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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Education Revolution
COMPTON: Making the case on film that America’s education system is falling short globally. “I don’t even talk about education reform any more, I talk about education revolution,” documentary filmmaker and venture capitalist Bob Compton (MBA ’84) told the Memphis... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
School Ties
When Jan Rivkin talks about what the US educational system must deliver, he lays out the challenge in stark terms. "For young Americans to succeed in today's workforce, they must out-innovate and out-produce the world's best," declares Rivkin, the Bruce V. Rauner... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Back to School
Whitney: She hopes to graduate from admissions to running a school one day. When Stephanie Whitney (MBA ’85) left behind a globe-trotting career in marketing in 1996 to raise her two young sons and get involved in her community, she had no idea she was about to... View Details
- 24 Aug 2010
- News
Bringing Art Into Kenya's Schools
- 02 Dec 2010
- News
Panda Success
- 01 Feb 2011
- News
An Exercise in Understanding People
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
@Soldiers Field
Photos by Susan Young Photos by Susan Young An Instagram-worthy sculpture in the shape of a cartoon speech bubble—and large enough to double as a bench—is one of four new campus art installations, on loan from prominent contemporary artists. Artist Hank Willis Thomas... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Innovation: Crowdfunding College Costs
Named godfather to his best friend's infant daughter in 2011, Marcos Cordero (MBA 2005) wanted to give something more meaningful and long-lasting than a stuffed animal or onesie. He investigated contributing to his goddaughter's college savings plan, but the paperwork... View Details
- 03 Feb 2014
- News
Eyes on Medical Breakthroughs
KRAUSS It's the lessons she's learned from life, not just as a businesswoman and a physician, that have allowed Dr. Marlene Krauss to see opportunities other venture investors missed. HBS taught Krauss (MBA 1967) how to lead and how to communicate—but also that, as a... View Details
- 16 Dec 2010
- News
The Emergent Arab World
Last month, the fourth annual “Harvard Arab Weekend” conference was held at venues around the University, including HBS. The theme of the conference was “Leadership in the Private, Social, and Public Sectors” in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The accent was... View Details
- 10 Feb 2011
- News
HBS Faculty and Alumni on Squawk Box
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Making Finance Personal
Cook Main article: Where Innovation Rules Necessity may be the mother of invention, but as Scott Cook (MBA 1976) can attest, an unhappy spouse can be a powerful prompter of innovation. Spurred by the complaints of his wife, Signe Ostby (herself an MBA), about the... View Details
- 02 Dec 2018
- News
An Investor’s Guide to Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities
On the 50th floor of a global law firm, overlooking a cold and rainy Manhattan skyline in November, more than 70 Harvard Business School alumni gathered to learn from each other and confront the business implications of climate change together. Hosted by the HBS... View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Beyond Case Writing
Sometimes big ideas start with small experiments. That’s been the experience of HBS associate professor Nava Ashraf, whose experimental approach to research in developing countries has produced insights that have influenced government policies. Ashraf, an economist by... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- News
What Job Do You Hire Your Phone to Do?
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
momentum for the NCF’s founding. Thomas, chairman and CEO of Rapid7, a cybersecurity and compliance solutions and services company, says that 19 founders launched the NCF, “but it could easily have been 100.” Among many Black and brown... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
A New Approach to Contact Tracing
people don't want Big Brother. We’re just saying, there’s a cost to that,’” notes Weiss. The downside Bay points to is that if users don’t give the government access to their data, public health officials aren’t as able to help those who may be affected with the virus... View Details
- 08 Mar 2018
- News
HBSAAA Leads the Way in Celebrating African American Alumni Impact
about great leadership and his new book, What Great Service Leaders Know and Do. “Both the lecture portion and the case discussion were very well-received,” says club president Joseph Lo (GMP 3, 2007) “The main debate, as directed by Len,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
engaged, which led him to exploring government contracts. First came several contracts with the US Postal Service to produce lobby desks, which were followed by several deals to build waterproof plywood shipping containers for gas masks... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman