School Blog
What Are Chipotle’s Next Steps? Yelp Ratings Offer Clues
Machine learning can be a great condiment for Tex Mex. MSBA student Yuting Li blogs about her team’s analysis of Chipotle’s Yelp ratings and their recommendations.
How I’m Staying Healthy and Productive During the Pandemic
Five tips to help you with remote work and staying active
Stressed while working from home? Bay Area MBA student Connie Xu offers five tips for productivity and staying active during this time of uneasiness and unpredictability.
Speed Networking: Tips from Industry Professionals
MSBA events with alumni offer big opportunities to connect
MSBA student John Elmer Loretizo shares his speed networking experience with a dozen MSBA and MBA alumni from Facebook, YouTube, Charles Schwab and more.
98% MSBA Graduates Placed, All International Graduates Received Offers in U.S.
2019 MSBA Career Placement Report
Proven career placement success: 2019 MSBA graduates land roles in top companies across industries, with higher average salaries.
Surprisingly Tasty Solution to Tahoe’s Little Monsters
Our team's 10-week project to turn tiny invasive shrimp into a business
Tiny invasive shrimp are clouding Lake Tahoe’s blue waters. UC Davis researchers called on MBAs to turn an environmental problem into a business opportunity—dog treats!
I’m Helping to Build Affordable Housing in the Bay Area
“The UC Davis MBA opened more doors for me than I could have ever imagined.”
Ananta Sen MBA 19 shares how the Career Development team helped prepare her to land an exciting new role at Riaz Capital.
Advice from the Cloud: MSBA Alum’s Path to Amazon Web Services
Lesson learned: “Be patient. You have to wait for the sweet spot.”
Five questions for Abhinav Chatterji about his new role at AWS, his advice for graduating students and lessons learned from his job search.
Table for Two: Why I Switched Careers
My jump from financial services sales to marketer for OpenTable
Overcoming obstacles, Bay Area MBA alumna Gina DeMartini successfully made the jump from financial services to a rewarding career in marketing at OpenTable in San Francisco.
The Deal We Didn’t See Coming
Relationships matter, career lessons from two GSM alumni
MBA alumni Vinny Catalano and Dard Hunter didn’t expect to work together, but their career paths converged this past year at the world’s largest insurance brokerage thanks to their alumni bond.
Neurobiology to Food & Ag: Industry Immersion Cultivates New Passion
Intense collaboration developing solutions for top executives
Three weeks into the Food & Ag Industry Immersion, MBA student Jonathan Pan sees exciting new career opportunities he never considered.
Tips for Acing Interviews with Top Accounting Firms
Take advantage of MPAc program resources for student interviews
Having accepted an offer from Deloitte after only four months, MPAc student Carl Stearne shares interview tips and advice he benefited from our Career Development team.
Breaking the Mold of Board Directors: A New Playbook
Suzy Taherian says a “diverse” board means: faster, more data-driven, more global, and with a fresh, outsider’s perspective. Directors with high integrity who leave ego behind.
Costa Rica Connection: Diving into the NBA eSports Gaming World
Project Management class hones career building skills
MBA student Andrew Dang’s group worked with a mentor from Costa Rica to prepare for the capstone consulting project with the Sacramento Kings Guard Gaming NBA 2K eSports team.
UC Davis Hosts Google Cloud Hero Competition
Are you cloud ready?
Google brought its interactive Cloud Hero event to our students at our San Francisco campus, one of only 11 universities on their U.S. tour.
Ponzi Schemes, FBI Investigations and Cybercrimes: Welcome to Accounting Ethics
Forensic accounting experiences prepares future leaders
Michael Ueltzen’s students dig deep into scandals, developing the forensic skills and professional skepticism to uncover wrongdoing.
Launch your Entrepreneurship Journey with a Big Bang!
UC Davis business competition celebrates 20 years of preparing innovators
MBA student Samantha Contreras shares how the Big Bang! helped prepare startup PairAnything, Inc. for success in the billion dollar wine industry.
From the Marines to MBA: Making the Military Transition
My journey from military to business leadership
Marine veteran now MBA student Luke Bergman blogs on his transition from military to business leadership, offering tips for veterans.
UC Davis MSBA Team Takes 2nd in Adobe Analytics Challenge
Students shine in case competitions
International case competitions are a key part of the MSBA experience, and data-crunching Aggies have been competing at top levels, writes student Tejasvini Karunakarbabu.
MSBA Students Hit the Ground Running with Foundation of Analytics Bootcamp
Short course gives you all the tools needed to succeed in the MSBA program
Students sharpen their skills by diving into this three-week short course covering important industry-appraised topics.
From History Major to Accounting—as a New Parent
I didn’t come from an accounting background, but I fit right in.
With a newborn on the way, Carl Stearne MPAc 20 decided to switch careers and joined the accounting program at UC Davis to help prepare him for the corporate world.