Starting our journey at UC Davis, meeting the dean, touring campus
Onboarding for our MSBA cohort featured a tour of the UC Davis campus, essential preparation for our client projects, and meeting the community.
An introduction to everything involved with the year-long practicum project
“Don’t focus solely on the ‘what’ you’ll be learning, but think about the ‘who’. These classmates will become vital resources one day,” says Carrie Beam, director of MSBA analytic projects.
'It was a great opportunity to partner with scientists'
A team of five students in the UC Davis MSBA Class of 2022 engaged with the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute (CPMCRI) on its Cancer Avatar Project.
It’s the people that make the UC Davis experience unique
Recent MSBA graduate Ethan Meng pivoted from accounting to data analytics and discovered a new career path.
“I learned to think like a data scientist”
MSBA 2022 alumna Yuntong “Lily” Xiao reflects on her journey to Pinterest and how she prepared for the recruiting process.
How my practicum project set me up for success
“Our work as students results in big changes for our partners and the opportunity to expand our technical knowledge and gain real-world experience.”
MSBA practicum project reveals lessons in product management
M.S. in Business Analytics student Keshore Suryanarayanan details how his team’s practicum project transformed his idea of data products and their significance.
“Never be frustrated and always be positive.”
Current MSBA student Ethan Meng asked 2021 alumna Luga Lu a handful of questions about the MSBA program, life after graduation and her new career at Meta.
Thanking UC b-school program and UC Davis for these opportunities
Jodi Go MSBA 22 says she’s a small-town girl who is enjoying her time in the MSBA program and the big city.
Our group experience will pay dividends in your future job interviews
Working well with your practicum team comes down to seven tangible steps, says MSBA student Keshore Suryanarayanan.
Shared vision and complementary skills essential to our team’s success
A highlight of the MSBA is the program-long practicum project. Our team is collaborating with the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute (CPMC-RI) to improve data processes in the Cancer Avatar project.
How the diversity of my team and our roles is helping me find my way
For our practicum project, our MSBA team worked with a media non-profit based in the Bay Area, KQED, one of the member television stations throughout the U.S. that are part of the Public Broadcasting Service.
Lessons of storytelling, marketing analytics, natural language processing.
We brought together students, alumni, faculty, practitioners and corporate leaders from Google, Facebook, Instagram, Thorn and more to spotlight emerging trends in analytics.
Jessica Padolina, Zhe Wang and Dhwani Mehta connect their cohort
Soft skills, SQL and machine learning—find out what attracted our three new Graduate Student Analysts to the MSBA program.
3 keys to collaboration on our virtual consulting
“I can’t, but we can.” MSBA student Angela Wang says communication, delegation and support are foundations for collaborating on the year-long consulting project.
Both senior analysts at home improvement retailers’ headquarters in Atlanta
MSBA student Emily Teng catches up with identical twins Ashish and Rohan Ranshinge, both 2019 alums and now senior analysts at Home Depot headquarters in Atlanta.
How are teams and corporate project sponsors selected
Behind the scenes of how practicum projects are developed and how the experience offers students professional growth.
The student team examined the problem of commercial power fraud and recommending analytically-derived solutions with the goal of creating a safer, sustainable and more equitable environment for its entire customer base. Founded in 1946, SMUD is Sacramento's community-owned, not-for-profit electric service, among the six largest of its kind in the U.S.
The student team assisted a customer-centric, locally-owned grocery chain evaluate its marketing analytics strategy and delivering insights that maximize promotional impact and strengthen the customer relationship. Based in Woodland, Calif., Nugget Markets is a privately owned, $300+ mil. revenue grocery chain ranked 12 consecutive years among Fortune’s Best Companies to Work For.
The student team worked with augmenting industry pricing and analytics experts tasked with improving profitability at a large California grocery chain by leveraging point-of-service and pricing data that capture how internal and external price signals impact customer behavior. Dunnhumby uses the power of customer (big) data and insights to create customer-first and personalized in-store, digital and mobile customer experiences.