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Client Turns to Our MBA Team for New Cryptocurrency Market Opportunity
Identifying solutions for international peer-to-peer cash remittance
Jeffery Criddell MBA 23 shares how his team explored opportunities for a large coin-counting service looking to expand into new business lines as part of a 10-week IMPACT project.

How Our Consulting Project Moves UC Davis Future Forward
Helping the top 5 research university thrive in a post-pandemic world
Mika Shang MBA 23 shares how she and her IMPACT project teammates distilled UC Davis' values into strict criteria within a framework to effectively determine which business project ideas will generate substantial revenue or savings in the short term and strengthen the university for decades to come.

Business and Culture in Chile: Our Whirlwind MBA Study Trip
Exclusive company tours include mining, biotech, farming and winemaking
Full-Time MBA Tommy Henneman and Bay Area MBA Kevin Leung teamed up to detail their class journey to Santiago, Chile, as part of the 2022 International Study Trip.

3 Common Mental Health Challenges for Graduate School
How to avoid becoming overwhelmed
As you start preparing the life logistics of going back to school, don't neglect your most important asset: your mental health. Cleona Tsang MBA 23 shares tips on optimizing your mental health in order to reach your goals.

Chardonnay Marc: A ‘Trifecta’ of Health, Taste and Sustainability
UC Davis research leads to development of food ingredient using winemaking byproduct
UC Davis researchers, including GSM Senior Scholar Harold Schmitz, are providing more insight into how grape skins and seeds, which usually go to waste during the making of chardonnay wine, may be a valuable and healthful ingredient in new food

Record-Breaking Career Placement for MSBA Class of 2022
Grads join Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, AMEX, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey and more
Our 2022 Master of Science in Business Analytics graduates reported an average starting salary of more than $131,000—that’s $22,000 more than last year's class. Their average signing bonus was more than $19,000, a 111% increase vs last year.

Taking the Leap into Accounting at UC Davis
Bringing my skills from higher education to a new calling in MPAc program
"2020 changed by life forever...I began to give serious thought to where I wanted to take my career and how I could prepare for my best future. The UC Davis MPAc program offered me an exciting new professional career path," says Brian Favetti MPAc 23.

100% Job Placement for 2023 MPAc Cohort with Record Average Starting Salary
Proven return on investment for Master of Professional Accountancy
Our average starting salary has continued to increase year-over-year, with our 2023 MPAc graduates boasting an average of $76,000. Students have joined large and small firms alike, including Deloitte, KPMG, EY, PWC and Campbell Taylor Washburn.

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.

Our MBA Team Dug Deep into the Keto Diet Market
Gaining experience in niche food product pipeline development
One of the main reasons I chose the UC Davis MBA program is the range of opportunities to learn more about the food and agriculture industry at the world’s top-ranked research university in the field," blogs Nathaniel Morrison MBA 23.

Wildfire Threats Not Commonly Disclosed by U.S. Firms Despite Risk to Economy
Wildfires in the U.S., especially in Western states, increasingly pose a significant risk. Yet, according to new research by Distinguished Professor Paul Griffin, only 6.1% of U.S. firms with wildfires in their headquarters county mention wildfire

Study: Only 8% of California Public Companies in Wildfire-prone Regions Disclose Risk to Investors
Research by Distinguished Professor Paul Griffin shows 6.1% of U.S. publicly traded firms and 7.9% of California’s 5,377 companies with headquarters in counties prone to wildfires report the level of risk as required by the SEC. Investors seek out