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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
archives One of the first African American graduates of HBS, the late H. Naylor Fitzhugh overcame numerous racial barriers in a career that spanned academia and the private sector. Born in Washington, DC, in 1909, he earned a scholarship to attend Harvard View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
recognized but equally true is that they also play a leadership role in pretty much every major hospital, college and university, and charitable organization you'll find. The multiplier effect of this engagement and expertise is... View Details
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
2006 NBA draft," Stern began, "the Houston Rockets select Rudy Gay from the University of Connecticut." The 4,000 Rockets faithfully erupted into euphoric cheers. Rudy Gay was a highly touted college prospect who some... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
have been pleased with his legacy in this respect. Its possibilities are exactly what he wanted for himself. Kiechel Photo courtesy HBP Walter Kiechel III A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School as well as HBS, Walter Kiechel... View Details
- 22 Jan 2020
- News
What It Takes
Schwarzman is chairman, CEO, and co-founder of Blackstone, and the founder of the Schwarzman Scholars, a graduate fellowship program housed at the new Schwarzman College in Tsinghua University in Beijing. He has just written a new book,... View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
answers on the national college entry exam in Chile. We find that the policy change significantly reduced a large gender gap in questions skipped. It also impacted gender gaps in performance, leading to increased representation of women... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
self-reliance and perseverance, despite his financial deprivation and the trauma of being abandoned. As time passes, Hajim displays an instinct for survival and a drive to excel. A highly motivated student and athlete, he earns an NROTC View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
test-takers. We consider data from a large-scale, high-stakes policy change that removed penalties for wrong answers on the national college entry exam in Chile. We find that the policy change significantly reduced a large gender gap in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
case-method teaching, but that focus was actually the second of what he called "the two great adventures" of his career. Born in 1919 in Tyler, Minnesota, Christensen grew up in Iowa City, where his father was a professor at the University of Iowa, and his... View Details
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Supplemental Financial Information II - Annual Report 2019
students in the classes of 2020 and 2021 who were the first in their families to attend college and now graduate school. Average fellowship support per student increased 8 percent in fiscal 2019 to $42,000, from $38,959 in the prior year.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
University of Iowa, and his mother taught at a small college in nearby Des Moines. In 1941, Christensen graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Iowa, where he met Dorothy Smith, his lifelong inspiration and future wife, who would... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
had done well for themselves and enjoyed sharing their good fortune. Recognizing McArthur’s potential, the Koerners offered to help finance his college education — an unusual next step for members of his high-school class. He and Natty... View Details
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
business school campus. They moved to Beijing, rounded out their management team, received venture capital investment, developed joint-venture partnerships, and set key milestones to create a full-impact product launch for their social networking Web site catering to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Financial Report 2018 - Financial Report 2018
The Harvard endowment delivered 8.1 percent and 10 percent investment returns in fiscal 2017 and 2018, respectively—above the University’s 8 percent long-term target return. As in recent years, these results are about equal to the average return of larger View Details
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2019
significantly higher return on the Harvard endowment. HMC’s portfolio exposure to venture capital is notably small in the context of leading endowments. As a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, fiscal 2019 was the first year in which Harvard, along with other... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
particular talent that you wish you had? I wish I had an ear for foreign languages. And I’m not a very good dancer. What was your first job? In college I was a warehouseman at Ford. I would push a cart around and collect instrument panels... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
in health care, and Nik Iubel (MBA 2018), a Brazilian with a background in and passion for journalism. The fifth member of the team, Filippos Lymperopoulos, a Greek national, is an undergrad at Olin College of Engineering, Shin’s alma... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
most part, failed or even backfired (see chart on facing page). Nonetheless, the reform debate is fully engaged, and not just inside the Beltway. At HBS, a group of MBAs last spring crafted and sent to Washington a bold proposal to create an nonprofit, public-private... View Details
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
connect babysitters and parents online, at a time when no one else had thought to manage care-giving connections via the Web. She had started the company right out of college while working full-time, but by 2006, Sittercity had sitters... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
leaders to serve the nation. But while there is general agreement about desired outcomes, the underlying developmental processes associated with these outcomes are not well understood. How do we grow such leaders? This paper reports on a longitudinal study of West... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace