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- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
of the business. I help her with MAYU’s financials, commercials, fund raising, etc. A lot of what I do for MAYU stems from my learnings from classes like TEM, FMSF, and the more generic finance classes from the RC year. It is indeed very... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
accelerate adoption of high-performance, energy-efficient materials and practices across the American construction industry. “Our building sector today is responsible for 40 percent of the country’s energy use and emissions,” notes Yang, “and two-thirds of that View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
been forthcoming. Commercial lenders have also shunned her, even though much of the financial risk associated with the project ultimately stems from discriminatory practices such as redlining, which for decades denied residents of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Chili recipes
Traditional Texas Recipe [winner] by Matt Ashbaugh (MBA 2014) Ingredients Sweet/fresh chilies: 3 whole New Mexico chilies, stems and seeds removed Hot chilies: 3 Arbol chilies, stems and seeds removed... View Details
- 22 Oct 2014
- News
Preparing middle school students for the opportunities that lie ahead
are pursuing STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) degrees. We really need about 70 percent of our students to be graduating with proficiency in a STEM area, and so it is very, very important... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
William K. Bowes Jr., MBA 1952
entrepreneurship. In tandem with his business career, Bowes has advanced numerous initiatives through his family foundation, including significant support for stem cell research at Harvard. View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Ready for Take-Off
WorldClinic, Inc., a "virtual ER," providing U.S.-quality health-care services to Americans traveling abroad. Cynthia A. Fisher (MBA '90) of ViaCell, Inc., which combines the banking of stem cells from umbilical cord blood with technology... View Details
Keywords: Spingboard
- 30 May 2021
- News
How Venture Capitalist David Motley is Trying to Bring Back Pittsburgh’s Black Residents
much faster annual rate than other cities such as Chicago.” To help stem the tide, Motley has cofounded a $50 million fund focused on startups with Black and diverse founding teams, launched a nonprofit dedicated to getting more Black... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Offering a breath of life for critically ill patients
A scientist by training, David Green (MBA 1991) is drawing upon his business acumen to lead a science fiction-style breakthrough: the creation of replacement body parts (specifically, the trachea) using a recipient’s stem cells. Green is... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
A Man on a Mission
filled with educational endeavors, most of which involve getting kids of all ages excited about STEM subjects and entrepreneurship. Earls has led an unlikely, if inspiring, life considering his roots. He grew up in the Virginia Tidewater... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
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
- 02 Dec 2020
- News
HBS Alumni Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 List
featured in the HBS alumni podcast, Skydeck; Tess Michaels (MBA 2020), founder of Stride Funding, which offers income share agreements—a student loan alternative—"mostly to STEM grad students,” notes Forbes; and Melcolm Ruffin (MBA 2020),... View Details
- 23 Oct 2020
- News
Two MBA Startups Cited as “Most Disruptive”
targets STEM and healthcare students with 5-year income share agreements that set aside a fixed percentage of a recipient’s future earnings. (The firm collects nothing if a client earns less than $40,000 annually.) Women and minorities... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
A man on a mission
gives high school juniors and seniors interested in STEM subjects an early immersion in the college environment, and helped an organization win a $5 million grant to promote entrepreneurship to high school students. “It’s an opportunity... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
enabled parents to store their newborn’s umbilical cord blood as a source of stem cells—was her first foray into entrepreneurship. Fisher’s father, however, was reminding her that good intentions need solid financial underpinnings to be... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- News
Education Is the Key
nonprofit business and economics institution in Brazil. The Insper Institute of Education and Research, he says, aims to address the shortage of prepared leaders. “Many of our problems [in Brazil] stem from microeconomics,” he says. “We... View Details
- 22 Apr 2008
- News
The Next Harvard Square? Really?
though — even visually-challenged individuals like me can see that by taking a stroll by the construction zone for the Harvard Allston Science Complex on Western Avenue, due for completion in just a few years and future home of the Harvard View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Down on the Farm: Frank Burke (MBA '87)
undisclosed sum in 1994 (at the time, Double-A teams were going for $3.5 to $4 million; last year, two new Double-A franchises were awarded for $4.5 million each). The Lookouts' revenues, divided roughly in thirds, stem from concessions... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Novartis AG Establishes Global Research Fund
to strengthen our global research capabilities. We are grateful to Novartis for supporting this significant goal." The gift, which funds a four-year program that will include additional fellows, stems from a decade-long relationship... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Code Breakers
recent decades, the number of women in tech jobs remains far lower. And the figures for women in leadership roles still hover around a far-from-equal 25 percent. Girls Who Code is on a mission to close the gender gap in STEM education and... View Details