Celebrating the best of business school—learning, networking, and friendships—Alumni Weekend is the largest and most anticipated alumni homecoming of the year for the UCLA Anderson Alumni Network. Come back to where it all began and where your transformation will continue.

May 4 | Alumni Conference
Transformation is happening all around us.

Alumni Conference is UCLA Anderson’s flagship conference, designed just for alumni. Get back in the classroom to gain business insights and engage in discussions with industry leaders and world class faculty. Make new connections and reconnect with classmates under the stars at the Networking Reception following Alumni Conference.  

Amy Powell in Conversation with Sanjay Sood Amy Powell '05 President, Paramount Television & Digital Entertainment

Leading Transformation in the Digital Era Yvonne Wassenaar '90, '96 CEO, Airware

Understanding Psychological Barriers to Inclusion
Miguel Unzueta, Associate Professor of Management and Organizations 

Marketing Impact in the Digital Age
Dominique Hanssens, Distinguished Research Professor of Marketing

Transformation to an Info Economy: Robots in the Classroom?
Jerry Nickelsburg, Adjunct Full Professor and Director, UCLA Anderson Forecast

Creating and Managing Disruption in Retail
Moderator: Andres Terech, Adjunct Associate Professor of Marketing  
Chris Bonner '98, SVP Distribution, Logistics and Trade, Lululemon Athletica
Kelsey Doorey ’13, Founder & CEO, Vow to Be Chic

The Green Bundle: Pairing the Market with the Planet
Magali Delmas, Professor of Management

The Graying Organization: Navigating the Intergenerational Workplace
Bob McCann, Adjunct Professor of Management and Organizations

State of the School
Judy D. Olian

May 5 | Saturday Sessions
My Future Adventure: Understanding My Journey + Crafting My Story

Clarify your journey and articulate your story in a relevant and impactful way through two powerful workshops at the new Saturday Sessions at UCLA Anderson. Gigi Johnson ’88 will walk you through an exercise to map your past choices in order to identify the options and possibilities for your next adventure. Ratana Therakulsathit ’04 will coach you on the key elements of “storytelling” to help you articulate your journey so that you can effectively communicate your story. The morning will conclude with a special tour of the UCLA campus.

May 5 | Reunion Evening

The classes of 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, and 2013 will reconnect, reminisce, and create new memories at class reunion celebrations at Hotel Casa del Mar and Shutters on the Beach in beautiful Santa Monica Beach. The evening will feature respective class receptions, class dinners and a post-dinner celebration featuring dancing and a photo booth.

May 5 | 1 Year Reunion

The class of 2017 will celebrate their first year as UCLA Anderson alumni with a private class reunion celebration featuring a full open bar and heavy appetizers at 1212 in Santa Monica.

On March 8, five students representing Brazil, China India, and Russia came together to share their experiences as women in their home countries and in the U.S., including discussing universal stigmas they face, as part of a panel for International Women’s Day. Although they come from countries with distinct cultures, the women revealed surprisingly unified experiences—all of the panelists have experienced some degree of familial or cultural pressure to conform to roles expected of women in their respective countries. As the only daughter in her family, Vasiya Krishnan '18 from India, felt doted upon but also scrutinized by wider society. Part of her decision to enroll at Anderson was driven by a desire “to have a much more diverse peer group.” While working for an American company in Brazil, Giovanna Santos Chapini ’19 discovered that she was being compensated less than her male counterparts, despite being successful in her job. Read more.

Check out a snapshot of cutting-edge research by UCLA Anderson’s expert faculty covered in this month’s UCLA Anderson Review.

A History of Plough-Based Farming Leads to Fewer Girls
Paola Giuliano

Are Interest Rates Really So Low?
Ivo Welch

Behavioral Economics: Are Nudges Cost Effective?
Shlomo Bernartzi

BRCA Mutation: New Model Quantifies How Surgeries Reduce Cancer Risk
Elisa Long

Campaign Contributions Swayed by Neighbor’s Politics
Ricardo Perez-Truglia

Coporate Bosses, Given Fewer Stock Options, Turn Risk Averse
David Aboody

Green Initiative—By Themselves—Won’t Boost Productivity
Magali Delmas

How Tech Disruption Alters Investors’ Appetite for Risk
Stavros Panageas

In Adversity, Some High Performers Give Up Rather than Dig In
Hengchen Dai

Thinking Small Could Deliver Bigger Retirement Success for Gig Workers
Hal Hershfeld and Shlomo Bernartzi

As the U.S. job market strengthens, enrollment in full-time MBA programs has dropped by a third nationwide since 2010, with prospective students weighing the cost and relative value of the degree for their future careers. Given the shifting dynamics and smaller pool of top MBA applicants, leading U.S. business schools are competing ever more fiercely for top students, wooing them with beefed-up financial aid packages. Therefore to attract the very best, Anderson must compete not just through its excellent faculty and programs, but on the financial front too. Consider the following:

• 61% of this year’s MBA students—up from 41% in 2014—receive scholarships or fellowships based on need, merit, or both
• 56% percent of UCLA Anderson’s full-time MBA class of 2017 took out loans. Their average debt at graduation was $85,000 — or $1,000 dollars a month for the next decade

In a recent letter to his donors Evelyn and David Hou ‘02, fellowship recipient David Lee ‘18 wrote “The past year has been among the most rewarding of our lives, and it is in great part made possible by the generosity your family has shown ours.” Having had the chance to get to know Lee since the fellowship, Hou reflected “The quality of a top business school is greatly measured by the quality of its students. I want to ensure that Anderson continues to attract students who will make a difference in the business world and in their community.” Read more.

» Find out what receiving an investment in their future means to our students. Watch video.

April 9-13 | Impact Week 2018

Impact@Anderson and the UCLA Anderson Net Impact Chapter present IMPACT Week 2018 at UCLA Anderson on April 9-13. Examining the future of business through the creation of a social, environmental and economic evolution, this week-long event will feature thought leaders and founders of mission-driven businesses sharing their powerful insights in design workshops, panels, screenings, network mixers and more. Don’t miss keynotes from Cara Chacon, VP of Social & Environmental Responsibility, Patagonia and Brian Kariger, CEO of Recargo. Learn more.

April 20 | Wilbur K. Woo Greater China Business Conference

The annual Wilbur K. Woo Greater China Business Conference at UCLA Anderson on April 20 will discuss a variety of issues related to China and U.S. cross-border business and investment. Join us for insights on emerging trends, bright spots, plus new and creative investment strategies and partnerships. In light of Xi Jinping’s recent presentation of China’s mid and long-term development goals and threats of protectionism, trade walls and increased tariffs, this is a conference not to be missed. Learn more.

April 30 | Fink Investing Conference

The 7th annual Fink Investing Conference, hosted by UCLA Anderson’s Laurence and Lori Fink Center for Finance & Investments, brings together some of the most respected individuals in the investment management community to educate and connect a wide range of financial industry participants. Join us to hear from this year’s keynotes Jay Wintrob, CEO of Oaktree Capital Group, and John Mapes (B.A. ’90) Managing Partner, Aurora Capital Partners. Learn more.