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- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
produced 10,000 PPEs within a few weeks. Nobody was ready for this pandemic—not the developed nations, and certainly not a third-world economy like the Philippines. We never built an industry for PPEs, much less medical-grade ones. But it was the only thing standing... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
neighbors. That approach attracted Karen and Mickey Taylor, owners of Seattle Slew. The only undefeated Triple Crown winner in history also enjoyed great success in the breeding shed, siring over 100 Stakes winners with combined earnings topping $79 million. Before his... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
geographic spread,” she says, “the virus has extended to affect a wider range of animals than we’ve ever seen before. It’s infecting cats, for example, and has even caused the death of tigers. It has a high fatality rate in humans; we... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
in the early 1760s who owned an estimated 100 slaves—received death threats and was spit on in public. He did not win reelection to the council and found himself shut out of work opportunities in the area. "It was time to return to... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
communities, but just this issue and question around communities I think is pervasive. It’s everywhere. I read The Life and Death of American Cities, and that was about changes in city communities, and I’m reading Anxious Generation now,... View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
didn't have a chance to say goodbye. She'd had a heart attack and died. But when I recovered from her death I fell in love with a woman from Georgia and I got engaged to be married, and she started having some headaches in the summer, but... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
it is for every person on the team to feel they can speak up and challenge the established points of view from leadership. We may not be putting people in life or death situations in spaceships, but I do think the success of the VR... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
ice and an accessible Arctic, it is still a cold, dark, forbidding place that requires special provisions and extensive preparation. Last spring, we mourned the deaths of two sailors on a British submarine; the summer before that, two... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
"Record companies are scared to death of the Internet," says Sviokla. "Once you start digitally delivering music on it, there will be nothing to stop people from sending copies - perfect replicas - to everyone they know. We're only one or... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
learn. If we choose to take it, that opportunity can change our lives—and the world—for the better. The human spirit craves connection. Authenticity. Belonging. Touch. Gratitude. Purpose. We need to make our interactions count. Whether it’s the View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
voided. With members scattered across the country and no access to a suitable performing venue, Prieto had cause. “To his immense credit, he stepped up to the challenge,” Long says. But really, Prieto couldn’t fathom breaking the contract—mostly because he couldn’t... View Details
- 06 May 2008
- News
Small World? Read Nil about It
well-documented. They are the generation that will probably preside over and witness the death of newspapers in their lifetime. So here’s a question, especially for those Bulletin readers with international experience or business... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
ways to fulfill it" still inform today's politics. Excerpts from the book follow. After the death of his mother when he was a young child, and with no father in his life, Alexander Hamilton (1757–1804), who would become America's first... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
India's Chidambaram Says Nation Is "Poor Rich"
become destinations for “medical tourists” from the West. Meanwhile, the country’s infant and maternal death rates are high, and diseases such as cholera, dysentery, and malaria are still far too prevalent. Chidambaram concluded by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
Shames and Peter Barton (MBA 1982) “This book is about a man on his deathbed (Barton) looking back at his life and appreciating the energy and enthusiasm with which he has lived it, and another man (Shames) comparing his own as he chronicles Barton’s life and View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Patricia ("Tosh") Rapoport Barron
Barron continued to rise through the ranks of the Xerox Corporation, earning kudos in 1993 as a Business Week "Executive to Watch." Three years ago, she was named president of Xerox engineering systems. But a string of personal events occurring in the last few years -... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Teaching and Learning Center Established, Honors Christensen’s Legacy
improve teaching across the faculty. The center is named after C. Roland (“Chris”) Christensen (MBA 3/’43, DCS ’53), a much-loved HBS faculty member who had a powerful impact on HBS students and faculty as well as educators around the world during his years at the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
can take you a long way.” The following year, at the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf (AG Bell) in Washington, D.C., after illness and death struck top executives there, Sommer managed key tasks and projects so well that she... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
their grief. Members of the Class of 1993's Section B responded to news of the death of sectionmate Waleed Iskandar by asking for people to share their memories. "Waleed was a vibrant part of our section, and I'm comforted by the good... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 15 Nov 2021
- News
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959)
death in 2019. “I tell my kids about their grandpa and I say, you can’t imagine how hard he worked for everything he had,” says Bishop. In creating value for his clients, Waite also created a better life for his greatest legacy, his... View Details