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- 12 May 2015
- News
A Flash of Insight
garden, offered picture-postcard views of the World Trade Center less than a mile away. Cooper, who has a strong artistic bent, spent many of his off hours working in glass and teaching novice glassblowers. Leaving home that morning, he... View Details
- 18 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
that’s working well,” Mendu says. “I was able to lead the training session for the Detroit effort, which was an honor for me.” Enabling Career Exploration Each year, the HBS Leadership Fellows Program gives a select group of graduating... View Details
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Affinity Groups | Employment
hear the calls for the School to move swiftly to address the impacts of racism on our campus and in higher education. Harvard Neighbors The volunteer group Harvard Neighbors helps both newcomers and more established members become... View Details
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Delving Deeper into Development with the Joint MBA/MPA-ID Program | MBA
up in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest commercial hub, and in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. I have fond memories of my childhood such as learning about Nigeria’s history on my grandpa’s walking tours of Lagos Island, celebrating Eid holidays with family, and View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964
Office ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "You have to like what you are doing. Since you spend more time working than doing almost anything else, it makes a big difference if you're enjoying yourself." When Charles Rossotti became commissioner... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
was an engineer with John Deere and her mother a busy volunteer and housewife. In high school, in addition to music, dance, and swimming, she explored international issues in debate club and participated in Model UN, an interest she... View Details
- 08 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?
stages: Compliance: In this initial phase, companies often start with activities related to complying with regulations. Activities are not strategic or centralized. In addition to compliance, employees may volunteer to View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- Op-Ed
4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World
harness the power of business to address some of society’s most significant problems, not as a separate part of employees’ lives—businessperson by day, volunteer by night—but as an integrated whole, working... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
work has touched our lives.” A woman from North Carolina, whose search of JRI-Poland led directly to cousins in Sweden, Hungary, Israel, and Canada, has told Diamond, “You changed my life.” “People have found family they were never able... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
The team was scrappy, committed, and aligned with what Ramirez had identified as her calling while leaving Wall Street. “My North Star during my search was, how do I make some of the volunteer work that I'm... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Leadership on a Global Stage
Fulbright Fellow, Jefferson was posted to Singapore to study how public sector leadership is exercised in that country’s multi-cultural environment. As part of that assignment, he interviewed some of Singapore’s senior leaders and also did View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
James E. Burke, MBA 1949
the history of advertising-an endeavor that led President Clinton to award him in 2000 the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor. Burke, whose many other accolades include honorary degrees from Harvard, Princeton, and alma mater Holy... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
resilience in the face of difficult challenges. “However,” he added, “I think we should all be deeply troubled about the way our political system is functioning.” Rubin also urged the HBS audience, well known for its pro bono and View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
with extracurricular activities ranging from student government, to volunteer work with local schoolchildren, to rock music. On the occasion of the 1996 HBS Commencement, we salute these students and their... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Class Notes Extra
Heart to Heart, a group of California doctors who volunteer their time to perform heart surgery on Russian infants and children. “When they began their work in 1991,” she reports, “the situation was so dire... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
The team was scrappy, committed, and aligned with what Ramirez had identified as her calling while leaving Wall Street. “My North Star during my search was, how do I make some of the volunteer work that I'm... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
later volunteered teaching at a prison. A couple of years after leaving HBS, I became interested in the idea of the ROI of higher ed; that a college degree used to be the best investment someone could make, and was quickly becoming one of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
the recent innovation has come from technologists and pedagogical talent working together to create an environment where the teacher can focus solely on trying to understand what a student knows and what he or she needs next." EQUAL... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding
hundred and fifty volunteers helped screen and interview the applicants who met the September 6 deadline. Winning applicants then received hands-on coaching from McKinsey & Co. and Springboard to help them refine their business models... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
global community, one that represents and respects the best of our collective backgrounds and traditions and that is a living example of how people from all over the world can come together around a set of common values, and though not always agreeing— sometimes even... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg