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- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
trajectory of overdose deaths from prescription drugs and heroin. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US death rate from opioid overdose has increased over 400 percent since 1999; the picture is even grimmer... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Your Keyboard Is Listening
allow for continuous verification of a computer’s user, eliminating the need for passwords. He was making just that pitch in a meeting in 2013 when someone offhandedly said, “Hey, I bet this could also be used to detect Alzheimer’s.”... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Turning Point: Addiction’s Impact
articulate and eloquent writing by an addict about the conflict they go through in treatment.” I kept finding more notebooks. They were hard to read, but helped me better understand the six tumultuous years she was sick and her underlying emotional pain. I knew Amy had... View Details
Keywords: Melissa Weiksnar (MBA 1982)
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Reinventing the Wheel
(courtesy Martijn Lopes Cardozo) Carbon black is everywhere. The dark, powdery substance can be found in inks, dyes, polymers, rubber, and tires—almost everything that looks black has used carbon black in... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
drug he has ever taken that directly targets his DMD, a rare degenerative disorder in boys that weakens the body's muscles, usually putting sufferers in wheelchairs in adolescence and shutting down their heart and lungs in their 20s. For... View Details
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
Why is the mission of ArtLifting so important? “We’re demonstrating how something as simple as optimism can change lives and create jobs. This is very powerful and very personal to me. My older brother has a rare metabolic disorder that... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
James E. Burke, MBA 1949
killed. Industry analysts and advertising experts told us that Tylenol was finished." As several HBS case studies point out, Tylenol was the country's best-selling over-the-counter pain reliever at the time of the poisonings, with 35... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
James McKenney Remembered
MCKENNEY: The first information systems expert at HBS, he led its early IT efforts. HBS professor emeritus James L. McKenney,an expert in management information systems and the use of computer systems for teaching management, passed away... View Details
Keywords: Information
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Zanzibar: Something for Everyone
The Zanzibar portion of the trip allowed us to slow our pace and take advantage of the seaside resort as well as a series of optional side trips. Given the legendary lure of Zanzibar as one of the Spice Islands, many of View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Personal crises inform a life’s work
and patient empowerment, the organization created the first comprehensive, disease-specific cancer site on the Web, and informed millions though innovative corporate partnerships. Another life-changing event prompted Langer to focus her advocacy on the physically... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Rebel with a Cause
environmental activist and ran for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts (he lost). HBS attracted Massie after he realized that business could be a powerful agent for shaping public policy and creating social good, “the most potent force in our century.” Corporations... View Details
- 12 Sep 2019
- News
Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse
Okay. I do my best thinking during yoga. It's a time when I quiet the mind, and I think a lot of other times my mind is constantly going with “How do I manage my three children, and my life, and the logistics, and the work, and the eating View Details
- 21 Oct 2020
- News
Cold Calculations
seasons in memory for the region. “It used to be hard to convince people climate change was going to be a problem in our lifetime,” Payne observes. “Now it is a serious problem in our decade.” The Arctic Ice Project is in pursuit of what... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Aug 2018
- News
Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?
destroying individuals and families. In recent years, as the opioid crisis swept the country, the organization shifted to a broader focus, re-branded as the Georgia Prevention Project. Now Langford wants to stem the spread of opioids with those same weapons he View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
to your life, this combination becomes highly combustible. So, for instance, we can learn about the spike proteins on viruses, and then we can use that knowledge to create a vaccine to counter these viruses. One, two, bang. That’s how it... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
purchasing, had just been notified by the contract manufacturer of SmartPak’s dog food that the weight-control formula might contain melamine. The substance, which has been used by Chinese manufacturers to spike protein levels in certain... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
AI Enhances Diagnostic Care
treatment of disorders and diseases, including pulmonary nodules, COVID-19, and brain injuries. “AI has improved workflow through higher efficiency and has helped us deliver more personalized care, leading... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
served as head of R&D in the Office of the Quartermaster General during World War II, rising to brigadier general. BETTMANN/CORBIS In 1921, Doriot left war-ravaged France for America, where he intended to enroll at MIT. Using a letter of... 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
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
some $10 billion in annual revenues, the NFL wants more—lots more. Its goal is to boost that number to $25 billion annually by 2027. Getting there may not be easy. The league's focus on expansion relies on gaining ground with new US fan... View Details