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NBA.com: \u201cFor Spencer Jones, forward with the Denver Nuggets, the NBA\u2019s player engagement programs have provided an opportunity for growth and development, giving him a chance to build on his basketball career and chase success into the future.<\/p>\n
Jones, along with 10 other current and former NBA players, recently enrolled in the\u00a0Harvard Crossover Into Business program<\/a>, an annual class linking athletes and Harvard Business School students that was\u00a0developed through a partnership with the league<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve always looked at a career beyond basketball. These days, a career is only three to five years\u2026 so I knew I\u2019d have to have a career afterwards,\u201d Jones said after taking part in the program\u2019s on-campus opening weekend. \u201cYou\u2019re thrown into the business school process, and get a really good sense of what it\u2019d be like.\u201d<\/p>\n Jones said he has particularly enjoyed meeting students and taking in case studies at Harvard, as he grows his network and furthers his education.<\/p>\n As part of the program, students and athletes analyze the case studies \u2013 10-to-15-page articles that describe decisions that companies and executives face, from LeBron James deciding between video-game endorsement opportunities to Live Nation\u2019s partnership with Pharrell.\u201d<\/p>\n To read more, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n DON\u2019T MISS: 2024 MOST DISRUPTIVE MBA STARTUPS: TESTPARTY, HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL<\/a><\/p>\n Stanford Graduate School of Business<\/p>\n Stanford GSB: \u201cAmong the legion of students whose affection and praise for the course they dubbed Touchy-Feely has made it a fabled part of the Stanford GSB experience, the Influence Line holds a special place.<\/p>\n Visualize 12 students sitting in a classroom. One by one, the students stand and place their classmates in a line based on how influential they believe each student is. They also rate themselves. By the end of the exercise, students may have appeared in the front of the line in some cases and at the end in others.<\/p>\n Hearing how your peers perceive you can be excruciating, says longtime course instructor\u00a0Andrea Corney<\/a>, MBA \u201989, especially if that assessment is different from your own. \u201cWe tell students, you will be uncomfortable. You may have sleepless nights.\u201d Although discomfort may result, that is not the aim: The rating is grist for discussion about why influence is gained or lost. And it is part of an ethos of truth-telling that gives Touchy-Feely its juice.<\/p>\n The Influence Line exemplifies the course\u2019s immersive training in how to develop strong relationships and why doing so is crucial for successful leadership. \u201cWhat are you learning about why classmates placed you there in the line, and what could you do differently to change it? A lot of students tell us the Influence Line was where they learned the most about themselves and how to change their behavior,\u201d Corney says.<\/p>\n Interpersonal Dynamics\u00a0is one of the most popular non-core courses in the history of Stanford GSB. More than 90% of MBA students enroll in one of the 12 sections offered each year, and it\u2019s also popular with executive education cohorts. The course is now an indispensable piece of the GSB\u2019s leadership training. But it wasn\u2019t always that way.\u201d<\/p>\n To read more, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n DON\u2019T MISS: LIFTING THE CURTAIN ON \u2018TOUCHY FEELY,\u2019 STANFORD\u2019S \u2014 AND THE WORLD\u2019S \u2014 MOST ICONIC MBA COURSE<\/a><\/p>\n Stanford MBA students outside class. GSB photo<\/p>\n Stanford GSB: \u201cFive second-year MBA students at Stanford GSB have been selected as 2026 Siebel Scholars in recognition of their outstanding academic achievements and commitment to building the future. The students \u2014 Victor Asiwe, Anne Rosenblatt, David Liang, Maxine Vainio, and C\u00e9line Vendler \u2014 were chosen by a committee of Stanford GSB faculty. They will each receive a $35,000 scholarship to be put toward their final year of study.<\/p>\n The Siebel Scholars program was established by the Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation in 2000 to recognize the most talented students at the world\u2019s leading graduate schools of business, computer science, bioengineering, and energy science. Each year, more than 90 graduate students at the top of their class are selected during their final year of studies. More than 1,900 Siebel Scholars currently serve as advisors to the Siebel Foundation and work collaboratively to find solutions to society\u2019s most pressing problems.<\/p>\n The 2026 Siebel Scholars are:<\/p>\n Victor Asiwe<\/p>\n Victor Asiweopen graduated with distinction from the University of Cape Town with a BBusSci in Actuarial Science, one of only two students to achieve this honor while ranking top in his final two years, for which he received Discovery and Bain & Company awards. He is among the youngest Fellows of the Actuarial Society of South Africa, specializing in general insurance. Prior to Stanford GSB, he worked five years at Discovery Insure, where he established and led the technical pricing team managing a $25B+ sums insured portfolio at the global insurance innovation leader. At Stanford GSB, he serves as CFO of the Africa Business Club, was elected to the Academic Committee, and is a teaching assistant. This summer, he interned at Silicon Valley-based PayJoy. Victor served on the executive committee of the Association of South African Black Actuarial Professionals and mentors aspiring actuaries across Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n To read four additional student profiles, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n DON\u2019T MISS: MEET THE STANFORD GSB MBA CLASS OF 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Winter Garden at the University of Michigan\u2019s Ross School<\/p>\n Ross School of Business: \u201cIn the 2025-26 academic year, the Ross School of Business welcomed 12 new faculty members. The professors and lecturers will teach across all degree programs and cover a number of areas of research expertise, including accounting, business communications, finance, marketing, strategy, and technology and operations.\u201d<\/p>\n Daphne Armstrong, assistant professor of accounting, holds a BS and a Master\u2019s of Accounting from Brigham Young University and a PhD in accounting from the University of North Carolina. Before embarking on her academic path, Armstrong was a tax preparer at EY from 2018-19. Her research focuses on federal regulators, with a special interest in tax. Armstrong studies how companies interact with U.S. government agencies, which monitor and constrain company behavior to protect various stakeholders. She will teach\u00a0Financial Accounting<\/a>\u00a0(ACC300).\u201d<\/p>\n To read profiles of 11 additional faculty members, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n DON\u2019T MISS: THIS MICHIGAN PROFESSOR WANTS TO BLOW UP THE MBA AS WE KNOW IT<\/a><\/p>\n MIT Sloan Interior (Courtesy: Above Summit\/MIT Sloan)<\/p>\n Sloan School of Management: \u201cInnovating is always a challenge. Inventing high-impact solutions amid uncertainty, even more so.<\/p>\n Last week, 22 fledgling companies\u00a0debuted their ideas at MIT\u2019s 2025 delta v Demo Day startup showcase, the finale of the\u00a0Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0delta v accelerator<\/a>.<\/p>\n The delta v name comes from the measure of a\u00a0change in velocity<\/a>, an analogy that\u2019s particularly apt this year, said\u00a0Trust Center managing director\u00a0Bill Aulet.<\/p>\n \u201cTurn on a screen. Look anywhere around you. There are so many issues to be addressed right now,\u201d said Aulet. \u201cWe built a whole entrepreneurial ecosystem not to keep [startups] here but to send them out into the world to have tremendous impact.\u201d<\/p>\n The event encapsulates MIT\u2019s tradition of using innovation to confront urgent issues, said\u00a0Richard Locke,\u00a0the\u00a0John C Head III Dean of MIT Sloan, who listed health care, new manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and the creation of good-paying, highly skilled jobs as priorities.<\/p>\n Here are the 22 startups confronting those issues.<\/p>\n AutoAce<\/a><\/p>\n AutoAce builds AI agents for car dealerships to automate repetitive tasks, such as booking appointments.\u201d<\/p>\n To learn about 21 additional startups, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n DON\u2019T MISS: FROM FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP: KANIKA RAJPUT\u2019S JOURNEY AT MIT SLOAN<\/a><\/p>\n OTHER STORIES<\/p>\n Kellogg Sponsors Ecosystem Of Entrepreneurship Among Student Body<\/a><\/p>\n USC Marshall and Salesforce Join Forces for AI Research Lab<\/a><\/p>\n Harvard Showcases Cutting-Edge AI Innovations During Boston AI Week<\/a><\/p>\n Stanford GSB Students and Grads\u2026By The Numbers<\/a><\/p>\n New USC Marshall Research Lab Collaboration Gives The Trojan Football Team A Competitive Edge<\/a><\/p>\n Boston University\u2019s Questrom School of Business Appoints Kristal May as Executive Director of the Ravi K. 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