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The Quiet Revolution at a UC Business School
Spotlight on Dean H. Rao Unnava's Leadership at UC Davis
Poets&Quants shines a spotlight on Dean Unnava, now in his seventh year as dean, highlighting the Graduate School of Management's 300% enrollment growth in five years, doubling of annual revenues, new degree programs and soon stackable certificates.
Fungi-Based Protein Company Meati Launches Scientific Advisory Board To Support Scale-Up, Nutrition Research
Senior Scholar Harold Schmitz heads the five member board
(Forbes) - Meati Foods announced the launch of its inaugural scientific advisory board headed by Harold Schmitz, former chief science officer at Mars and senior scholar at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management.
MBA Graduate Michael Hurlston Named CAAA Outstanding Alumnus
UC Davis alumni award winners to be celebrated at 50th anniversary Gala
The Cal Aggie Alumni Association this spring will recognize three-time UC Davis alum Michael Hurlston 88, MBA 90, MS 91 with the 2023 Outstanding Alumnus Award. Hurlston is the CEO of Synaptics, a leader in the Internet of Things market.
Public Companies Bury Wildfire Risks
Only a fraction of public companies cite wildfire risk in required disclosures
Listen to NPR Cap Radio's Insight interview with Professor Paul Griffin, the lead author of a new report, who explains why wildfire risks aren't being properly disclosed by publicly traded U.S. companies and the potential impacts.
Survey: Investors Embrace Renewables, Not Ready to Let Go of Fossil Fuels
Almost 90% of investors surveyed by The Motley Fool own or plan on owning renewable energy stocks or funds.
Paul Griffin shares why he thinks more companies will commit to sustainable standards in the coming future.
Europe’s Mild Winter: Energy Blessing but Farmer’s Curse
Professor Paul Griffin tells Politico that further pressure on food prices comes from the uncertainty created by climate change, as Europe not only gets warmer, but its weather patterns also become more unpredictable.
Justin Siegel, Arthur and Carlyse Ciocca Visiting Professor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Elected to National Academy of Inventors
Justin Siegel has founded several startups and is a founding member of six international organizations, including FoodShot Global, a consortium for awarding and highlighting impactful innovation to help transform the world’s food system.
Musk’s Twitter Fix-It Team Fades Out as Billionaire Says Transition Is Almost Done
A group of prominent VCs who were helping out have turned quieter over the last couple of weeks.
“It is rather peculiar,” for seasoned VCs to devote their time to such a long-established company, said Ayako Yasuda, a finance professor at the University of California at Davis.
UC Davis MBA: Take A Deep Dive Into Industry Immersions
Video hosted by Poets&Quants' founder John Byrne
See how our Industry Immersion experiences give UC Davis MBA students access to a powerful, collaborative network tied to UC Davis' globally ranked programs in Food and Agriculture, Biotechnology, Sustainable Energy and Tech Finance.
UC San Diego 1st, UC Davis 2nd in UC Davis-Financial Times Biz Quiz
Dean H. Rao Unnava says the competition encourages news literacy
Fifteen graduate business students from four UC campuses put their brains and buzzer fingers to work last Saturday (Nov. 5) in the first-ever UC Davis-Financial Times Biz Quiz.
Is Transparency the Right Path to Equal Pay?
A research team from Arizona State University and two UC Davis business professors have discovered that naming and shaming a company alone won’t close the gender pay gap. They examined how a new law in the U.K. deals with gender pay gap, and whether
Distinguished Professor Paul Griffin Speaks on Emissions in Corporate Reporting Accountability in a Sustainable World
We are facing a climate emergency. What role do accounting and investment play in a sustainable world that ensures an economic green recovery? The Climate Action: Accountability in a Sustainable World conference in September 2022 aimed to meet this need by focusing on those four key pillars to a sustainable future.