Housing - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2006
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Allston Plan’s First Building

A 500,000-square-foot science complex will be the first building of Harvard University’s new Allston campus. The complex, which will house the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and a number of cross-departmental science initiatives, will be... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2003
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Joe Badaracco

HBS students who, Badaracco says, are better than ever: “The talent and energy in the classroom is just amazing.” This fall, many of the eager faces he surveys look younger than usual: Badaracco and his wife, Patricia O’Brien (DBA ’86), are living in Currier House, a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2010
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Noted & Quoted

90 and 95 percent of all the residential mortgages this year have been insured by, guaranteed by, or securitized by the government.” — HBS senior lecturer Nicolas Retsinas noting that the government has kept the residential housing market... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

23 Mar 2010
News

A Fighter in the Preservation Trenches

Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development

01 Mar 2007
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Allston to Get Harvard Museum

Construction on the 125,000- to 135,000-square-foot, three-story museum is expected to begin in the fall. When completed in late 2009, it will house modern and contemporary art and include retail space and a café. Construction of the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

07 Nov 2016
News

The Business of Saving Old Buildings

movement in the state. “I graduated from business school in 1961 and the idea of reusing old buildings was pretty novel and unknown. I was interested in old architecture, and I think I became the first graduate of Harvard Business School who became an old View Details

31 Jul 2019
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Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens

Miss Havisham in Great Expectations, sitting in that old house in her wedding dress. She's completely divorced from reality. She could have a great life outside the house. She may have been an executive at JP Morgan, for all we know. But... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

The Middle Way

his brother were young, and when Eamer turned 10, after years of having an after-school nanny, he and his brother were left to look after themselves. So when everyone would come to Eamer’s house after school to play soccer, football, or... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

22 Apr 2019
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Alvarez-Bjelland to Receive Harvard Medal

receive her medal during May’s Commencement Day activities. The Harvard Gazette announcement notes that she was awarded Radcliffe College’s highest undergraduate honor and served as a resident tutor at Kirkland House while earning her... View Details

01 Dec 2008
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The Next Chapter

OLSON: After publishing, turning over a new leaf. Former Random House chairman and CEO Peter Olson (MBA ’76) has donned a new hat and will begin teaching corporate strategy at HBS next month. Olson is no stranger to Harvard, having... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2011
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Stevenson’s Own

Issue Focus: Entrepreneurship Related Links The House that Howard Built The four key ingredients, for individuals and organizations A careful definition of available opportunities Is there a demand out there that’s not being recognized or... View Details

Keywords: Management

23 Apr 2014
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Providing Advantage and Opportunities for Disadvantaged Youths

Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992), founder and CEO of Year Up, sees inner-city youths as critical components of the US economy and competitiveness. In this video, he explains the challenge and the opportunities. “Many people in this country perceive the individuals who live... View Details

01 Dec 2010
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Innovation Lab to Open in ’11

Related Links Dean Nohria on Innovation at HBS (video) - June 4, 2010 Harvard Business School is working to launch a lab for innovation and entrepreneurship in the building that housed public broadcasting’s WGBH on Western Avenue in... View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

Hawes Hall Dedicated

Rod Hawes and Dean Clark had time to chat before the dedication ceremony. Photo: Richard Chase Two of the Hawes grandchildren join the festivities in the Dean's House garden. Photo: Richard Chase A behind-the-scenes tour of Hawes Hall... View Details

26 Apr 2011
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BioMine Strikes Gold

international regions, presented business plans for their start-ups to judges on Monday, April 25, during the final round of competition. On Tuesday, Rakhi Mehra (MBA '09), founder of micro Home Solutions, a social housing initiative for... View Details

Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

19 Sep 2016
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Thomas S. Murphy (MBA 1949)

growth, highlighted by the purchase of ABC, which included ESPN, in 1985. Under his leadership, Capital Cities grew from one small broadcasting station housed in a former convent to a multibillion dollar telecommunications conglomerate.... View Details

01 Feb 2017
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New Regional Offices Broaden HBS’s Intellectual Reach

Development. These regional offices—including the one previously established in Mexico City—are staffed by a local researcher and are aligned with one of HBS’s global research centers, which range in size from 3 to 12 people. Many of the offices and centers View Details

17 Mar 2011
News

Make or Break for the USA?

that was hoped for back in 2003, when the December Bulletin’s cover was titled “Manufacturing’s New Reality: Will Innovation Save the Day Again?” Several HBS alumni have recently been asked by the White House to help figure out how to fix... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2009
News

Shaking Up the System

proudest achievement. Located in the building that formerly housed Evander Childs High School, once one of the most dangerous educational facilities in the country, BLS last year graduated 95 percent of its senior class, and all of those... View Details