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UCLA Anderson Student Group Wins This Year’s Net Impact Consulting Challenge

UCLA Anderson hosted the 5th annual Net Impact Consulting Challenge (NICC) on campus this past February 27th. The student competition provided opportunities for 68 graduate students from various programs across campus, including our own UCLA Anderson students, with the opportunity to compete as consultants assisting Los Angeles based nonprofit organizations.

After working with their clients for 17 days, the twelve student teams presented their recommendations to a panel of distinguished judges.  The winners of this year’s NICC are a UCLA Anderson team working with Project Grad LA. Project Grad LA is an organization which seeks to assist underprivileged Los Angeles communities with early college outreach.

This event is one of many opportunities UCLA Anderson students have to gain hands-on experience in a variety of industries and learn more about the business challenges faced by people in the nonprofit and social entrepreneurship arena.

The MBA Admissions & Financial Aid Team

What makes UCLA such a special place?

We thought you might enjoy the following YouTube video about what makes UCLA such a fascinating place to be. One of our own faculty, UCLA Anderson professor William Ouchi, best known for his book Theory Z: How American Management Can Meet the Japanese Challenge Better, appears briefly on the clip (Min 2:11). 

UCLA Anderson Professor Richard Roll Honored at NYSE

Richard Roll, Japan Alumni Chair in International Finance and Director of the Fink Center for Finance and Investments, has been named 2009 IAFE/SunGard Financial Engineer of the Year. The award, which will be presented today at the New York Stock Exchange, recognizes individual contributions to the advancement of financial engineering technology.

A member of the UCLA Anderson faculty for over 30 years and an intellectual leader in the school and finance discipline, Richard is renowned for his seminal work on market liquidity, asset pricing, corporate takeovers and real estate securities, a broad sweep of the most pressing issues in finance. He is a three-time recipient of the Graham and Dodd Award for financial writing,  and also received the Leo Melamed Award for the best financial research by an American business school professor.  

UCLA Anderson MBAs Go Global

Beginning with the Class of 2012, MBA students will have an international requirement that can be fulfilled in one of three ways: 1) take an international elective, 2) spend a term abroad at one of more 50 premier global partner business schools, or 3) complete an international Applied Management Research (AMR) project.