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- 01 Jun 2002
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Hawes Hall Dedicated
students who will attend classes in Hawes Hall, the School's teaching mission will be greatly enhanced by the technology in the building, including videoconferencing, teleconferencing, Webcast, and broadcast capabilities. Hawes was filled with emotion as he recounted...
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- 01 Mar 2011
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Child’s Play
Tak: Apps for childhood development. The Over in the Meadow Animated Storybook is an interactive, animated, and educational product, the first to be rolled out by a start-up called iMomConnect. It’s designed to help busy parents teach...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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Case Study: Power Nappy
New Venture Competition. Parents are lining up. “We sold our inventory nine months faster than we’d expected,” Saigal says. The Question: Kudos has been selling directly to consumers through its website, in keeping with other eco-friendly...
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- 29 Feb 2016
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How Joe Shoen Got U-Haul Back on Track
The most recent issue of Forbes magazine has a long piece on Amerco, U-Haul’s parent company, and its return to dominance following decades-long internal turmoil. Leading the charge is Amerco CEO Joe Shoen (MBA 1973), who has a...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Changing Old Systems to Provide New Chances for Young Americans
fact that we have 4.4 million young people who are disconnected from any mainstream activity?” he asks. “So we think a lot about policy, think about what systems—educational, health care, adjudication—why aren’t those systems working for millions of Americans who...
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- 01 Jun 2001
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Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa
The daughter of Nigerian and Togolese immigrants who settled in New York City’s Spanish Harlem, Modupe Akinola (MBA 2001) was raised to know the value of a strong family and a good education. In light of the sacrifices her parents made to...
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- 01 Jun 2020
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Homeschooled
students, Khan wants parents to feel “Oh, I can do this. This isn’t impossible.” Today, Khan Academy usage is up about 250 percent, student and teacher registration rates are six times higher than normal, and View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
The Wisdom of Crowds
The judgments of many people regarding the merits of a restaurant, hotel, or bar trump a single reviewer’s opinion. That’s the philosophy behind the Zagat Survey leisure guides, and Ted Zagat (MBA 2004) has literally grown up with that concept: His View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
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Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
Another area that we’re interested in is how parents should think about these things with their kids. How should we think about teaching our kids about time and money so that they make decisions that science says are good for them? What...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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3-Minute Briefing: Qiao Ma (MBA 2010)
up—it was electrifying. After that, I helped him chart stock prices on the only empty wall in our house. I’m pretty sure my parents were disappointed that I took a job in investing, because stock trading is a universal hobby in many Asian...
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- 01 May 2013
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C. Bruce Johnstone, MBA 1966
poignant and very personal. Over the years I have helped counsel students and young alumni on courses and career direction. Some invited me to play golf. I've met their parents and their friends. It's very fulfilling and very satisfying."
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- 01 Nov 2016
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Paving the Way to College
Harvard-Westlake. I started thinking about all the low-income kids and inner-city kids in Los Angeles whose parents who couldn’t help them go to private school, take them on trips around the country, give them SAT prep, and help with...
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- 01 Mar 2016
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Art Collecting’s New Egalitarianism
Alsace-Lorraine—birthplace of the Art Nouveau movement in France—Weidner began collection after his parents gave him a small ceramic piece for his 23rd birthday. “Art is something that has been part of my environment since I was born,” he...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Working to improve California's public education system
is that we believe every child in California should have access to a high-quality education,” she says, “and the reason that has not happened is because there is not the political will in Sacramento. Parents and community members are so...
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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Hot Tip
business information in countries across the continent. Nkontchou (pronounced en-CON-choo) was born in Cameroon and moved to Paris with his diplomat parents when he was 13. Of his decision to earn an MBA from HBS, he told USA Today...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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Family Matters
Lailah Thompson-Woode (MBA 2021) with her children, Antonio and Yasmina Woode. Photo courtesy Lailah Thompson-Woode Lailah Thompson-Woode (MBA 2021) with her children, Antonio and Yasmina Woode. Photo courtesy Lailah Thompson-Woode As a middle schooler, Lailah...
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- 25 Aug 2022
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September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
discovers a top-secret parenting manual, it’s kids versus grownups in this kooky, illustrated middle-grade thriller with nonstop, seat-of-your-pants action that will delight fans of Jarrett Lerner and Stuart Gibbs. When tween boy FP...
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- 12 Sep 2018
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Game-Changing Analytics
As CEO of the Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR), Jessica Gelman (AB 1997, MBA 2002) is working “to change the conversation around how data analytics are used in the sports and entertainment business.” Spun off from its Kraft Sports Group View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
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Staying Afloat
Enter Robert Pollan (MBA '88), then thirty years old, a man with a plan that became the blueprint for Szczecin's transformation. "It was a unique moment in history," said Pollan. "My parents were Polish; there were lots of emotional...
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- 01 Jun 1998
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Chai Ling
the West, Chai hopes a more favorable political climate will allow her to return home. Chai's leadership and organizational abilities were honed early. When she was ten, her mother and father, both military doctors, put her in charge of her two younger siblings and a...
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