Re: Charley Ellis (MBA 1963); Maria Ellis (OPM 32); Anson Frericks (MBA 2011); Don Gillis (PMD 66); P.J. Kirby (MBA 1978); Larry Lepard (MBA 1983); Mike Mears (MBA 1975); John Travers (MBA 2002); Lee Wilson (MBA 1978); Matthew C. Weinzierl (Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research); Arthur C. Brooks (Professor of Management Practice); Ranjay Gulati (Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration); Gunnar Trumbull (Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration)

Re: Chinwe Ajene (MBA 2003); Andrew Brodsky (PHDOB 2017); Brian Buxton (MBA 1977); Kweilin Ellingrud (MBA 2005); Anne Fonte (MBA 1992); Steve Ossad (MBA 1976); Aaron Poynton (AMP 195); Gregory Slayton (MBA 1990); Karen Swanson (MBA 1990); Teresa M. Amabile (Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emerita); Alison Wood Brooks (O'Brien Associate Professor of Business Administration); Jeffrey J. Bussgang (Senior Lecturer of Business Administration)

Re: Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11); Amar Bhide (MBA 1979); Siri Chilazi (MBA 2016); Christopher Cox (MBA 1997); Gurcharan Das (AMP 91); Maria Ellis (OPM 32); Brooks Fenno (MBA 1962); Sue Hemphill (PMD 47); Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963); John Lotz (MBA 1971); Ron May (AMP 165); Rusty McClure (MBA 1975); Allie Nava (MBA 2002); Wilbur Ross (MBA 1961); Garry Sanderson (AMP 175); Ken Wilcox (MBA 1983); Rick Williams (PMD 33); Michael Horn (MBA 2006); Max H. Bazerman (Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration); Ethan S. Bernstein (Edward W. Conard Associate Professor of Business Administration); Malcolm S. Salter (James J. Hill Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus); Feng Zhu (MBA Class of 1958 Professor of Business Administration)

Shifting from comic books to history books, Amy Chu releases a new set of graphic novels

Re: Amy Chu (MBA 1999); By: Jen McFarland Flint

Re: Patrice Derrington (MBA 1991); Rosemary Scanlon (PMD 42); Fred Kinch (MBA 1965); Teri Martin (MBA 1980); Jack Ryan (MBA 1984); Scott Saslow (MBA 1997); Shalinee Sharma (MBA 2005); Marty Sneider (MBA 1968)

Re: Kim Brooker (MBA 1968); By: Julia Hanna

How rituals help us create order from chaos, affect performance, and ascribe meaning to the mundane details of our personal and professional lives

Re: Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003); Michael I. Norton (Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration Unit Head, Negotiation, Organizations & Markets)

Hard-won truths about illness and family, medicine, and caregiving

Re: Kathy Giusti (MBA 1985)

We asked alumni to tell us about the best books they read this year. Here are their pitches for your consideration.

Re: Ray Baker (MBA 1960); Kartik Varma (MBA 2002); Ted Seides (MBA 1999); Allegra Jordan (MBA 1995); Christine Cuoco (MBA 2004); Alex Kruglov (MBA 2006); Cecile Seth (MBA 1994)

For greater satisfaction in life, approach happiness as a direction, not a destination

Re: Arthur C. Brooks (Professor of Management Practice)

In a new book, Charles Conn offers problem-solving mindsets for uncertain times

Re: Charles Conn (MBA 1990)