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- 15 Jun 2017
- News
Understanding What Syrian Refugees Want
- 01 Mar 2017
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The Realities of the Refugee Crisis
Illustration by Peter Arkle Since the outbreak of civil war in 2011, 4.9 million Syrians have fled their country, and another 6.6 million are internally displaced, according to the UN Refugee Agency. To better understand the human,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Apr 2017
- News
Why German Business Supports, Trains, and Hires Syrian Refugees
- 19 Nov 2014
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Helping refugees make it in America
At the healthy snack foods company they cofounded, Marius Andersen (MBA 1999) and his wife, Hilary, provide jobs, health insurance, and a fresh start to refugees in their community. (Published November 2014) View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
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Examining the Magnitude of Syria’s Refugee Crisis
The flow of refugees from Syria following years of civil war has been called the worst humanitarian crisis in modern times. Working in collaboration with HBS’s global research centers, two HBS professors have brought a better... View Details
- 26 Sep 2019
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What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?
Keywords: Danielle Kost
- 07 Jan 2019
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Busting the Refugee-Crime Connection
- 18 Oct 2023
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Spreading the Words
Shafiq Khan (MBA 1982) loves to solve problems. It’s what attracted him to the case study method at HBS and, after graduation, to consulting at Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Then, at United Airlines, Khan encountered another challenge: The company was spending one-sixth of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
That Was Then, This Is Now
It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap
was established in Elmsford in 1983 by refugees from IBM’s superconducting electronics division, and which was chaired until 2012 by veteran venture capitalist Pitch Johnson (MBA 1952). Hypres’s scientists and engineers, many of whom... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers constantly tempted to behave... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
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INK: Out of Exile
through the purgatory of refugee status, they found asylum in Oklahoma. Nayeri went on to earn a BA at Princeton, an MBA and MEd at Harvard, and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. The author of two previous novels (Refuge and A... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 31 Jan 2019
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A Global Mission
emphasis on service and human rights,” says DeFehr of his focus on humanitarian aid. He grew up in the Mennonite faith, the son of Russian refugee parents, and feels a strong connection to other displaced communities. That’s how he ended... View Details
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
places that aren’t on most people’s vacation lists. “My wife often jokes that every vacation we’ve taken since we first met involves visiting an orphanage or refugee camp,” says Wu, who is driven by a desire to help others just as he and... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2003
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Portraits from the Class of 2003
Number of Countries Visited: 55 Best Job: assisting refugees in Côte d'Ivoire Founding Member: University of South Carolina's women's soccer team Speaks: French, Spanish, Vietnamese Award Winning: salsa dancer Hero: Maya Angelou Next Up:... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 20 Apr 2016
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Steps to Success
those classes,” she says. A return to consulting, for marketing firm Mavens & Moguls—run by her sister-in-law, Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991)—led Ruhr to join the volunteer board of the American Refugee Committee (ARC). Eventually she became... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 23 Oct 2019
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Designing a More Artful Future for the Middle East
Artist Yazan Halwani (left) puts the finishing touches on “The Flower Salesman,” which he painted on a six- story building in Dortmund, Germany. The portrait depicts a 10-year-old Syrian refugee who became a successful flower seller in... View Details
Keywords: Inclusion