Yahoo Finance: “ESSEC Business School, a global leader in management education, officially announced the opening of its hub in Mumbai today, in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron. This strategic milestone coincides with the French President’s visit to India in honor of the Indo-French Year of Innovation. ESSEC’s Mumbai hub is the first step in a long-term plan to develop a strong institutional presence in India. It will allow ESSEC to boost its international development, establish local partnerships, and enhance student recruitment and mobility.

“For years, ESSEC Business School has embodied academic excellence and truly global reach,” said Vincenzo Vinzi, Dean and President of ESSEC. “Today, that enduring legacy takes an essential step forward into a dynamic country of incredible growth and potential: India. This move is the first step in our long-term plan for a significant institutional presence in the country.”

The newly inaugurated Mumbai Hub, to be led by Sophie Collet Khanna, is designed as a strong foothold to build deeper ties with Indian higher education institutions, corporate partners, and its robust alumni network. While serving as ESSEC’s strategic base, the Hub will be the catalyst for ESSEC’s ambitious academic roadmap in the region.”

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UC Berkeley Haas Announces 2026 ClimateCAP Fellows

Haas School of Business: “In his MBA application, Tyler Liu, MBA 27, wrote about his dream of being named a ClimateCAP MBA Fellow.

Last month, that dream came true. Liu and fellow Haas student Aurelia Heitz, MBA 27, were named among 15 students from 11 business schools in the U.S. and Europe chosen as this year’s ClimateCAP Fellows. The fellows, who receive a ClimateCAP fellowship, offers MBA students professional development to become the next sustainability leaders. As part of the yearlong program, fellows participate in workshops and dialogues with current leaders and work on a climate-action project of their own.

The fellows will also represent Haas at the annual ClimateCAP MBA Summit in April at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

Heitz said she has known since high school that she wanted to work on climate solutions. That career plan first became real when she became head of user research at Centigrade, an open data platform serving the global carbon market. Now at Haas, Heitz is interested in using her research and business skills to work on a sustainability team at a large company.”

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University of Maryland’s Smith School Enhances AI Across Graduate Programs

Smith School of Business: “Empowering the next generation of leaders who learn by doing, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is excited to announce enhancements to its curricula and the renaming of four graduate programs, placing human ingenuity at the core of its artificial intelligence and business curriculum.

The revised degree names include the Master of Science in Information Systems & AI and Master of Science in Business Analytics & AI, as well as Smith’s Online Master of Science in Business Analytics & AI and Online Master of Science in Information Systems & AI programs.

With this refresh, the Smith School underscores its commitment to remain at the forefront of emerging technologies and their impact on business, while also recognizing AI’s potential as a catalyst for tangible value creation in a reshaped business world.

Smith School Dean and Professor of Information Systems Prabhudev Konana says the changes reflect the Smith School’s emphasis and reputation for delivering consequential instruction with deep research that explores AI’s capabilities, ultimately helping industry and government stakeholders harness the technology’s full potential.

“I am excited that the new names of our programs reflect enhanced curricula built around AI and emerging capabilities like Agentic AI, while continuing to develop talent grounded in human skills, creativity and curiosity to drive value creation,” says Konana.

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