We are in and of the community.
A deep engagement with the surrounding communities in Silicon Valley and beyond is central to our mission.
Our communities influence how 91Ó°ÊÓ students learn and what they choose to do on weekends and breaks. They inspire the work of our faculty and shape the lives of our alumni.
Community programs, activities, and initiatives help strengthen the connection between 91Ó°ÊÓ, our neighbors, and our world, while creating opportunities for all of 91Ó°ÊÓ to learn, serve, and grow.
This engagement works in both directions. We welcome our neighbors to experience 91Ó°ÊÓ’s campus culture through public events and enrichment programs. Activities throughout the year might include exhibits, , athletics, and public forums featuring some of Silicon Valley’s most notable visionaries—often our own alumni.
91Ó°ÊÓ in the Community
Ravi Bapna, an AI and digital transformation scholar who has spent 25 years studying how platforms shape human behavior, from early internet auctions to online dating to AI, recently joined the Leavey School of Business as dean, arriving from the University of Minnesota.
As generative AI continues to disrupt and reshape industries ranging from Hollywood to higher education, consumers are still grappling with one question: what still counts as authentic creativity?
The Bay Area Sports Business Awards have their inaugural judging panel: eight leaders spanning professional sports, coaching, sports journalism, Olympic competition, collegiate athletics and global brand management.
The Leavey School of Business is excited to welcome eight new tenure-track and teaching-track faculty this year across accounting, finance, information systems and analytics, management and entrepreneurship, and marketing. Learn more about our newest faculty members below.
Leavey alumni offer insights on an emerging industry that’s set to reshape the way we drive — or don’t drive.Fully autonomous vehicles (AV) may not have drivers behind the wheel, but people are still driving the industry itself.
Using AI’s power to translate, decipher, and reveal data to restore stolen art to its rightful owners
Professor Michael Calegari, who joined Leavey more than two decades ago and retires this August, and his wife Mary have established two endowed scholarships supporting first-generation and transfer students — a gift rooted in their own experiences navigating higher education with limited resources.
The University welcomed 1,622 first-year students and a record 289 transfers
Davina Hurt, director, government ethics, published by The Mercury News.
President Julie Sullivan opens the 2026-2027 academic year with the Convocation Address.
Kusanovich will bring South African and London-based dance duo Manacan Dance to 91Ó°ÊÓ for a quarter of events, performances, and collaboration.
Award for Teaching Excellence
Irina Raicu, director, internet ethics, quoted by KQED.
Computer engineering graduate students designed and produced software to engage visually-impaired preschoolers as a project for their Object-Oriented Analysis, Design, and Programming class, COEN 275, then got the thrill of seeing their work in action.