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A new case study by Harvard Business School professor Mihir Desai, “The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations,” explores how historic social injustices should be addressed through the primary example of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre in the U.S.
Gale Fulton Ross tells the story of how she created the Dr. James I. Cash portrait that now hangs in Cash House on the campus of Harvard Business School.
Almost 1 million Rohingya refugees are sinking deeper into despair while sitting idle in a Bangladesh camp they can’t easily leave. But research by Harvard Business School professor Reshmaan N. Hussam shows the opportunity to work might provide a resource more scarce than cash: hope.
Harvard Business School Professor Jan Rivkin explores the School’s first case study, “General Shoe Company,” how the case method came to be at the School, and why it’s still relevant a century later.
An exhibit about the U.S. Steel photo collection at Baker Library represents a stunning of body photographs intended to convey the image of a corporation working in the best interests of its stockholders, employees, the public—and the nation.
Harvard Business School Professor Ryan Raffaelli teams up with Porter Square Books in Cambridge, MA – one of the hundreds of bookstores he’s studied – to explore industries facing shifts in their business models and how they adapt.
Harvard Business School MBA and doctoral students, faculty, friends, and family celebrate as Dean Nitin Nohria speaks to members of the Class of 2016 during Commencement ceremonies.
Workers at Gloucester Marine Railways haul the Roseway, a 135-foot wooden schooner built in Massachusetts in the 1920s. The marine railway has been in use at this spot in Gloucester Harbor since the Civil War.
PEOPLE
In honor of Veterans Day, Harvard Business School is highlighting the leadership, courage, and dedication of student veterans on campus.
The muffins and pastries found in dining rooms and at gatherings around campus are made from scratch in the Harvard Business School kitchen. Kimberly Aguiar, overnight baker, makes sure they come out just right.
At Harvard Business School, there are 25 MBA classrooms with chalkboards that are wiped clean and dried many times every day. The men and women of the housekeeping staff, who often have only 10-20 minutes between classes to clean all nine chalkboards in two rooms each, manage this necessary process with pride.
Claire Wagner is graduating with an MD/MBA from Harvard Business and Harvard Medical Schools. She is the first Class Day speaker to become a mother while at HBS.
Brandon Rapp, Harvard MBA 2019, will give this year’s student address at Class Day. Before coming to HBS, he studied chemical engineering at Yale and taught 9th grade mathematics at his high school alma mater in New Orleans.
Longtime fitness specialist Don Sweatt promotes brain-based training for optimized performance and lifelong fitness and health. Based on the belief that everyone is an athlete, his mind-body approach incorporates drills for vision, balance, and joint mobilization that can benefit all of us.
Manny Simons, Harvard MBA 2012, is the founder and CEO of Akouos, a company working to restore hearing in children who are born deaf due to mutations in single genes.
NEWSPAPERS
When a troubled teen and a respected trooper crossed paths in West Paris, three .45-caliber bullets tore through the air and changed the lives of two Maine men. Each earned his own grim distinction – the first as one of the youngest people in Maine shot by police, the second as one of nine troopers to have used deadly force twice in his career. Portland Press Herald staff writer Matt Byrne reported this story. The video won a New England Emmy award in the societal concerns category.
Stephen Reed was working as a motel clerk when he came face to face with a fugitive couple – the subject of a nationwide manhunt wanted for the 2001 killing of their infant daughter. The encounter changed his life. Portland Press Herald staff writer Gillian Graham reported this story.
For decades, vacationers have come to Old Orchard Beach, known for its offbeat mix of soft sand, pier fries and seaside carnival rides. Portland Press Herald staff writer Gillian Graham reported this story.
Don Saucier of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, will be inducted into the International Candlepin Bowling Association’s Hall of Fame. The five-time world champion was a pin setter before businesses switched to machines. Portland Press Herald staff writer Gillian Graham reported this story.
Andrew Gove, 84, fished for lobsters in Maine’s Penobscot Bay since he was a boy. Gove died in 2020 at age 90. Portland Press Herald staff writer Susan Kimball reported this story.
Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes is working toward a title fight. The World Boxing Council rates her eighth in the world among female welterweights. Lopes, 32, stands 5-feet-7-inches with a wingspan of 70 inches.
During the final 20 minutes of a long, pre-dawn bus ride, Manny Baptista, 19, was ordered to put his head down and close his eyes. Then the brakes screeched, the bus came to a halt, and his silent anticipation gave way to chaos. After eight months of anticipation, joining the Marine Corps became real.
A night in the emergency room at VCA South Shore Hospital. Former Quincy Patriot Ledger staff writer Amy MacKinnon reported this story.
Wally Walper, 59, of Hull, Massachusetts, has lost 130 pounds by walking every day. Three years ago he weighed 330 pounds. Today he weighs 200. The video won a New England Emmy award in the health/science category.