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- 25 Jun 2014
- News
Giving millions of students a new path to learning
mission of providing a free, world-class education for anyone anywhere. “What that is today, it’s a website and software and several thousand videos on anything from basic arithmetic all the way up to college-level calculus and physics and View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74
organization, Fouraker was the author of a number of publications and journal articles. A study (with Sidney Siegel) titled Bargaining and Group Decision-Making won the 1959 monograph prize in the social sciences from the American Academy of View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Zest to Invest
markets are," he laughs, "when you are out there practicing martial arts against a guy who is twenty years younger and is aiming for your head, you tend not to worry about your stocks. " Back in the office, however, Kingdon's attention is... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
William Jones: Builder with a Mission
to incorporate all these needs into "an urban village," which would also include a library, a Head Start facility, a swimming and tennis center, a performing arts annex, and a community services center. "All of a sudden the whole thing... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 23 Feb 2011
- News
A Capitalist in China
worked as the art and culture critic for the university newspaper. One day in the newspaper office he noticed a small ad inviting students to meet a representative of the HBS admissions office to learn about the School’s MBA program,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Inside Story of the New American Writers Museum
fundraise the vision into reality. Six years later, the American Writers Museum will open in late spring at 180 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, with Hammer serving as treasurer. “I had been chair of Washington Performing Arts but knew... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Patricia ("Tosh") Rapoport Barron
early-stage arthritis would prevent her from pursuing an artistic career. Barron put away her leotards and applied to HBS, thinking she might have a future in arts administration. "I was lucky that the School had the imagination to admit... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Teaching and Learning Center Established, Honors Christensen’s Legacy
Many HBS faculty members make it look easy. But anyone who has ever tried to lead a discussion among eighty students will quickly realize that case-method teaching is an art. It is an art that requires a tremendous amount of training,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
called on. Now, talking in class without any knowledge was an HBS art form, and I was prepared to go on at length about a subject—pricing cars at GM—of which I had no knowledge. But suddenly I felt enraged and my inner voice said, "What... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
loved the arts. Things that have aesthetic quality are enormously important in my life. So much of India is known largely by Indian antiquity. There’s no real exposure to Indian contemporary art. That’s a pity because there is a very vibrant contemporary View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
thought had laid the company low, making this one of his finest leadership hours as he oversaw Corning’s return to stability. A former board chairman of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and former (and longest-serving ever) member of the... 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
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
Above: Cummings in the iconic Fisher Building, known as “Detroit’s largest art object.” Cummings and his partners are redeveloping the 28-story landmark. A trip through downtown Detroit with Peter Cummings (OPM 13, 1988) is part urban... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
Depatie Art by Scott Laumann Founded in 1981, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants is America’s first (and largest) boutique hotel group. With its hosted evening wine hour (where you might play Wii or have your tarot cards read), whimsical style,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
professional French-horn player, Brooks came to the subject of happiness by way of art. His early research focused on why people produce and consume art and beauty as well as the motives behind human generosity. He discovered that... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
the Office of the Quartermaster General, Doriot led a revolution in the military by applying science to the art of war. Under his command, the U.S. Army found substitutes for critical raw materials, and developed dozens of innovative... View Details
- 18 May 2023
- News
Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes
Do, Wilfong's fundraising—through events like a children arts auction and a community 5K walk and run—allowed the nonprofit to make the same commitment to the 4th graders of the following year and each of the subsequent 5 years. By the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A View from the Top
as well.” Sir Martin Sorrell: “The art of thinking, writing, and listening is being lost in Western cultures. In the future, that will inhibit wisdom and growth.” Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala: “Empathy and humility are underrated... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Turning Point: Sparking Change
Loyola University Chicago. I arrived early and sat in the empty classroom, reflecting on the fact that this was my chance to introduce the students to my passion—to get them excited about marketing as an art as well as a science. My... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
New Biotech Joint Degree Program Kicks Off
training at Harvard’s Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, a collaboration between Harvard Medical School and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Students complete HBS’s MBA Required Curriculum, science courses, and special... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Realizing a Dream
a liberal arts degree at night while working in the family heating and cooling business. Initially the idea of a Harvard education seemed both unnecessary and far-fetched to Ferrara, but the more he learned about HBS, the more intrigued... View Details