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The Leavey School of Business celebrated the close of the 2025–26 academic year with faculty and staff honors, including nine professors earning the school's top distinction and the debut of a new award program recognizing outstanding staff contributions.

The inaugural Bay Area Sports Business Impact Awards span five categories — from community impact and ethical leadership to innovation and trailblazing business thinking — with each award tied to a charitable donation or scholarship. Recipients will be celebrated at a gala this November.

The business management major felt embraced and cared for as a transfer student. He wants to pay that forward.

There’s a contrarian management philosophy that Jim Hughes will share with anyone who asks. Tracing the arc of his career from a part-time job at a Computerland store in Silicon Valley to the executive ranks of Cisco to founding his own data analytics company, the evidence is hard to argue with.

Mike Viskovich came to Santa Clara expecting a career in finance. His path from Leavey graduate to life sciences executive winds through unexpected roles and difficult transitions.

The Leavey School of Business has transitioned its MS in Marketing (MSM) to a flexible delivery model. Beginning with the current admissions cycle, students may complete the program's 36 units flexibly — without needing to designate a single format at the time of enrollment.

With the 2026 FIFA World Cup arriving at Levi's Stadium next month, the Bay Area is preparing for an economic and community impact that extends well beyond the pitch. Projected to generate up to $630 million in regional activity, the event is the latest in a deliberate string of major events.

What does value-driven leadership look like under pressure? At Leavey's recent Power of Purpose event, NVIDIA executives Deb Shoquist and Allison Wagonfeld shared candid insights with 300+ undergraduates.

Every Friday in Lucas Hall, the AI Kitchen brings the campus community together for hands-on, no-code experience with AI tools. Co-led by professors Sanjiv Das (Business), Kai Lukoff, and Yi Fang (Computer Science), this open program requires no applications or grades—just a hunger to learn.

As artificial intelligence reshapes how we think and work, what do leaders stand to lose in the process? For Meerah Rajavel, Chief Information Officer of Palo Alto Networks, that question is not theoretical.