Hurricanes - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 May 2022
News

Lesson Plans

filming his lessons. Sal Khan: In 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit, and those same cousins were dispersed to Texas and Florida. And so, in many ways I was their safety net education system while they were refugees, I guess, with a lowercase... View Details

14 Nov 2024
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How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms

be an early warning sign: I f you can't get insurance in a particular locale, it probably is a place you shouldn't build, right? Should you build on stilts in coastal communities where we know hurricanes are going to get more intense... View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, we spent a lot of time thinking about how the stages of disasters unfold: the early needs of immediate relief and then the longer-term needs of recovery. At BlackRock, COVID added an additional layer of... View Details

02 Aug 2018
News

Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?

even Massachusetts. And Georgia is in the next tier behind those. So it's like a category 4 hurricane that's a couple of days off the coast about to hit us, and we're trying desperately to be sure that we're prepared when that happens.... View Details

18 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Public School System is faced with rebuilding from the ground up. The challenge is enormous, as is the opportunity to remake the lowest performing public school system in Louisiana and one of the lowest... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2015
News

Higher Ground

LPO in August 2005. A week later, while guest conducting in Korea, he saw reports on CNN that New Orleans, though battered by Hurricane Katrina, had managed to avoid major damage. But constant email updates from an LPO member, which had... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Health, Social Assistance

09 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

Enterprise Community Partners must determine whether to rebuild the Lafitte housing projects in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans and, if so, how to mitigate the risks. Set in January 2007, more than a year after Hurricane Katrina made... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Sep 2018
News

Havana Rising

declaring it to be a possible “sonic” attack, the United States issued a travel warning, reduced its embassy staff by two-thirds, and expelled 15 Cuban diplomats. In September, Hurricane Irma hit Cuba, killing 10, ravaging the power... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

15 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS

support my family financially if another event like Hurricane Maria or COVID-19 were to hit. I hope ten years from now I can return to HBS and as I walk through its halls feel I’ve been able to pursue my passions, support my family, and... View Details

08 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 8

organisation). Nonetheless, when they do occur they tend to be of defining importance to the people and institutions that are thrust into them and that must find their way through them. September 11, 2001 in Manhattan and at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia; the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

Pursuing Systemic Change through Entrepreneurship Stacey Childress and James WeberHarvard Business School Case 310-052 After Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in August 2005, the state had taken over 102 of the 118 public schools in... View Details

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

one-year assignment following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The office was underfunded and had perverse incentives embedded throughout the system. Sullivan's new vision to rectify the challenges was not readily accepted by judges and lawyers... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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