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Transformative Leaders in Entertainment and Sports Brought a Packed House at Pulse 2024
Pulse honored Game Changer Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, for pushing the frontiers of innovation in entertainment, influencing audiences and leading the industry’s evolution
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A Powerful Belief in Oneself
Anderson’s annual Velocity Women’s Leadership Summit celebrates the success we achieve amid challenges
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International Women of Courage Honorees Speak Up — Often at Great Personal Risk
For Women’s History Month, Anderson’s EDI team and WBC convened a panel with three exceptional leaders recognized for inclusive excellence and the positive change they’re making
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With an Entrepreneur’s Passion, Kristin D. Ashcraft (’09) Creates Conduits for People’s Connections
Her active leadership roles across UCLA Anderson’s network have earned her the 2024 Outstanding Alumni Service Award
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Fascinated by Finance
Payden & Rygel’s Asha Joshi (M.A. ’81, ’85) takes an interest in the people behind the numbers
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Monique Lawshe (’90) Is Elected President of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission
A valued member of the UCLA Ziman Center’s advisory board, she combines real estate finance and development skills with a deep commitment to educational and social service partnerships
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For All It’s Worth
The Fink Center’s Lori Santikian teaches the art and the science of corporate valuation
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UCLA Anderson Forecast Sees Restrained Growth in 2024, but the Likelihood of a U.S. Recession Fades
Our economists note that California’s economy still outpaces the nation’s but faces the same political and geopolitical risks
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How to Maximize the Positives of Generative AI and GPT
Meta’s Arun Rao (’13) unveils developments in this transformational form of AI
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UCLA Anderson’s Storied Art Collection Has a Steward
With an interest in art that stems from his college days at MIT, Professor Emeritus Don Morrison acts as “unofficial” curator
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Hollywood Restructuring and the Writers and Actors Strikes of 2023
UCLA Anderson Forecast director Jerry Nickelsburg assesses the economic impact
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What Happens When Dollar Stores Come to Town
Brett Hollenbeck’s study uncovers the deleterious effects on public health over a 10-year period
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An Olympian Legacy That Keeps the People in Its Heart
Mariana Behr Andrade’s (’02) Olympic education program continues to make a profound impact in her native Brazil
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Business Efficiency Needn’t Be the Enemy of Personal and Public Well-Being
Anderson’s Charles Corbett: Operations managers can take into consideration happiness, equity and sustainability
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How Do Behavioral Science Findings Transfer across Contexts?
Hengchen Dai and co-authors have published fresh research on the schism between what people in a hypothetical scenario say they will do, and what people actually do
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Anderson in the News
March highlights in the global press
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