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- 17 Nov 2016
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Wired for Innovation
energy to population centers across the country by expanding the US electric-transmission grid. “If you look at the wind-power equation, you quickly see that transmitting energy from rural wind farms across long distances to large cities...
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- 01 Dec 2007
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Baker Bell Dedication Rings in HBS Centennial
antireligious Stalinist regime. The Moscow City Council priced them as scrap metal, and Crane donated the set to Harvard University. Seventeen were hung in the tower of Lowell House, a Harvard undergraduate residence. One came to HBS,...
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- 01 Dec 1996
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On Eve of Transition, Alumni Conference Set for Hong Kong
opening remarks will elaborate on his vision for HBS in the 21st century. Attendees will be able to have a firsthand look at Asian businesses during visits to Hong Kong companies and on trips offered before and after the conference to Beijing and Shanghai, View Details
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Elaine Gottlieb
- 01 Jun 1997
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Taylor R. M. Keen
adolescence into the Omaha Warriors Society. "That's where I learned manners of humility," he says. He attended public high school in the cities of Omaha and Tahlequah and then Dartmouth College, attracted by the school's strong Native...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Oct 1997
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William K.L. Fung
mainland, investors from the city are well placed to benefit from the new business climate. While Fung credits Harvard with sharpening his analytical skills, doing business the Chinese way was something he had to learn on the job. "The...
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Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Oct 2002
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Andrew H. Tisch
president of the Jewish Communal Fund and currently heads the New York City Parks Foundation. The father of four, Tisch strives to strike some balance in his very full life. As it is, however, he normally sleeps only four-and-a-half hours...
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- 17 Jun 2020
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Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
temporary hospital facilities for the Medical City and the National Kidney Institute, particularly staff housing, to free up space within the hospital premises for COVID-19 treatments. At quarantine capacity, FPH is working with the...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 1999
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Moir Donelson
city as on his ability to navigate the inner circles of Chicago's business elite. Donelson hopes eventually to develop businesses that will create positive social changes in the part of Chicago where he grew up. "I realize this is a...
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Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
wings that cover four city blocks. Whether it's eking out extra room from unused air shafts, building up, or renovating existing gallery space to make more efficient use of it, construction at the Met is almost nonstop, a fact that is...
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- 01 Jun 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
the people, their personalities, contributions, and the influences that set this community apart from city living or other rural areas. The community survived and depended on each individual. People were courteous, supportive, and...
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- 01 Aug 2001
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T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56)
efforts to make the inner city a viable and competitive economic entity," says University Professor Michael E. Porter, who is researching economic development in America's inner cities. Dunphy has also established a fellowship fund for...
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- 01 Oct 1998
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Beyond the Numbers
helping to create a mentoring program in New York City that will partner seasoned business executives with public school administrators to develop more efficient ways to put funds to use for students. "For me, life is about helping people...
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Eileen K. McCluskey
- 19 Aug 2013
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Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
entrepreneurs to become franchisees. Keshavjee is also involved in a large affordable housing project in Thika, on the outskirts of Nairobi. He is bullish on Kenya, noting the country has "a youthful, well-educated population and is now called 'Silicon Savannah,' with...
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- 01 Dec 1999
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Christensen and Vernon Remembered
interest in me were the reasons I considered an academic career and developed a passion for research," said Porter, who holds an endowed professorship named after his mentor. Born on August 17, 1919, Christensen grew up in Iowa City and...
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- 19 Jun 2017
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How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
women's basketball. They're operated to bring glory to the city or to the club in whose name they operate. Hanna: Mm-hmm. Levy: Does that make sense? Hanna: It does, and that translates, as you've said in the past, to higher salaries in...
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- 06 Oct 2020
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Clearing the Path to Citizenship
that immigrants in some cities face wait times four times longer and denial rates two times higher than the national average. For Wang, immigration advocacy is essential to the startup’s business model. Boundless led a coalition of more...
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April White
- 11 Dec 2019
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A Righteous Path
assisting, there are three others in the New York area without legal help. The need is staggering, but the path to meeting that need effectively would be familiar to any business leader, says Leimsider. Leimsider began his career at the New York View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
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Victory Lap: Frazier, Olympics COO, Reviews the Games
mood in Atlanta in the aftermath of the Games? People feel a certain sense of loss now that the Games are over. Atlantans are proud of how well their city hosted the Olympics, especially the way it came back after the Centennial Park...
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- 25 Aug 2014
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Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992
Since founding Year Up in 2000, Gerald Chertavian has steadily grown the endeavor from its initial class of 22 students. The nonprofit now operates in 12 cities across the United States, employs 400, and has an annual budget of $70...
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Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2002
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HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power
conferences, held in a different U.S. city each year, have provided access to an impressive roster of corporate executives and public-sector officials, often drawn from the host city's leading industries and institutions. Observed HBSAAA...
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