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Savanur Manasa

Imparting Frontline Finance Experience with Students

Learn from UCR Master of Finance grad Manasa Savanur in a 2024 webinar on investing—showcasing skills honed at one of the best business schools.
By Laurie McLaughlin |
Vida Federal Credit Union at Ribbon Cutting 2024

Vida Federal Credit Union Establishes Local Scholarship

Vida Federal Credit Union funds $50K endowed scholarship for UCR MBA and business students at one of California’s best business schools.
By Laurie Mclaughlin |
Imil Desphy, ’12 MBA, launched his company, CoatMasters

The Formula of Success: Experiment, Learn, Repeat

Like so many other great entrepreneurial legends, the story of CoatMasters by IMRAE begins in a garage. After a lot of hard work — and closely listening to what customers told him they needed — Desphy launched CoatMasters in 2007.
By Darin Estep |
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 |
Claire Yuan '18

Popular Pop-Up Greeting Card Company Prospers

UCR MBA alumna Claire Yuan ’18 turns a clever gift-card idea into thriving LoveEcho Cards—3D keepsakes launched with roots at one of the best business schools.
By Laurie Mclaughlin |
Mahmoud “Mike” Hemood ’20

Straight Talk: What It Really Takes to Run a Restaurant

From apartment pop-ups to Riverside Food Lab success, UCR MBA alum Mike Hemood reveals the grit behind Baba’s Hot Chicken at one of the best business schools.
By Laurie McLaughlin |
Aaron Saltzman, ’21 MBA

‘The Key is Being Adaptable and Endlessly Curious’

Read how a UCR MBA alum credits adaptability and curiosity—alongside analytics and behavioral insights—as keys to success in marketing at a top business school.
Diverse students in front of new Business Building

“We Want to Provide a ‘Hand Up’”

The Ohana Scholarship at UCR’s School of Business supports low-income pre-business and business majors, reducing financial hardship and closing aid gaps.
By Laurie McLaughlin |
Price tags in a store

New Method Predicts Optimal Prices in Uncertain Times

UCR MBA researchers introduce an AI-driven pricing strategy combining demand theory with deep learning—designed for uncertain times at a top business school.
By David Danelski | UCR News |
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

Get to know the ambitious, collaborative UCR MBA Class of 2026 in this Poets & Quants feature—at one of the best business schools in Southern California.
By Meghan Marrin | Poets & Quants |
Poets and Quants Class of 2026: AGSM Leadership team

A Q&A with UCR AGSM Leadership

Poets & Quants Q&A with UCR AGSM leadership reveals how UCR MBA fosters career success, innovation, and personal growth at one of the best business schools.
By Meghan Marrin | Poets & Quants |
Hogs in a hog facility

AI Optimizes Hog Farming Profitability

Discover how AI elevates UCR MBA‑level business research—optimizing hog‑farming decisions for long‑term profit at one of the best business schools.
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 a 2024-2025 UCR School of Business Executive Fellow, McDermott mentors students, sharing 20+ years of entrepreneurial expertise building companies.
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 |
Woman gets splashed with water

Mind Over Market

Thomas Kramer, UCR MBA professor and associate dean, studies behavioral psychology and marketing at one of California’s best business schools.
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.
Executive Fellow Jeff Paul ’92

Executive Fellow Jeff Paul ’92 Is Back on Campus

Executive Fellow Jeff Paul ’92 returns to campus to mentor UCR MBA students—through lectures and roundtables—continuing excellence at one of the best business schools.
By Laurie McLaughlin |
Fist bump artwork by Robert Almanzar/UCR

Manliness Concerns Impede Forgiveness of Coworkers

UCR research finds men concerned with appearing masculine are less likely to forgive co-workers, seeing forgiveness as a feminine trait.
By David Danelski (david.danelski@ucr.edu) | UCR News |
Ribbon Cutting in front of the new School of Business Building

School of Business Celebrates New Building

UCR School of Business celebrates its new state-of-the-art building with community, faculty, and alumni supporters.
By Imran Ghori | Inside UCR |