Distance From Hometown - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Apr 2020
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12, bought his first sailboat with money saved from collecting and recycling his neighbors’ newspapers. Although he dreamed of being a marine biologist, Frey’s academic passion was engineering, which sprang View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

23 Feb 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot

part of that evolution—as the cofounder of a professional services firm, an investor, a developer, and a corporate board member. “The challenge and the opportunity is to work to ensure all Pittsburghers benefit from this transition,” he... View Details

Keywords: April White

04 Apr 2022
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Cost of Distancing May Outweigh Benefits for Healthy Adults

20 Mar 2020
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How social distancing could ultimately teach us how to be less lonely

13 Dec 2019
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This holiday season, we can all learn a lesson from Beethoven

01 Dec 2013
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Recognizing Potential

number of people who can benefit from the ideas and scholarship developed at the School," says Stevens, who, with his wife, Mary, is a member of the Board of Dean's Advisors and a founding donor to HBX. Their leadership support of HBX... View Details

Keywords: Internet; distance learning; online education; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Jun 2009
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From Beats to Tweets

MC Hammer, the 1990s rapper known to his mother as Stanley K. Burrell, visited HBSin February in his latest incarnation: expert on social-media sites, music, and business. According to the Harvard Crimson, Burrell noted that social media, more than any other, excels in... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

of women being admitted to the School's full-time MBA Program, we invited the HBS alumni community to identify alumnae who stood out as leaders, mentors, and role models. From several hundred suggestions, we asked a cross section of women... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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A Message from Dean Clark

acclaimed books, cases, course modules, and interactive materials, has established a solid leadership position in distance learning efforts. Today, advances in technology are allowing the School to further extend its reach in ways never... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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A Message from Dean Clark

the results of our ongoing investment in information technology. Innovative technologies are making possible new ways of learning -- including distance learning or e-learning -- that will extend and enhance our ability to pursue the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

01 Jun 2005
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Profiles from the Class of 2005

of Severodvinsk, Russia, Natalia Mlotok has witnessed the stark effects of perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev’s program of economic, political, and social restructuring. Located on the White Sea in northern Russia, Mlotok’s hometown was built... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Julia Hanna; James E. Aisner; Graduate profiles; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2006
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Profiles from the Class of 2006

Photos by Webb Chappell At first glance, the MBA Class of 2006 is an interesting collection of data points: 897 students from 67 countries, 34 percent women, 32 percent international, and 21 percent minorities. But look again, deeper this... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Margie Kelley;Lewis I. Rice;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services