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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
resulted in 96,402 potentially preventable deaths from 2006 to 2008. Health care will change, because it must. Designing that transition with minimum threat and maximum benefit for patients is a delicate management challenge that will... View Details
- 01 Feb 2018
- News
HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86
a talented administrator, died on Monday evening, Jan. 29, at a hospital in Melbourne, FL, near his home in Vero Beach. He was 86 years old. According to his daughter Laura U. Moon, Managing Director of Initiatives at Harvard Business School, the cause of View Details
- 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 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
far from the remote peninsula on Chappaquiddick Island where he grew up. Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death by Amy Chu (MBA 1999) (DC Comics) In this installment of the Poison Ivy story, Dr. Pamela Isley, Poison Ivy’s real name, is now a... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
life and mature spiritually. I'm much gentler and happier now." Stuart teaches marketing at the University of South Florida. photo courtesy James Stuart Richard C. Whiteley (MBA '68) "About twenty years ago the death of my parents and a... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
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 death of a friend, loss... View Details
- 04 Oct 2018
- News
“A Shout Through Time”
emotions was, we're so thankful to have this experience and there was a little bit of melancholy about it too, because my father, who had passed away the year prior, would've loved to know that, that had happened. For him, his uncle Dickie was really probably his... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
1979) This book ruminates, from a natural world perspective, on consciousness, choice, growth, time, and death in the context of quantum physics, Kabbala, and healing energy. It discusses natural communities, seasons, migration, cycles,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
Roshan human resources director, receives frequent death threats via letters delivered to her home, email, and text messages. (Ten percent of Roshan’s operating budget is devoted to security, which includes 500 full-time guards.) In the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 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 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... 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
- 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
- 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
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
his attempts, Reilly is drawn into a web of intrigue 12 years in the making, involving the current American president, a United States senator, a Chinese businessman, and the death of a young girl. How these seemingly unrelated elements... 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
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
he thinks it’s his ticket out of small-town captivity. What he lacks in connections and Beltway polish, he makes up in smarts, and he soon finds a friend and mentor in fellow staffer Ariel Lancaster. That is, until she winds up dead. As rumors and accusations about her... View Details