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Welcome to the May Edition of What’s Current, Anderson’s Community Newsletter

This Month at Anderson

AANHPI

Our student leaders are building durable professional networks in UCLA Anderson’s Pan-Asian community

Same Table, Different Dishes
Students
A Taste of Taiwan
 
TBSA Students
Community Contribution

Gareth James on the Business School Value Proposition

Gareth James

UCLA Anderson’s incoming dean looks ahead to strategic plans

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Courtney Taira (’18) Is First to Receive UCLA Anderson’s Emerging Alumni Leader Award

Courtney Taira

The IFG Restaurant Group president leads strategy and menu development across her family’s multi-brand portfolio

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Building the Educational Infrastructure That Prepares Students to Lead

Professor Henry Friedman

As faculty vice chair of curriculum and teaching, Professor Henry Friedman’s goal is to develop better ways of linking learning and success

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The Global Ecosystem of Sport

Andy Campion

Andy Campion’s (B.A. ’93, ’03) course gives MBA students a systems-level view of the industry

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KramerBot Asks You All the Right Questions

Kramerbot

Easton Fellow Attin Kundra (’26) is developing an AI agent he modeled on the teaching techniques of his professor, Terry Kramer 

Read the Interview and Listen to KramerBot

Sharing SEABA Success, Club President Proudly Passes the Leadership Baton

SEABA

Levy Aninditio (’26) expanded the Southeast Asian Business Association’s community, and now extends well wishes to his successor, Aurora Zafira (’27)

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Tim Kawahara (B.A. ’91, CERT ’03) Reflects on the Ziman Center at 25

Tim Kawahara

What has he been doing for two decades as founding executive director? The list is long

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Capital Group Executives Emphasize Self-Advocacy

Alumnae speakers in Anderson’s Women in SoCal series have made sure the right opportunities find them

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Dean Emeritus Bruce Willison (B.A. ’70) Left Banking for Public Service

Bruce Willison

He cemented relationships with faculty and students while managing a difficult financial phase

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Picture It! Alumni Weekend Brought Us Back Where It All Began

Alumni

Anderson alumni, resource groups and whole chapters celebrated milestone reunions

Sanjeev Patel (’01) and Scott Miller (’06), along with Board Connections at Anderson, share highlights from the 2026 Alumni Weekend

Alumni weekend

UCLA Anderson Alumni

Alumni mixer

Founder-Mentor Mixer

Alumni photobooth

Alumni Photo Booth

Household Use of AI Yields Bigger Productivity Gains Than Seen by Business

Gregor Schubert's research: Household Use of AI Yields Bigger Productivity Gains Than Seen by Business

Gregor Schubert’s research indicates chores go faster, providing more leisure time

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Anderson in LA

What Do L.A. Originals BOA Steakhouse, Sushi Roku and Katana Have in Common? 

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Mallory Leeper

Mallory Leeper (’27) shares the exciting news of where she’ll be interning this summer

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Get to Know the Class of 2028, Reporting Straight from A-Days

Incoming full-time MBA students are excited to share why they committed to UCLA Anderson

A-days

Makaelah Murray is a UCLA M.D. student and a former D1 student athlete!

A-Days

Luke Diamond is a U.S. Army veteran coming to L.A. from equally cool New Orleans!

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Innovation Challenge

Innovation Challenge Winners

Congratulations, Cross-Campus Innovation Challenge Winners!

Anderson’s Easton Center revamped the tracks for the 2026 competition, rewarding 10 UCLA teams designing tech solutions to real-world problems.

Learn About the Winners 
Transformative Tech
Societal Impact
Health Tech

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Anderson Day of Service

Volunteer

Six locations across Los Angeles, One Anderson Service Initiative

Our campus community is an essential part of our extraordinary city, from the west side to Van Nuys to El Monte

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Coming Up
05/22 Ethics Summit
05/29 Emerging Tech Conference
06/12 FEMBA, EMBA, MBA and Ph.D. Commencement

Anderson in the News

Faculty insights in the global press

Wall Street Journal 
The people who are using AI at home to free up their time 
“It would be nice if ChatGPT let us get things done faster and we’d all frolic in meadows,” says Gregor Schubert, whose research shows people are using AI to free up time at home. But he also finds those across the digital divide are getting left behind. 

Insights by Stanford Business 
Using data science to get food and volunteers where they’re needed most 
Scott Rodilitz and co-authors redesigned the matching algorithms for VolunteerMatch and Feeding America to improve how their platforms balance efficiency and equity. 

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