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Jack Schaufler Honored among Poets&Quants' 2025 Best & Brightest MBAs
Full-Time MBA Jack Schaufler has been recognized among Poets&Quants' 2025 Best & Brightest MBAs. Now in its 11th year, the Best & Brightest honors the top full-time MBA graduates at elite business schools across the globe.
Alumni Couple to Receive 2025 UC Davis Medal, University’s Highest Honor
This year’s UC Davis Medal, the university’s highest honor, will be awarded to Mike and Renée Child—two visionary alumni whose leadership and generosity have made a lasting impact across campus, including here at the Graduate School of Management.
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.
To Increase Drug Savings, Show the Cost of Drugs and Try a Female Doctor
UC Davis’ Hemant Bhargava offers solutions to rising drug prices
New research from Distinguished Professor Hemant Bhargava finds female doctors pick lower-cost drugs more often—and offers four ways to cut costs: transparency, decision tools, targeting expensive drugs, and smart prescribing.
Climate Risk, Business Resilience and Innovation in a Changing World
Professor Paul Griffin on why climate risk is reshaping business
In this podcast, Distinguished Professor Emeritus Paul Griffin explores how climate risk is transforming markets, the rise of AI in accounting, and why adaptability, creativity, and clear-eyed leadership are essential for the future of business.
Accounting Meets AI: Why I’m Learning Python and Machine Learning
"Big data skills make you a game-changer in any industry."
From Excel to Python, Amanda Carter MPAc 25 shares how UC Davis’s STEM-focused accounting program prepared her to thrive in big data, starting this fall as an audit associate at EY.
What Are the Benefits of a STEM-designated Degree?
Four ways the UC Davis Master of Management sets you up for success
Launch your career with the UC Davis Master of Management. In just nine months, build leadership skills, gain a powerful network, and graduate career-ready from a top STEM-designated program.
From Vine to Vision: A Winemaker’s Take on the UC Davis Wine Executive Program
Blending the fundamentals of winemaking and management skills
Winemaker and Online MBA student Myrna Couch, looking to elevate her craft, found that the UC Davis Wine Executive Program blends business acumen and winemaking expertise—equipping professionals to innovate and lead in the global wine industry.
Wine Business Threads My International MBA Experience
In Chile and New York: “My MBA took me into rooms I once thought were out of reach”
The Sacramento Part-Time MBA has opened international doors for Marisol Ibarra that she never imagined, taking her to Chile and New York. As a first-gen MBA student, she gained the tools, network and global perspective to thrive in global business—and strengthened her confidence as a leader.
Work. Life. MBA. How I Balance it All
How I became a confident leader—professionally and personally
Sacramento Part-Time MBA student and ambassador Krystal Scruggs breaks down how she stays on top of a demanding job, personal life and academics—while leveling up her leadership game.
MSBA Students Build AI Tools to Save Cities in Hackathon
Virtual 48-hour Aggie Hacks pushes students’ skills to the limit
Their hackathon challenge was daunting: Build a next-generation AI-Powered Crisis Intelligence System that becomes the thinking brain of a smart city during a multi-disaster scenario.
From Mongolia to Wall Street: My First-Gen MBA Journey
Full-Time MBA alum Sodontuya Nerguidavaa’s journey as an international student from Mongolia to Wall Street seemed improbable—until the UC Davis community of fellow students, faculty, mentors and alumni helped her achieve her goals and land as a vice president at BNY in New York.