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Kevin Leung MBA 23 Takes on Season 48 of Survivor
Meet the 18 new castaways hoping to win $1 million in Fiji
Bay Area MBA alum Kevin Leung, finance manager at Meta, who excelled both academically and in leadership roles at the UC Davis Graduation School of Management, is bringing his skills and determination to Survivor season 48.
Spotlight on Carrie Beam, MSBA Academic Director
"I am a connector, a persuader and a communicator."
Carrie Beam Ph.D. leveraged her Berkeley education to excel in analytics and consulting. Now as the MSBA academic director at UC Davis, she is profiled by her alma mater for her impact in bridging academia and business.
U.S. News Ranks UC Davis Online MBA in Top 20
No. 17 for Finance and No. 22 for Business Analytics specializations
The UC Davis Online MBA, the first and only online MBA in the University of California system, moved up significantly to No. 20 in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings.
How Sacramento Became the Center of American Caviar Production
MBA alum Ali Bolourchi leads Tsar Nicoulai, the biggest sturgeon farm in U.S.
“The long-term goal is that Sacramento gets the Napa recognition,” UC Davis MBA alumnus Ali Bolourchi, president of Tsar Nicoulai, tells Bon Appetit. “What Napa is to wine, Sacramento is going to be that for caviar.”
Doing Science in a Time of Algorithmic Management and Generative AI
Professor Beth Bechky: "We are at a crossroads in the field of organizational studies"
Writing in Administrative Science Quarterly, Professor Beth Bechky worries about the craft and community around organizational scholarship and warns that "generative AI will not be implemented to improve our work and deepen our insights."
Snacking Reimagined Through AI
With GLP-1 drugs the latest catalysts feeding demand for healthier snacks, Bloomberg TV's Wall Street Week features MBA alumnus Peter Barrick's Rivalz using AI to reimagine snacks. Watch interview with GSM Senior Scholar Harold Schmitz.
Boomerang Employees: A Growing Trend in Tight Labor Markets
Professor Gina Dokko studies the impact of job switching
Boomerang employees, who return to former jobs, are becoming more common as labor markets tighten. UC Davis Professor Gina Dokko tells KCBS Radio in San Francisco how they bring valuable skills but face coworker dynamics challenges.
Can You Go Home Again? New Study Looks at the Workplace Effects of Boomerangs
Professor Gina Dokko says impact of returning workers not always positive
Boomerang workers—those who return to a former employer—can be beneficial to the company, however existing workers often are not as helpful to the boomerangs as they are to true newcomers to the organization, according to a new UC Davis study.
UC Davis Online MBA Ranked Among Top 25 by Poets&Quants
No. 12 among online MBAs at public universities
The UC Davis Online MBA program, the first and only online MBA in the University of California system, has been ranked among the top 25 the U.S. by Poets&Quants.
UT Austin Wins Third Annual UC Davis-Financial Times Biz Quiz
Competition awards $11,000+ for global business news literacy
What monetary measure is China likely to take to offset Trump's planned tariffs? This was one of 180+ questions about global business asked of MBA students teams from across California and the nation at the third annual UC Davis-Financial Times Biz Quiz on Nov. 16.
Congrats to Our UC Davis-Financial Times Biz Quiz Winners! View Video
Top Teams: UT Austin, Rutgers and Sac State
After four rounds and hundreds of questions at Saturday's UC Davis-Financial Times Biz Quiz, the UT Austin team came out on top; Rutgers won a nail-biting tiebreaker to take second and Sac State placed third. View the Final Round and Awards Ceremony
UC Davis-Financial Times Biz Quiz: Video of Nancy Pfund Interview with FT
Nov. 15, 2024
Kicking off our third annual UC Davis-Financial Times Biz Quiz, view the livestreamed video of FT San Francisco Bureau Chief Stephen Morris' exclusive interview of impact investor Nancy Pfund of DBL Partners.