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- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
In 2017, Sarah Bond’s boss, Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox Gaming, warned her that working in the industry would be very difficult. Not just for the usual reasons that corporate America can be tough, but also because, as a Black woman in gaming—an industry with a... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
George Floyd’s murder and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement further sharpened corporate America’s determination in working toward inclusion. Businesses have committed... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance
Constance “CJ” Jones (MBA 2008) had a tough time as a student at her middle school in Durham, North Carolina. Often the only person of color in the academically advanced classes, she felt rejected by both her white and her black peers for... View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- News
Holding Business to Account
racist name was bad business. Still, FedEx did not act. Finally, in late June 2020, in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests, Boston Common and a coalition of 86 other... View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
the most rational question in the world to ask is, is business playing a positive role here? If not, why not? And how can it? April White: Lisa, you've raised a lot of really important issues that business can be engaged in, but we're talking right now because of the... View Details
- 13 Apr 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
Tulip, a four-star hotel in Festac, into a position as a telephone operator at the Radisson Blue Hotel in Victoria Island. WAVE is expected to train 25,000 people by 2019. “We have to start leveling the playing field. It should matter... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969
Bowie State, a historically black college in Maryland. Then a former colleague recommended her for a job as executive vice president of her father's building maintenance business. As second-in-command, notes Lambert, "I basically ran the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
because of its stellar location: Cape Town, South Africa. More than four hundred delegates came from dozens of countries, with close to half bringing partners or family members for whom a special program of events had been set up. The View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks
who was the first in his extended family to attend college. “I got that job because the head of research was a Dartmouth graduate and he came up to campus to interview candidates—that shows the power of connection.” It’s a realization that inspired his View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
entrepreneur, and as an investor.” ADVICE TO STUDENTS “Positions of leadership, in the broadest sense of that word, should be your goal. As you go off into the world, I hope you'll do what you really want to do rather than what you think you should do to keep in step... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Teresa Clarke: An Advocate for Education in South Africa
College, is also committed to public service. Re- cently she put her career on hold for six months to help make a difference in the lives of hundreds of South African children. She left her job as managing director at Abt Associates,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
of As the Future Catches You and Evolving Ourselves, presents a lively and engaging guide to ethics in a technological age. Not the Seasons I Expected: A Fan's Memoir by Blant Hurt (MBA 1991) Fairbourne Publishing When it comes to college... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity
Black applicants as well as applicants from other underrepresented minority groups. While admissions are based on merit, financial aid awards are based on demonstrated need, and in recent years, HBS has looked at this need with a new lens... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 23 Aug 2018
- News
Healthcare Alumni Keep Learning Through Virtual Programming
Clubs News Clubs News No matter where they are in the world, members of the HBS Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) can connect with each other, hear from business leaders, and catch up on industry trends without ever leaving their... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Fall Reunions
set for the 25th and 30th Reunion classes. A variety of reunion programs offered a lively range of ways for alumni to get updated on current issues and to connect with one another. Twenty-nine members of the faculty and staff held... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Me and the Biospheres: A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2 by John Allen (MBA ’62) (Synergetic Press) This memoir chronicles the life of the inventor of Biosphere 2, a miniature Earth under glass and the world’s largest laboratory for global ecology. Eight people... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
In Service of Others
a very good idea.” “Serving in the military is a tremendous leadership experience,” Zak says. “Officers eat last. We are trained to understand that the lives of others matter more than ours. It’s about the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
Reader #14 — yes, we were each assigned a number,” says Plexico. “I had just finished college, and I wanted to live in Boston, so HBS was perfect. Before we began, we all attended classes in accounting, case management, and other subjects... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
neighborhoods don't have the potential to succeed or aren't capable. It's much more about decades of underinvestment and a lack of attention to what we say we're all about as a society—namely, that no matter where you come from, you have... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
The Burning Man Project
celebrated. They're allowed to be creative. They're allowed to be spontaneous. A lot of things that we're missing in our everyday life get to happen at Burning Man as a matter of course. It's really wonderful to View Details