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- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
Download Wendell Weeks profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1959 Born, Reno, Nevada 1981 Earns BS, Accounting, Lehigh University 1983 Joins Corning 1987 Earns MBA 2001 Named President, Corning Optical View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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Kraft Accelerator
cures, and what wasn’t. Together, we built a community that tore apart the ecosystem and found new ways to engage patients, leverage data, identify best-in-class clinical trial models, and innovate funding methods. Now, we’re sharing the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Turning Point: Make Your Life Count
Prison. This was the result of Iran’s state-sanctioned persecution of Bahá’ís, which continues to this day. I was two years old. It was freezing in Idaho Falls when we landed but the local Bahá’í community welcomed us at the airport with... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Turning Point: Network Effects
including at-risk youth, survivors of domestic violence, refugees, immigrants, and first responders. We also help grief-stricken areas, whether it’s a community recovering from a natural disaster or the site of a mass shooting. Meeting... View Details
Keywords: Bruce Shuttleworth (MBA 1997)
- 14 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Making the MBA Degree More Accessible
education. Naming and acknowledging the impact of these lived experiences explicitly can be incredibly affirming—and allows people to see that there are members of our community who’ve had similar pathways,... View Details
- 16 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Insights and Inspiration: A Look Back at the Summer Venture in Management Program
ways to go about life and grow as a person. What was the SVMP participant community like? When you put together a classroom of individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences it sparks meaningful conversations. Thinking back to the... View Details
- 16 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Journey: Sophie Levin (MS/MBA 2022) - How Risk Can Be the Key to a Sustainable Future
cell-cultured meat—especially in transforming industries like pet food. An environmental impact study found that pet food - with its high protein content - is responsible for 25-30% of the environmental View Details
- 14 May 2013
- Blog Post
MBAxAmerica Update: Week 6, New Orleans
Village staff, program alumni, successful start-ups, early stage start-ups, impact investors, and the head of the Louisiana Buyout Fund. We also looked at recently released data from the Greater New Orleans View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 30 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
Unexpected Conversations at HBS
the next day. The conversation started with the contents of the talk but quickly grew to encompass thoughts on family, legacy, and obligations to varying communities in our life. The conversation referenced personal beliefs and values... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
HBS Collaboration Helps Management Education for Minority Students
in business education at institutions of higher learning serving primarily African Americans and Hispanic Americans. "It is an issue of national importance that minority communities achieve economic success," Aguilar says. "So we want to... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: Ruling the Waves
rules (legal strictures, backed by enforcement). While she begins by discussing the impact of developments such as the printing press and ocean navigation, Spar focuses on the communications technologies of... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Church on Sunday, Work on Monday
In Church on Sunday, Work on Monday: The Challenge of Fusing Christian Values with Business Life, Laura Nash and Scotty McLennan explore the gap that exists between Christian ideals and the realities of business life at a time when many are searching for guidance in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Health-Care Initiative to Leverage Ongoing Efforts
activities and to facilitate new work that will enhance our understanding of this important field.” “Our main goal is to increase our critical mass in this field by fostering a community of faculty, researchers, students, and alumni that... View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023): Solving Big Problems Through Entrepreneurship
at Mawa Modular – a startup designing modular shelters for refugees in Jordan – I discovered that innovative business models can be as impactful as product design. This experience solidified my desire to join a program that would equip me... View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
Clean Air Act was one of the first and most influential federal environmental laws—and many in the business community saw benefits from a national strategy to combat pollution. Prof. Michael Toffel Prof. Michael Toffel Now, as the world... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
New Fellowship Program Encourages Young MBAs to Work for Nonprofits
deep knowledge of the challenges facing communities and society.” To date, some eleven organizations from Boston to Brazil have indicated they would be interested in hiring Service Leadership Fellows. This enthusiastic response suggests... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- News
Bringing Power to the People
view, in terms of climate change, etc. It really has some impact. But it also has direct impact on the population. So, it’s about being green, it’s about being cheap, and it’s also about giving back to the View Details
- 18 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation
Adaptation The program started with an interactive simulation about a city grappling with the threats of extreme heat, increased flooding, other climate-driven disruption, and those impacts on both public health and economic development.... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
7 Resolutions for Recruiting in the New Year
for your company to improve and resource the departments tasked with executing on those changes appropriately. 4. Resolve to Close the LoopClear communication is an important part of any successful recruiting process. Resolve to evaluate... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 06 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower
co-producing knowledge with those who will most benefit from it: the residents of the communities they study. "The common process of thinking is that from over here in our ivory tower at Harvard, we are supposed to find the knowledge,... View Details