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01 Sep 2017
News

Case Study: Confidence Builder

Illustration by Suharu Ogawa Illustration by Suharu Ogawa Confi began in 2015 as a free online resource for credible and relatable answers to health questions that women weren’t comfortable asking their friends or partners. In its first... View Details

Keywords: April White; Confi; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2013
News

Making Change

cancer-screening project in southern India as part of my summer internship while at HBS. We used community health workers armed with mobile phones to take pictures of oral cancer patients in rural areas and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; housing; gay rights; diabesity; disability; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Real Estate

01 Sep 2005
News

WATER Ltd.

at the turn of a faucet. Not so for 1 billion other residents of planet Earth, whose day begins quite differently. With their basic health already compromised for lack of water-based sanitation, those less fortunate must also worry that... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2007
News

Rediscovering America

you favor? At HBS and Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, the Public Education Leadership Project www.hbs.edu/pelp/ is focusing national attention on the fact that schools and school districts need... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2016
News

3-Minute Briefing: Katherine Switz (MBA 2000)

normalcy and finish my degree. My professors knew I had a health condition, but that was all. During case discussions, I thought everyone was talking about me, not the CEO. I only told two friends. The shame and stigma keeps you from... View Details

11 Jun 2021
News

The Power of Resilience

team, and through that experience had the opportunity to also share my own personal story at health care conferences and public settings, really advocating for the power of genetic information. I was there... View Details

04 Sep 2019
News

Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

and commercialize medical diagnostic tools that will, ultimately, improve health outcomes. Lee’s DZD was one of the inaugural startups in 2016 at the Life Lab, a state-of-the-art wet lab and coworking space in Allston for Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

13 Jun 2017
News

Finding Common Ground

devices were.” CollaborateUp specializes in bringing corporations, government agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations together to take on big, complex issues, such as endangered species trafficking, international food security, and access to View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

26 Oct 2020
News

A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions

of the building and the MSO, describe how transformative this project has been for the region, and talk about the sustainability of the organization,” says Hung, who also serves on the board of the MSO. “He’s a tremendous leader and he’s... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Health Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG... View Details

14 Feb 2019
News

Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change

HBS Professor Mike Toffel; Jeremy Grantham (MBA 1966), cofounder and Chief Investment Strategist of GMO, LLC; Gina McCarthy, Director of C-CHANGE (Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of... View Details

01 Mar 2007
News

Daniel Vasella

the test as he methodically refashioned the two old-line chemical companies with disparate corporate cultures into a single entity focused on health care and powered by an innovative approach to R&D. Today, Novartis is one of the world’s... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; multinational pharmaceutical company; prescription drugs; vaccines; Medicare; generics business; Health, Social Assistance

November 2020
Supplement

Improving Access at VA (Update)

By: Ryan W. Buell

In November 2020, Chief Veterans Experience Officer, Lynda Davis, and Deputy Chief Veterans Experience Officer, Barbara C. Morton reflect on a busy four years leading the Veterans Experience Office at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The case provides an update... View Details

Keywords: Government; Service Management; Leading Change; Transformation; Service Operations; Management; Health Care and Treatment; Government Administration; Performance Improvement; Public Administration Industry; United States

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Purchase

19 Aug 2013
News

Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers

value to their products. At the time, Keshavjee was the head of the Aga Khan Foundation in East Africa, a major development agency, and believed that the best way to sustain health and education initiatives was through income generation... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Management

Profile

Inessa Lurye

MBA/MPP degree at HBS and Harvard Kennedy School, Inessa helped expand the reach of the HBS Design Club, and fulfilled a field project at Harvard Art Museums that developed art workshops designed around specific group interests. One thing... View Details

01 Apr 2025
Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Miami

Are you interested in connecting with other alumni leveraging their careers to confront climate change? BEI invites HBS Alumni to join our Alumni in Climate Networking Series for a chance to connect with local alumni to discuss ideas, trends, opportunities, and... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope

going to be taught this year, and we’re asking students to focus on how Apple and Google managed a public health crisis, where literally millions of people were dying from COVID-19 around the globe. Was it... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

13 May 2014
Op-Ed

The Alibaba Effect

ago. It has done more for China's small- and medium-sized enterprises than any government policy, ministry, or bank. Alibaba's only limits are those imposed by the speed at which these enterprises continue to grow. Health and welfare... View Details

Keywords: by Bill Kirby & Warren McFarlan; Retail

20 Feb 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Building Resilience - Mumbai’s Journey to Sustainable Water Management

infrastructure to informal settlements can enhance public health outcomes and ensure more inclusive access to services. Additionally, testing wastewater for infectious diseases could provide valuable data... View Details

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