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Anderson MBA Programs Receive STEM Certification |
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On June 16, UCLA Anderson announced that its full-time, fully-employed and executive MBA programs will join the Master of Financial Engineering and Master of Science in Data Analytics programs to receive STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) certification. Making it among a small number of business schools to receive the designation across its MBA programs, which is retroactive to the class of 2019, reflects the increasingly quantitative focus of the school's MBA curriculum in response to technological advances, employer needs and student interests.
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Amptron is Bridging the Gap with Low-Cost Ventilators |
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When Nirav Patel ('20) enrolled in UCLA Anderson's EMBA program in 2018, his dream was to produce a low-cost ventilator for hospital use. Patel found an enthusiastic audience among classmates Shannon Demus ('20), Aanchal Kumar ('20), Stephan Hwang ('20) and Vikram Saurabh ('20). They recruited another classmate, Dr. Dezireh Sevanesian ('20), a dentist who had completed a residency in clinical anesthesiology, and started planning fundraising efforts for a company called Amptron Medical. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic creating a vacuum for ventilators, Amptron is responding to the crisis by prototyping a "bridge" ventilator to provide needed care for pre-term and newborn children.
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Making Progress Today: What You Can Do |
Heather M. Caruso, Assistant Dean of equity, diversity and inclusion and Adjunct Assistant Professor, recently shared thoughts and recommendations on how to navigate the uncomfortable moments that may arise when learning about inequity, bias and discrimination. One guidepost is to use the acronym ECHO as a touchstone:
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Engage rather than flee, dominate, or shut down the conversation.
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Courageously address — rather than anxiously avoid — difficult topics, knowing that practice makes challenges less intimidating.
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Humbly invite your conversation partner to correct you if you misinterpret their views, and to help you figure out if you are expressing yourself effectively.
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Openly share, at your own pace, aspects of your identity and experience that you want to see understood, so your conversation partner can learn about you from you, rather than from what others choose to say about you.
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Amazon's Mike Hopkins ('01) Offers Class of 2020 Encouragement |
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Acknowledging the realities of current events while finding reasons to be hopeful for the collective future, Mike Hopkins ('01), SVP of Prime Video and Amazon Studios, joined Dean Tony Bernardo to address Anderson's Class of 2020 MBA and Ph.D. graduates in a virtual commencement ceremony. Hopkins said "It's not about where you start, it's looking forward to where you want to finish." He emphasized the significant role that resiliency, the value of ethical leadership and taking the long view played in his success, while Dean Bernardo recognized the potential of the class of 2020 to serve as agents of change amidst a society plagued by inequities.
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Gain insights on various topics from research by UCLA Anderson faculty in this month's Anderson Review. | |
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The Diversity Imperative with PwC People & Organization's Blair Taylor ('90) |
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In the aftermath of COVID-19, some organizations reduced their focus on diversity in an effort to save costs. Yet the importance of internal and external strategies focusing on diversity is proving more important than ever before. Join our Seattle alumni chapter on Thursday, July 9, for a virtual conversation with Blair H. Taylor ('90), Partner, PwC, People & Organization, about the current imperative for expanding an organization's focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion—and the risks of failing to do so now.
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What's Ahead: The Global Economic…Recession? |
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In a recent How the World Works podcast, Warren Olney and Distinguished Professor Ed Leamer look at what's ahead in the wake of this pandemic from an economic and sociological perspective. Ed Leamer is a renowned economic forecaster and UCLA Anderson Professor Emeritus. A distinguished journalist, Olney hosts regular conversations with Anderson world-renowned thought leaders in this new podcast series about the most fascinating aspects of business and how we work. Listen. | |
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