Thunderbird News

Project Syndicate

The New Urgency of Global Tech Governance

Now that the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the diffusion of digital technologies, international rules and standards governing data urgently need to catch up. The more that policymaking remains stuck at...

ASU Now

Thunderbird global affairs program harnesses historic events of 2020

In Arizona State University’s first academic program based entirely at its Washington, D.C., location, an innovative graduate curriculum is giving the initial cohort deep insights into how to address the...

Foreign Affairs

Graduate School Forum: International Affairs in an Age of Global Crises

Thunderbird is the world’s premier academic institution for the study of global leadership, management, and business for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, but we are much more than a school. Thunderbird...

SustMeme

Rising like a Phoenix, Thunderbird goes global in Arizona

Back from the brink of serious financial difficulties just over five years ago, Thunderbird School of Global Management is now little more than 12 months away from celebrating the grand...

Merit

“Pioneer When Others Retreat”: Why Digital Learning Can Be Powerful

What if digital learning and remote executive education were not a compromise, but a chance for L&D to innovate and achieve as much, if not more? In an interview with...

CNBC

Cybercrime ramps up amid coronavirus chaos, costing companies billions

"They are using interest and attention to an issue as a way to get clicks and take advantage of changed behavior," said Nicholas Davis, professor of practice at Thunderbird School...

The Washington Post (Photo: Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)

Covid-19 is accelerating multilateralism in Africa

To combat the spread of infection while minimizing social and economic disruptions, Africa is promoting multilateralism through cooperation and coordination among its countries.

ASU Now

Turning global focus back on humanity

The School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies has partnered with Thunderbird School of Global Management to offer a new 4+1 program allowing students to receive an undergraduate degree in...

Financial Times (Photo © Yuya Shino/Reuters)

A new MBA is an asset in a tough jobs market

The coronavirus pandemic has created a double blow for graduating MBA students because they were also unable to celebrate on campus alongside classmates, says Sanjeev Khagram, dean of Thunderbird School...

Thunderbird School of Global Management

A Message from Thunderbird's Director General and Dean

As a Thunderbird and a global citizen, I promise: I will strive to act with honesty and integrity, I will respect the rights and dignity of all people, I will...

The World Economic Forum

What the COVID-19 pandemic teaches us about cybersecurity – and how to prepare for the inevitable global cyberattack

Our "new normal" isn’t COVID-19 itself – it's COVID-like incidents. And a cyber pandemic is probably as inevitable as a future disease pandemic. The time to start thinking about the...

Reuters

International Students Wonder if U.S. Business School Worth It in Coronavirus Era

Sanjeev Khagram, the dean of the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University, said he is telling international students that "virtual teams" are the future, so adjusting to...

CNBC

Arizona State management school holds graduation ceremony via robot

Arizona State plans to use robots during the graduation ceremony for its Thunderbird School of Global Management. The school’s dean, Dr. Sanjeev Khagram, and Juili Kale, one of its soon-to-be...

India Today

Covid-19 Lockdown: Students in Arizona to get their graduation day by using robots

Students in Arizona State University will now be able to attend their graduation ceremonies amid the coronavirus lockdown with the help of robots!

New York Times

Robots to the Rescue! Arizona Students in Lockdown Will Still Get Their Graduation Day

Juili Kale's dreams to receive her master's degree diploma in a ceremony cheered on by her family were dashed by the coronavirus - until robots came to the rescue.

Yahoo! News

Class of 2020 graduates with 'robot ceremony'

A college graduation is nothing without the pomp and circumstance of donning a cap and gown to receive your diploma amid friends and family.

AZ Family

Thunderbird grads at ASU 'walk' virtually using avatar robots

The coronavirus pandemic has thrown a wrench into graduation plans for thousands of students. But many are finding a way to celebrate virtually. For example, grads at the Thunderbird School...

Inside Higher Ed

What's New in Commencements? Robots

Thunderbird School of Global Management used avatar robots so students could still "walk" across the stage.

Robots to stand in for students at virtual graduation ceremony

As graduation season approaches, students around the world face missing the opportunity to attend ceremonies that celebrate years of hard work. However, the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona...

Robots To Stand In For ASU Thunderbird Grads At Virtual Commencement

Arizona State University will hold virtual commencement ceremonies next week due to the coronavirus pandemic, but some graduate students from the Thunderbird School of of Global Management will still get...

ASU Global Management graduates to 'walk' with robots in virtual ceremony

What’s graduation going to look like for thousands of students across the world this year? For some graduates at Arizona State University, it’s going to look very futuristic!

Using the Fourth Industrial Revolution to Fight COVID-19 Around the World

By Dr. Landry Signé, Dr. Sanjeev Khagram, and Julia Goldstein From artificial intelligence for medical diagnostics to mobile technology for data collection and contact tracing, technologies associated with the Fourth...

Owls, Lizards & Dinosaur Feathers: A New Ecosystem for Labor Market

By Rebeca Hwang and Sebastian Campanario In episodes 18 and 19 of the fifth season of Seinfeld, the most successful comedy show in history, there is a character played by...

ASU named to global top 10 for universities that can solve planetary challenges

“We believe that universities are our greatest hope of solving some of the world’s biggest challenges,” says Phil Baty, Chief Knowledge Officer at Times Higher Education.

Dean Khagram Shares Global Perspective on Arizona Economy

"It would be really surprising if we didn't have a recession for at least two quarters, if not a year," said Dr. Sanjeev Khagram, director general and dean of Thunderbird...

STEM Designation Coming Soon

In an interview with a popular business school website, Thunderbird’s Dean confirms that a STEM designation focused on data science is in the works.

Thunderbird School of Global Management has a resurgence

Attention Arizona State University students and others in downtown Phoenix: You're about to have some new neighbors (after many months of construction).

Entrepreneur program empowers Native women to forge a brighter future

Thunderbird entrepreneur program empowers Native American women to forge a brighter future

Diplomas in hand, 16 Navajo women became the latest graduating class of Project DreamCatcher, a free business training program that aims to create economic opportunities for female Native entrepreneurs.

NASA’s Psyche Mission Launches Free Online Class Featuring Thunderbird’s Mansour Javidan

The NASA Psyche Mission is a journey to a unique metal world called Psyche, an asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. The mission is currently in development and...

Thunderbird’s Dean Speaks Out On Climate Restoration at Davos 2020: Will trillion-tree opportunity really revive the green planet?

Gary Gero is the chief sustainability officer for Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the entire United States. Home to more people than 41 of the 50 states...

Rising From The Ashes, Thunderbird Breaks New Ground

When we last reported on Thunderbird School of Global Management almost a year ago, the school had just received its best news in a long time. The Wall Street Journal...

by Thunderbird Professors Andrew Inkpen, Michael Moffett, and Kannan Ramaswamy Energy, Oil & Gas Magazine, page 5

Time to Break Free The Supermajors and the Icarus Paradox

Long before the predatory Saudi Arabian oil production attach and Covid-19 there were signs of trouble in the global oil industry.