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10 Mar 2021
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Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire

Penn at age 20. Today, as president and CEO of Columbia Investment Management Company, Lew has come full circle, overseeing a university endowment of approximately $11 billion that helps fund students for whom college is far from a given.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investing; leadership; diversity; career experience; higher education; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2018
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Case Study: On the Record

(MBA 1977) Yes, Gold Rush Vinyl should take risks and eliminate supply bottlenecks to speed delivery times. “Rush Vinyl” is two-thirds of the name, and speed is vital. Ever-volatile college radio playlists now track song plays daily. This... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jan 2002
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Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)

and Budget, 1977-80, 1985-87 Northern Air Freight and Danzas Corporation, 1987-90 Why HBS? "I took a year off from college to work at Boeing. There were rows of engineers sitting at desks. After about six months, I decided I'd rather... View Details

01 Jan 2003
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Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969

Bowie State, a historically black college in Maryland. Then a former colleague recommended her for a job as executive vice president of her father's building maintenance business. As second-in-command, notes Lambert, "I basically ran the... View Details

11 May 2017
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Going with the Flow

because those moments are very special. When it’s done well, and done right—wow!” Next Steps Fisher is reaching for a couple more of those “wow” moments with her new projects. “FitMoney came about, in part, from teaching and mentoring View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Dec 2012
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50 Years & Counting

if an executive is aware and doesn't intervene to make changes in the organization, then we could say this failure to take corrective actions is unethical." For this HKS/HBS study involving some 654 male and female college students,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

30 Jul 2024
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Reddit’s Rise

colleagues? Is it college friends? Is it my sports buddies? Who is it? So you know the context, and that’s true, we have communities to provide the context, but you can provide that however you want. The second is rules of engagement. You... View Details

01 Jun 2011
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Noted & Quoted

day, a year of global immersion before college will become the norm rather than the exception.” — ABIGAIL FALIK (MBA ’08), founder and CEO, Global Citizen Year. (Christian Science Monitor online, April 11, 2011) View Details

12 May 2016
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Drawing Connections Between Business and Art

the same time expanding the art appreciation of the staff members,” he says. “We have no market for contemporary art by young artists here,” notes Shibayama, who also teaches the business of art at two Japanese universities. “We have around 20,000 art majors graduating... View Details

10 Dec 2015
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Leveraging Curiosity to Broaden the Impact

family and my community.” Giving back to the community has always been important to the Los Angeles native, who used to mentor high schoolers from minority families in South LA, helping them prepare for the college application process.... View Details

01 Dec 2000
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Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

brings in thousands of local schoolchildren. The MCA recently received the Arts & Business Council of Chicago's "On Target" award for its "Stir It Up" college outreach program. The museum also plays host to a teen apprentice program as... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2023
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Family Matters

obstacle.” The experience helped shape her focus as she later pursued her career. “Being able to help my community—that’s what I’ve always wanted to do.” Engineering was the first step for Thompson-Woode. A first-generation college... View Details

Keywords: April White

18 Jan 2022
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HBS Alumni Mentor Students; Shanghai Club Hosts Entrepreneurship Conference

Clubs News Clubs News Atlanta Alumni Step Up to Mentor Undergrads at Morris Brown The HBS Club of Atlanta is partnering with Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia on a new mentorship program that matches local MBA professionals from... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2011
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The Spangler Effect

college degree, and he felt like he needed one to be admitted. My dad didn’t have enough money to go to college, nor did my mother. “I told him to go talk to the associate dean in charge, which he did. The dean told him he could come to... View Details

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

01 Mar 2004
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He Loves New York

wretch at heart? It turns out that Wasserstein, CEO of Lazard, had at one time pondered a career in journalism, been an editor at his college paper, and worked one summer at Forbes magazine while attending HBS, according to the Times.... View Details

01 Sep 2015
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Opening Minds Through Expanded Learning Opportunities

History by the Case Method Professor David Moss David Moss knew his proposal to develop a history course for Harvard College students might take Dean Nitin Nohria by surprise. But it was Nohria who surprised Moss when he suggested that... View Details

02 Aug 2019
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Fulfilling Their Promise

to help these young women become first-generation college graduates and, perhaps more important, to believe that they had the ability and the smarts to get there through the development of character, leadership skills, and... View Details

01 Sep 2008
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MBA Material

Some of the 78 participants in the HBS Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP) keep the conversation going during a break in activities. This past summer, the one-week program marked its 25th year of introducing promising college... View Details

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

01 Sep 2009
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2 + 2 = All Smiles

In June, recent college graduates accepted into the HBS 2+2 Program enjoyed a preview of what to expect when they return to Soldiers Field as MBA students in the fall of 2011. The 2+2 Program targets high-achieving View Details