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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Helping smallholder farmers feed the world
training to impoverished communities worldwide, to create healthy local economies. “More than three million children under age five die each year from preventable, hunger-related causes,” he explains. “That shocks me. I have to make my... View Details
- 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
- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Innovating Education to Create College-Ready Academic Achievers
Ian Rowe (MBA 1993) is navigating a clear path to success for students at Public Prep, a network of tuition-free charter schools in New York City. Like the North Star-shaped model that frames the schools’ mission, Rowe is building a foundation for View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Building a better India through business and philanthropy
chairman of Pratham, the largest non-governmental organization in India, which provides education for underprivileged children with programs such as its “Read India” campaign. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 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
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Keys to the Kingdom
Yorkers in the future.” Added Rhea, who grew up in Detroit and attended its public schools, “I know what it’s like to be from a place where both parents are working hard to help give their children a better life and access to quality... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Last Look
the summer of 1946 or 1947, although budding trees may suggest an earlier season and the automobile (at lower right) a later year. HBS research associate Joan McCue also suspects a picnic may be in progress, or that mothers working or studying at HBS used strollers to... View Details
- 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
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
exchange program for more than 1.5 million young people and teachers. He tells of the lessons he has learned about reforming support for children in foster care, young offenders, gifted and talented children, and schools in general. View Details
- 09 Oct 2019
- News
Building a Tradition of Giving
a cure and maximum impact. Now that his children are young adults, Sternlicht is handing the tradition down. The chairman and CEO of the private alternative investment firm Starwood Capital Group cites as inspiration his own father, a... View Details
- 02 Feb 2017
- News
Enabling Everyone in a Community to Contribute
Karen Fonseth (GMP 19, 2015) is CEO of Direct Action in Support of Community Homes (DASCH), a Canadian not-for-profit organization that operates more than 50 residential and outreach programs for children and adults with intellectual and... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Nourishing the Next Generation
says. Today, California-based Chefables prepares more than 30,000 fresh, from-scratch, and mostly organic meals: think vegetable chow mein, edamame hummus, chicken shawarma, and whole-grain pastas shaped like bunnies or bears—a day for View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Ensuring success through education
Educating a nation of children is Hüsnü Özyeğin’s (MBA 1969) investment in Turkey’s future. The successful self-made businessman and philanthropist is focused on eliminating disparities in education. He has founded dozens of schools and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
Children’s Health Insurance Program [SCHIP] that was rolled out in 1997. Its goal was to insure children who were not covered by private insurance, but whose family income disqualified them from Medicaid. But I found that one of the... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Brahmal Vasudevan, MBA 1997
for underserved children in the markets in which Creador operates in South and Southeast Asia. Vasudevan’s passion for education also extends to HBS, where he has established an endowed fund to support global research and provide... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Play's the Thing
Baron, the first non-European to win the prestigious award. "I think it's a well-made story, and it's funny," said Baron, a former executive with American Express and Coca-Cola who later became a television and movie writer. "It's really about parents and View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment