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- 02 May 2016
- News
Can Brian Shortsleeve Fix the MBTA’s Budget Woes?
The Boston Globe has a long feature on Brian Shortsleeve (MBA 2001), the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) new chief administrator. The piece notes Shortsleeve’s challenge: $5.5 billion in debt and a $7 billion... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Turning Troubled Schools into High-Achievers
think about my own education in K-12, I know that I am really fortunate to have received an excellent education. So really, when I wake up every day today, I want to make sure that every single child in the city of Boston and in the state... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
Boston took him up on his idea, and granted waivers on budget authority, use of time, curricula, and certain union work rules. Less than three years later, his Unlocking Potential (UP) group runs a charter in View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
The Power of Philanthropy
When their son Joey died of cystic fibrosis in 1986 at age 12, Kathy and Joe O’Donnell (MBA 1971) vowed to fight the disease. O’Donnell, at the time the president of the Boston Concessions Group, joined with Vertex Pharmaceuticals and the... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students
affordable online job training,” says Parro. ProTalento creates personalized learning routes for young people, helps finance their studies, and supports them in finding and retaining jobs. Parro, who has since started working for Boston... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
Andy Grove was first introduced to HBS. I joined Intel from DEC in Boston in late 1978 as a senior group controller based in Santa Clara, California. Working with the HR department, I created the first recruitment effort for all of... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Clean Slate
For the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), the pandemic opened up the rare opportunity to rethink “everything we do and how we do it,” says CEO Lisa Wieland (MBA 2001). The independent public authority that owns and operates the Port of View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Start Me Up
would help create multiple startups at the same time?" That's the idea behind MassChallenge, the startup accelerator and competition—now the world's largest—that Nigam cofounded in 2009 after leaving his job as a Bain consultant. Based in View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
Electric Avenues
Illustration by Mario Wagner RELATED Learn about how HBS students and alumni are helping transform Boston Watch alumni discuss innovation inside City Hall Once viewed as an oxymoron, civic innovation has become a hot field, with cities... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
artists to fund a variety of projects, ranging from major site-specific installations to endeavors that support the entire creative ecosystem, such as the international professional journal for curators, The Exhibitionist. Evans, who lives in View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
bank in Hong Kong before graduation. "Since there are so few world-class mathematicians, he wanted me to consider other career choices." First Boston Corporation, 1976-78 Why HBS? "An HBS alum at Jardine Fleming told me I would need an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping
GLOBAL NETWORKS Whether in Boston or Beijing, HBS Career & Professional Development office hears the same question from alumni: “What’s next for me?” CPD staff have been traveling the world to show alumni the career resources available to... View Details
- 28 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students
continued to engage with HBS students and drive career opportunities for them—as evidenced in the connection made between Eric Westphal (MBA 2021) and Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999). From Brazil to Harvard A native of Brazil, Westphal moved at the age of 11 with his parents... View Details
Keywords: Becca Carnahan
- 28 Mar 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
traditional forms of career advancement. After eight years with the company, he decided to go to HBS. “The idea came from my time as an intern at Digital Equipment Corp. in the United States while I was a university student,” he said. He came to View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Robert Kraft, MBA 1965
to mourn the loss of Myra Kraft, who succumbed to cancer in July. While Bob Kraft's remarkable successes in the paper and packaging business, as a sports team owner, and as a philanthropist have made him a beloved figure in the Boston... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Robots to the Rescue
Mountz Photo courtesy Kiva Systems Kiva's robots in action Main article: Where Innovation Rules In the News: Boston Globe: Amazon Buys Kiva for $775M Those who know Mick Mountz (MBA 1996) well were not overly surprised when he started a... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
From Das’s Desk
Boston for a few days of learning, alumni are eager to connect with HBS when faculty and others from the School visit their city or region. Women continue to have unique needs for professional development, and HBS alumnae see the School... View Details
- 04 May 2015
- News
Alumni in Paris Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
highlight the impact of HBS alumni and faculty in organizations and communities around the world. The effort to engage alumni began in Boston on April 26, 2014 and has extended around the world in the months since, as Dean Nohria and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds
raised $750,000 in seed funding from HBS alumnus Robert Doris (MBA 1977) and billionaire investor Mark Cuban. The HourlyNerd executive team graduated from HBS in May, but the company has already grown to 20-plus employees, including several high-profile hires, in its... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
Giving millions of students a new path to learning
Boston as an analyst at a hedge fund and I was tutoring a cousin remotely in New Orleans. At that point, I became what I call a ‘tiger cousin.’ That remote tutoring over the phone worked out well for her, so then I started tutoring her... View Details