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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Balancing business goals and social benefits
Ravi Venkatesan (MBA 1992), former chairman of Microsoft India, talks about the social and business benefits of teaching more than 3 million children to use computers. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 18 Nov 2014
- News
Educating the next generation of filmmakers
Film producer Dan Lin (MBA 1999) likes to create hero stories that inspire and entertain children and their families. The producer of The Lego Movie is now teaching Chinese filmmakers how to tell their own stories. (Published November... View Details
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
the game.” As a student at MIT, Kundu took time out to volunteer as a science teacher in rural India. Kundu is also changing the game outside his industry—for children in India, especially—thanks to the success he’s had in his business... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Jun 2023
- News
Book Smart
these children to have the same opportunity. Risher had been an executive at Amazon and Microsoft, so he certainly knew plenty about tech and business. He also had connections, such as Steve Kessel, longtime head of Kindle, who heard the... View Details
- 29 Jul 2021
- News
Support System
Target, the company has channeled 15 percent of the company’s profits back to the families of the shea-nut pickers with the intent that it be used for the education of their children, or—for women without children or with View Details
- 02 Mar 2020
- News
Educating the Whole Student
Inside, in a classroom decorated with student art, children gather on a colorful carpet for story time. But the traditional trappings are only part of the story at The Primary School, an ambitious experiment in reinventing education to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
bitter irony, especially for the multitudes of impoverished young people who inhabit them and similar settlements throughout this troubled, unforgiving land. Children comprise some 50 percent of Sudan’s 39 million people, and for most of... View Details
- 26 Jul 2011
- News
An Entrepreneur of the Arts
In 2010, she founded Growing Through Arts , a company that helps children learn about and explore the arts through books, e-books, toys, games and mobile phone applications. Saying “I am thrilled to bring the love of dance to View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
Above: Teachers in India's daycare system draw on Rocket Learning's digital platform to enhance learning. Photo courtesy Rocket Learning When the news reached Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) as her HBS graduation was approaching that she would receive financial assistance to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 07 May 2020
- News
Ensuring Student Equity
learning programs, food and other basic resources, and health services for more than 1,200 children each week in this underserved community. “We had to rethink the operation of our food pantry. We had to develop learning materials that... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 23 Dec 2009
- News
In the Zone
Geoffrey Canada on a number of large and small special assignments, including a two-year project that analyzed and streamlined the organization’s database so that the information can be used by staff to improve the programs and services that target the 10,000 View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Together Again
building green businesses to winning in emerging markets to rethinking business education. For many, the reunion was a family affair, with children and grandchildren participating in a variety of activities tailored to their interests. To... View Details
Keywords: reunion
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Classmates Rally to Help Family Stricken with Rare Disease
a genetic enzyme deficiency that leads to rapid muscle deterioration and death from respiratory failure, usually before age five. Although fewer than one thousand children worldwide suffer from any form of Pompe's disease, the Crowleys'... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Himalayan Journey
Visions of Bhutan: October 2004 Bhutan photo gallery Prayer flags fluttering gently in the wind; crystalline alpine air; monks’ robes in glowing red; and everywhere warm faces, people smiling, children waving. This is the remote Himalayan... View Details
- 10 Aug 2021
- News
Moving Education Within Reach
worked his day job, “then every Saturday he’d go back to the office to meet with all the children and their parents,” Scheel says. “At one point he was working with about 20 children at once, all at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Portraits from the Class of 2003
Scott St. Germain “When my children are asked, ‘So, what does your father do?’, I hope they will reply, ‘He’s the coach of my baseball team.’” Grew Up: Raynham, Massachusetts Why HBS: case method allows learning from others’ success and... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Action Plan: Border Crossing
Tea’s products. We chose our name because tea evokes a sense of presence, connection, and timelessness.” Rawdon’s desire to foster these cross-cultural connections also led to Tea’s partnership with the Global Fund for Children (GFC), a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Education Revolution
falling short, especially in science and math. “If we don’t take control of our schools,” Compton said, “we are condemning our children to a life of struggle and declining standards of living, and that’s not the life I want to give my... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Life Lessons on the Open Seas
Paul Callahan (MBA 1992) is the captain of his own fate. A freak accident at age 21 left him a quadriplegic. That transformative moment led him, ultimately, to take the helm of Sail to Prevail, a nonprofit that helps disabled children and... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 09 Jun 2015
- News
Lessons in perseverance lead to high-quality schools for Peru
Pilar Deza (OPM 30, 2001) went from opening a nursery in her garage for four neighborhood children to operating some of Peru’s best-run private schools. She faced challenges all along the way, trying to create and operate new schools... View Details