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Abbas A. Kanji
turn will help prepare me to succeed at my next challenge. I hope that success early in my professional life positions me to spend more time serving my family, community, and humanity. For example, being a dutiful son to my parents, raising God conscious View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Gregg Petersmeyer
understanding of the importance of helping one another.” After graduating from HBS with his wife and classmate, Fitzie, Petersmeyer was working for General Atlantic Energy in Denver when tragedy struck in 1985. Fitzie succumbed to cancer, leaving Petersmeyer bereft and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
There to Tuck You In by Marty Epstein Sederman (MBA 1992) (Magination Press) In this children’s picture book, Sederman tells the story of a child whose father travels often for work and provides tips on easing the difficulties that View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2014
poverty for some 10,000 young people—and counting. Chertavian visiting a Year Up grad at HBS Chertavian visiting a Year Up grad at HBS Chertavian playing ping pong with one of his three children Chertavian playing ping pong with one of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Lisa Churchville (MBA 1979)
and, of course, the doors opened by an MBA from a prestigious northeastern business school, it has been a great ride. When I compare myself to my mother, we both fulfilled very different demographic norms. She had four children in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
bitter irony, especially for the multitudes of impoverished young people who inhabit them and similar settlements throughout this troubled, unforgiving land. Children comprise some 50 percent of Sudan’s 39 million people, and for most of... View Details
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
Magic Numbers
Courtesy Shalinee Sharma Courtesy Shalinee Sharma As a sixth grader in Buffalo, New York, Shalinee Sharma (MBA 2005) believed math just wasn’t her thing. There were only a few girls in the honors class at her new school, and Sharma soon realized that she was far behind... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
Peru, Rwanda, Liberia, and Burkina Faso, to help improve the learning environment. He hopes to scale Edify, from affecting nearly 400,000 children currently to 2 million children in the next decade. It’s an... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues
"Dehydration is the leading cause of death among refugees. Before this panel ends, nearly eight hundred children will die of dehydration caused by diarrhea." Noting that the mortality rate for Afghan View Details
- 23 Dec 2009
- News
In the Zone
Geoffrey Canada on a number of large and small special assignments, including a two-year project that analyzed and streamlined the organization’s database so that the information can be used by staff to improve the programs and services that target the 10,000 View Details
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Miriam Serban
building a company in Romania where employees can have the same salaries, quality of training, work environment and opportunities that they would find abroad. I was able to make it to Harvard despite growing up in a remote Romanian village and it has changed my life. I... View Details
- Portrait Project
Ade' Lawal
children to be as successful as they can be in whatever endeavor they wish to pursue, be it ballet, impressionistic painting, or national politics. Next, I want to be an entrepreneur. I have to create services, products and jobs, not just... View Details
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1.4.2 Classroom Environment | MBA
Participants: Babies and children are not permitted in the HBS classroom. Adults are allowed to attend classes as guests of students and may attend in person or via Zoom. All class guests must be approved by the faculty in advance of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Merck’s Gilmartin on Vaccines, Global Health
that policymakers concerned with global public health must pay “dramatically greater” attention to vaccine-related issues. He pointed out that 3 million children worldwide die each year from diseases for which vaccines already exist. Even... View Details
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Amy Yamner
the decisions that would shape our own lives. My word was COMPASSION. I want to build schools. My assets will be the lives I have improved, my liabilities the ones I have yet to reach. I want to create value through giving children... View Details
- 24 Jun 2016
- News
Reinventing Pharma
happy, fulfilling life requires planning and priority-setting, including setting boundaries and sticking to them.” She added, “I’ve applied these theories to my personal life, making sure to set boundaries around quality time with my husband, my View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Portraits from the Class of 2003
Scott St. Germain “When my children are asked, ‘So, what does your father do?’, I hope they will reply, ‘He’s the coach of my baseball team.’” Grew Up: Raynham, Massachusetts Why HBS: case method allows learning from others’ success and... View Details
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Collective Impact: An Innovative Approach to Improving Public Education
In this webinar, Professor Grossman will describe an innovative approach to improving public education Collective Impact and how you can get involved to help transform public education in the communities you care about. View Details
- 10 Oct 2024
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Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes
Black students from lower-income families in struggling neighborhoods—hope for a successful future. Wilfong’s fundraising, through events like a children arts auction and a community walkathon, allowed the nonprofit to make the same... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
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Down on the Farm: Frank Burke (MBA '87)
management, that's the biggest difference between us and the major leagues." Part of the optimum ballpark experience, Chattanooga LookoutsÐstyle, means children pay $2 for admission to historic, 7,500-seat Engel Stadium, and fans can... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons