Current Issue
The Late Night Band (Murray Aitken, Carla Harris, Patrick Viguerie, Mike Muench, and Merrill Watts) performing at the reunion gala. See the MBA 1987C notes.
Current Issue
Gayle Hameister, Lara Dolan, Kelsey Morgan, and Jenny Lee bicycling to the Morris-Maurrasse wedding. See the MBA 2011D notes.
May 23 2013
Crime-fighting platform wins President's Challenge
President Drew Faust named Team Nucleik the grand prize winner of the Harvard University President's Challenge for social entrepreneurship, hosted by the Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab).
May 22 2013
Hansjorg Wyss doubles his gift
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has announced that Hansjorg Wyss (MBA 1965), the entrepreneur and philanthropist who enabled the institute's creation in 2009 with a $125 million gift, has donated a second $125 million gift to further advance the institute's pioneering work.
May 22 2013
Aboriginal chancellor Blaine Favel sets priorities for Saskatchewan university post
Blaine Favel, the president of One Earth Oil and Gas and a former chief of the Poundmaker Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, has been appointed chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan. Favel is an alumnus who was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws by the university last year. He is a lawyer and former head of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations who holds a masters of business administration from Harvard.
May 13 2013
Education without limits
When he was filling out the forms to establish his new nonprofit in 2008, Salman Khan paused at the mission statement section. The MIT grad, a math and computer whiz with an MBA from Harvard Business School, thought for a moment, and then jotted down a powerful response: "A free world-class education for anyone anywhere."
May 09 2013
Amy Hood to take on chief financial officer role at Microsoft
Microsoft has named Amy Hood as its first woman chief financial officer, relacing Peter Klein, who will leave at the end of June. Hood, 41, was previously CFO of the business division, where she oversaw the acquisitions of Skype and Yammer, two key moves in Microsoft's strategy to protect its share of the enterprise software market.
May 09 2013
Road Trip
With alumni support, this summer four HBS students will team up with entrepreneurs in America's heartland.
May 07 2013
Innkeeper to the World
Frits van Paasschen, CEO of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, is pushing his hospitality into the global marketplace, with a particular focus on emerging markets.
May 03 2013
Looking Through Glass, Historically
Charlie Wilson's (MBA 1967) research into his grandfather's glassworks takes us back to a bygone era.
Apr 29 2013
Harvard to receive $50 million to speed translation of research into therapies
Harvard University has received a $50 million gift from businessman and alumnus Len Blavatnik to support a major initiative aimed at bridging the "valley of death" — the gap between basic biomedical research and the emergence of new therapies for patients.
Apr 29 2013
The Fastest Rowers Don't Always Make the Fastest Boat
The CEO of Stella & Chewy's, a pet food company based in Milwaukee, discusses lessons learned from her days in crew and track that apply to hiring and team building.
