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- 31 Jan 2018
- News
A Visible Example of What’s Possible
Linda Oubre (MBA 1984) is living the same dream she hopes her students can realize. “In a world where only 18 percent of business school deans are women, and less than one percent are African American, I live the life of someone who no one expects to be the ‘one in... View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- News
Fostering Authenticity and Employee Engagement at John Deere
- 17 May 2019
- News
Putting Value on Diversity, Inclusion, and Leadership
David Thomas is president of Morehouse College and the former H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at HBS. In this interview he reflects on his legacy as a mentor and teacher. “The most important way I think that I have made a difference is the... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Snapshot: Gary DiCamillo, Polaroid's CEO
Gary T. DiCamillo (MBA '75) was second in command at Black & Decker Corporation and leading a turnaround of that company's power tools division when Polaroid snapped him up in late 1995. The world-famous instant-imaging company made him... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 18 Jan 2022
- News
HBS Alumni Mentor Students; Shanghai Club Hosts Entrepreneurship Conference
five historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Atlanta area, but the only college in Georgia founded solely by African-American patronage. The school lost its accreditation in 2004, but has worked diligently since then... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 28 May 2019
- News
Look Again
(MBA 1980) recent exhibition at Columbia University’s Wallach Art Gallery did just that, focusing attention on how black figures have been depicted in artwork ranging from the often-overlooked servant in Édouard Manet’s Olympia to artists... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 29 Apr 2021
- News
Equal Partner
for food manufacturers, founded by Zuleyka Strasner, who is a trans Black and Latinx woman, and Hemster, which connects users to on-demand services provided by an Uber-style network of tailors from marginalized communities, founded by... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Zest to Invest
easier to turn a mensch into a portfolio manager. " Kingdon believes in having a life outside work, as well. He and his wife are devoted to their two children, and Kingdon, a third-degree black belt, attends tae kwan do classes three... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 08 Oct 2020
- News
JPMorgan Chase Commits $30 Billion to Advance Racial Equity
Jamie Dimon (MBA 1982) Jamie Dimon (MBA 1982) This week, JP Morgan Chase announced that it would commit “an additional $30 billion over the next five years to provide economic opportunity to underserved communities, especially the Black... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector
students were all thoroughly trained in the technology's use. Five years later, the test scores of the school's students - 95 percent Black and Hispanic - are double the New Jersey average, and 100 percent of the students want to attend... View Details
- 30 Aug 2018
- News
“No Interest in Being the Only”
Raised in Los Angeles, Leslie Hale (MBA 2001) grew up cleaning her parents’ day-care centers. The granddaughter of a Tennessee sharecropper, Hale cites extended family support and a well-developed work ethic as contributing factors to her career success: recently, the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Research Brief: The Best Medicine
As it turns out, innovation doesn’t benefit everyone equally, and a new study tries to understand how that plays out in the pharmaceutical R&D process in the United States. “The numbers are striking,” says Associate Professor Joshua Schwartzstein, pointing to the fact... View Details
- 04 Apr 2019
- News
Promoting Diversity at Sundance and Beyond
Brickson Diamond (MBA 1999) was in the midst of a successful career in investment management with the $1.7 trillion Capital Group Companies when he cofounded the Blackhouse Foundation, a nonprofit aimed at advancing the careers of promising View Details
- 22 Feb 2019
- News
Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders
before guests were treated to a private tour of the massive media production facilities. Jaqueline Burgos (MBA 2014) opened the chat by introducing Professor McGee, a media industry expert and entrepreneur who was named one of the 50 most powerful African Americans in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Case Study: Bionic Banking
—Allegra Jordan (MBA 1995) Let’s separate the “black box” from the “client interface.” The black box seems at present to be an index fund allocation algorithm. Nothing special here—the robo-interface is essentially a web-based interface.... View Details
- 08 Mar 2019
- News
A Passionate Patron and Collector
The New York Times recently profiled art collector Reginald Van Lee (MBA 1984), discussing some of his collection with him in his Manhattan apartment. Van Lee, who retired from Booz Allen Hamilton in 2016, has a number of pieces adorning the walls of his Manhattan... View Details
- 31 Oct 2018
- News
Building on History
James Cash is the James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus. He joined the HBS faculty in 1976, and has taught in all the major HBS programs. He served as chairman of the MBA Program (1992 to 1995) and as Senior Associate Dean and Chairman of HBS... View Details
- 15 Apr 2016
- News
First African American Woman to Receive Harvard MBA Talks Power of Persistence, Resilience, and Courage
when she was honored as an HBS Alumni Achievement Award recipient. In a recent wide-ranging interview with Black Enterprise, Lambert reflects on the impact of HBS on her career, her upbringing in the segregated South, and how she has met... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
become a bigger authority and voice to drive change in our community,” says Sean. “In many ways, COVID revealed fundamental weaknesses in the US economy and our politics, as evidenced by the Black Lives Matter movement,” adds Kenny. “Now... View Details