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The Rady School of Management:
Year in Review
By Rady School of Management Staff
The Rady School celebrated the opening of its new building, Otterson Hall, on June 1, 2007. The building is named Otterson Hall in honor of the late William (Bill) Otterson, co-founder of UCSD CONNECT, in appreciation for his contributions to the San Diego business community and his impact on the region.
Otterson Hall contains 50,000 assignable square feet and has classrooms, conference rooms and common areas for students, as well as faculty and staff offices. It was designed by Ellerbe Becket, with environmental sustainability in mind – using natural ventilation, energy efficient lighting and office chairs made of recycled content. Rooftop Kyocera solar panels produce roughly 25,000 kilowatt hours of clean, renewable energy annually, providing nearly 20 percent of the building’s energy needs.
Professors Recruited from Ivy League and Other Top Universities
The Rady School’s faculty hires for the 2007–2008 academic year included National Science Foundation and American Finance Association award winners, as well as others who have received numerous research and teaching honors. New faculty members were recruited from Ivy League universities such as Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania. Other top schools represented include Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, Stanford University and the University of Chicago.
FlexMBA Program Offered in an Evening Format
The Rady FlexMBA is now offered in two formats – the FlexWeekend and FlexEvening – to accommodate working professionals and their various roles and responsibilities. The FlexEvening MBA provides the same rigorous education, but without the commitment of regular time away from the workplace. Classes meet two evenings a week on campus and students typically complete their degrees in 30 months.
UC San Diego Offers Nation's First Concurrent Oceanography Ph.D. and MBA Degree
UC San Diego is home to the first concurrent degree program in the country to combine a Ph.D. in oceanography and an MBA. This collaboration between the Rady School of Management and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography enables students to pursue a Ph.D. at Scripps and an MBA at Rady in a coordinated, concurrent program. The concurrent Ph.D./MBA program was developed for students interested in careers where the combination of scientific expertise and management knowledge is particularly important.
BDRM Conference Puts Rady Firmly on the Research Map
The Behavioral Decision Research in Management Conference (BDRM), held April 24-26 at the Rady School of Management, attracted more than 200 scholars from all over the world. The biennial conference brought together the best of behavioral research. Seventeen of the top 20 business schools were represented, with attendees from 15 countries.
BDRM was a brand-building opportunity for the Rady School and laid the groundwork for future faculty recruiting. Highlights of the conference included a keynote address by Richard Thaler about his newly released book, "Nudge," and a keynote address by Ralph Keeling of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography on how decision research can help address climate change issues.
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