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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
"to give a little back to America" in appreciation for the United States' support in rebuilding postwar Europe, Andresen notes. In announcing the new professorship, HBS Dean Kim B. Clark stated, "The timing of this View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Acquiring Business Skills To Advance A Career Trajectory
As a boy in Asheboro, North Carolina, George Sondecker (MBA 2016) developed a fondness for launching rockets that evolved into a passion for working in the aerospace industry. A fellowship provided by gifts to the HBS Fund is helping him...
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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
What Fellowships Make Possible
large. Fellowships at HBS are established and supported almost entirely by alumni and friends — donors who have created named funds as well as those who contribute annually to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation. These gifts have a...
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- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Campaign Ends, Exceeds Expectations
students from almost seventy countries discuss a curriculum rich in international cases, many written with the support of the School’s global research centers. The names of several buildings honor recent gifts supporting key research...
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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Delivering the Power to Dream Big
technology will not only increase solar adoption in the United States, but help people in the developing world as well. In industrialized countries, "you can imagine the impact on portable electronics—it can give you freedom from the...
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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
FIELD 2 in Accra
initiative that creates unprecedented intellectual, logistical, and financial challenges. Gifts to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation play a critical part in enabling such ambitious undertakings, which help ensure that the School...
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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
a “gift from the government,” but rather an asset with a strong future value that brought neighbors together and gave strength to families where so much had been lost. This gift of the first calf was incredibly significant. A cow, it...
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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
problem, and he stepped away so that our family could function. Professor George helped me realize that my passion for making change in the world is driven by this experience of watching my father’s struggle and by my strong sense of responsibility to View Details
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Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Conducting Research That Influences Practice
work with HBS faculty. She herself is a former PRIMO student. Gifts to the HBS Fund have a significant impact on the doctoral programs, which guarantee fellowships for all students each year of enrollment. The Fund provides 21 percent of...
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- 02 Dec 2019
- News
A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding
classroom, he established the Thomas C. Barry Fellowship 20 years ago, influenced by the late Dean John MacArthur’s push to create fellowships for international students. In honor of his 50th Reunion, he and his wife have made additional View Details
- 28 Mar 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
for a company for a couple of years. It’s then that many of them decide to go on to graduate school,” Shibayama says. “In Japan, many of the students decide their position for life as an undergraduate.” He prefers the American path, he observes, because it View Details
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Fostering Innovation in Social Enterprise Across Harvard
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. On April 16, video screens were glowing as spectators watched the finale of HBS’s annual New Venture Competition (NVC). COVID-19 turned the competition into a...
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- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Supporting Students on Their Journeys
School also provides aid for MBA students’ summer career explorations and, upon graduation, to enable them to pursue their passions in sectors where the compensation is lower than is typical for an HBS graduate. Alumni and friends of the School who support fellowships...
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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
HBS Fund Supports Core Priorities Including Financial Aid
after graduating,” she explains. “I want to help put others in a position to choose careers based on impact and enrichment, not just a paycheck.” (photo by Susan Young) To direct your HBS Fund gift to fellowships, look for the “Student...
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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Mark Pincus (MBA 1993)
eBay, Skype, and more recently, Uber. I saw the opportunity to do that with play—to make it a social, bite-sized experience that would give adults permission to put play back in their lives. I don’t think Zynga has achieved that status...
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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Students Ready to Make an Impact
process of fully developing their ventures in agritech, social enterprise, and sustainability. Their journeys illustrate the ways in which HBS delivers the knowledge base that fuels innovation and the support systems that catalyze new enterprises. Annual View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Countdown To Remote Learning
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. When Harvard announced in early March that all instruction would move online after spring break, the clock started ticking. “HBS had just two weeks to select and...
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- 25 Jul 2018
- News
HBS Alumni Leader, Benefactor Dies at 86
Meredith Riggs Spangler, and two daughters, Anna Spangler Nelson (MBA 1988) and Abigail Riggs Spangler, he gave a major gift to the School that made the Spangler Center, a focal point of campus life for the entire HBS community, possible....
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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Innovation: Crowdfunding College Costs
30 percent more than would otherwise be true." And how would Cordero respond to those who might find such a gift solicitation tacky? "The demand and desire to give the gift of...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A New Day for Fellowships
discussed the strong community she found at HBS and her own personal transformation. In closing remarks, Dean Jay Light noted that “financial debts can be settled, but the gifts of fellowships endure.” Evidence of that could be heard as...
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