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24 Apr 2014
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Fighting the diabetes epidemic using mobile phones

Through Jana Care, a start-up he cofounded in Bangalore, India, Sidhant Jena (SPH 2011, MBA 2011) is building affordable diagnostics and evidence-based lifestyle coaching programs on mobile phones to make diabetes management cheaper,... View Details

01 Sep 2004
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HBS Business Plan Contest

HBS Service Leadership Fellows Program encourages graduating students to gain experience in nonprofit and public-sector organizations through a one-year fellowship program. The 2004 fellows were chosen from 71 applicants. Fellows and... View Details

01 Dec 2010
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Innovation Lab to Open in ’11

access to Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, and a program of related activities to deepen their understanding of entrepreneurship and innovation. “Our goal is to drive innovation by connecting entrepreneurial teams, not only across the Charles... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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From Das’s Desk

whenever you need us. With that in mind, we are piloting some new programs to make the learning and the connecting that happens at reunions more relevant and lasting. At the spring reunions, we’re offering Pathbreakers sessions, where... View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas

23 May 2019
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Michael G. Mullen, AMP 109, 1991

Management Program 2003 Appointed Vice Chief of Naval Operations 2004 Assumes command, US Naval Forces Europe & Allied Joint Force Command Naples 2005 Appointed Chief of Naval Operations 2007 Appointed Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff 2011... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 1997
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Quick Studies

School's first-ever January cohort–a group of approximatel 250 students who entered in January 1996 and completed the entire MBA program in eighteen months straight. In the following pages, the Bulletin profiles six members of the Class... View Details

17 Mar 2017
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Schwarzman on Blackstone and the Value of an MBA

market leader with $330 billion dollars in assets under management. Along the way, he has emerged as a patron of education, best known for launching the Schwarzman Scholars, an academic and cultural immersion program designed to foster... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

21 Feb 2017
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Wilson Claims Title of Fastest American Solo Sailor

Bulletin is considered “the Mt. Everest of the seas.” This year’s competition was his second successful solo ocean race. He soundly bested his time in the 2008-9 edition of the race of 121 days and 41 minutes. While battling storms, rough seas, and a gimpy GPS system,... View Details

Keywords: Vendee Globe

01 Jan 2017
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Sphere of Influence

incubators that offer training, education, and networking opportunities to women of all backgrounds and social classes. “For a program to succeed, it needs to be integrated—through partnerships—into local communities and within... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Understanding the global economy from a new perspective

principal global challenges can be addressed more effectively if our two countries work in complementary ways.” The Paulson Institute takes a “think-and-do” approach to its work on US-China relations, through publications and programs... View Details

01 Mar 2011
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Harvard Center Shanghai Names New Executive Director

Jeffrey Williams (MBA ’82) has been named the inaugural executive director of the Harvard Center Shanghai. Opened in March 2010, the center, a joint venture of HBS and the Harvard China Fund, supports a wide range of activities, including HBS Executive Education View Details

Keywords: clubs; alumni; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Sep 2018
News

In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal

diverse personalities.” Travel trio: Exercise right off the plane. Find really great coffee in a new café. Bring lavender oil: “If I put some on my pillow, I have a sense of being at home.” Game changer: Launch X, an accelerator program... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 1997
News

Ronald P. Mitchell

deficits," says the genial second-year student. As president of the Student Association (SA), one of Mitchell's primary tasks was to bring concessions - student-run businesses offering goods and services such as stationery supplies and dry cleaning - under the auspices... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Jun 1997
News

Carla Small

during my first year at HBS!" Small says. Be it personally or professionally, the soft-spoken Small has been involved with family issues since her days as an undergraduate at Dartmouth College, where she was a peer counselor in an alcohol-abuse prevention View Details

Keywords: Linda Goodspeed

01 Jun 2019
News

City on a Hill

and families, and also hosts conferences and retreats for groups both large and small. Taken together, the programming presents a forward vision for the region, Marietta says. “If our future economy is going to be based on outdoor... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

01 Aug 2001
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

for the School, how HBS might catalogue all its continuing education offerings, how best to market the current programs, and what new programs might be added to the menu. The School now offers three continuing education View Details

Keywords: John Hoffman

07 Sep 2021
News

Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity

in the world, we don’t want people to be constrained by financial barriers that would prevent them from accessing the School or being successful in the MBA Program or thereafter. So, we think about this as a journey through three time... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

25 Sep 2017
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Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge

Misan Rewane (MBA 2013) had an ambitious goal in cofounding WAVE Academy, an innovative vocational education program that connects its graduates with entry-level jobs within six to eight weeks of completing the program. “We are trying to... View Details

14 Oct 2014
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Sailing lessons give disabled children and adults greater life skills

wonder of the open seas. “Ninety-one percent of the people who go through our program say they have an easier time conquering life’s other challenges,” he says. A competitive sailor who raced in the Paralympic Games in Sydney in 2000 and... View Details

04 Sep 2019
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Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program will build upon students’ existing biotech and life sciences knowledge and equip them with the latest business and scientific insights. The first cohort will start in August 2020. The joint... View Details