Author Archives: Ashley Villa

What began as a learning experience ended with a first-place finish for UCLA Anderson School of Management students at the Rice University Business Plan Competition in Houston, Texas, earlier this month. The event is the “largest intercollegiate business plan competition in the world,” according to an Anderson press release. UCLA’s team, composed of graduate business […]

A full house of graduate students, professors, business leaders and fans gathered to hear national celebrity Kelly Perdew speak on his experiences on Donald Trump’s hit television show “The Apprentice II” Wednesday at Korn Hall in the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Last December, after 15 weeks of arduous business challenges, Perdew, who graduated from […]

The UCLA Anderson Forecast predicts a possible national economic recession in 2006, which could negatively affect some UCLA graduates as they venture into the job market. Entrepreneurs, business owners, chief executive officers and various businessmen interested in the “Prosperity for Mid-Sized Businesses: What’s New and What’s Important” were present at the a conference held in […]

Any student interested in taking part in the Undergraduate Investment Society Student Stock Tournament will automatically be given $500 upon enrollment. Starting today, UCLA students will take the money and spend it on an Internet investing site which will allow them to invest in the stocks of their choice. The $500 won’t be real money, […]

As a research institution, UCLA is a hotbed for new ideas and innovations. Every day, students as well as professors are making new discoveries in areas from biotechnology to mathematics to communications. The Venture Development Project, a program that was redesigned in 2003, was created to match up academics, scientists and researchers who are creating […]

UCLA students who fly to and from their hometowns are hoping that airlines will continue to lower prices in what is now being called a price war in the industry. Students who plan on traveling by plane, whether within the state or outside, have a wide variety of airline carriers to choose from, and competition […]

Twenty-plus years of research and investigation have led UCLA laboratories to the newest discovery in the fight against AIDS. In 1981, the first case of AIDS was documented by UCLA scientists after a series of similar rare illnesses had occurred at the UCLA Medical Center. To date, there are between 800,000 and 900,000 people living […]