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- 30 Nov 2021
- News
Cold Calculations
Courtesy Steve Payne The Arctic Ice Project is pursuing a radical solution to climate change: restoring the Arctic ice. “The project’s scientists believe that a thin layer of hollow glass microspheres—spread in strategic, limited... View Details
- 16 Jan 2014
- News
Learning from Helping Others
marketed credit cards for Chemical Bank, then MasterCard. But she always found time to volunteer, recording books for the visually impaired, and reading to elementary school students on her lunch hour. A... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
The Sparkles in Our Skies
Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Aether Diamonds makes its precious gems out of thin air—literally. The three-year-old company uses carbon dioxide drawn from the atmosphere to synthesize stones that are View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
and to be generous with our time," she says. Scher's father ran an environmentally responsible chemical company. Her mother was a professor of economics, an environmental activist, View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
New MBA Leadership Course
Paine: “We want students to realize their full potential as business leaders.” Courtesy HBS Communications When Andy Mulkerin (HBS ’05), a chemical engineer by training, came to HBS he knew that his class would be the first to take... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
three major cities. The first six years of my life were in Calcutta. Then we moved to Delhi, where I finished my schooling at St. Columba’s. Afterward I enrolled at IIT Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and earned a View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 11 Jul 2025
- News
Utah Club Dives into Great Salt Lake’s Challenges; Colorado Alumni Talk Defense Over Breakfast
lake. It’s unique. And then you realize, if we don’t have that water, then we don’t have the great snow. And there are chemicals like arsenic that sit in the dust View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
help address the climate change crisis by removing excess carbon dioxide right out of the atmosphere. The promise of this approach has launched a raft of companies that not only capture but also store and even reuse the carbon—creating an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
Cashing in on the $60 billion global luxury goods market has never been tougher — or more rewarding. Competition is keen. And consumer preferences are constantly shifting, causing the concept of luxury itself to change over time. As a... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change
would take a German commodity chemical business to a major position in detergents and perfumes, that Eileen Friars would trade in her jeans and long tresses View Details
Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
less well-to-do, there were enclosed cars with large, glass windows and upholstered seats. Regardless of means, early train passengers were struck by the speed at which they moved. Laura Ingalls Wilder,... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
among many other things. For Vescovo, it’s about the possibilities. The deeps could hold the answers to pressing questions on dry land: “We’re collecting biological samples and genetically sequencing them. We may find things that have... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
everything from mangoes to light bulbs to plastic flowers. Just across the road is Fort Railway Station, a major transportation hub used by over 200,000 people every day. For now, this spot at the water’s edge is no more than an ad hoc parking lot, spotted with broken... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
chemicals and pharmaceuticals; and computers, Silicon Valley, and the Internet. From the past eighty years of "relentless change," McCraw offers... View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
On the Road Less Traveled
commitment to academics would see him earn a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Rochester and eventually HBS. After HBS, Ed would begin a storied investment career, eventually becoming CEO... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
management is particularly relevant in a global business,” she adds. “I knew every single department store owner in every part of the world we did business in. I always took a special gift from Mrs. Lauder and sat down for a View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
As a way to delve deeper into the link between motivation and creativity, Amabile and her husband, psychologist Steven J. Kramer, conducted a three-year study of 238 professionals from seven companies in the... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
Guillaume and Wendy Perben (MBA 2002) Children: Jasmine (6); Julien (4) Wendy’s marketing career has involved travel all over the world. Now based in Switzerland, she and her husband have recently launched... View Details