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For 100 years, we’ve been dedicated to the things that haven’t happened yet, and the people who are about to dream them up. In 2025, we celebrated our Centennial through stories and events.

100 Years of Innovation

Some of the milestones, moments, and memories that define the GSB’s first century

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April 04, 2018
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Young Scholar Award Inaugurated in Honor of Marketing Professor V. “Seenu” Srinivasan

The new award will reward young scholars working on quantitative methodologies of interest to academics and practitioners of marketing.
V. "Seenu" Srinivasan | Nancy Rothstein
March 19, 2018
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Chief Kindness Officers?

Students explore how self-awareness, self-care, and self-understanding can help them become better leaders.
Leah Weiss, a lecturer in organizational behavior, teaches students that a better bottom line starts with being better to yourself. | Illustration by Valeria Petrone
March 06, 2018
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Take a Virtual Tour of Stanford GSB

Visit the Knight Management Center on a busy Wednesday.
video tour
March 02, 2018
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Nicole Alvino, MBA ’04: Creating the Company of Her Dreams

Turned off by corporate fraud, she discovered the tools to start a venture born of passion, where she could set the tone.
Nicole Alvino and Greg Shove | Courtesy of Nicole Alvino
February 20, 2018
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Stanford GSB Launches New Executive Education Program to Help Senior Leaders Harness Big Data in Their Organizations

Big Data, Strategic Decisions: Analysis to Action will empower senior-level executives to use data analytics to improve decisions and gain a competitive advantage.
Courtesy SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Archives and History Office
February 16, 2018
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Startup Garage Celebrates Five Years

At Startup Garage, students learn to create and launch new products. For its fifth anniversary, meet five companies that began as class projects.
Stefanos Zenios working with students in the Co-Lab | Steve Castillo
January 17, 2018
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Stanford Economists Kreps, Wilson, Milgrom Honored with 2018 National Academy of Sciences Carty Prize

David Kreps, Paul Milgrom, and Robert Wilson have been honored for their pioneering work using game theory to help solve real-world problems.
From left: Robert Wilson, Paul Milgrom, David Kreps. | Elena Zhukova
December 04, 2017
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Where Would You Put Yourself in an ‘Influence Line’?

Learning where her peers ranked her influence among the group changed how Maria Lambert, MBA ’12 thought about feedback.
Learning where my peers ranked my influence among the group changed how I thought about feedback. | Elena Zhukova
November 28, 2017
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Alex De Simone, MBA ’16: Making All the Right Connections Through Stanford GSB

A job with an alum’s company leads to serial entrepreneurship, an MBA, and big paydays for his businesses and his alma mater.
Alex De Simone | Natalie Rumao
November 17, 2017
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Stanford GSB Honors Alumni, Faculty Member for Their Service

The presentation at the 2017 reunion weekend includes the first group award for volunteers.
Alumni award winners with Dean Levin. | Stacy Geiken
November 13, 2017
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Faculty Member Mary E. Barth Named a 2017 Outstanding Accounting Educator

The award recognizes contributions to accounting education in teaching and research.
Mary E Barth | Photo by Nancy Rothstein
November 02, 2017
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Brandon Colby, MBA ’07: Charting the Course for a Predictive Medicine Venture

A doctor working to promote the adoption of genomics learns from grad school both how to launch a business, and how to start over.
Unaligned DNA sequences viewed on LCD screen. l Getty Images
October 26, 2017
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The Heart of the Matter: Dean Jon Levin and Professor Sarah Soule

Dean Levin engages in conversations with GSB community members about his priorities for the school.
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/stanford-gsb-experience/news-history/heart-matter-dean-jon-levin
October 21, 2017
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Professor Jonathan B. Berk Honored With the Fifth Ross Prize in Financial Economics

The Stephen A. Ross Prize has been awarded to the co-authors of an important 2004 paper on mutual funds’ equilibrium behavior.
Jonathan B. Berk | Photo by Nancy Rothstein Photography
October 10, 2017
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Making Social Innovation Competitive for Business Students

SMIF fellowships support students who look to use their management skills for social good.
Yi Zuang, MBA ’18 (second in from the left) and the Brigaid team.|Winter Caplanson
September 28, 2017
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Humor: Serious Business

Gentry Magazine learns how Stanford Professor Jennifer Aaker and Lecturer Naomi Bagdonas, MBA ’15 are bringing humor to the classroom and business world.
Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas | Jack Hutch
September 13, 2017
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A Word from the Coauthor about a Recent Peer-Reviewed Study

The paper warns that AI can detect sexual orientation from facial images. From Michal Kosinski, assistant professor of organizational behavior at Stanford GSB.
Change wall at Stanford GSB
August 30, 2017
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“The Only Time You Must Not Fail is the Last Time You Try”

Nike’s Philip Knight, MBA ’62, talks with Stanford GSB Dean Jonathan Levin and alumni at an intimate Q&A.
Philip Knight (right) and Stanford GSB Dean Jonathan Levin. | Kiefer Hickman
August 07, 2017
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Taking a Deep Dive Into the Future

Two new committees study long-range shifts in faculty research and management education.
Yossi Feinberg and Sarah Soule | ToniBird Photography
August 03, 2017
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Jenna Nicholas, MBA ’17: Investing the Effort to Understand Marginalized Communities’ Funding Needs

Impact Experience, the 2017 Social Innovation Fellow’s latest venture, uses the power of local knowledge to help plan effective, caring partnerships.
2017 SIF Fellow Jenna Nicholas | Stacy Geiken
June 23, 2017
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Stanford ACT Celebrates 30 Years of Pro Bono Impact

Hundreds of Stanford MBA volunteers donate more than $3 million of consulting value annually.
ACT volunteers | Stacy Geiken Photography
June 21, 2017
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Advice to Class of 2017: “Life is a Team Sport”

Stanford Graduate School of Business alumna Penny Pritzker and Dean Levin send graduates off to launch careers of meaning and impact.
Penny Pritzker, MBA/JD ’85 | Saul Bromberger
May 24, 2017
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Stanford GSB Recognizes Student Leaders Committed to Social Change

Next generation of social innovators honored with Stanford Impact Leader Fellowship.
MBA student Jenna Nicholas | Stacy Geiken
May 22, 2017
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2017 Arbuckle Award Honors John Donahoe, MBA ’86

The recent award dinner also celebrated the generosity of fellowship donors whose gifts financially support Stanford GSB students.
Stanford GSB Dean Jonathan Levin pins 2017 Arbuckle Award recipient John Donahoe, MBA '86. | Stacy Geiken