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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Bridging Past, Present, and Future
and it’s also where I met Marc and many other lifelong friends,” says Doft, CEO of Highline Capital Management LLC. Reflecting on a class campaign that was notable for broad participation and substantial donation levels—the most ever... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Ron Shaich (MBA 1978)
Ron Shaich’s (MBA 1978) first venture, a cookie shop in downtown Boston, evolved into Au Bon Pain. His latest—Panera Cares—allows customers to pay only what they can afford at the popular restaurants he owns, Panera Bread. There’s a box for money—and a suggested View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Connell Family Gift Funds Curriculum Innovation
Terry and Margot Connell In memory of William F. Connell (MBA 1963), his widow, Margot, and the Connell family have donated $10 million to HBS to establish the Margot and William F. Connell Family MBA Innovation Fund. Made on the occasion... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Japan Crisis
The HBS Alumni Web site facilitated information-sharing regarding alumni and conditions in Japan following that country’s March earthquake and tsunami. In addition, the MBA Classes of 2005–2012 launched an online relief effort to accept View Details
Keywords: disaster relief
- 07 Jul 2016
- News
Rescuing Fresh Food to End Hunger in Australia
Australia’s largest supermarket chains, as evidence of success. The grocery giant makes weekly food donations from 550 of its stores and enjoys significant employee engagement. “What we do with Coles is the best example in Australia—and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Replica Bell for Baker Library; Historic Original Returns to Russia
In August, the bell atop Baker Library was replaced by a replica as the original, along with seventeen other bells at Harvard University, is being returned to Russia. Amid fears that the Soviets might melt them down, the bells were sold in 1930 to an American... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- News
Mission Critical
misconceptions that are out there about donation. So our industry has worked really hard to dispel the myths and misconceptions so that more people will be open and willing to donate. “More and more people are being made aware about organ View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Generosity Multiplied
not running the wildly successful recruitment firm, Reed is deeply involved with the Big Give, an innovative match-funding platform that hosts online fundraising appeals for charities. By engaging philanthropists and companies to match View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Spin Cycle
Linn (MBA ’00), later organized the annual Cycle for Survival (www.CycleForSurvival.org), an indoor team cycling fundraising competition. A January event in New York City featured more than 2,000 participants, received donations from... View Details
- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Trail Blazer
asphalt-paved path, with unpaved shoulders for runners) with neighboring winemakers, who donated initial funds to memorialize Tom Shelton, a fellow vintner and vine trail leader who had lost his life to cancer. “We recruited the Land... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Richard J. Stillman (MBA 1940)
management and finance. I enjoyed working with students from different backgrounds and from around the world, seeing their contributions and how their thinking would change as they got to know each other better. At UNO, I have funded a management chair, View Details
- 27 Jul 2022
- News
Alumna-Led Reproductive Health Startup Raises $4.7 Million
products more accessible so we created a 1:1 model where we donate a supply of our own prenatal vitamins to underserved women here in the United States who lack access to high-quality prenatal care,” she tells Forbes. “To date, we’ve... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
it is easy to forget the importance of family and friends." Alumni Take Action Once they began to recover from the initial shock of the events of September 11, HBS alumni started putting their skills to work. Whether donating money,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
John Dearden Remembered
Marie (Borden), and their four children. Donations in his memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 919 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1100, Chicago, Illinois 60611-1695. View Details
- 06 Sep 2016
- News
Connecting Past and Present
eastern European country. Funded exclusively by donations and with an army of volunteers, the online database can help find family ancestry dating back more than 200 years. It is also a critical resource in connecting people with... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
@Soldiers Field
WEEMS—part of the collection donated to HBS by Gerald Schwartz (MBA 1970 and hung here and elsewhere around campus—officially became works of "genius" after Weems was named a 2013 MacArthur Fellow. View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Life-Saving Network
HBS professor Al Roth, along with two economists from Boston College, has created software that facilitates the process of donating kidneys. Through it, transplants can still be arranged even if a willing donor and recipient — a husband... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
MBA Poker World Series
taking home $24,822 and a $15,000 watch, and automatically earning a $10,000 seat at this summer’s World Series of Poker. Some sixty HBS students took part in the weekend competition. The event also had a fundraising component, which this year resulted in a $20,000... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Reaching New Heights
nonprofit to help build schools and libraries in Nepal and supply them with books, the Harbus reported. With expansion into Southeast Asia and soon into Latin America and Africa, Wood’s Room to Read has established 3,600 libraries, built 287 schools, View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Robert Kraft, MBA 1965
last fall the Krafts launched a "Kick Cancer" awareness campaign. They endowed a chaired professorship in Jewish studies at Boston College and a chaired professorship in Christian studies at Brandeis. All told, the Krafts have donated... View Details