Race - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time

mortgage originations from 2012 to 2018 for loan performance data. They further parsed findings using US Census data and ZIP codes to match loan officers, mortgages, specific lenders, and applicants. The researchers matched first and last names and geographic data to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

21 Feb 2017
News

Wilson Claims Title of Fastest American Solo Sailor

American sailor Rich Wilson (MBA 1982) became the fastest American skipper to race solo nonstop around the world on Tuesday afternoon when he crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe solo round-the-world View Details

Keywords: Vendee Globe

04 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now

Drbouz In June 2016, I gave a TED Talk called We Need Nuclear Power to Solve Climate Change. The talk discussed the world’s realistic options for reducing fossil CO2 emissions soon enough to contain climate change’s more severe effects. To my surprise, that talk has... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Green Technology

16 Nov 2020
News

Moderna Announces Promising Vaccine Trial Results

competitors in the race to develop a vaccine, though, Bancel makes a point in the December article that is increasingly relevant today as coronavirus cases spike nationwide: “We’re not racing against each... View Details

28 Aug 2020
Video

Peter Vundla

Peter Vundla, who co-founded the first Black-owned advertising agency HerdBuoys in South Africa in 1991, describes how hard it was for Black people to start a business in apartheid South Africa. They were forced to live in townships such as Soweto which were intended... View Details

28 Aug 2020
Video

Cas Coovadia

Cas Coovadia, the long-running Managing Director of the Banking Association South Africa, argues that the government needs proactive policies to support the Black community because of the discrimination it experienced under apartheid. View Details

28 Aug 2020
Video

Sanjay Bansal

Sanjay Bansal, former head of Ambootia tea estates in Darjeeling, India, discusses the near-feudal conditions which prevailed in the tea industry in this region, and the acute social problems faced by the Nepalese-speaking labor force, which was predominately female.... View Details

28 Aug 2020
Video

Manu Chandaria

Manu Chandaria, Chair of the Comcraft Group in Kenya, describes the racial discrimination he experienced as an ethnic Asian in colonial Kenya, and more recent ethnic tensions in the country. View Details

02 Feb 2017
Cold Call Podcast

Black Business Leaders Series: The Entrepreneurship Behind Ebony Magazine

Keywords: Publishing

Video

Louisa Mojela & Gloria Serobe

Louisa Mojela, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of WIPHOLD, reflects on ways that she navigated her early career in the context of South Africa's apartheid system. View Details

28 Aug 2020
Video

Fadi Ghandour

Fadi Ghandour, Founder of Dubai-based courier company Aramex and a leading entrepreneur in the Gulf, explains that his company purposefully recruited Arabs from the region rather than Western expatriates as he wanted long-term commitment and loyalty, and knowledge of... View Details

28 Aug 2020
Video

Shahnaz Husain

Shahnaz Husain, the founder of Shahnaz Herbals, a natural beauty company based in India, discusses how her products need to adapt to local cultures, and explains why she sells creams facilitating light skin in India. View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Flight Path

Above: Drone Racing League Founder and CEO Nick Horbaczewski is having a magic moment. (photo by Jordan Hollender) Drone Racing League (DRL) founder and CEO Nick Horbaczewski (MBA 2008) wants to be clear: He... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

2023
Chapter

Ongoing Inclusion: African Americans in the Military

By: Hise O. Gibson, Morten G. Ender, Liat Shapiro and JooHee Han

Keywords: Inclusion; Military; Race; United States

Citation

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20 Jun 2008
News

Risk and Reward

Like many horse racing fans, I was disappointed when Big Brown met defeat at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 7. After the bay colt’s impressive wins in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, railbirds were hopeful that he would be the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Management

09 Feb 2017
Cold Call Podcast

Black Business Leaders Series: Putting Diversity to Work

Keywords: Re: Robin J. Ely

Web

2014 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

University of Illinois Value Threat: How Concerns With Being Seen as a Valued Group Member Affect Women's Preference For Female Candidates Leah D. Sheppard , Sauder School of Business at University of British Columbia Prescriptions for Female Solidarity and Women’s... View Details

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Key Metrics | Annual Report 2024

Non-Binary / Gender Queer / Another Gender 0% < 1% — — — International Citizenship 35% 39% 38% 37% 33% US Race / Ethnicity American Indian / Alaska Native 0% 0% 0% — — Asian / Asian American 25% 22% 24% 24% 19% Black / African American 8%... View Details

10 Feb 2016
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: New Insights into Career Development

in a single up-or-out professional service organization. Unfinished Business: The Impact of Race on Understanding Mentoring This paper by David Thomas and colleagues in 2006 discusses why race and mentoring... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

21 Mar 2012
Op-Ed

Finding the Right Jeremy Lin Storyline

New York Knicks basketball sensation Jeremy Lin has attracted worldwide attention because he crosses so many boundaries and defies so many stereotypes. Lin, an Asian-American (rare in the NBA) who played college hoops at Harvard (even rarer in the NBA), was cut from... View Details

Keywords: by Lakshmi Ramarajan; Entertainment & Recreation

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