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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Hit Radio Show and HBS Alumni Help Young Classical Musicians
When you think of kids and music these days, it’s easier to imagine Chopin and Elgar spinning in their graves than getting any airtime. But move over, J.Lo — a classical music radio show, driven by youthful performers and listeners, is... View Details
- 25 Jan 2018
- News
Investing in India’s Nonprofits to Overcome Poverty Sustainably
underprivileged kids in skills and program in life management, so that they come out of poverty sustainably. We have about 4,000 kids graduating every year. And we have plans to do about 1 million people by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Charlie Rose Interviews Goldman CEO Paulson
wouldn’t be there — but the kids would,” he said with a laugh. From then on he took the 4:42 p.m. train home, gave his kids a bath, and read them stories before continuing to work after they’d gone to sleep.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance
people to think about what they would want for their own biological child,” she says. “Ninety-eight percent of our students are minorities, eighty-nine percent qualify for free or reduced lunch, and eighty-four percent will be first-generation college students. When I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Spring Reunions
first weekend in June to enjoy a varied program of events. Alumni attended some 70 panels and presentations as well as a number of class-specific academic offerings. Returnees could also offset their carbon footprint, Tweet up a storm, get free career consultations,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa
street kids — five- and six-year-olds living by their wits, selling things on the street, with no access to education or hope for the future. I thought about everything my parents had done to give us the best education possible, and it... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ink: Alumni Book Recommendations
2007) The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz Horowitz on perception: “I was the only kid on the football team who was also on the highest academic track in math .As a result, I ended up moving in multiple social circles and... View Details
- 16 Oct 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
increasing the organization’s visibility. “We may have discovered a better way to teach young kids mathematics or to teach non-English speakers how to read English in third grade, or how to better inhibit suicidal patients from taking... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Becoming a VC Insider
Kids may grow up wanting to be entrepreneurs, but “no kid dreams of growing up to be a venture capitalist,” says Jeffrey Bussgang (MBA ’95). Thankfully, Bussgang has managed to do both and write about it,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
“You are kidding me. I went to Harvard Business School. I’m the reason the microwave tray rotates.” — Actor ALEC BALDWIN as Jack Donaghy, 30 Rock, from the episode “Don Geiss, America and Hope.” “Women are using (an MBA) not only for... View Details
- 29 Sep 2020
- News
A Righteous Path
back to an unbelievably violent situation without the minimum of a lawyer by their side,” Leimsider says. “We are going to have to rebuild an immigration system that sees children as children and treats them with all the care and support that any of us would want our... View Details
- 20 May 2020
- News
Keeping Families Connected
content on their respective screens. Launched in 2016 as a story app for young children, Caribu has since expanded to offer a variety of activities for kids up to age 13. The platform was named one of TIME magazine’s best inventions of... View Details
- 22 Oct 2014
- News
Preparing middle school students for the opportunities that lie ahead
are pursuing STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) degrees. We really need about 70 percent of our students to be graduating with proficiency in a STEM area, and so it is very, very important that we prepare kids at this age... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Just Extraordinary
foster care and orphanages to help raise international awareness about orphan issues. Turner, herself adopted out of Washington’s foster care system, worked at Procter & Gamble and BET Networks before becoming a successful entrepreneur. “My goal is to show teenage... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
tipping point where the idea of kids growing up healthy and going to college becomes the norm, not the exception.” Owusu-Kesse’s day job can be intense, and one way he unwinds is through music. As DJ K. Kess, he enjoys presiding over... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Action Plan: Happy Honey
bees and honeycomb right into the classroom. On Price’s wish list: a life-size hive replica on wheels, a “beeliner” of sorts that will bring the lessons to more kids. Wherever the experience occurs, the mission remains constant: “I want View Details
Keywords: Amy Rogers Nazarov
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Giving Tree
Managing Director, GTCR Chicago “My father was a fireman and came from a large family; I was a financial aid kid in college. There is a sense of gratitude and obligation when you’ve benefited from an institution like HBS. I’m very focused... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Author: Thomas H. Fischgrund (MBA ’80)
score 1600? It is the top score. There are 138 questions on the test. You can miss one or two and still score 1600. What percentage of students score 1600? Each year, 2.3 million kids take the test and 650 score 1600 — that’s .03 percent!... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- News
Motivating Middle-Schoolers to Get up to Speed with Math
Veteran entrepreneur and public education innovator Bill Daugherty (MBA 1991) is on a mission to get kids excited about math. In addition to his profit-sector job as executive chairman of ANC Sports Enterprises, Daugherty has been the... View Details
- 11 Dec 2019
- News
A Righteous Path
1,001 kids we represent, if they didn’t have Safe Passage, only 130 of them would win their cases,” Leimsider says. With legal assistance from Safe Passage, he estimates, about 900 of the children will win their cases. But that’s not... View Details