PwC’s perspective on what many CEOs are experiencing right now — strong interest in AI, but uneven results. The message is clear: AI is entering an accountability phase. The organizations that succeed will be the ones that make deliberate choices about where AI will truly differentiate their business. Read more here.

How pro bono work can help develop human skills in the AI era

In a recent Charter article, PwC’s Victoria Russell shares how skills-based volunteering can help professionals build empathy, communication and critical thinking as AI changes the nature of work. The piece spotlights PwC’s Human Skills Project and the firm’s long-standing collaboration with Taproot Foundation. Read more here.

What AI transformation should look like for businesses in 2026

In a recent Forbes Technology Council article, Matt Wood, PwC’s Global and U.S. Commercial Technology and Innovation Officer, shares five predictions for how organizations will adopt and scale AI in 2026. The piece explores what business leaders can do now to move from experimentation to more focused, measurable and responsible transformation. Read more here.

PwC and Anthropic collaborate to advance enterprise agent deployment in finance and healthcare

PwC and Anthropic have announced a collaboration to help organizations deploy agentic AI across finance, healthcare and life sciences. The effort focuses on embedding governed AI agents into core workflows to support more scalable, transparent and responsible enterprise transformation. Read more here.

Meet Generation Alpha: America's chief influence officers

There’s a moment many parents know well: You glance at your online shopping cart and find two or three items you definitely didn't put there. PwC's new research on Generation Alpha—the most digitally fluent, commercially savvy, and entrepreneurial minded kids in history—explains how that happened, and why business leaders should care. Read the report here.

Register for our Q2 2026 Quarterly sustainability webcast (May 7 or 13 – CPE eligible)

This is the quarterly discussion of sustainability accounting and reporting developments in the US and abroad. Register here.

Tariff uncertainty: Business and financial reporting impacts

Tariff uncertainty continues following the Supreme Court’s IEEPA ruling and new tariffs that followed. Listen as we discuss the evolving landscape, business and reporting implications, and mitigation strategies. Listen here. 

US Supreme Court decision on IEEPA tariffs reshapes trade authority and introduces potential refund opportunity

PwC’s latest Tax Insight explains how the US Supreme Court’s decision on IEEPA tariffs could open the door to substantial refund opportunities for affected businesses. It also highlights practical steps companies can take now as trade policy and refund guidance continue to develop. Read it here.