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- 18 Nov 2014
- News
Providing relief when disaster strikes
Erik Dyson (MBA 1999) uses the management skills he learned at HBS to lead All Hands Volunteers, a nonprofit that coordinates volunteers around the world to help communities affected by natural disasters. (Published November 2014) View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Students Reach Out to Haiti
Several student relief efforts sprang up in the wake of February’s earthquake in Haiti. Partners In Health, which has been working in the country for over twenty years, was the beneficiary of choice for many of the first-year section... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Japan Crisis
The HBS Alumni Web site facilitated information-sharing regarding alumni and conditions in Japan following that country’s March earthquake and tsunami. In addition, the MBA Classes of 2005–2012 launched an online relief effort to accept... View Details
Keywords: disaster relief
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Lessons from the Tsunami Disaster
firsthand experience: He spent seven weeks during January and February helping the field leadership of five United Nations relief agencies develop overall strategy and serving as deputy director for Mercy Corps, an innovator in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Giving All Stakeholders a Voice
For John Wu (MBA 2000), “Web3” means more than technological innovation. “It’s a mindset,” he says of the movement toward a decentralized internet that accelerates innovation and gives end users greater collaboration with businesses. “It’s a transformative shift in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 24 Mar 2023
- News
Exploring Talent Markets; Aid for Turkey
Harvard community in Istanbul and gather a group to describe how this disaster has impacted the most vulnerable, especially the estimated 1,000 children in Turkey left orphaned by the earthquakes. "Our purpose was to raise awareness and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
iStock The faculty, students, and staff of Harvard Business School are thinking about the people of Turkey and Syria who were impacted by the recent earthquake. We have all been touched by the loss of life, the hopeful stories of survival, and the rapid response of... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
ended up in landfills, as organizations scrambled to meet food, shelter, and medical needs first. She could offer a percentage of her sales at VPL, but in the face of a tsunami-sized tragedy, her contributions would be reduced to metaphorical pennies. “The magnitude of... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 25 Jun 2019
- News
After the Storm
It’s fitting that Erik Dyson’s HBS interview was conducted over a pay phone in Costa Rica, where he and his wife, Debbi, were finishing a three-year program for Habitat for Humanity. Now the CEO of the disaster View Details
Keywords: Paul Flannery
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Yurt Man
ZWERN, WITH “GLIMMER”: At Burning Man, a cool yurt has potential for disaster relief and housing for much of the world. Arthur Zwern (MBA ’85) and his solar-powered Hexayurt generated buzz at this year’s... View Details
- 21 Jun 2016
- News
Rescuing Families from ISIS-Led Genocide
Aziza’s main tasks have been fundraising and working with community and government officials to create a process that will facilitate the sponsorship of more families. “We’d love to have the funds to do something on a larger scale,” says Aziza, an outspoken critic of... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
months - the mayor, under a new term-limits law, was barred from seeking reelection. Only a few days before, Lhota recalls, he and Giuliani had spoken about "how fortunate we were that the city had not had a major disaster during our... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues
coronavirus relief programs. With frequently asked questions about the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loans, as well as 10 tips for small businesses and an extensive list of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
Disaster Relief Fund. In an e-mail to classmates, they explained, "These men and women moved selflessly into the buildings, and there is no eloquence that properly captures the balance of the lives they... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
going to Ukrainian relief funds. (Poznansky also encourages anyone looking to help launch a Buy Ukrainian campaign or who knows of Ukrainian companies exporting goods or services to the USA to contact him at joelpoz@hotmail.com.) “It does... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, we spent a lot of time thinking about how the stages of disasters unfold: the early needs of immediate relief and then the longer-term needs of recovery. At BlackRock, COVID... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
children, especially from low-income communities; also a founder of Ashoka University The pandemic has been a disaster for education overall and has exacerbated inequity as well. Unlike in the United States and Europe, all public and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie