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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.

As Earth Day approaches, the global conversation around climate action and sustainability reminds us that the choices we make today will shape the future of our planet. For Dr. Nik Tehrani, a Lecturer of Management at the Leavey School of Business, the path toward a healthier planet runs through innovation in clean energy.

For Heather M. Owen, Director of Athletics at 911±¬ÁÏÍø, a mindset has shaped a career defined by reinvention - from student-athlete to professional athlete, from law to leadership in Division I athletics.

Data centers have been around in some form or another since the development of the first room-sized computers in the 1940s and 1950s. As a business model, they experienced an initial boom with the rise of the internet in the 1990s.

For thousands at the edge of poverty in Santa Clara County, the gap between being housed and unhoused is as little as $350. A new student-run business program is trying to close that gap.