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- 26 Mar 2020
- News
Oprah Winfrey and the Power of Empathy
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
grassroots community organizations; the increasing tendency of businesses, large and small, to identify the inner city as an untapped market; a drop in urban crime rates; and the "unshackling" of inner cities from the entrenched and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
yourself wanting to learn more and spend more time? At an early, highly personal phase like this, the best learning will be experimental, not analytical. For personal giving, do you favor a community View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
Southern leaders. On August 19, he drafted a potentially momentous letter to a Democratic politician and newspaper editor, ending the communication with this proposition: “If Jefferson Davis wishes...to know what I would do if he were to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
work still to be done in each case.) The Communications Committee, led by Paul Stewart (MBA '87), will focus on improving three areas: how the School and alumni clubs communicate with HBS alumni; how alumni... View Details
- 31 Mar 2017
- News
Turning Teachers into Leaders
foundations that support all of those entities. We help those organizations design and implement changes and initiatives that improve the work that they do every day, serving schools, teachers, and students. “One thing that I am focused... View Details
- 16 Dec 2021
- News
A Global Alumni Response to the Pandemic
fill the gaps in the production of personal protective equipment (PPE). Many stepped in to fight hunger, provide support for health professionals and frontline workers, deploy technology in new ways that helped communities thrive, and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 May 2021
- News
Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
additional days were offered for “deeper exploration and engagement” where attendees could learn more about the SEI and Community Partners, or attend a virtual networking event, interactive workshops, or connect with nonprofit board... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 Jan 2019
- News
Not Waiting for Progress
Brickson Diamond (MBA 1999) has never been one to, as he puts it, “just sit back and wait for progress to happen.” His role as cofounder and chair of the Blackhouse Foundation is a case in point. The organization took shape in 2006 after... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 21 Sep 2015
- News
Rockin’ for a Cause
Education (PiE), a foundation that provides nearly three-quarters of the flexible funding available to the city’s cash-strapped schools. Scheel’s wife, Susan, was an early leader of PiE, which raises supplemental funds for programs such... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
A CEO Goes Undercover
catastrophic flood destroy his house, leaving his family, including five kids, homeless. Yet Richard didn’t want a bailout. He told no one at work. HFE already had a foundation in place to help employees in such need, but Richard hadn’t... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
created a bold and provocative vision—‘50 by 60’—that says that [New England] can produce 50 percent of our food locally by 2060. This is the organizing principle in what is a systems-wide approach to solving a problem.” Since 2011, the Kendall View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
"Unheard Voices" Brings to Light Three Centuries of American Women at Work
winter. The project’s enduring value, notes Laura Linard, is in establishing a link between past and present. “I think it’s important for anyone in business to realize that they are building on a foundation that goes back a lot further... View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
- News
Many Rivers to Cross
largest rivers. “Our biggest problem in Colombia, as in most of our underdeveloped countries, is poverty,” states Ospina. “And one way to fight poverty is through engineering.” The son of former Colombian president Mariano Ospina Perez, Ospina is CEO of a charitable... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
poor communities was transformational for Rodríguez: “I made a decision that I didn’t want to be a spectator to poverty anymore.”) The IPO was a high-profile demonstration of the duo’s long-held vision. “It showed us that mainstream... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Kill Groupthink
catalyst for significant change given that all the paradigms have shifted, Bouygues says. From employee safety to revenue profiles, how we communicate and how we work together, no one yet knows what this will look like on the other side,... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading change in issues around gender and equality
Harvard Business School Professor Robin Ely discusses the School's leadership role in changing issues and business practices around gender and equality. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
Asha and VSG, he says it was his experience at HBS that gave him the foundation he needed to do that. “At HBS, they talked about different models for development and how we come to use business principles to make things happen,” says... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Leading the Way
unveiled The Harvard Campaign, which aims to strengthen the University's financial foundations and enable new investments and initiatives. As part of this endeavor, The Harvard Business School Campaign—set to launch in April 2014—aims to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Spangler Center Opens to Rave Reviews
seen as symbolic of Harvard’s openness to the local community as the University expands its presence on the Boston side of the Charles River. Completed after just 22 months of construction, this new HBS landmark was made possible by the... View Details