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- 10 Mar 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension
your hands.” The “aha” moment: A 2010 sabbatical to sail with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, in an activist campaign against whale hunting in Antarctica. “I don’t think I intended to change careers but, afterward, I almost had no... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
Sustainable Farming in the Arid World
inputs. Our flagship project is a $200 million farm in Australia where we grow tomatoes specifically for an end-retailer. We fix the price with that retailer over a 10-year period and we do so growing only using sunlight and sea water as... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Additional alumni books for your consideration.
as money-market funds. Islands of Profit in a Sea of Red Ink: Why 40% of Your Business Is Unprofitable, and How to Fix It by Jonathan L.S. Byrnes (DBA ’80) (Penguin Portfolio) Given the uncomfortable truth that it’s possible, even easy,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Quantum Leap
today and the forever after of computing. The company was cofounded in 2019 by Prineha Narang, a leading computational physicist and professor at SEAS (John Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences) who serves as CTO, along with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Career Peak
(photos courtesy of Sunny Stroeer) “When your Monday morning looked like this you know it’s going to be a good week,” Suzanne “Sunny” Stroeer (MBA 2011) wrote on Instagram recently. Her view: Sunrise from the snowy summit of Torreys Peak in Colorado, more than 14,000... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
sciences, climate, biology, and human development. While we focus on research goals, our advice is tied to major policy issues as well. For example, the commission advocates ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
classmates. It was as hard as finding a top-rated horror flick in a sea of streaming options, Liang realized. The dance world had a discovery problem too. Case Centennial See how HBS is celebrating 100 Years of case method teaching and... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Future Tech Leaders Dive into New Program
ideas to the next level,” notes Thomas Eisenmann, faculty co-chair of the program and the Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business Administration at HBS. Through courses in business and engineering, as well as specially designed integrated courses co-taught by HBS and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Lighting the Way
to believe that all things are possible and that your assets can be key differentiators in a sea of overachievers,” she says. “Determine what anchors you and leverage what sets you apart, and then go boldly into your future with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Charlie Williams (MBA 1939, DCS 1952)
and swung Tarzan-style from our flight deck over to the destroyer’s bridge. Later, from two miles away, I instinctively ducked as a huge explosion ripped the Lexington, and she sank. Ironically, I was sent back to HBS to teach in the Naval Supply Corps School. But I... View Details
- 14 Jul 2010
- News
The Concerts in the Chapel
Riders to the Sea — have been staged in the chapel, and Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony was played there too, albeit in an arrangement for only flute, violin, cello, and piano. Composers whose works have been heard in the chapel range from the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Ian Walsh
through the Adriatic Sea ninety miles from Bosnia. Their mission was to rescue U.S. Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady, who had been shot down by Serbs. The helicopters reached the coast around dawn, flying low to avoid radar detection and... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
on sea duty aboard destroyers. The son and nephew of lawyers, Kiechel nevertheless discovered a more natural affinity for business, which led to his enrollment in the joint program. A summer job case writing for Louis Banks, a former... View Details
- 05 Jan 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
India, and Bangladesh alone under threat from rising sea levels by 2100, “water is the medium through which climate change is really going to be experienced,” Ferguson says. “Our ability to steward the water molecule is going to be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Eric C. Feagler: Against the Odds
Today, Feagler has not only regained his ability to walk, but also stays active sea kayaking and mono-skiing. The accident that changed the course of his life has left him with a new focus. “I previously had a tendency to believe that if... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Rich Wilson
alert and stressed all the time because you never know what’s coming next. And the sea will find your mistakes. Just two days after the start, during a big storm that knocked four boats out of the race, I was taking a picture for our... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Avon CEO Jung on Leadership
the issue of women and leadership roles, Jung, who is frequently named as one of the most powerful and influential females in business, said, “I think in the next five to ten years there is going to be an unbelievable change in the numbers of women leading businesses.... View Details
- 23 Oct 2024
- News
Running Man
There aren’t many people on this planet—let alone septuagenarians—who can contemplate running 50 or 100 miles at a time. But for 77-year-old Eric Spector (MBA 1972), a retired entrepreneur and CEO in the tech, consumer retail, and media sectors, running long (long,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Staying the Course
the sea to understand graphing. The program reshapes the lessons in real time in response to a student’s progress. The approach appears effective. A 2016 report from the Harvard University Center for Education Policy Research found that... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
decades of Vishnu’s life in Mauritius unfold with heart-wrenching detail as he battles to experience the world beyond, as well as to overcome the cultural, political, and familial turmoil that continues to grip him. Through precise language, Silent Winds, Dry View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley