Waxworks and Roustabouts: “Getting down to business”
So much for New Year’s resolutions. There I was on Jan. 1, knee-deep in luggage, resolved to board a greyhound to Lafayette, La. to begin my new life as a philosophy major. Then a tweet came screaming...
View ArticleJ.P. Morgan CEO defends big business
The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research kicked off its annual economic summit with a speech by Jamie Dimon, the chief executive officer of J.P. Morgan Chase. Dimon recapped the financial...
View ArticleBusiness and Music
At Stanford, what are all the ways we can learn (about) music? We can have the fun college-music-group-experience with a cadre of a cappella or instrumental enthusiasts. Or a few entrepreneurs might...
View ArticleObama administration aims to get more Asians in business
President Obama’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) kicked off a campaign today to promote entrepreneurial growth among AAPIs. The 9 a.m. summit, held on the...
View ArticleEditorial: Make Downtown Vibrant
As Stanford faculty members and students looking to live off campus can attest, land in Palo Alto is a precious commodity. With an average home price of $1.4 million and a downtown vacancy rate of just...
View ArticleConnecting women in the workplace
The Levo League is a network dedicated to giving young, recently graduated female professionals the support and resources they need to be successful in the corporate world. Amanda Pouchot and Caroline...
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GSB announces online LEAD Certificate program
The GSB offers the LEAD certificate, an online program which enables participants to continue working while expanding their skills and knowledge in the realm of business. (Courtesy of Barbara Buell)...
View ArticleResearch shows employees are not rewarded for loyalty
A study led by Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Jeffrey Pfeffer revealed that companies are no longer favoring their loyal, hardworking employees like they used to. Although reciprocity —...
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BASES hosts Challenge Competition, showcases student work
The Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES) awarded $100,000 in prize money to the winning teams during their competition this year. (Courtesy of BASES.) On Friday, May 8, the...
View ArticleStanford LGBT Business Alliance joins groups preparing students for finance...
In February, Stanford LGBT Business Alliance held its first meeting, marking the initiation of a new student group dedicated to helping students who identify as LGBT find their way in the business...
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Meg Whitman speaks at SWIB speaker series
(BEN LEROY/The Stanford Daily) Passion, self-advocacy and hard work — these are some of the traits Meg Whitman, ranked ninth on Forbes’ Most Powerful Women in the World list, says are necessary to...
View ArticleNew BOSP program in Hong Kong, replacing Beijing option, to launch in autumn...
On Feb. 23, the Bing Overseas Study Program (BOSP) announced that it will offer a new quarter-long program in Hong Kong starting in autumn 2019. The program will become the 12th active BOSP program and...
View ArticleA look inside Silicon Valley’s startup culture at Stanford
Stanford’s close ties with Silicon Valley have had a unique effect on students’ relationships with professors and their overall Stanford experience through engagement in the local startup culture....
View ArticleFinally, a definitive ranking of Lemonade’s lemonades
This week on Killa Bites, I headed off campus to answer a question that had been pressing on my conscience for a while: what is the best lemonade to order from the Southern California-based chain,...
View ArticleSenate holds closed session in potential violation of ASSU Constitution, also...
In its third meeting, the 20th Undergraduate Senate discussed the General Use Permit and funding for student groups. Before that, however, the Senate held a closed session that lasted approximately 40...
View ArticlePolice blotter: May 15 – 21
This report covers a selection of incidents from May 15 to May 21 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety (SUDPS) bulletin. Tuesday, May 15 At 3:45 p.m., someone vandalized the Anderson...
View ArticleAngela Davis talks activism, academia
On Thursday night at Cubberley Auditorium, long-time civil rights activist Angela Davis emphasized the importance of intersectionality in academia and activism. Davis also advised students to continue...
View ArticleResearchers work to ensure data validity amid rise in online studies
Amid the growing use of online survey platforms to conduct research, Stanford labs are working to both increase the number of participants in their experiments and, at the same time, reduce the...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: May 28 – June 4
This report covers a selection of incidents from May 28 to June 4 as recorded in the Stanford Department of Public Safety (SUDPS) bulletin. Monday, May 28 Between 6:30 and 9:30 p.m., bike parts were...
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