immigration - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2019
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A Wider Net

Miami at age 15 from India, organized sports weren’t an easy option. “I had to work, because my family came here as immigrants with nothing,” he says. “So my day job was high school, and my evening job was at the Publix supermarket.”... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

11 Dec 2019
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A Righteous Path

the children have the right to stay with family or friends in the United States while the immigration system determines if they meet the criteria to stay in the country. (Because New York has a large Central American community, the View Details

Keywords: April White; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

03 Jun 2020
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Keeping a Community Connected

to food sites because of their immigration status. There is a high demand for food and it is going up quickly. SY: What are your top priorities at this point? JP: The demand for food is a critical need right now. There's a moratorium on... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

20 Aug 2016
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The Business of Improving Health Care Delivery

Josue Zapata (MD/MBA 2012) is chief resident in internal medicine at the University of California in San Francisco. In this interview he discusses how he is utilizing his business training to make a difference in patient treatment and health care delivery. “My parents... View Details

01 Mar 2015
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Cracking Conferences

background: “Anyone who is an immigrant to the United States lacks a sense of entitlement or any sort of establishment status,” observes Molloy. “You tend to be more appreciative of people’s time and more likely to follow up and say thank... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2016
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Dear Future Author…

(OPM 30, 2001), former Immigration and Naturalization Service attorney and coauthor of How to Get a Green Card, now in its 12th edition “Know your motivation. Know what drives you to write and publish. You don’t have to want to change the... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: Antoinette J. ("Toni") Rapone

she was born, says she believes the hardships faced by her immigrant family in Lowell, Massachusetts, "selected for qualities of stamina and determination." Indeed, Rapone turned out to be fit and feisty enough not only to survive but to... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

15 Nov 2020
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How Scholarships Helped One Student Achieve Many Firsts

of State as a Fulbright Scholar to Silicon Valley to HBS. Keung immigrated to the United States when she was three years old and grew up in Los Angeles, where she helped her parents in their tiny Chinese restaurant after school. She... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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A taste of home leads to jobs creation and community improvements

General Foods, oversees a company that produces 35 varieties of cheeses, providing a welcome taste of home for immigrants from Central and South America, India, and the Middle East. (Published April 2014) View Details

03 Feb 2014
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Eyes on Medical Breakthroughs

harder than her male classmates to succeed. From her father, a Hungarian immigrant with no business training who bought New York City's Chelsea Hotel and turned it into one of the Big Apple's most famous addresses, she learned to take... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Management; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2010
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Beacon of Liberty

me as an immigrant the same opportunities it did to its own citizens. Today, that is still largely the case, unless your name is Mohammad or if you choose to wear the hijab. Since 9/11, almost every Muslim in this country has a story. And... View Details

Keywords: Sharjeel Kashmir; Islam; 9/11

15 Jun 2021
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Turning Point: Tell Me More

talked about their views on everything from immigration to gun control to health care to climate change. Whenever I learned something new, I wrote about it for the Boston Globe. Over the years, two things became clear to me: We have much... View Details

Keywords: politics; communication; voting; demographics

23 Mar 2020
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Signal Boost

inclusion in businesses and organizations in western Michigan. It sprang up in the late 1990s when the area—once largely white—began to undergo a significant demographic change. “A lot of Latino immigrants moved to areas like Holland,... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders

companies for which it raised funds were people of color, 25 times the share backed by traditional venture capitalists. Republic now makes inclusion part of every pitch: Company listings are assigned tags such as Female Founders, Veteran Founders, and View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

25 Jun 2018
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An Unfinished Story

immigration stories? We just asked. Most people were very willing to tell their family stories. Of course, not all of them are happy stories. It was more difficult to get the stories of African Americans, because many of their relatives... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2004
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John Dearden Remembered

more than forty articles for academic and professional journals. Born in 1919 in Lancashire, England, Dearden immigrated with his family to western Massachusetts in 1924. He received a bachelor’s degree from American International College... View Details

Keywords: John Dearden; Dearden; Ford Motor; Alzeimer; obituary; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

08 May 2015
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Prestige brands can expand their reach—and make their core customers proud

types of new customers: brand immigrants and brand tourists. Her findings show that while brand immigrants can dilute a brand’s image, brand tourists increase the pride of established customers by... View Details

01 Mar 2023
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Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions

David Velasquez (MBA/MPP 2023, MD 2024), right, at the GOTVax mobile clinic in greater Boston he helped to cofound. Photos courtesy David Valesquez David Velasquez (MBA/MPP 2023, MD 2024), right, at the GOTVax mobile clinic in greater Boston he helped to cofound.... View Details