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November 27, 2018 — The University of California San Diego has received a $1 million gift from business leader Rafael Pastor and his wife, Marina, to support the Rady School of Management and the School of Global Policy and Strategy.

February 15, 2018 — Through a philanthropic gift, UC San Diego alumnus J. Mark Waxman (B.A. Economics '70) and his wife, Paula, have helped launch a Mentorship Initiative at the California Institute for Innovation and Development (CIID) at the Rady School of Management. The institute was founded to support and catalyze the University of California's innovation leadership and entrepreneurship initiatives. The Mentorship Initiative will coordinate mentorship opportunities throughout the Rady School and create a forum to enhance and coordinate mentoring opportunities and allow startup entrepreneurs to have a recognized resource of experienced mentors to help them move forward.

January 4, 2018 — The Rady School of Management at the University of California San Diego today announced the launch of the Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc) degree. The new degree offers a comprehensive accounting education that prepares graduates to pursue a wide array of accounting career opportunities. It also provides important educational requirements for candidates seeking Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensure. Hiring by public accounting firms is at an all-time high, especially at the master’s degree level, and employment of accountants and auditors is expected to grow steadily over the next decade.

November 14, 2017 — The MBA program at the Rady School of Management at the University of California San Diego has been ranked 25th in The Princeton Review’s "Top 25 Graduate Schools for Entrepreneurship of 2018.”

September 14, 2017 — With a thriving innovation ecosystem, San Diego is one of the top startup cities in the U.S. and the Rady School of Management has played a vital role in stoking the region’s economic engine. The school’s students and alumni have founded 150 operational startup companies since the school’s first MBA class graduated in 2006. Over 70% of those companies remain in San Diego, contributing over $2 billion to the local and national economy.

August 10, 2017 — The Rady Venture Fund at the Rady School of Management University of California San Diego, announced their recent investment in Cloudbeds, their first investment in a company co-founded by a Rady MBA.

March 20, 2017 — Faced with a downturn in visitors, the San Diego History Center (SDHC) decided to take an innovative approach to boosting museum attendance – let visitors determine how much they wanted to pay for their visit. The museum’s “Give Forward” admissions program launched in October 2016 and, to date, has given it a significant boost in attendance. This fundamental shift in admissions was inspired by the research of Ayelet Gneezy and Uri Gneezy, faculty at the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego, and experts in charitable giving. Working with the Rady School professors, the museum determined the best way to increase admissions was to allow visitors to contribute based on their experience in the museum, instead of paying a set admissions fee. In addition, the museum highlights to visitors that admissions donations help pay for other people to visit in the future.

September 13, 2016 — (San Diego) – The Rady School of Management at UC San Diego today announced the appointment of Steve Poizner, a successful high tech entrepreneur and former California Insurance Commissioner, as the school’s inaugural Entrepreneur in Residence.

September 1, 2016 — For the third year in a row, the mystartupXX accelerator program, a UC San Diego-wide program started as a collaboration of the California Institute for Innovation and Development at the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego and the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering in 2012, has been chosen as one of the winners of the national Growth Accelerator Fund competition and recipient of a $50,000 award from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

August 8, 2016 — Robert S. Sullivan was elected Chairman of San Diego-based PCI (Project Concern International) at its annual meeting of the Board of Directors on August 6th. As chair, Sullivan will spearhead the strategic direction of PCI’s efforts working with families and communities in 15 countries to enhance health, end hunger and overcome hardship.