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October 05, 2021
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Peer to Peer: How Candidates from Nontraditional Backgrounds Can Break Through
Madhu Yalamarthi, MBA ’19, offers advice to other first-generation grads with audacious goals.
September 29, 2021
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Stanford GSB Dean, Computer Science Professor to Advise Biden
Jonathan Levin and William Dally to join White House panel on science and technology.
September 28, 2021
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Peter Georgescu, MBA ’63: What Matters to Me Now and Why
“I owed this country and I wanted to pay it back in whatever role my future would hold.”
August 27, 2021
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Shawon Jackson, MBA ’21: Schools Should Teach Young People How to Advance Social Justice
Through his nonprofit, Vocal Justice, this Social Innovation Fellow hopes to reach a rising and transformational generation of Black and Brown youth.
June 23, 2021
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Alumni Offer Graduation Tips on Laughter, Love, and Life after Stanford GSB
Personal lessons that emphasize a different kind of bottom line.
June 23, 2021
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The Class of 2021, Facing Their Futures with Optimism, “Radical Hope,” and the Promise of “Yet”
Graduating students leave with a unique, shared experience that has prepared them to be leaders that the world needs.
May 28, 2021
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Throwing One Stone: An Interview with Dave Lu
The cofounder of Stand With Asian Americans discusses how business leaders can support the AAPI community at this moment.
May 27, 2021
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Knight Management Center Marks 10-Year Anniversary
The state-of-the-art complex, designed for “structured serendipity,” prepares to open — again.
May 26, 2021
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Students Use Social Innovation to Solve Global Problems, Drive Change
Twenty-one students receive social innovation awards for their work on pressing issues.
April 15, 2021
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Women’s History Month: “For All the Women Who Have Paved the Way”
Members of Stanford GSB’s Women in Management share their thoughts.
April 13, 2021
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Agents of Growth
How Stanford Seed deploys alumni to lift the global economy.
April 12, 2021
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Peer to Peer: How Do I Foster a Racially Equitable Firm?
Members of the Stanford MBA Class of ’94 drew up a playbook for business leaders looking to promote racial equity.
April 09, 2021
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Maker: Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery
“There are times when I look around and everything I see,” says William Eaton, MBA ’75, “I can imagine adding strings to it.”
April 08, 2021
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Green Giants: Five Stanford GSB Alumni Quietly Pulling Levers to Save the Planet
Forget about electric cars and meatless meat: Mounting a serious response to climate change requires inventive work in less-glamorous sectors such as risk management and private equity.
April 06, 2021
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Give Them Shelter
Want to solve America’s urban homeless crisis? First, you have to believe it can be fixed.
April 02, 2021
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Hard Lesson: In Sports, the Clientele Cares About One Thing… Winning
Joe Lacob, MBA ’83, looks back on the night he got booed into silence by his customers.
March 26, 2021
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“What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?”
Three women from the Class of ’72 discuss what it was like to be at Stanford GSB when the school was 98% male.
March 22, 2021
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Jacqueline Novogratz, MBA ’91: What Matters to Me Now and Why
“I have had to learn to fight bureaucracy, corruption, and complacency — skills I hadn’t considered at business school.”
February 24, 2021
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Black History Matters
Members of the Black Business Student Association answer the question: “What does Black History Month mean to you?”
February 12, 2021
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William Eaton, MBA ’75: “My Art Form Starts with Trees”
Four decades ago, Eaton drafted a business plan that became the blueprint for the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery. Today he still runs the place, making one-of-a-kind guitars.
January 14, 2021
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2020 Stanford MBA Employment Report Shows Strong Outcomes
Despite the economic challenges of the global pandemic, the job market for Stanford GSB graduates remained robust.
December 04, 2020
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2020 in 13 Images
Visual highlights of our campus and community from a tumultuous year.
December 02, 2020
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Hard Lesson: COVID-19, the Wedding Crasher
In early 2020, Molly Kang, MBA ’15, was poised to upend the wedding industry with a direct-to-consumer bridal dress company. Then came social distancing.
November 16, 2020
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Yvonne Romero da Silva, MBA ’04: What Matters to Me Now and Why
“I came to realize that one could catalyze change on multiple levels.”
