Immigrants - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Mar 2016
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On Credit

19th-century America that exists nowhere else,” says Special Collections Librarian Timothy Mahoney. “That’s why researchers come from far and wide to use it.” A scholar might research women-owned boarding houses, for example, or German View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2009
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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

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2025
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Heartland

by Indigo Ag, she began the journey to where she is today: a modern university campus built on the site of a former rail yard where, in the 1880s, her great-great-great-grandmother Agnes Flockhart, a recent immigrant from Scotland, got... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photos by Vance Jacobs. OPEN CONCEPT: Lambert at Quail Ridge Dairy in Fort Morgan, Colorado.

01 Dec 2006
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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

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

06 Dec 2021
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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

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Jun 1997
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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

12 Jul 2021
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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

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

the company I had started. At this point, with a wife and six-day-old daughter, I decided to apply for admission to HBS. Attending the MBA program, living in Cambridge, and meeting young, enterprising Americans, resulted in my immigrating... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

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