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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.

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Stanford GSB has surpassed expectations on every front. I feel substantially better equipped to build my investment firm.

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I realized that to have the most impact, you need top-notch leadership skills.

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It’s okay not to have a plan. The lack of a plan opens you up to possibilities.

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I’ve spent a great deal of time thinking about the application of AI in industrial systems.

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August 04, 2022
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Matteo Maggiori Wins Bernácer Prize

Professor of finance recognized for “influential research”
Portrait of Matteo Maggiori. Credit: photo by courtesy
July 29, 2022
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Changemaker: Entrepreneurship Takes Flight

A drone company takes off from the intersection of business, technology, and creativity.
Changemaker: Nils Thorjussen
July 29, 2022
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John Foye, MBA ’22: How This Ag-tech Startup Helps Ranchers Grow Trees

Stanford Impact Founder Fellow is helping livestock farmers use pastureland for carbon offsets.
Portrait of John Foye on Stanford Campus. Photo by Elena Zhukova
July 07, 2022
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Pioneering Tech Economist Susan Athey Joins Federal Antitrust Team

The Stanford GSB economics professor will serve as chief economist of the antitrust division at the Department of Justice.
portrait of Susan Athey. Credit: Tricia Seibold
June 29, 2022
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Stanford GSB Faculty Members Recognized for Outstanding Teaching

Students choose Szu-chi Huang, Scott Brady, Darrell Duffie, and David Dodson for 2021–2022 teaching awards.
An MBA student hands an award to GSB associate professor of marketing Szu-chi Huang. Photo by Julia Yu.
June 29, 2022
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“What I Did Shouldn’t Be Possible:” How This Immersion Program Transformed the MBA Experience

For 25 years, GMIX has sent students around the world and out of their comfort zone.
Stephen Lee jumps into a pose with the mountains of Bhutan in the background. Credit: Courtesy of Stephen Lee
June 02, 2022
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Back to Class: Creativity Workout

This Stanford Executive Program course used virtual reality to help business leaders embrace an “improviser’s mindset.”
Screenshot of a virtual reality class taking place on a virtual campus.
June 02, 2022
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Executive Recharge: How This 70-Year-Old Program Provides a Career Jolt

Stanford Executive Program participants say immersive sessions reenergized their work lives.
Bill Barnett teaching an SEP class in 2016. Credit: Elena Zhukova
May 26, 2022
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An Unlikely Collaboration Prepares Leaders in the Business of Education

Joint master’s degree program expands the scope of educators’ training.
A view Stanford University from Palm Drive. Credit: Farrin Abbott / Stanford News
May 20, 2022
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New Program Aims to Help Startup Teams

Stanford dy/dx launches with help from top venture capital firms.
students working in the Co Lab at Stanford GSB. Credit: Elena Zhukova
May 06, 2022
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Why This Ukrainian Parliament Member Became “A Spare Fighter with a Gun”

Legislator Kira Rudik says a military victory is the only way to save her country.
Kira Rudik. Credit: Yevhenii Zavhorodnii
May 04, 2022
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Bob and Dottie King Win Stanford’s Uncommon Citizen Award

Long-time university supporters established Stanford Seed.
Bob and Dottie King. Credit: Courtesy of Seed
April 29, 2022
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Matteo Maggiori Named a 2022 Andrew Carnegie Fellow

The award will fund research on China’s currency strategy.
Matteo Maggiori | Credit: Courtesy of Matteo Maggiori
April 25, 2022
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Bulletins and Bulletproof Vests: A Feisty Community Newspaper Shifts Its Focus to Helping Ukraine Survive

The paper, co-founded by Nataliya Anon, MBA ’01, is a source of news for Ukrainian-Americans and support for people in the war zone.
Nataliya Anon speaks at a rally in support of Ukraine. Credit: Courtesy of Nataliya Anon
April 25, 2022
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Business and Government: Power and Engagement in the 21st-Century World

A new course pushes students (and instructors and guests) to question their assumptions and confront real-world challenges.
Colorful illustration of three people walking through a dark and slightly ominous doorway surrounded by large intertwining pillars. Illustration by Dalbert Vilarino
April 22, 2022
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Maker: Jason Mayden

Designer and entrepreneur Jason Mayden, MS ’11, finds inspiration at the junction of science and art.
Jason Mayden smiling, sitting in his workshop at his desk, which is covered in materials, papers, and tools.
April 18, 2022
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Listen Up: “Podcases” Offer a New Way to Learn

Audio versions of case studies get high marks from students.
GSB students in a classroom wearing masks, watching intently as a male student holds his hand forward while speaking to the class. | Photo by Elena Zhukova.
April 11, 2022
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Changemaker: Design as a Lifestyle, Design as a Doorway

How inspiration and insight converge on the path to great products.
Close-up portrait of Jason Mayden. | Kelsey Doyle
March 31, 2022
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Hard Lesson: When a Smart Conversation Is the Wrong Conversation

Andy Laats, MBA ’97, recalls Nixon’s dilemma: How to grow without bailing on its core partners
Portrait of Andy Laats. | Credit: Ryan Field
March 25, 2022
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Women in Management Students Reflect on the Question “Who Inspires You and Why?”

“I am inspired by women whose voices, once found, never again fall silent.”
Top, left to right: Amanda Neilson, Claire Yun, Marcia Austin; middle: Jamille Jamison; Bottom, left to right: Orly Michaeli, Shaibyaa Rajbhandari, Kristin Lim, Veena Katragadda. | Credit: Elena Zhukova.
March 23, 2022
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Alex Tonelli, MBA ’11: What Matters to Me Now and Why

“People wrote me off as a kid from a broken home. I owe it to the people who invested in me to impact the lives of others.”
An illustration of a male figure writing while papers fly up around him. | Credit: Illustration by Kim Salt.
March 18, 2022
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Office Artifact: Claudia Allende’s Rongorongo Tablets

An artwork from Rapa Nui is a reminder of the importance of leaving home to learn about the world.
Photo of Claudia Allende holding Rongorongo tablets. | Credit: Elena Zhukova.
March 17, 2022
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How Stanford Students Mobilized to Help Ukraine and Promote Dialogue About the Crisis

The Russian invasion prompted a flurry of humanitarian initiatives organized from a Stanford GSB residence.
Students work in a warehouse preparing medical supplies to send to Ukraine. Credit: photo courtesy Kate Slunkova
January 28, 2022
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Abdulhamid Haidar, MBA ’21: A Math Chatbot Bridges the Digital Divide

Social Innovation Fellow aims to address the learning crisis for students with little or no internet access.
Headshot of Abdulhamid Haidar. | Credit: Photo by Javier Flores.