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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Beacon of Liberty
me as an immigrant the same opportunities it did to its own citizens. Today, that is still largely the case, unless your name is Mohammad or if you choose to wear the hijab. Since 9/11, almost every Muslim in this country has a story. And... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
article about Ted Levitt. I personally felt a special connection to him, perhaps as a result of our shared immigrant roots. We argued at length the concept that America was moving away from the melting-pot tradition he so much believed... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Turning Point: Tell Me More
talked about their views on everything from immigration to gun control to health care to climate change. Whenever I learned something new, I wrote about it for the Boston Globe. Over the years, two things became clear to me: We have much... View Details
- 23 Mar 2020
- News
Signal Boost
inclusion in businesses and organizations in western Michigan. It sprang up in the late 1990s when the area—once largely white—began to undergo a significant demographic change. “A lot of Latino immigrants moved to areas like Holland,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders
companies for which it raised funds were people of color, 25 times the share backed by traditional venture capitalists. Republic now makes inclusion part of every pitch: Company listings are assigned tags such as Female Founders, Veteran Founders, and View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977
paternal grandparents who immigrated from Russia to Brooklyn, where they raised Bob and Larry Tisch, the legendary duo who parlayed the purchase of a New Jersey hotel into what today is a hugely successful conglomerate, the Loews... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
When the Egyptian government forced out all Jewish inhabitants after the Suez Crisis in 1956, the Cohens left with only one suitcase apiece. His mother’s British citizenship made it possible for them to immigrate to London, where they had... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions
David Velasquez (MBA/MPP 2023, MD 2024), right, at the GOTVax mobile clinic in greater Boston he helped to cofound. Photos courtesy David Valesquez David Velasquez (MBA/MPP 2023, MD 2024), right, at the GOTVax mobile clinic in greater Boston he helped to cofound.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
produced a number of tableware and specialty items as well as art-glass, on which artists—most of them immigrants from central Europe—did painting and engraving. Westmoreland was the country's leading glass-decorating house for more than... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
how hard this is on the low-income immigrant community. But part of me is optimistic and proud we can do something." JUNE 9 Kanoko Oishi (MBA 1988) is founder and CEO of Mediva Inc., a health care consulting firm in Japan that owns... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
they’ve shown a willingness to think in new ways about energy and to consider longer-term strategies such as using immigration to support scientific and technical advances. But what’s needed with clean tech is a rational, well-defined... View Details
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
edited by Dan Morrell; illustrations by Chris Gash use this navigation to explore the 19 Musts MUST READ The Border by Don Winslow “The Border is a gut-punch crime novel that contrasts the desperation of illegal immigrants with the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
the United States, remittances have become an expected supplement to many family incomes, even as the U.S. economy worsens and many immigrants return. Toting sleeping bags and a change of clothes, we set out on foot to explore the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
especially for a company in New York or Silicon Valley. The second strategic benefit is hiring. Think about all the talent that is being left behind because they can’t migrate to the US due to the current immigration system. I have done... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
exception of her brother-in-law, Gerardo Pennisi. Pennisi, a young lawyer whose immigrant family came from a village not far from Castiglione, understood Russo’s plight and supported her quest for personal freedom. “He saw in me what no... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
lifetime relationship between an Iranian father and a daughter, seen through the prism of global immigration and the contemporary refugee experience. It ultimately asks: Must home always be a physical place, or can we find it in another... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
considerably. He went on to earn advanced degrees in biochemistry and management science and immigrated with his new wife, Shainoor, to Vancouver. After a brief stint at a pharmaceutical company (“I’m an entrepreneur; I just didn’t fit”),... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
to the game." Sender was born and raised in Bom Retiro, a Jewish immigrant community in central São Paulo, the second of four children. Her grandparents, Polish and Russian Jews, fled Europe at the outset of World War II. Sender's... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
who can’t obtain US immigration visas begin to move elsewhere, such as Canada. “There are so many implications,” reflects Choudhury, who is currently researching WFA in the unexpected context of manufacturing. “It’s a fascinating... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
prices have been going up." Fung ran through a list of positives: Hong Kong won't be governed under Chinese law but will retain its common law system; its status as a separate customs and immigrations territory will continue; and the Hong... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes