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- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
receiving a Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship from HBS in 2021, DeBere received one in 2020, which enabled him to serve as a research intern for OpenUp, a civic technology company based in South Africa that shares Afya Pamoja’s vision for using data to better View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Feb 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
there,” she says. “What I wanted to do was reconnect with my village, so I started working with Citizens Foundation to build schools.” She was drawn to the idea of bringing people together from other countries around a cause that... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
users’ credit card purchases and then connects users with offsets they can buy to mitigate their footprint. Part of Pal’s motivation for building Joro was that she wanted a tool that would not only allow her to better measure the impact... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
New Orleans, but more importantly, there was no access and no housing. Within five days of the storm, we were operating in an IBM business recovery center in Dallas, where we sent about 120 employees and their families. We had 100 computer terminals there, and they... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
Entrepreneurs supports the growing number of leaders who are helping expand civic and grassroots engagement, providing resources and connecting leaders in pursuit of these goals. Rob Zeaske (MBA 2002), president and cofounder Issue One is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
It’s critical to stay connected to the world, to be economically viable, and to be able to do certain types of gig work. We’ve been talking for a long time about an ideal world where learning is not bound by time and space. We never... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
for hospitals in Pune and elsewhere. Dr. Natarajan’s Lighthouse Communities Foundation also “set up citizen help lines, organized food supplies for the needy, and collected money from all over the world to equip a new government COVID... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
pandemic, we have seen firsthand the divide in our nation. The majority of citizens have been able to work from home and prosper. At the same time, millions of individuals (especially those in our industry) have been harder hit by this... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
member of the Omaha Tribe and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. I traveled to Omaha because I wanted to see Keen's work with Sacred Seed, a nonprofit he started in 2014 to educate others about an indigenous, centuries-old approach to... View Details
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
from China-- so travel by Chinese citizens exploring the world-- has skyrocketed. That, I would say, starting from 2005, really took off 2010, 2012-ish. Chinese started traveling the world. April White: Travels Through Dali is a different... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
research on virtual communication tools, Ping is the necessary playbook for mastering virtual communication to increase productivity, gain influence, and deepen connections A Layperson’s Guide to the Middle Ages in Western Europe By Brian... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
(ForeEdge) The authors tell how an ad hoc, underfunded group of citizens worked together to challenge Boston boosters, the United States Olympic Committee, and the International Olympic Committee and derail Boston’s bid to host the 2024... View Details
- 04 Oct 2018
- News
“A Shout Through Time”
quietly, but they were carrying sigils that I think reflected both the town's insignia, as well as maybe that of the local providence; as well as there were some folks in military dress. Ricci: We walked altogether with the veterans, with the family, many View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
20,000 SIM cards at an average of $100 each. (Roshan was second to enter the market after Afghan Wireless; it now has four providers nipping at its heels in a highly competitive market.) Today, the company connects all of Afghanistan’s... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
step toward successful integration. Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet by Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) and Carl Pope St. Martin’s Press Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the former head of the Sierra Club... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
understand that our connected style can help us win all the deals we want and get all the business results our shareholders want, that’s really the broad concept here.” Nor has growth stymied the Vision Community exercise. It remains... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
nations, people, and businesses. In COVID-19: Mankind’s Bitter Battle, Aneja makes practical suggestions about how to vaccinate the citizens of any country within 100 days of the vaccine becoming available; how to distribute the vaccines... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
flagship location because of the pandemic, was able to reopen on May 16. She was one of six Black Dallas-Fort Worth entrepreneurs featured. “Go beyond your network to source talent,” she advised. “Make connections with historically Black... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Innovation by Alison Davis (MBA 1988) and Matthew C. Le Merle Cartwright Publishing The Internet didn't even exist 30 years ago, and now billions of people are connected to the web, and remarkable new technologies are being invented every... View Details