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Distinguished Professor Emeritus Brad M. Barber is one of 10 faculty from UC Davis named among the 502 newly elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 

StartupSac interviews Mac Clemmens MBA 07, an innovator on a mission to revolutionize special district management with Streamline. Clemmens was recognized as the first recipient of the GSM Alumni Association's Rising Star Award.

In this wide-ranging interview with Poets&Quants Founder John A. Byrne, Professor Marquez opens up about his academic life, his research on the behavior of financial institutions and teaching about banking and corporate finance. 

Guy Raz interviews Larry Liu MBA 08, who transformed his electronics reselling hobby into a multi-billion-dollar e-commerce venture. Noticing a niche among Chinese immigrants using WeChat for local needs, he founded Weee!, now valued at $4 bil.

Peter Grant Barrick MBA 16, CEO of Rivalz Snacks, is spearheading a revolution in healthy snacking through innovative use of AI and nutrition, cutting costs and time-to-market while tackling the "better for you" snack gap.

Lecturer and alumna Vanessa Errecarte showcases the power of intellectual property rebrands in her Financial Times case study on Mattel and Warner Bros.' Barbie movie, urging updated brand valuation models for digital profit connections. 

As part of National Mentorship Month, UC Davis Graduate School of Management collaborated with the Sacramento Kings to extend their Fastbreak Mentoring program to UC Davis MBA students enrolled in the Collaborative Leadership Program.

An internationally recognized financial economist, Professor Yasuda's pioneering research focuses on venture capital, private equity and impact investing. Hear about her journey from Stanford to Goldman Sachs to academia in a Q&A with Poets&Quants.

The Financial Times reports a growing presence of senior Indian academics in the U.S., inspiring a new generation of Indian students to attend U.S. business schools. Dean H. Rao Unnava keeps in touch with 80 US-based Indian deans and other senior

Paul Griffin loves risks. In an interview with Poets&Quants, he shares his academic journey studying business risks, from scandals and wildfires to climate change and the impact of financial disclosure rules to inform investors. 

From NASCAR fans and remote workers to the cattle industry and creative designers, UC Davis Graduate School of Management Professor Emerita Kim Elsbach shares her research on social psychology, self-perception, and behavior in organizations.

At our second-annual UC Davis-Financial Times Biz Quiz on November 17-18, 2023, we hosted three dozen graduate students on teams from 11 universities to go head to head in the buzz-in, quiz contest on global business news from FT. The contest kicked off with an executive interview with Marcie Frost, CEO of CalPERS.

Facebook, Google, Uber, Netflix, and Tesla are all highly successful, disruptive businesses built on platform economics, a subject well understood by UC Davis Graduate School of Management Professor Hemant K. Bhargava.