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Martin Named Stanford GSB Pioneer

Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Joanne Martin, PhD '77, was recognized by the school as one who "blazed trails and broke barriers on campus and beyond."

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Stanford Professor Joanne Martin
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Clear as a Bell: Clarity and Metaphor

Recently I have been thinking about one common rhetorical device, metaphor, and how it can either bring language to life with sizzling clarity or bury it in the mud of opacity.

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Composing for the Spaces In-Between

Michele Cheng is a second-year PhD student in music at Harvard Griffin GSAS. An interdisciplinary composer, improviser, multi-instrumentalist, and puppeteer, Cheng explores storytelling through sound, performance, and object theater.

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Live performance of Meoark, an intermedia duo consisting of Michele Cheng and Hassan Estakhrian
Live performance of Meoark, an intermedia duo consisting of Michele Cheng (left) and Hassan Estakhrian. Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Stanford University, 2024.
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Is Private Equity's Slash-and-Burn Reputation Overblown?

Buyouts don't follow a singular path of layoffs and closures to bolster profits for partners, says research by Josh Lerner, PhD '91. Instead, workforce changes can stimulate productivity after deals.

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How One Professor Uses AI in the Classroom

Harvard Kennedy School Professor Teddy Svoronos, PhD '16, is optimistic about the benefits of AI in higher education. He developed a platform, PingPong, to help teachers use the technology.

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Bridging Electricity and Chemistry

Virginia Canestraight, a PhD candidate in electrochemical engineering, focuses on making industrial processes more efficient, especially when it comes to decarbonizing chemical manufacturing.

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