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- 21 Aug 2019
- News
Analyzing Homelessness
his company relocated to a site near a shelter and soup kitchen on the city’s west side, where many Cicero employees volunteer or work pro bono on strategy development. He finds cause for optimism in his work with city and state task... View Details
- 06 Feb 2020
- News
HBS Alumni Join Forces on Virus Outbreak in China
in Wuhan and other parts of the country are facing a severe shortage of medical supplies,” says Dai. “This puts medical professionals and people at severe risk.” The Wuhan Task Force is also coordinating with the International Committee of the Red Cross, View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
From Das’s Desk
Boston for a few days of learning, alumni are eager to connect with HBS when faculty and others from the School visit their city or region. Women continue to have unique needs for professional development, and HBS alumnae see the School... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Promising Starts
Performing Arts; Ben Schumacher, Teach For America; (back row) Mariah Sheriff, City of Sacramento Mayor’s Office; Michael Louis, Partners In Health; Austin Johnsen, World Wildlife Fund; Erin Barringer, Endeavor Global; and Daniel Koh,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
America by Alan Rabinowitz (MBA 1950) (M.E. Sharpe) Covering the growth of American cities and suburbs during the 20th century, Rabinowitz chronicles the influences that led to the American landscape of today. Quarter Notes and Bank Notes... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Fred Newman
with giving him the courage to found Talking Dog Productions, his one-man operation in New York City that enables him to view his work as a business — “like selling shoes” — and inoculates him from the rejection that stymies many actors... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Urban Renewal
Making cities more attractive for people takes pressure off our open spaces.” A cofounder of Urban Partners—a developer of urban infill, mixed-use, and transit-oriented real estate—Rosenfeld has moved between the private and public... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 30 May 2021
- News
How Venture Capitalist David Motley is Trying to Bring Back Pittsburgh’s Black Residents
David Motley (MBA 1988) David Motley (MBA 1988) A recent Wall Street Journal profile details the efforts of venture capitalist David Motley (MBA 1988) to rebuild Pittsburgh’s Black population. As the article notes, the city “has lost 9%... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Exploring China’s Belt & Road Initiative
projects. By the time this eight-year, $20 billion feat of engineering was completed, the needs of the regional economy had changed. Myanmar Thilawa Special Economic Zone and New Yangon City development project Students learned why many... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Your Fullest Self
Britney Winters (MBA 2016) Britney Winters (MBA 2016) As a student at HBS, Britney Winters (MBA 2016) would travel from Boston to New York City to have her hair done. “Mind you, I was also the sole caregiver of my 16-year-old sister,” she... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Impact: Toward the Greater Good
Leadership Fellow, used his technology skills to improve city government in California. These stories illustrate just some of the ways that donor support is extending the School’s impact. A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy Tech for the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Looking to the Majors
his wallet a few bills autographed by his dad, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (MBA ’70). “But I felt there were some pretty good opportunities in sports, and when you add the impact you can have on a community, it’s such a unique position.” In that regard, one... View Details
- 24 Jul 2017
- News
Back to School for Big-City Mayors
for big-city mayors organized by former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) in conjunction with Harvard’s Kennedy School and HBS, according to a report in the Economist. Funded by a $32 million gift from Bloomberg... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Tech for the People
disasters. Floods the previous February had displaced 14,000 city residents and caused $100 million in damages. Because his own family’s home in Texas had been damaged during Hurricane Harvey, Tsai understood firsthand the importance of... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn (MBA 1971)
movie business. It was perspective he needed this past year, in particular, as Castle Rock, suffering through a string of financially disappointing pictures (including City Hall and even the critically acclaimed The Shawshank Redemption),... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Cathy A. Nichols
Hollywood theme park, home of the highly acclaimed City Walk, Back to the Future, and Jurassic Park attractions. Named chairman and CEO of Universal Studios Recreation Group in June, Nichols is back in Los Angeles on a July afternoon... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Shari P. Hubert
smile talks about her experience tutoring a single mother on welfare as a volunteer in Boston City Hospital's Adult Literacy Program. "This woman was smart, motivated, and capable," recalls Hubert, who met with her student twice a week,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa
Graduating magna cum laude in 1996, Akinola was accepted at HBS but deferred admission while she returned to Africa, this time to the city of Accra, Ghana. “In Benin, we had talked about the possibility of reaching street kids in their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
Orleans had been breached? Our employees had evacuated New Orleans, as they had in advance of previous storms. I left my home with only three changes of clothes. And when I heard that the city was filling with water, I thought, “OK,... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- News
Bringing Government Up to Code
What are some similarities and differences between local government and between the tech sector that we can really leverage to learn more about government services, and how to provide them more efficiently? Ingersoll: A lot of times what we see in View Details