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- 03 Sep 2013
- News
Stanford trio explore success formula for Reddit posts
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
comprehension portion of the English test; financial markets opened an hour later to ease traffic and make it easier for students to reach testing centers, where anxious parents bowed and prayed outside. When he arrived in the United... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Pet Project
data will confirm. The relative investment in driving new customer acquisition via retail is much lower than ecommerce, where driving site traffic is costly, and even SEO and referrals require investment. So a true apples-to-apples... View Details
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
to ease traffic and make it easier for students to reach testing centers, where anxious parents bowed and prayed outside. When he arrived in the United States, Kim says, “I didn’t speak a lick of English.” These were the days before... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Leveraging Generative AI
conducted an AI exercise called “Storrowed” with students, using GenAI tools, to understand why some trucks ignore the height warnings of overpasses on Boston’s Storrow Drive and regularly get stuck, causing traffic backups. The goal was... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A World of Difference
closest airport), he kept broadening his perspective. He asked a lot of questions. He checked in with the air traffic controller and the first officer; everybody’s perspective was brought in. He considered many alternatives when most of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Working the Street
9 p.m. Friday, about the time, Timken says, “when the beer hits the bloodstream.” A traffic stop on a Honda Civic (probable cause: brake light out) turns up an 18-year-old driver, Alejandro, with no license and no insurance. With him is... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
on Wall Street,” Sityodtong says as his driver navigates traffic to a weigh-in event the night before the fights. “On Wall Street I wanted to make millions of dollars, and I did that. Changing the world and making a positive impact on the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
opportunity opens.” It’s a strategy that feels analytical but also intuitive—one that acknowledges present realities while maintaining high levels of optimism. The same mindset is needed when navigating daily life in Cairo, particularly its infamous traffic—an unending... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
On May 28, 2022, the Basketball Africa League (BAL) held the championship game of its second season, pitting the club team Petro de Luanda, from Angola, against US Monastir, from Tunisia. Traffic snarls outside the stadium, congestion... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
Photography by Brandon Patoc You think the traffic is bad where you live? Be glad you don’t live in London, where the average driver wastes 101 hours a year—the most of any city in Europe—stuck in traffic, according to the View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
hours has been right here." Snapshots from the conference follow. Problem: Air Traffic US airport congestion ranks with the world's worst, with more than 25 percent of flights arriving more than 15 minutes late, says advocacy group... View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
Electric Avenues
which takes the market risk,” says Riva. Bonding Together to Beat Traffic Since its 2009 launch, the navigation app Waze has provided drivers with a crowdsourced commute, with user-supplied traffic reports... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Air Time
immigrant Mom past the fact that I’m (still) not a doctor.” not enough to get my immigrant Mom past the fact that I’m (still) not a doctor.” Cited (photo by CL Media/iStock) (photo by CL Media/iStock) “About 30 percent of the traffic in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ideas against AIDS
CLAWSON AND VIRAVAIDYA: Early allies in the fight against AIDS. Photo courtesy Curtis Clawson In Thailand, anti-AIDS activist Mechai Viravaidya is known for getting not only Santas and tollbooth operators to hand out condoms, but traffic... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Point, Click, Give: Internet Fuels Philanthropic Fundraising Revolution
many WEBSE business models. To succeed, Austin argues, WEBSEs must execute effective strategies in three key areas. For driving traffic to the site, he uncovered two primary models: WEBSEs can generate the View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Toy Story
2006, Schmults said that “any time you’re in a tough retail environment and your traffic is up 50 percent, you know you’re doing something right.” He added, “This is a happy place to work. How could it not be? You see kids racing around... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Double Vision
web-only offerings like dating sites and streaming content—and divided them into four ad types. Then they matched the ads with the advertisers' web traffic and online purchases in the minutes and hours after they aired to measure their... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Dhivya Suryadevara (MBA 2003)
incredibly fast and is at the forefront of technology. GM’s vision is zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion. Close to 40,000 people die in US traffic accidents each year, and more than 94 percent of those crashes are caused by... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 05 Oct 2021
- News
Launch Signals
the fastest-growing DTC brand with a 313.7 percent increase in online traffic quarter-over-quarter. Both Fitzgerald and de Zárraga see Flare as a stopgap measure until cultural and policy changes shift the prevailing environment around... View Details