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Irwin Jacobs, Malin Burnham and Ernest Rady speak at 17th Annual Real Estate Conference

On Friday, I attended the 17th Annual Real Estate Conference hosted by the Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate here at the USD School of Business. There were about 700 people in attendance, so the energy in the room was high.  The first keynote was an inspiring panel discussion by Malin Burnham, Irwin Jacobs, and Ernest Rady.

These three superb businessmen and philanthropists have been deeply involved in …Read Full Article

Lydia Jacobs-Horton (left) and Leanne Lachman (center) respond to questions from Gail Goldberg.

The 2nd annual USD Women in Real Estate Conference started with global demographics and ended with golf. The conference, sponsored by the Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate, provided insights for both the future of real estate and the futures of real estate professionals.

Keynote speaker, Leanne Lachman, has a PhD in English Literature, and she has had an accomplished professional career in real estate. She is currently president …Read Full Article

We welcomed over 250 graduate students to a new school year at the USD School of Business last week with a sunset cruise around San Diego Harbor.

Dave Pyke, with a group of Master of Science in Executive Leadership (MSEL) students on the 2012 Harbor Cruise

Graduate students on USD School of Business Harbor Cruise

Students enjoyed a few hours of calm before classes and studies began. While this event inaugurates a new year, it also brings to a close two …Read Full Article

The USD School of Business is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Seeing how far the school has come in 40 years, I got thinking about our talented faculty and staff and wanted to know how far they have come in the past 40 years.  Where were they 40 years ago? We’ll be highlighting many of their stories – and photos! – over the next few months.

For our first highlight, we find Mark J. Riedy in the Nixon Whitehouse. Mark …Read Full Article

Drum roll, please…Presenting the highly accomplished and highly photogenic Master of Science in Real Estate (MSRE) class of 2012!

USD School of Business MSRE Class of 2012