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- 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 Dec 2003
- News
Rural Renewal
Alloways Creek, a region that makes it clear why New Jersey is called the Garden State. She named it Neptune, after the investment business she and a partner ran in New York City. At first it was just a weekend getaway, but then she found... 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
- 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
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Feedback
name. Every good cook has Picard in their freezer. Not always the prepared meals, but at least the raw ingredients. I go there for my “fresh” veggies when the local marché is closed for the day. Garden peas (larger than the plain old... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The MBA Turns 100
undergraduate degree for admission, and confer a new degree, the Master in Business Administration, after two years of study. Obstacles overcome, HBS launched on schedule with 15 faculty, 24 regular students, and 34 “special” students. “No 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
- 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 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
- 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
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 2024
- News
Action Plan: Yes, Chef!
Wolfgang Puck (OPM 53, 2019)—aka the father of California cuisine, OG celebrity chef, and culinary empire-builder—began his career as a disgraced cook’s apprentice at a hotel restaurant. At 14, he’d been eager to take the post just outside his Austrian hometown: Not... View Details
Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992
impact on how they dealt with me during and after my illness." Today, Haberkorn is on the boards of three companies-Armstrong World Industries, a leader in the design and manufacture of floors, ceilings, and cabinets; the Enesco Group, a marketer of giftware and home... View Details
- 30 Aug 2018
- News
Sharing a Passion for Art
customers.” By the 1990s, however, the scale of his collection became a little overwhelming. “I knew I was buying pieces that I couldn’t hang in the house, nor in an office building, nor anywhere!” he recalls. In 1995, van Caldenborgh installed some prominent pieces in... View Details
- 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 Oct 1999
- News
The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change
as the UNC Business School, the League for the Hard of Hearing, The Cleveland Opera, the Boy Scouts of America, the State Botanical Gardens of Georgia, and untold other worthy causes are the beneficiaries of '74's hard-won experience. In... View Details
Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer
- 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
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Heartland
Let me tell you what’s fantastic about offal.” Jordan Kraft Lambert (MBA 2016), Colorado State University’s first director of agricultural innovation, is a full-body talker, and the topic of organ meat has her fired up. The parts of the cow typically seen as... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
Illustration by Mercedes McDonald. Orchard Gardens photo by Ed Quinn/Saba In many parts of the country, housing costs and shortages have begun to show signs of adversely affecting corporations, workers, and local economies. Affordable... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons