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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
tore down the whole infrastructure that I’d created to keep myself safe from my demons, and then it never ended.” What she could not have anticipated is that, when her world cracked wide open, it would also create a path for her to find... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
Jessica Tisch (JD/MBA 2008) has a problem. And she couldn’t be happier about it. It’s a chilly February morning in Lower Manhattan, and Tisch, who was appointed commissioner of the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) last April, has only hours to pivot the world’s largest... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
On the Radar
Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and crops. In recent decades,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
the rest of the employees were safely leaving the building and that the fire was contained. I learned that real leadership means running toward the fire and being concerned about the safety of others before your own. —John Fees (MBA 1999)... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
how should parents respond? Why are teens constantly taking selfies? And how can you keep your child safe behind the wheel? Debunking Teenagers provides research-based answers to these and many other questions about every aspect of the... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
accessibility—business leaders can deliver triple bottom line impact. Business Opportunity. Today, two billion people—one in three—lack access to safe water and a toilet. COVID has accelerated demand for these services. Opportunity... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
Association to join the design committee. Several spoke about the need for a broader range of activities for neighborhood youth—a concern that led directly to the Teen Shack, a safe space where adolescents can work on creative projects.... View Details
- 29 Sep 2020
- News
A Righteous Path
When Rich Leimsider (MBA 2003) became the executive director of the Safe Passage Project in 2016, his mandate was to expand the organization. Today, there are 40 staffers working in partnership with 450 pro-bono attorneys to represent... View Details
- 04 Jan 2016
- News
Making Things Right for Those Who’ve Been Done Wrong
Ariel Zwang (MBA 1990) is CEO of Safe Horizon, a New York–based organization that provides services to victims of violent crime and abuse. “I went to work at BCG right after I graduated. After a couple years, I realized that I did not... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
What Is Harvard’s Impact in the World?
It’s safe to assume that Harvard University alumni collectively have a significant impact in the world, but just how significant is hard to know. That is why Harvard Business School is leading a University-wide effort to quantify the... View Details
- 11 Dec 2019
- News
A Righteous Path
“Today is a pretty exciting day here,” Safe Passage Project executive director Rich Leimsider (MBA 2003) says as soon as he picks up the phone in late October 2019. “As of today, we are representing 1,001 children who the US government is... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Addressing the housing needs of India’s poor
Rakhi Mehra (MBA 2009) is enabling a growing number of India’s 82 million urban poor households to have structurally safe and well-ventilated homes through the enterprise she cofounded, micro Home Solutions (mHS) City Lab. Winner of the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Hybrid Learning the HBS Way
HBS’s hybrid classrooms feature state-of-the-art equipment and technology that enables the professor to see and interact with in-person and remote students at the same time. HBS developed unique hybrid spaces with leading-edge technology to provide a View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Health Care: Telemedicine Has Arrived
drug and the FDA says it is safe and effective and doctors prescribe it, insurance generally will pay for it. But everyone is getting fed up with that approach—the ‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli did not help—and we’ve reached a critical mass... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
John Read
perceived limits to discover their possibilities. We help them realize that they’re capable of far more than they thought, both physically and emotionally. When someone leaves the safe harbor of an Outward Bound course with an ability to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
to occur so that fans feel safe and trust the property that's bringing them into that venue, so that they'll come back. And we've already seen some fans who are like, "I'm never coming back." And some fans are saying, "Well, if you do the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
In Memoriam: F. Gorham Brigham Jr.
to colonel under General George C. Marshall and remaining in the Army Reserve until 1967. His banking career began in 1962, when he joined the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company as VP of business development. When he retired from... View Details
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- 16 Mar 2015
- News
Cooking Up New Opportunities in New Orleans
Carol Ahn Markowitz (MBA 2003) gave up a safe life in corporate finance to head to New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. She now leads a $33.5 million culinary institute start-up. It’s been a bumpy road. Markowitz couldn’t find a job... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Committed to a goal of 'zero harm' in the mining industry
we have a mining industry in which everyone goes home safely to their family at the end of the working day,” says Carroll, the first woman and non–South African to lead the nearly 100-year-old company. She used safety as a way to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
The Meaning of Ramadi
something positive. We can prove that when it comes to doing good and doing well, you cannot have one without the other. We can prove that the term “business ethics” is a repetition, not an oxymoron, because business is not sustainable unless it focuses on ethics as... View Details