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- 16 Sep 2016
- News
Gaining Ground on ALS
Bucket Challenge to support the Phase 3 trial of a promising investigational drug that is designed to slow the loss of lung function and muscle strength in patients with ALS. “Clinical trials cost tens to hundreds of millions of dollars,”... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
HBS Student Battles ALS
promising research into commercialized ALS drugs. The other, Prize4Life (www.prize4life.org), is a nonprofit that will raise $10 million in incentives to encourage researchers to seek effective ALS treatments. Says Nate Boaz (MBA ’06),... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Students Start-Ups Tap New HBS Fund
people to work at promising start-ups. Vinamea (Gurvan Rallon and Cornelius Frey, both HBS ’12): A platform that allows people to rent a portion of a vineyard and receive their share of the year’s vintage. Zumper (Anthemos Georgiades, Tom... View Details
Keywords: awards
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
COVID-19. The largest group of Promise applicants at CCRI comes from families making less than $25,000 annually. Can you speak to how the program opens doors for students and provides a boost to local economies? Higher education is the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
One-on-One with Grover Norquist
of the Republican Party. His Taxpayer Protection Pledge, a promise never to raise taxes, has been signed by President George W. Bush (MBA ’75) and most Republican members of Congress. But his influence extends beyond tax issues. Since... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Harvard’s Next Frontier
engineering leader. It provides a solid endowment for faculty development, research, scholarships, and financial aid.” “SEAS is the next frontier for Harvard, and its expanding campus in Allston promises to become the next major center of... View Details
Keywords: Drew Faust
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Action Plan: Whole Sale
retailers to connect with consumers, he adds. “Beauty is a category that has the ability to articulate a brand promise or personality,” says Balbale, which is particularly appealing to Gen Z—and others. “Retailers are beginning to... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Carla Small
the internal whispers telling her that her real love centered on children and families, however, she moved to Chicago and began a promising career as an advertising executive at Leo Burnett, Inc. "It was a great experience," Small says,... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The New “In” Crowd
possibilities in Asia and Central America. Scharpf and other newcomers to social entrepreneurship are the grateful beneficiaries of pioneering work by people like Linda Rottenberg, CEO and cofounder of Endeavor, a global organization that mentors View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Bridgitt Bertram Evans & Bruce Evans, both MBA 1986
about the work that the School is doing today, particularly in the area of entrepreneurship. We support the i-lab because we believe in the power of entrepreneurship. The i-lab represents the hope and the promise of the future.” With a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Turning Point: Make Your Life Count
Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) We were refugees. Mom scraped together all we had (three suitcases and $3,000) and bundled my three siblings and me onto a plane bound for Idaho. My father... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Realizing a Dream
way.” Upon graduation, he fulfilled the promise he’d made to his father and brothers and returned to the family business to apply what he’d learned and take the company to the next level. “I came out of HBS with a much deeper and broader... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Advancing the Vision for HBS
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences] is the next frontier for Harvard, and its expanding campus in Allston promises to become the next center of Harvard innovation.” John A. Paulson (MBA 1980) Creating... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- News
Building Great Schools around Great Teachers
boarding school seemed too limiting if he wanted to make a genuine impact. Turning his sights to improving public education, he met with then-HBS Senior Lecturer Stacey Childress (MBA 2000). She presented him with a challenge. Why, she asked, does the US military... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
John R. Davis
He calls the hood of a rusty Chevy truck his “conference area” and the passenger seat his “desk.” His part-time help is his fiancée, whom he first recruited to his 1,400-acre Achille, Oklahoma, ranch with the promise of fresh... View Details
- 16 Nov 2011
- News
Are Humans Cost-Effective?
patient’s ailments. For now, Watson’s increasing prowess at fun and games is foreshadowing a seriously different future, one that looks bright and promising but, as always, may include technology-driven jeopardy as well. View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Robert McNamara Dies at 93
New York Times wrote (July 6, 2009), “McNamara became president of the World Bank and devoted evangelical energies to the belief that improving life in rural communities in developing countries was a more promising path to peace than the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Nurturing Emerging Scholars and Leaders
sale to Rovi Corporation. In 2011, the pair created Accanto Partners to provide seed funding to promising new startups, including Catalant Technologies Inc. (formerly HourlyNerd), which was conceived as a FIELD project and incubated at... View Details
- 21 Oct 2020
- News
Cold Calculations
identified a promising option: reflective hollow glass microspheres. Made primarily of silica, a naturally occurring substance, the microspheres are similar to fine, white beach sand but with the ability to float. When spread across new... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Accelerating Scientific Discovery
ask their scientists about therapeutics they are developing as their companies grapple with both clinical trial successes and failures. Classes also will focus on the most promising advances, including CRISPR-Cas9, base editing, RNA... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie