Gareth James, current dean at Emory’s Goizueta School, will become dean of UCLA Anderson this summer, the schools announced, signaling a high‑profile leadership shift in U.S. business education. James, a statistician and coauthor of An Introduction to Statistical Learning, will assume the Anderson deanship on July 1 after expanding programs and faculty at Emory. Separately, UCLA Anderson confirmed its search concluded with a coast‑to‑coast hire aimed at strengthening industry ties and data‑science offerings. Business school leaders and corporate recruiters should expect renewed emphasis on analytics, industry partnerships and enrollment growth strategies tied to Los Angeles’s technology and entertainment ecosystem. (Source: institutional announcements.)