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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
In Memoriam: F. Gorham Brigham Jr.
2007. “Keeping in touch with them is fun.” Brigham contributed to the School every year and encouraged others to follow suit as a class fundraiser; those who did often received a handwritten thank-you, a tradition he continued until his... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 Apr 2016
- News
LuminOva Makes Great Strides Tackling Infertility
video, Blavatnik Fellow and cofounder Alexandra Dickson (MBA 2013) and CEO Theresa Tribble (MBA 2009) detail the progress the company has made since launching at the Harvard i-lab and winning the 2015 Deans’ Health and Life Sciences Challenge, which View Details
- 15 Apr 2025
- News
Mothers of Invention
the potential, Lin says, to play a greater role in society by encouraging more women to pursue entrepreneurship—knowing that roughly 86 percent of women in the US will become mothers. “What if more people believed that they could build... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 07 Aug 2012
- News
A Novel Approach
directly beneficial to the School because it trickles down in a lot of ways," says Lyle, the Section J cochair for the Class of 2012 Gift Campaign. She also recalls experiencing classes in which the professors encouraged students to... View Details
- 14 Nov 2015
- News
A Message to HBS Alumni in France
our alumni and their families in France. We are thinking of you and hope that you and your loved ones are safe. We encourage you to connect with your fellow alumni using the messaging service on the alumni website (look for the envelope... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Uniting business, industry, and governments to save the planet
of the solution for global conservation and natural-resource management. “We will not succeed in our work unless we encourage business leaders to understand the degree to which their businesses depend on the planet,” he says. Roberts's... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Taiwan Club President Thrives on Region's Entrepreneurial Energy
addition, the club has sponsored gatherings designed to encourage more students from Taiwan to apply to the School. "We had a forum featuring a number of graduates who talked about life at HBS, the case method, and the value of an HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
international cooperation it needs to do its job? We are greatly encouraged by the increasing support and political commitment in recent months devoted to combating avian influenza, but even more is necessary. Surveillance and early... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Dreaming big for Africa’s future
country, Nigeria. “The School’s environment encourages you to dream bigger, to realize that more is possible. I knew I wanted to assist in Africa’s development, but HBS helped add much greater clarity as to how I would actually go about... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A game-changer for migrant students
Martin Curiel (MBA 2004) knows how hard life can be for migrant farm workers. He went from picking fruit with this family as a youth to creating a way for migrant farm workers to further their education. Curiel cofounded Rising Farmworker Dream Fund (RFDF), which View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Investigation Leads to Sanctions, Recommendations
classmates at section events. "These behaviors seriously interfered with the ability of other students to learn," the report stated. "The HBS classroom is a unique place where students exchange ideas and are encouraged to take risks as... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Teaching new women entrepreneurs about the rewards of taking risks
Sheila Marcelo (MBA 1998, JD 1999), Chairwoman of Care.com, talks about helping young women understand risk taking and experimentation to encourage entrepreneurial thinking. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Adventure in Reading
Abominable Snowman, which features the voices of actors William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman. Norton believes the DVDs will actually encourage kids to read, just as children read Harry Potter books after seeing one of the movies. Even... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Corporate venture funds invested wisely can propel a company forward
the process-bound corporate executive. Lerner’s prescription for success is to align goals, streamline approval processes, provide powerful incentives, encourage experimentation and failure, and harvest and distribute valuable information... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Fostering financial freedom for low-income individuals
1998, and the “Love Our Local Business” program, which encourages growth for small businesses by giving grants to entrepreneurs. In India, Intuit’s free mobile application, Fasal, has connected 1.5 million farmers with agents to get... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
board chair of Valiente, while raising her children, sons who are 10 and 12, and a daughter who is 8. The powerful moments are many, and Huebner and her husband, Kyle (MBA 1997), chief financial officer of Stamps.com, encourage their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Social Enterprise Celebrates Tenth Year, Looks Ahead
World Banking. She encouraged SEI to recognize nonprofits as catalysts for social change, influencing the larger sectors of business and government. Panelist and SEI board member Thomas J. Tierney (MBA ’80), founder and chairman of The... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Benaree Wiley
father taught us we should make a contribution in some way and that responsibility comes along with success." At The Partnership since 1991, Wiley leads an organization that helps minorities gain access to the city's corporate power structure and View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
“A National System of Income Supplementation”
neighborhoods. It also called for “a national system of income supplementation,” whose goal was not so much to increase “welfare,” but to economically stabilize impoverished communities in order to encourage private-sector investment and... View Details
- 06 Aug 2015
- News
Making coding cool
20 years in the tech sector, is encouraging middle school and high school girls to learn the language of the 21st century as a board member of Girls Who Code. Women are underrepresented in the tech industry and, too often, Maybank says,... View Details