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- 15 Nov 2019
- News
Diversity as a Driver of Performance
2006. The appointment made him one of only seven African American leaders at the helm of S&P 500 companies. In an interview with Black Enterprise, Zeitlin talks about how diversity and inclusion are critical to the strategy for Tapestry’s... View Details
Keywords: Retail Trade
- 18 Nov 2020
- News
Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar
some time networking. Webinar Tackles Race and Mass Incarceration Using Case Method Nearly 2.3 million individuals are currently locked up in U.S. prisons, jails, and detention centers. Of these, 60% are Black or Latinx. Why the mass... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 10 Oct 2024
- News
Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes
Black students from lower-income families in struggling neighborhoods—hope for a successful future. Wilfong’s fundraising, through events like a children arts auction and a community walkathon, allowed the nonprofit to make the same... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
South Africa Conference Preview
challenges that are arising from southern Africa's recent movement into the global marketplace. Conference sessions will look at public-sector issues such as employment, trade, industrial policy, and macroeconomic management, as well as private-sector issues of... View Details
- 01 Apr 2022
- News
Nancy Lane Remembered
Her obituary in the New York Times notes that Lane was “one of the rare Black women in the 1970s to rise in the corporate ranks, notably at Chase Manhattan and Johnson & Johnson.” Her work in the arts featured important foundational work... View Details
- 06 Mar 2023
- News
Dean Announces 2023 Alumni Achievement Award Honorees
(GMP 18, 2015) CEO and President, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Depelsha Thomas McGruder (MBA 1998) COO and Treasurer, Ford Foundation Founder, Moms of Black Boys United Raymond J. McGuire (JD/MBA 1984) Former Vice Chairman, Citigroup Antonis C.... View Details
- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Tim Keller, Heavy Metal Mayor
A recent story in the New York Times profiles Tim Keller (MBA 2005), the mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a major heavy metal fan. The piece details a scene from earlier this year, when Keller—clad in a black T-shirt and pumping his... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Rushing Yards
and earned a bronze star. In addition to his duties as a playoff committee member, he continues to carry the ball at Robert Morris University, where he was named the institution’s first black president in February 2016. “Sports matter,... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- News
A Focus on Sustainability
McArthur University Professor; Forest Reinhardt, John D. Black Professor; and Michael Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, for their work that furthers the cause. Ferenbach is one of five HBS graduates who founded... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Advancing Racial Equity
values, and to act to promote racial equity both on campus and beyond. HBS is taking significant steps to welcome and promote Black talent, advance research related to race and use case discussions to educate students about racism, engage... View Details
- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
while many consultants can assess, advise, and strategize, Culture Shift goes further by capitalizing on the people they have brought together over the years through networking events. “I unintentionally built the nation’s largest database of View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Giving students a chance to attend elite private schools
Teresa Clarke (AB 1984, JD 1987, MBA 1988) reflects on helping start the Student Sponsorship Foundation of South Africa to give black students the opportunity to attend elite private schools. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 25 Sep 2008
- News
Been There, Seen That
global warming was a looming catastrophe. Lo and behold, here we are in 2008: war in oil-rich Iraq, $4 a gallon gasoline, an economy in free fall, and melting ice caps. On the economic front, the recent 500-point drop in the Dow in one day recalled View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Case Studies for Your Commute
Case discussions typically start with the facts and blossom from there. But what happened before that? What got the professor excited about writing the case in the first place? What margin notes didn’t make it into the final draft? And how does the author connect the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
separation, courage, and transformation through five generations of interracial relationships. Fearful of prison time—or lynching—for violating Indiana’s anti-miscegenation laws in the 1940s, E. Dolores Johnson’s Black father and white... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency
improved infrastructure for water and for jobs, notes Meyer. There is much at stake for Mbeki - only the second black president of South Africa - as he follows in the footsteps of Mandela. Meyer is careful to point out, however, that... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
narrative. Think Like a Black Sheep: Unlock Your Inner Superpower and Break Free from the Crowd By Aaron Poynton (AMP 195, 2018) Leaders Press In a world of followers, discover the power of leading the charge. Think Like a View Details
- 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
- 18 Jul 2019
- News
Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins Reflects on the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing
of black against the gleaming gray. Soon Neil and Buzz would be back inside. They could all go home. In an interview in Popular Science, Collins, now 88, discusses his route to mission, which included a West Point education followed by a... View Details
- 14 Jul 2010
- News
The Concerts in the Chapel
have been special interactive children’s concerts demonstrating musical instruments, Music for Valentine’s Day, and music by African-American composers to celebrate Black History Month. There have also been concerts of harp music, music... View Details