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- 27 Mar 2012
- News
One School at a Time
which provides the school’s building rent-free, is currently funding an expansion that promises to more than double ASMS’s physical space. A 2007 Intel School of Distinction finalist, ASMS concentrates on math and science but its... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
members-only shopping site Gilt Groupe with classmate Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (MBA 2004). Now Girls Who Code students work as summer interns at the Gilt Groupe. The nonprofit has middle school and high school clubs in more than 20 states.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
assess how things were going but not too soon to tap into their collective insights on launching a new venture. Private or nonprofit sector, up market or down, the observations that follow highlight the many approaches to what it means to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
applicable are skills learned at HBS for recent graduates facing real-world challenges? What are the differences and similarities for alumni who work in the private and nonprofit sectors, in large corporations vs. smaller organizations?... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
governance in Asia, and measuring performance in nonprofit organizations. As always, there was ample opportunity for networking and socializing with participants and speakers from across the Harvard University community and beyond. The... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
in a wonderful Volunteer Conference, which drew a record gathering of class secretaries and correspondents, fund agents, and reunion program committee members. The conference provided participants with an update on current research and... View Details
- 23 Dec 2009
- News
In the Zone
replicate that success, the Obama Administration has made an early commitment of $10 million to fund the strategic start-up effort involved in translating HCZ’s approach to 20 “Promise Neighborhoods” in cities across the country. Lauren... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
of the most important things Bill taught is that the source of your funding is often more important than the terms and conditions of the agreement," says James A. Goldstein (MBA '94), founder and sales and marketing vice president of... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
and fund them generously. JOHN ALFORD (MBA 2001) Chief network growth officer, KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) Foundation, the largest nonprofit network of college-preparatory charter schools in the United... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
The Rites of Autumn
records. The Class of 1960, for example, raised $3 million in honor of its 40th Reunion, while those celebrating their 30th Reunion, the Class of 1970, had raised close to $5.4 million. Professor F. Warren McFarlan led a discussion on social enterprise in the... View Details
- 18 May 2023
- News
Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes
Two days before Thanksgiving 2002, the 4th graders of Irving Primary in Peoria, Illinois, gathered in the school's gym for an assembly. The students were restless, Jen Wilfong (GMP 3, 2007) recalls. They were chatting and jostling one another and had little interest in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
How To Make Diversity a Reality
nonprofit focused on improving urban economies, and ICV Partners, a Black-owned private equity firm focused on companies in the lower middle market. Willie Woods is cofounder, president, and managing director of ICV Partners, and in this... View Details
- 19 Jul 2013
- News
All in Good Time
possible. Its initial program focuses on partnering with school districts to coordinate federal and private funds to provide free breakfast in public schools. "Hunger in the United States is not like hunger in other parts of the world,"... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
Girls for Humanity (FGFH), the mission of which was to provide humanitarian services and funding to communities in need across the world. Hanazawa mobilized the global fashion industry by soliciting excess merchandise from luxury brands... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 09 Apr 2019
- News
Finding a Fix for Food Allergies
couple cofounded End Allergies Together (EAT)—a research nonprofit that aims to accelerate treatments and cures for food allergies—with Tom and Kim Hall, another couple whose daughter lives with a similar diagnosis. Their first step was... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 08 Nov 2024
- News
Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection
HBS Latino Alumni Association Banquet Marks 20 Years The HBS Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA) held its 20th Annual Banquet on October 5, bringing together 80 alumni, guests, and current HBS students for dinner and a panel discussion at the New England Aquarium in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 23 Feb 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
friends, another venture capitalist. He wanted Motley to meet a woman who had founded the nonprofit Black Tech Nation to advocate for Black entrepreneurs. From that conversation grew Black Tech Nation Ventures, a View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Nov 2011
- News
A Storybook Beginning
the marketing visionary who helped Amazon.com expand its horizons beyond books, Risher is now putting his imagination to work on finding better ways to bring books to children worldwide. As cofounder of the nonprofit Worldreader, the... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
its own members to fund future expansion. What’s in Assistant Professor Uma Karmarkar’s grocery bags? It may depend on if she’s carrying reusuable bags. In a series of experiments, Karmarkar and a fellow researcher found that when... View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
On a chilly November afternoon in Harlan County, a struggling former mining hub on the edge of the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield, Geoff Marietta (MBA 2007) surveys the bustling village he has helped build. Marietta is executive director of the Pine Mountain Settlement... View Details