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Partnership between Food & AgTech VCs and UC Davis Researchers Opens Doors for MBAs
Opportunity to accelerate industry innovation
UC Davis is well-known as the global epicenter of the food and agriculture technology startup ecosystem. When it came to decide on where I should go for my MBA, the UC Davis Graduate School of Management was my number one choice.

"We Are GSM" Video - Meet Associate Professor Ashwin Aravindakshan Nair
How can brands maximize engagement across Facebook, IG, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.? Aravindakshan has crunched the data in his marketing research on optimizing ad budgets and creative resources. Watch the video.

Why a UC Davis MPAc Degree?
Our experiences, insights and advice on our path to UC Davis
MPAc Student Ambassadors Winnie Zhang and Yifan Zou share why they chose UC Davis, advice for prospective accounting students, and tips on applying, interviewing and writing your personal statement.

MSBA Alums: Advice on Paying Off Student Loans
UC Davis MSBA consistently ranks in the top 10 for “Value for Money”
More than half of all graduate students take out loans to fund their education—and face repaying that debt. Alice Shen interviewed three MSBA alumni about their experiences.

From Ideation to Insights: Creating Business Value from Data
Takeaways from UC Davis MSBA–Association of National Advertisers conference
Student Ridwan Abdusalam shares key takeaways from the joint UC Davis MSBA–Association of National Advertisers conference featuring top data science executives.

Being a Champion On and Off the Court
Golden State Warriors’ spirit in the UC Davis Part-Time MBA program
A leader of the Golden State Warriors Community Foundation, Bay Area MBA student Austin Claiborne shares his journey to the NBA business—and UC Davis.

Building My Pride Network at 25th ROMBA Conference
Connecting with LGBTQ+ professionals nationwide—and meeting Monet X Change
In Washington, D.C., Full-Time MBA Angelina Cayabyab shares how she stepped out of her comfort zone to connect with LGBTQ+ professionals nationwide.

Practicum Prep: Former Charles Schwab Chief Analytics Officer Joins UC Davis
John Carter prepares MSBA students for practicum project success
Student Wenbo Wang catches up with John Carter, who brings 35 years of corporate leadership in data analytics to the MSBA program team, to learn more about his class to prep students for team consulting projects for corporate clients.

MSBA Alumnus at Google: “Prioritize Your Time”
UC Davis MSBA offers opportunities to learn, have fun, expand your thinking
MSBA alum Naga “Yashas” Bhaskara Venkata, now at Apple, asked fellow alum Siva Arulkumar, now at Google, about his student experience and advice for prospective students.

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

The Impact of Mandated Pay Gap Transparency on Firms’ Reputations as Employers
Professor Greta Hsu and Associate Professor Elizabeth Pontikes showed effects a U.K. law mandating disclosure of gender pay gaps were more limited than might have been expected—with a short-lived boost for firms reporting near-equal pay, and no detectable change for firms with high pay gaps.


"We Are GSM" Video - Meet Associate Professor Elizabeth Pontikes
Associate Professor Pontikes' experiences at Silicon Valley software startups paved her academic pathway from Yale, Stanford, Chicago Booth, Kellogg and to UC Davis, where she researches market categorization, innovation and technological change. Watch the video.