Alumni News

Ashkan Soltani Says Putting a Price on Personal Data is an Important Step Forward

Jun 26, 2019

Ashkan Soltani Says FTC Exonerates Facebook in User Privacy Settlement

Jun 24, 2019

photo of Stanford researchers, including Jen King

Alumna Jen King and Stanford Team Creating Privacy-Minded Alternative to Alexa and Siri

Jun 14, 2019

Alumnus Paul Fasana (M.L.S. ’60) and Why He Gives Back

Jun 3, 2019

Paul Fasana shared his memories of being a young gay veteran in Berkeley in the 1950s, his career journey since then, and what inspired him to give back.

Entrepreneurial Alumnus Thejo Kote Launches Integrated Spend Management Startup

May 10, 2019

I School alumnus Thejo Kote, MIMS ’11, launched spend management startup Airbase after raising $7 million of Series A venture capital funding.

MIDS Alumnus is Using AI to Improve Water Access in Africa

May 9, 2019

Alumni Startup Acquired by Major Retail Brand

May 2, 2019

Polymorph Labs, an advertising startup founded by I School alumni Satish Polisetti and Dhawal Mujumdar, announced that Walmart Media Group has acquired its technology and assets.

Shazeda Ahmed on the Messy Truth About Social Credit

Apr 23, 2019

Ph.D. student Shazeda Ahmed writes that foreign media has painted a dystopian portrait of China’s social credit system. The reality is both less coherent and more complex.

Alumnus Launches Startup ‘Airbase’ with $7M Series A Investment

Apr 17, 2019

Entrepreneurial MIMS alumnus Thejo Kote is at it again with spend management system ‘Airbase.’

Josh Blumenstock at the Artifical Intelligence for Economic Development conference

Josh Blumenstock Honored for Research in the Public Interest

Apr 16, 2019

Prof Blumenstock received the Faculty Award for Research in the Public Interest for his research at the intersection of machine learning and development economics.