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- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
center and its wealthy suburbs. Brightmoor looks the way outsiders have come to imagine Detroit: both empty and overrun, with heartbreaking glimmers of hope. Even residential streets that appear predominantly abandoned have at least one house with a well-maintained... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
The cashew trees growing into a beautiful shady forest in Fass Koffe, a two-acre community garden in Senegal, are a sight to behold. “Visitors can’t take a step without stepping on a plant,” says Louise Fenn Ruhr (MBA 1977), chief... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
A Fresh Approach to Urban Farming
As CEO and cofounder of Comcrop, Niyati Gupta (MBA 2011) is helping local urban farmers in Singapore grow fresh, healthy produce using rooftop gardens that blend the techniques of aquaculture and hydroponics. In this interview, she talks... View Details
- 09 Nov 2016
- News
The Seeds of Learning
that Harvard opened my eyes to the opportunities in which I could place my unique abilities in order to make a difference. “Gardeneers is a nonprofit organization that does school garden programs for students. We work with about 1,000... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
WSA Conference Focuses on Reaching Goals
out to get the audience to believe that homemaking and gardening are an art form, not drudgery." Stewart and Patrick have worked to bring their vision of style to an even wider audience, as their newest venture with strategic partner... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Take 2: From Ad Copy to Cuneiform
68de8c2ce3ee202dde70bc45957e0ca6 Since retiring from the advertising business in 1994, Joan O. Rothberg (MBA ’63) has spent a good deal of time crawling around in the dirt. But she’s not just puttering in her Summit, New Jersey, garden... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Action Plan: Yes, Chef!
famed chef Raymond Thuilier, at l’Oustau de Baumanière, in Provence. Everything from Thuilier’s perfectionism to the produce grown in his own gardens inspired Puck: “I thought, I want to have a restaurant like he has.” Of course, he would... View Details
Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Room to Write
Risk-Takers & Rule-Breakers “When I’m in New York City, I write at my old mahogany dining table, facing the Empire State Building.” —Alicia Whitaker (MBA 1979), Sidewalk Gardens of New York Return to The Year in Books 2016 View Details
- 22 Apr 2021
- News
Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship
which connects farmers to food banks to reduce food waste and feed needy communities; Anne Hayes, executive director of The Food Project, which deploys youth and young adults from diverse backgrounds to work on farms and in urban gardens... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 30 May 2017
- News
At Home with History
Jenrette’s many preservation awards also include the Garden Club of America’s Historic Preservation Medal. Announcing the prize in May 2017, president Ann Copenhaver praised his efforts to preserve “the exterior historic context” of his... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
SCOTT O’NEIL (MBA ’98), on the nature of his job as president of Madison Square Garden Sports, a $1 billion operation, at a Business of Sports Club presentation at HBS, February 23, 2010. View Details
- 12 Jul 2022
- News
Expanding the Power to Prosper
paradigm via an open infrastructure that breaks down walled gardens and creates a strong, collaborative foundation for the future of global financial services. Millicent offers lightning-fast money transfers at a fraction of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Long-Term Investor: Dick Jenrette
It is ten o'clock on a mild March morning in Charleston, South Carolina. A gentle mist is falling, weighing down the yellow Lady Banksia roses in the garden outside Roper House, an impeccably restored Greek Revival mansion that overlooks... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 25 Mar 2015
- News
The Greening of Houston
live in and raise a family.” Thacker is on the board of the Hermann Park Conservancy, which oversees the 445-acre park at the heart of Houston. The park is home to the Houston Zoo, Houston Garden Center, Miller Outdoor Theatre, Houston... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
John Batcha: Sowing the Seeds to Fight Hunger
Smiles all around: Guatemalan schoolchildren enjoy the fruits of their labor. photo courtesy John Batcha Batcha in his Charlotte, North Carolina, garden with his grandchildren, Nicole and David Spencer. photo by Roger Ball When he retired... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Karen Gordon Mills
befits this gardening enthusiast, The Scotts Company) and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the board of the George Mitchell Scholarship Fund in Maine. A graduate and longtime supporter of Radcliffe, she has... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
responsible for the project opted for a novel approach. Shad’s runners now have a green roof over their heads, a first for HBS. What’s a green roof? Think garden in the sky. In the case of Shad, the garden... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Look Again
she’s serious, that she’s not playing to the viewer. She is modest, even unremarkable, just a part of everyday life.” “This painting was not created to be shown publicly; it was a gift for Bazille’s sister. That possibly gave him more freedom to follow Édouard Manet’s... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
L. Paul Bremer: In His Own Words
Introducer: Mornings at 5 a.m., Bremer jogs around the “once-splendid gardens of Saddam’s former palace.” He is driven around Baghdad in an armored Chevy Suburban. His “wood-paneled office was once the epicenter of Saddam’s government.” A... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Whit Sears (MBA 1959)
bedrooms, two baths, a garden with fruit trees, and fish swimming in several ceramic urns. It’s like being newlyweds again. The food is delicious and spicy; water for drinking must be filtered and boiled. Electricity is pretty reliable;... View Details