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01 Jun 2003
News

Mentoring Award

Professor Max H. Bazerman has been named one of the recipients of this year’s Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award. Based on student nominations, this award is offered annually by the Graduate Student Council of Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

June 2011 (Revised February 2024)
Background Note

Carbon Footprints: Methods and Calculations

By: Michael W. Toffel, Stephanie van Sice and Kelsey Carter

Describes methods to calculate the carbon footprint (greenhouse gas emissions) of an organization's operations and supply chain, and a product or service. Illustrates concepts with examples of calculating the carbon footprint of organizations and products. Provides... View Details

Keywords: Measurement; Climate Change; Climate Impact; Carbon Accounting; Carbon Footprint; Carbon Emissions; Sustainability; Environmental Management; Operations; Supply Chain; Pollutants; Measurement and Metrics; Environmental Sustainability

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24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.

On September 4, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its 2014 International Energy Outlook. Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest World Energy Investment Outlook. Both watchdogs tell us the same story. Energy... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

14 Oct 2021

Harvard MS/MBA Virtual Q&A

Join Jill Fadule, Director of Joint Degrees, for a virtual Q&A on the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program and the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program. View Details

25 Apr 2023

MS/MBA Information Session and Virtual Q&A

Join HBS MS/MBA students to learn more about the MS/MBA Engineering Sciences and MS/MBA Biotechnology programs at Harvard. You've got questions - we've got the answers! View Details

27 Jul 2021

Future Leadership MBA + Engineering Multi-School Webinar

Join Cornell University, Harvard's MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, Kellogg School of Management, UC Berkeley Haas, University of Michigan's Tauber Institute for Global Operations, and MIT Leaders for Global Operations to learn more... View Details

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Statement on Supreme Court Decision | About

Meredith Weenick Executive Vice President, Harvard University Claudine Gay Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences President-elect, Harvard University Tomiko Brown-Nagin Dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Nancy Coleman Dean, Division... View Details

18 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool

Science at Harvard (LISH) has a long history of working together with Harvard Catalyst at Harvard Medical School to identify interesting innovation and process problems in translational biomedical areas. We have conducted many research... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

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Workshops & Technical Talks - Research Computing Services

Training Training Workshops & Technical Talks 2ms See below for trainings, reference materials, and resources at Harvard and beyond. R R workshop materials (e.g., Intro to R; R Regression models) from Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

Professor Ramchandran Jaikumar Remembered

was a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, where he received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. He also held an MA in industrial engineering from Oklahoma State University and a Ph.D. in decision sciences from the... View Details

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Fellows | MBA

Fellows Undergraduate Technology Innovation Fellows Program Current Students Jason Cho AB Biomedical Engineering, AB Computer Science, SM Engineering Sciences Quincy 2026 Cohort 7 Drake Du Computer Science... View Details

30 Oct 2018

Harvard MS/MBA Boston ShowCASE

Participate in the HBS case study method with Professor Tom Eisenmann and hear from representatives of both Harvard Business School and the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) on the joint degree and... View Details

19 Apr 2015

HBS 2+2 Information Session at Duke University

Join us to learn more about the 2+2 application process to the MBA at HBS. The event will include a presentation and an opportunity to ask questions to an Admissions Officer. Registration is not required but encouraged. The session will begin at 4:00PM at 311 Social... View Details

16 Oct 2013
Op-Ed

Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details

Keywords: by Joe Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

July 1992
Case

Riverside and DEC: Riverside Lumber Confidential Instructions

By: Howard Raiffa and Thomas T. Weeks

A two-party, integrative, negotiation exercise involving several pre-specified issues to be resolved. Each party is given a pre-specified scoring system in monetary units. Side payments, within limits are possible. Face-to-face negotiations take place with no... View Details

Keywords: Natural Environment; Government and Politics; Pollutants; Negotiation Types; Negotiation Process; Forestry Industry

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December 2012
Teaching Note

Gene Patents (A) (TN)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew Preble

This is the teaching note for case Gene Patents (A). In March 2010, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Sweet overturned 30 years of legal precedent and ruled that unaltered human genes could not be patented. This case reviews patent law and how it relates to our... View Details

Keywords: Biotech; Human Genome; Patents; Genetics; Biotechnology Industry; United States

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