A. Gary Anderson
Graduate School of Management

Angela Marcel-Gavin, UCR School of Business student

A World of Rocks Waiting to be Turned Over

In the months leading up to graduating with a Bachelor of Science in management information systems, Angela Marcel-Gavin ’21 recalls having tunnel vision when thinking about what career opportunities lay ahead of her.
By Elias Almarez-Herrera ’23 |
Tim Siegel, Executive Fellow 2021-2022

Working Hard in Pursuit of an Idea

In 1998, Tim Siegel ’91 co-founded LS Capital, a fully integrated private equity firm, with a friend he had known since they played T-ball together.
By Darin Estep |
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Mass Customization Can Make Fashion More Sustainable if Customers are Willing to Wait for It

The fashion industry produces far more inventory than it sells, consuming and polluting more of the planet’s resources than necessary and generating about 10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Much of this excess merchandise ends up in landfills or is burned, prolonging the environmental assault.
By Holly Ober | UCR News |
UCR campus with snowcapped mountains

In New Economic Index, UCR is No. 18 Nationally

A new measure of higher education excellence called the Economic Mobility Index, or EMI, ranks UCR No. 18 nationally. The ranking is from a non-profit think tank named Third Way, and aims to measure the role universities play in catalyzing the economy.
By John Warren | UCR News |
Hand with pen, filling out survey

Surveys with Repetitive Questions Yield Bad Data, Study Finds

Surveys that ask too many of the same type of question tire respondents and return unreliable data, according to a new UC Riverside-led study.
By Holly Ober } UCR News |
AGSM student trip to Newport Beach, 2021

AGSM Hosts Annual Events, Traditions for Graduate Students

As they excitedly waited in line to board world-famous attractions like Ghost Rider and Silver Bullet at Knott’s Berry Farm, first and second-year graduate business students shared common ground and began the process of building powerful, lasting relationships.
By Elias Almarez-Herrera ’23 |
Construction site in California

California Labor Market Expansion Continues Amid Omicron; State's Unemployment Rate Dips Despite Growth In Workforce

California’s labor market continued to expand at a steady pace in December, with total nonfarm employment in the state growing by 50,700 positions over the month. According to the January 2022 Beacon Employment Report | CA, the state's growth accounted for just over one-quarter of the nation’s overall job gains.
By Victoria Pike Bond |
ASUCR Senator Helen Chu '23 and UCR Business Dean Yunzeng Wang

Town Hall Explores Drive for Business School Representation in Student Senate

In November, School of Business Dean Yunzeng Wang was the featured speaker at the first in-person Associated Students of UCR (ASUCR) town hall meeting of the 2021-22 academic year.
By Elias Almarez-Herrera ’23 |
David Robinson, UCR School of Business Executive Fellow

Strengthening Ties Between the Business Community and the Business School

It wasn’t until years later that business trial lawyer David A. Robinson ’79 realized the stature of the professor who taught the transformative honors seminar he attended while at UC Riverside.
By Laurie McLaughlin |
Vonda Simon, Executive Fellow 2021-2022

The Willingness to Never Give Up

Vonda Simon ’82 worked hard at her career. That effort helped her ascend quickly, and she was the top salesperson at TricorBraun, one of the world’s largest packaging distributors.
By Darin Estep |
Dr. Ye Li with graduate students, UCR School of Business

Decisions, Decisions: Professor Helps Students Understand Why We Do What We Do

Professor Ye Li knows why you are checking Twitter instead of working on that project that’s due next week.
By Darin Estep |
Elon Musk, TESLA

How Elon Musk can Save Big on Taxes by Giving Away a Ton of his Tesla Stock

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is liquidating lots of Tesla shares.
By Eric Allen, UCR School of Business | For "The Conversation" |
Construction worker

Inland Empire Economy Nears Full Recovery from Pandemic Downturn

Although business activity in the Inland Empire continues to outpace the nation in its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the rate of recovery has slowed as the regional economy draws closer to pre-pandemic levels of activity.
Diana Almendarez Colgrove ’10, MBA ’12

Business Education + Internship = Successful Career Launch

In 2012, the labor market was grim, says Diana Almendarez Colgrove ’10, MBA ’12. Toward the end of her last year of graduate school, she attended a campus career fair and stopped by the Esri technology company’s booth and asked the recruiters to share her résumé with their marketing department, even though she knew they...
By Laurie McLaughlin |
Aerospace student group

Students Plan for Take-off in First Annual Aerospace Conference

Organized by a student-led planning committee, the university’s first-ever annual Aerospace Conference hosted representatives from the industry during the April 2021 virtual gathering.
By Elias Almarez-Herrera ’23 |
Sean Sasso with Global Immersion group in Oxford

The Life-changing Experience of Global Immersion

Over the course of 10 years, Sean Jasso, Ph.D., has led UCR students on 25 global immersion trips: 11 trips to Oxford, England. Twice to India, once to Turkey. Seven trips to China and four to Vietnam.
#SummerwithUCR Sets the Trend for Business Readiness

#SummerwithUCR Sets the Trend for Business Readiness

As students prepared for the fall 2021 quarter, the A. Gary Anderson School of Management (AGSM) rolled out two immersive virtual readiness courses available to incoming graduate students.
By Elias Almarez-Herrera ’23 |
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Mamma Mia! Sweden Gains the Most Musicians During the Pandemic

Call it the ABBA effect: More musicians migrated to Stockholm, Sweden during the pandemic than to any other location according to a new analysis released today by the UCR School of Business Center for Economic Forecasting and Development.
By Victoria Pike-Bond |
IE Economic Forecast Conference 2021

Inland Empire Economic Forecast Conference Finds Near Term Outlook Strong but Long Run Risks Loom Large

From a demand standpoint, the U.S. economy has completely recovered from the pandemic recession.
By Victoria Pike Bond |
Anderson Hall

Quick Tips: Select Advice from Executive Fellows 

Five accomplished business executives recently kicked off the first in the UCR School of Business Executive Fellows Industry Discussion Series.