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National Geographic for Disney+/Craig Parry In the first episode of the National Geographic docuseries Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, Modupe Akinola (MBA 2001/PhDOB 2009) and the Australian actor gaze across downtown Sydney to a skyscraper in the distance, teetering... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

11 Oct 2023
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Soldier On

if not now, then when? I was young, I'm still 33, but I realized now is the time to do this. AW: You were new to electoral politics when you came in. What was your pitch to voters? What did you tell them about this brand-new face? PJ: In every campaign, there's a sort... View Details

22 Sep 2023
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Capital Connection

Vernon Beckford (MBA 2013) saw the gap almost immediately. From the beginning of his career in commercial real estate finance—first at Credit Suisse and then later at CW Capital and Global Atlantic Financial Group—Beckford observed Wall Street’s obsession with... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Real Estate

04 Aug 2010
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A Lonely Crusader

opportunity to make his case, something he never hesitated to do — at length. Even as the investigations continued, Ackman continued to bet against MBIA. Author Christine Richard’s narrative tracks the twists and turns of Ackman’s... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; subprime mortgages; Finance; Real Estate

01 May 2023
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Yahoo Acquires Alumni Startup Wagr

sports betting as a fun, social, and inclusive experience for all sports fans, not just gamblers." "We want to rewrite the narrative around sports betting to show the world it doesn't always have to be an ‘icky' or predatory experience,"... View Details

01 Mar 2005
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Turkish Delight

Harvard’s Brew House. When the pair sold the business in 2000 it had grown to twelve restaurants; after that, Byford plunged into his new career as a writer and independent analyst on international relations. He took a seminar at Boston University on View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Jun 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental

infrastructure, technology, and agribusiness. “There’s a lot of common sense, hard work, and relationship-building that needs to happen,” she notes. “But I refuse the ‘doomed’ narrative for Africa. It’s easier for me to tell someone to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investment; exports; infrastructure; life experience; finance; Finance

01 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

Keen has long been comfortable, but it seems to have found its fullest expression through Sacred Seed and the group’s work of rewriting the long-accepted narrative of America as a pristine Eden settled by white pioneers. The role of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

Business Change and Adaptation BIO The environment needs fixing — but by whom? At the onset of the COVID pandemic, a narrative emerged that, as we would pass through the experience of it “everything would change,” this without much... View Details

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