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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
culturally relevant as art or music—and why the retail investor is woefully misunderstood. You’ve been at Robinhood now for three-and-a-half years. How has the organization evolved in that time? The mission is the same—to democratize... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
What We’re Reading
most out of my one wild and precious life. I am already looking forward to my next crossroads. —Raf Verheij (MBA 2004) has enjoyed a career in energy, international consulting, outsourcing, and offshoring. He cofounded an art venture... View Details
- 25 Mar 2015
- News
The Greening of Houston
amenities to Buffalo Bayou. Houston’s businesses are very heavily involved in everything related to quality of life in the city—from the arts to green spaces to education. Though, Gilbane points out that all this philanthropy isn’t just... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn (MBA 1971)
mid-1960s, when he was introduced to the work of Montana artists while stationed in that state with the Air Force. Feeling an affinity for the art of the American West, he became increasingly knowledgeable about it and gradually built up... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Thomas C. Høegh
forms such communication may take in the future." After HBS, Høegh plans to establish a London-based company called Arts Alliance, "a creative cradle," he says, that will provide venture capital, consulting, and multimedia production... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 05 Feb 2016
- News
The Wheel of the World
subjects—biology, philosophy, sociology. Clocks combine art (in their cases and dials) and science (in their mechanisms).” For the Industrial Revolution to truly take hold, for example, workers needed to own an inexpensive, mass-produced... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation—a new kind of business book that isn’t as much about creating a vision as it is about shaping a context. Over time, it became clear to Hill that Pixar’s leaders didn’t profess... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
An investment in meaningful results
meaningful and measurable results. It is supported entirely by its board of directors; all public donations go directly to programs and services. "Wanting to help your neighbors isn't enough. Proving how to help them effectively is the key," says Winshel, who... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
that lead up to that event and all the things that must fall into place to make it happen - not just about the event itself." In tandem with the athletic competition of the Games, the International Olympic Committee Charter calls for an View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
like what we call family medicine today. “We didn’t know about that concept at the time, but we thought people needed that kind of doctor,” Nomaguchi says. They named the company Platanus, after the tree under which Hippocrates taught the View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
familiar with the Midwest. But a weekend trip highlighted the city's charms: the zoo and art museum; beautiful, tree-lined neighborhoods; and a slower pace of life. In 2010 they moved into a 1919 brick Colonial, and Le Roy Moore gave... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Good Luck Charm
at Time Warner, who said the satisfaction she gets from helping deserving local organizations makes her “the luckiest girl in the world.” In 2006, Time Warner gave a total of $50 million to support arts and education in New York City, and... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Paolo M. Pellegrini, MBA 1985 & Henrietta Jones
degree from Politecnico di Milano, and his wife, Henrietta Jones, believe in the power of crossdisciplinary education and have generously supported HBS, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
Democratic Republic of Congo. “What do they need to do their jobs safely and effectively? It all starts with the communities we serve, what they need, and how they need us to be of service.” The Art of Redemption People tend to believe... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
urgency and need around the opioid crisis. In a world filled to bursting with urgency and need, that skill is an art and a science that relates directly to successful fundraising. “You don’t build a campfire by taking a huge pile of logs... View Details
- 16 Jan 2018
- News
Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits
arts programming. To boost fundraising for the SPNM program, Panoff says the club has established the F. Steele III and Patricia H. Blackall Scholarship—named for the late F. Steele Blackall (MBA 1949), a club member who played a key role... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
In 2006, the entire region celebrated the opening of the Wild Center, a 54,000-square-foot, interactive museum experience. The center includes live wildlife exhibits, a movie theater, an art studio, a large system of trails, and... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
As a student at Harvard College, Matthews continued her experimentation, signing up for a class called Affecting Change through Art and Science. “I took the course because people said, ‘You can create cool stuff and they give you money to... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
book to articulate the nuts and bolts of what goes into creating an environment for this transformation to occur.” As seen in these excerpts from DeLong’s new book, teaching—whether the milieu is the classroom or a conference room—is a delicate balancing act, requiring... View Details
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
Above: Cummings in the iconic Fisher Building, known as “Detroit’s largest art object.” Cummings and his partners are redeveloping the 28-story landmark. A trip through downtown Detroit with Peter Cummings (OPM 13, 1988) is part urban... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly