

2021-2022 Year in Review Video - UC Davis Graduate School of Management
From orientation to our data hackathon, from Online MBA residentials to Peer-to-Pier, and from community socials to Industry Immersions, we've captured highlights of this past year across all six of our programs.

Celebrating Pride: Finding Each Scientific Measure of Happiness at UC Davis
Being involved with the LGBTQ+ community fuels my passion and engagement
Full-Time MBA student Ash Bagla shares what it’s like to balance hard work, community engagement and find positive fulfillment at business school.

Startups Make a Splash at the UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition
Held in person for the first time since 2019, the 22nd Annual Big Bang! Business Competition presented over $100,000 in prize money and in-kind awards to early-stage startups in the food and agriculture, health, energy/sustainability, and social

Career Q&A with Upwork’s Director of Trust and Safety Analytics
Exec shares interview mistakes to avoid and career tips with MSBA students
With 20+ years of analytics experience, Pubudu Wariyapola, director of trust and safety analytics at Upwork, shared valuable tips with my MSBA class.

Q&A with MBA Alumna Smita Madam, Tableau Product Manager
Learning about the technical and non-technical sides of product management
From data deep-dives to interview tips, MSBA student Tushar Kotangale shares seven top questions from our recent Q&A with alumna Smita Madam.

Takeaways from Deloitte’s HBCU Accelerate Summit for Aspiring Accountants
Four tips for new accounting graduates hitting the job market
After attending a three-day accounting conference in Chicago, Dainah Kilburn MPAc 22 shares her key takeaways how to put them in action.

Executive Insights for Young Professionals: “Be Unafraid to Grow”
In part two of her series, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Valerie James shares key questions to ask yourself no matter where you are in life or career journey.

Executive Insights for Young Professionals: How to Reinvent Yourself
Sacramento Metro EDGE event advice: “You need to keep stretching yourself”
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Valerie James shares her career-switch experience and lessons learned.

Online MBA Residential in Napa Highlights Wine, Food, Ag
The power of unexpected connections and branching out of your comfort zone
Online MBA student Ashlee Bippus shares lessons in wine making, alternative meats, agtech and more from recent weekend residential.

3-D Tech Venture a “Shoe-in” as Big Bang! Finalist
Looking to revolutionize shoe technology one foot at a time
Tresole, the MBA-led shoe startup, is one of 16 finalists in the Big Bang! Business Competition at UC Davis.


Finishing First in the Inaugural UC Davis Food & Ag Case Competition
Our challenging, thrilling and fulfilling immersive student experience
Collaborating through the night, MBA student Baldeep Rai’s interdisciplinary team presented to industry leaders and won the first-ever Food and Ag. Case Competition.

How My Team Made it to the Finals of Our Annual Hackathon with Google Cloud
Project explored technological disparities of California’s public education system
For the third year in a row, the M.S. in Business Analytics program partnered with Google Cloud to host the 2022 AggieHacks two-day challenge featuring numerous data challenges for UC Davis students.

Tackling Behavioral Interviews
Tips from an Amazon recruiter on how to ace an interview
One of the highlights of the MSBA experience is an exclusive Interview Preparation Series where industry professionals from top companies guide us on how to be successful in interviews.

Poets&Quants Founder to B-school Deans: “Innovate at the Margins to Distinguish”
John Byrne praises UC Davis MBA Industry Immersions as model
Holding court with 46 b-schools deans, Poets&Quants Founder John Byrne pointed to the UC Davis MBA program’s Industry Immersions, which helps it stand out from other schools.

4 Lessons from the 2021 UC Davis-ANA Data-Driven Digital Marketing Conference
Execs from Google, Blackrock, Univision and Zappos.com offer brand insights
MSBA student Julia Wallace tuned in to learn from leaders from four well-known and influential brands during the UC Davis-ANA Data-Driven Digital Marketing conference.

Refresh and Recharge Your Career Webinar Series
A series hosted by the Graduate School of Management Alumni Relations and Career Development Teams
Refresh and recharge your career with the help of the GSM Alumni Relations and Career Development teams.

Pathways to the Boardroom Webinar Series
A series hosted by the Graduate School of Management Alumni Association
Pathways to the boardroom look different for everyone. Our four-part series will help you build a step-by-step roadmap to your leadership seat.

Insights from the First UC Davis Data Summit
Lessons of storytelling, marketing analytics, natural language processing.
We brought together students, alumni, faculty, practitioners and corporate leaders from Google, Facebook, Instagram, Thorn and more to spotlight emerging trends in analytics.

UC Davis Leads Meetup of UC Accounting Students
My three lessons learned from our virtual networking event.
MPAc student Ingrid Isea-Smith shares three lessons from the UC Davis-led virtual networking event for graduate accounting students.

Industry Experts: How to Leverage Data Analytics in Today’s Dynamic Workplace
Guest speakers challenge us with real-world case studies
MSBA student Khristion Lambert recaps the guidance and insight his class received from two leading data professionals.