A. Gary Anderson
Graduate School of Management

UCR Business Marketing Professor Thomas Kramer

Understanding Consumers and Their Psychology

UCR marketing professor and associate dean Thomas Kramer is named Anderson Presidential Chair, leading consumer behavior research and a no-electronics, student-centered classroom.
By Laurie McLaughlin |
Hyeik Kim

Connecting Finance Concepts to Student Goals

Hyeik Kim joins UCR finance faculty; student-centered teaching; research: private equity, corporate finance, governance; RFS study on airport privatization.
By Laurie McLaughlin |
2025 FLEAP Leadership Experience in Brazil with Kyle Ingram

Lessons Come to Life in Brazil

The FLEAP Brazilian Leadership Experience 2025 was in partnership with Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC), one of the top business schools in the world and ranked No. 7 globally by the Financial Times.
By UCR Business |
Simran Kamra

“Supersafe Beauty” at Juice Cosmetics

Simran Kamra ’24 MBA applies her UCR education to lead innovation at Juice Cosmetics, advancing the family’s clean, safe, and inclusive beauty brand that blends Ayurveda and modern science for global growth.
Wendy Romero ’19 BA ’22 MBA, founder and CEO of Love 4 Life, works with children as part of an annual outreach in Mexico, helping children make pledges not to bully.

Applying an MBA To Make a Difference

UCR alumna Wendy Romero ('19 BA, '22 MBA) abandoned her medical path to use her UCR MBA to establish and expand Love 4 Life, a nonprofit dedicated to anti-bullying and suicide prevention.
By Darin Estep |
The tour of Oxford University included its iconic Radcliffe Camera, part of the Bodleian Libraries.

Faculty-led Global Programs Takes Students to Oxford in Fall

UCR Business students attended the Oxford Intensive Accelerator Program at Kellogg College, focusing on entrepreneurship, digital marketing, and innovation through custom lectures and excursions, continuing a UCR Oxford tradition since 2010.
By Sean Jasso |
Inside of a warehouse

Report: IE Warehouse Workers Make Gains Through Collective Action

In “State of the Unions: California Labor in 2024,” UCR researchers offer details on the growth, salaries, ethnicities, and ongoing struggles of warehouse workers in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
By Randy Black | UCR News |
Madrid airport

Private Equity Takes Airports to New Heights

A comprehensive study spanning two decades and four continents found that private equity ownership significantly boosts airport performance.
By David Danelski (david.danelski@ucr.edu) | UCR News |
2025 Senior Sendoff Aerial View

Wall Street Journal names UCR No. 24 public university

UCR secured its highest-ever positions in college rankings, landing at No. 24 among public universities in the 2026 Wall Street Journal list and confirming its national leadership in social mobility.
Bell Tower on UCR Campus

UCR is again No. 1 for social mobility in U.S. News rankings

UC Riverside ranks No.1 in U.S. News for social mobility, excelling in Pell Grant student success and rising in national college rankings.
DesignVerse @ UCR group 2025

DesignVerse 2025: 24 Hours of Ideas, Energy, and Collaboration

DesignVerse 2025, UCR's 24-hour design-a-thon hosted by Design@UCR and WINC@UCR, successfully engaged over a hundred students from all disciplines in prototyping digital solutions and fostering career-building design thinking.
Professor Aruhn Venkat

Welcome, Assistant Professor of Accounting Aruhn Venkat

UCR's new Accounting Professor Aruhn Venkat researches how business tax policy impacts labor, investment, and innovation, with findings that tax subsidies can boost local innovation despite complex consequences from tax avoidance and whistleblower laws.
By Laurie McLaughlin |
Scott Ganz, professor UCR Business

Welcome, Assistant Professor of Management Scott Ganz

Scott Ganz joins the UCR School of Business faculty this fall quarter and will teach students how to get people who want different things to work together.
By Laurie McLaughlin |
American Airlines acquired TWA in 2001

Nostalgia is an Asset in Company Acquisitions

A UCR study found nostalgia comforts employees during acquisitions, easing fears of job loss, status, or growth, and reducing the urge to send résumés.
By David Danelski (david.danelski@ucr.edu) | UCR News |
Laurence Akiyoshi UCR School of Business alumni

Decades in the Making

UCR MBA alum Laurence Akiyoshi shares his lifelong learning journey, global consulting career, and leadership insights from one of the best business schools.
By Laurie McLaughlin |
Temple of Literature and UCR Business

Vietnam, Revisited: UCR School of Business Returns to Southeast Asia

UCR School of Business students explore Vietnam’s economy, culture, and innovation—visiting top firms and historic sites at one of the best business schools.
GMAC with Joy Jones, Maribel Segura, and Patrick Latimer

UCR Joins Council of Global Business Schools

UC Riverside’s School of Business has been accepted into the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), a prestigious global association of leading graduate business schools.
By David Danelski (david.danelski@ucr.edu) | UCR News |
UC Riverside AGSM at Forte Foundation Conference in June 2025

Forté Foundation Partners with UCR Women Leaders

Through its Forté Foundation partnership, the UCR School of Business advances women’s leadership in business at one of the best business schools and UCR MBA programs.
Kyle Ingram and undergraduate business students in a classroom

UCR Scholar Reimagines Student Engagement

Kyle Ingram, an assistant professor of teaching in the School of Business at UC Riverside, takes this strategy to new heights with a college teaching method he developed called “Carry the Class.”
By David Danelski (david.danelski@ucr.edu) | UCR News |
UCR School of Business Commencement Ceremony 2025

Highlights from 2025 UCR Business Commencement

Celebrate UC Riverside Class of 2025 Commencement with 6,100 graduates, new blue caps, and Chancellor Wilcox’s final ceremonies. Watch online now.