Photo Album: Graduate School of Management Commencement Ceremony 2025
Congratulations to UC Davis Graduate School of Management Class of 2025! View photos from the ceremony.
School Announcement
LIVESTREAM: Graduate School of Management Commencement Ceremony 2025
We look forward to honoring all the graduates who have earned the Master of Business Administration, Master of Professional Accountancy, Master of Management or Master of Science in Business Analytics and hosting their friends and families during this event.
Dean H. Rao Unnava: Spring 2025 Big 3
Aggie Square innovation hub opens, Big Bang! awards $100K, athletes pursue business degrees
Dean H. Rao Unnava’s Spring 2025 Big 3 features the grand opening of Aggie Square, $100K awarded at the Big Bang! competition, and new business degree pathways for UC Davis student-athletes.
Celebrating Our 2025 Student, Alumni and Teacher Award Honorees
Recognition for outstanding achievements
Every year our community recognizes outstanding teachers, students and graduates who embrace the School’s core values of passionate and energetic leadership, and who demonstrate a commitment to team building and service.
UC Davis Aggie Square Opens for Business
Dean H. Rao Unnava celebrates Sacramento innovation district coming to life
Dean H. Rao Unnava celebrates the opening of Aggie Square—a dynamic, $1.1 billion hub in the heart of the state capital where students will collaborate with researchers and industry, gain hands-on experience, build networks and drive innovation.
Did You Know? Solar Powers LEED-Platinum Gallagher Hall
Home to Sustainable Energy Industry Immersion
Sunshine provides a boost of renewable energy to power the Graduate School of Management’s campus home, Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr. Hall, which pushed the ecofriendly building into the elite class of green construction.
Big 3 with Dean H. Rao Unnava: April 2025
Mike and Renée Child Honored | Top 5 Military Friendly School | Students Build AI Tools to Save Cities
Dean H. Rao Unnava’s April 2025 Big 3 features Mike and Renée Child awarded UC Davis Medal, our top 5 Military Friendly Graduate School rankings, and our MSBA and MBA students building AI tools to save "smart cities" during their two-day hackathon.
Big 3 with Dean H. Rao Unnava: March 2025
ASQ Names Beth Bechky Editor | AI Top of Mind at Dean's Conference | 100% Placement for Accounting Graduates
Dean H. Rao Unnava’s March 2025 Big 3 featuring Professor Bechky named editor of top journal ASQ, business deans discuss AI's impact at conference, and MPAc program achieves 100% job placement for third consecutive year. View video.
California Business School Deans Explore Management Education in Age of AI
UC Davis GSM hosts 30+ leaders of the state's business schools
The explosion of the use of artificial intelligence was literally and figuratively top of mind at the fifth annual California Business Schools Deans' Conference hosted by the UC Davis Graduate School of Management on March 25, 2025.
100% of 2024 UC Davis MPAc Graduates Land Competitive Job Offers Within Three Months
Three ways we prepare students for accounting career success
UC Davis MPAc graduates achieve 100% job placement within three months—year after year. MPAc Associate Director Zoë Dybdahl breaks down how our career support, industry connections and exclusive bootcamp prepare you for accounting success.
UC Davis Graduate School of Management Celebrates Continued AACSB International Accreditation
Less than 6% of business schools have met the high-quality standards
We have successfully maintained our business accreditation from AACSB International, a nonprofit with a mission to elevate the quality and impact of business schools around the globe.
Big 3 with Dean H. Rao Unnava: Winter 2025
U.S. News Ranks Online MBA Top 20 | Boomerang Employees on the Rise | Yeti Foods, UC Davis MBAs Explore Alternate Proteins
Dean H. Rao Unnava’s Winter 2025 Big 3 features our Online MBA earning a top 20 ranking by U.S. News & World Report, Professor Gina Dokko exploring boomerang workers and MBAs analyzing the alternative protein market. View video.
Big 3 with Dean H. Rao Unnava: November 2024
Professor David Woodruff Named INFORMS Fellow | Gamification's Impact Goes Beyond Rewards | 30 Years of Sacramento MBA
Dean H. Rao Unnava's November 2024 Big 3 highlights Professor David Woodruff's INFORMS Fellow honor, Assistant Professor Mike Palazzolo's research on mobile banking gamification, and the Sacramento MBA program's 30-year legacy of leadership. View video.
INFORMS ISS Honors Assistant Professor Helen Zeng for Best Ph.D. Dissertation
Award recognizes outstanding research in information systems
Assistant Professor Helen Zeng has been honored with the best 2024 Ph.D. dissertation award from the INFORMS Information Systems Society for her paper on child sexual abuse materials and human trafficking (especially the trafficking of minors) on digital platforms.
Sacramento Part-Time MBA Marks 30 Years Preparing Capital Region Leaders
Looking back: “A defining moment" for the Graduate School of Management
Now 30 years in, the Sacramento Part-Time MBA program has 1,600 graduates, many of whom live and work in the capital region. They're company and community leaders, policy influencers and trailblazing entrepreneurs making a positive impact and driving growth.
UC Davis and BioInnovation Institute Team Up to Improve Protein Nutrition on a Global Scale
UC Davis MBA teams consult on market research for new products
The UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food and Health at its annual Partner Summit today announced an expanded collaboration with Denmark-based BioInnovation Institute (BII) to accelerate commercialization of discoveries in protein nutrition.
Big 3 with Dean H. Rao Unnava: Fall 2024
UC Davis-Financial Times Biz Quiz | QS ranks MSBA #1 for ROI for third year | Professor Beth Bechky named Microsoft AI Research Fellow
Dean H. Rao Unnava's Fall 2024 Big 3 highlights the UC Davis-Financial Times Biz Quiz, the MSBA program’s top QS ranking for ROI and Professor Beth Bechky's AI fellowship.
Professor David Woodruff Named 2024 INFORMS Fellow
Distinguished honor recognizes significant contributions to operations research, analytics and INFORMS
UC Davis Graduate School of Management Professor David L. Woodruff, renowned for his work in business analytics, has been named to the 2024 class of INFORMS Fellows, one of the highest honors in the field of operations research and analytics.
Professor Beth Bechky Named Microsoft Research AI & Society Fellow
Igniting interdisciplinary collaboration at the intersection of AI and society
“We have the opportunity to ask critical questions about how screenwriters’ work is changing in response to the challenges of generative AI in the film and television industry," says Professor Beth Bechky.
Big 3 with Dean H. Rao Unnava: Summer 2024
Record-breaking MSBA class | Four top scholars join faculty | Market risks from Supreme Court rulings
Dean H. Rao Unnava's Summer 2024 Big 3 spotlights our largest and most diverse MSBA class yet, with more than 100 students. Four top-tier experts have joined our faculty, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus Paul Griffin warns of market risks tied to Supreme Court rulings.