A. Gary Anderson
Graduate School of Management

2025 Beautification Award Winner, City of Riverside

School of Business Wins Riverside Beautification Award

The new four-story building, which opened last fall, received the Sustainable Design & Innovation Award as part of the Keep Riverside Clean and Beautiful Awards on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.
By Imran Ghori | Inside UCR |
Brian Immethum

The ROI of exploring options and getting involved

Brian Immethun has a job waiting for him when he graduates this spring with a business administration, finance degree.
By Darin Estep |
Claire Yuan '18

Popular Pop-Up Greeting Card Company Prospers

While shopping for cards and gifts for friends, Claire Yuan ’18 says, “I found greeting cards in stores to be plain, and I spent a lot of time looking for the right gift to pair with them. I thought if there was a product that combined both a card and gift, it would save time...
By Laurie Mclaughlin |
Mahmoud “Mike” Hemood ’20

Straight Talk: What It Really Takes to Run a Restaurant

When asked when and why Mahmoud “Mike” Hemood ’20 created his Baba’s Hot Chicken restaurant, the answer begins well before it became a popular Riverside eatery: “I started Baba’s on accident. There was no intention to start a brand, I was doing it purely for fun while I finished college. My very first sale was...
By Laurie McLaughlin |
Aaron Saltzman, ’21 MBA

‘The Key is Being Adaptable and Endlessly Curious’

Aaron Saltzman, ’21 MBA, was a self-described “theater nerd” in high school who envisioned a career in the entertainment industry. So how did he end up as a top marketing executive in 3D animated visual aids? The answer can be found in a professional journey that includes an undergraduate degree in international relations, working on...
Diverse students in front of new Business Building

“We Want to Provide a ‘Hand Up’”

The Ohana Scholarship program provides scholarship assistance to low-income students majoring in pre-business or business administration and covers the financial gap that many low-income students experience, thus, reducing financial hardship.
By Laurie McLaughlin |
Price tags in a store

New Method Predicts Optimal Prices in Uncertain Times

Setting the right price for goods or services is essential for just about any business. Prices that are too low can reduce profits. Prices that are too high can drive away customers and lead to losses. Artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning models can help businesses find the elusive sweet spot by extrapolating prices from historical...
By David Danelski | UCR News |
Elaine Wong

‘Fostered Deep Understanding and Interactions Among Students’

Dr. Elaine Wong is the 2023-2024 recipient of the Golden Apple for Excellence in Teaching Graduate Core Courses and the James Merino Innovation Award for inventive teaching methods.
By Aurora Abt |
Rio de Janeiro aerial

Experience Brazil with UCR Business / FLEAP

Dr. Kyle E. Ingram is a seasoned world traveler. At age 19, he took a solo trip to Southeast Asia. As assistant professor of teaching in management, he has led several cohorts of UCR’s London Leadership Experience. None of that prepared him for what he found when he attended a conference on sustainable leadership last...
Auditor in front of computer screens

Industry Experience Pays Off in Corporate Audits, Study Finds

Co-authored by professors Birendra Mishra and Theodore Mock from UC Riverside’s School of Business, the study examines how the industry experience of auditors can influence audit fees and quality.
By David Danelski (david.danelski@ucr.edu) | UCR News |
Poets & Quants Class of 2026

Meet the UCR School of Business MBA Class of 2026

This article was recently published on Poets & Quants , a premium online resource for prospective graduate business students worldwide. Also read the second part of the article: " A Q&A with UCR AGSM Leadership ." Ambitious, driven, and collaborative. These are just a few words to describe a UC-Riverside Anderson Graduate School of Management...
By Meghan Marrin | Poets & Quants |
Poets and Quants Class of 2026: AGSM Leadership team

A Q&A with UCR AGSM Leadership

This article was recently published on Poets & Quants , a premium online resource for prospective graduate business students worldwide. Also read the first part of the article: " Meet the UC Riverside School of Business MBA Class of 2026 ." Meet the UC Riverside School of Business MBA Class of 2026 An Interview with...
By Meghan Marrin | Poets & Quants |
Hogs in a hog facility

AI Optimizes Hog Farming Profitability

Deciding when to bring a hog to market has never been an easy task. To maximize profits, farmers must gauge changing animal weights, pork prices, feed costs, and pen space, while also keeping an inventory of ready-for-market pigs to meet long-term contractual obligations with meat processors. With so many variables in flux, farmers face what...
By David Danelski (david.danelski@ucr.edu) | UCR News |
Rod McDermott Lecture at UCR School of Business

‘You Are the President of Your Career’

As one of three 2024-2025 UCR School of Business Executive Fellows, McDermott, who earned a bachelor’s degree in business at UCLA, is spending time on campus throughout the academic year mentoring students and sharing his expertise: For more than 20 years, he’s been an entrepreneur growing companies from the ground up.
By Laurie Mclaughlin |
Blue plastic shopping bags

Plastic Bag Bans Have Lingering Impacts, Even After Repeals

Regulations imposed to protect the environment may continue to have impacts even after they are repealed. And those lingering impacts include some that run contrary to the goals of the policies.
By David Danelski (david.danelski@ucr.edu) | UCR News |
New Business Building Exterior

Open for Business

After over a year of construction, UCR opened a new School of Business building this fall, more than doubling classroom and other spaces. The four-story, 63,400-square-foot building includes classrooms built for hybrid learning, a 350-seat auditorium, conference rooms, faculty and administrative offices, student lounges, a cafe, and other amenities. The $87 million project is a...
Woman gets splashed with water

Mind Over Market

Thomas Kramer’s research explores the intersection between behavioral psychology and marketing, and his findings are as revealing as they are fascinating. He is an associate dean and professor of marketing in the UCR School of Business.
By David Danelski | UCR Magazine |
WACSB 2024 Group

UCR Business Hosts 2024 WACSB Deans Conference

More than 60 deans, associate deans, and industry partners came to Riverside, Calif. for the 2024 Western Association of Collegiate Schools of Business (WACSB) Deans Conference in October.
The China Program 2024 - Opening Ceremony at Shaghai Ocean University

On the Ground in China

For a week in July of 2024, 13 UCR School of Business students flew across the globe for immersive, on-the-ground exposure to the business of China. The group was hosted by Shanghai Ocean University, located in the Lin-gang Special Area.
By Laurie McLaughlin |
Executive Fellow Jeff Paul ’92

Executive Fellow Jeff Paul ’92 Is Back on Campus

By sharing a compelling narrative around the significance of the challenge coin, Jeff Paul ’92 explored its backstory and tied it to themes of organizational structure during his October 17 guest lecture in Professor Kyle Ingram’s BUS 107 course. “Jeff demonstrated how a firm understanding of concepts discussed in this course, particularly around key theories...
By Laurie McLaughlin |