Every year for the past decade, MBA students who have served in the Armed Forces spend two days in a military tent outside of Spangler Hall to raise money to support the New England Center for Homeless Veterans (NECHV). The problem is bigger than you might think. While there are no national records on homeless [...]
Annual Tent Drive for Homeless Veterans
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Apr 202010
Rugby Player Profile
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Oct 192009
POSITION: Inside Center. It allows me to run at people that are hopefully slower than me. HOMETOWN: Philadelphia. I’m actually one of the meat carcasses that Rocky punches in the meat cooler in the movie. WHERE DID YOU PLAY RUGBY BEFORE HBS? I used to play touch rugby for the Marines in the sands of [...]
Accepting the Torch on January 20th
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Oct 272008
On January 20th, 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy proclaimed in his inaugural speech that “the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans–born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage.” It was a humble declaration that his generation would take on the challenge [...]
Saving Capitalism from Itself
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Oct 202008
Larry Summers’ keynote at the centennial business summit argues that business leaders must change their thinking to consider the threats against capitalism. The final plenary session of the Centennial Business Summit surfaced ideas that many of the participants were thinking throughout the conference: How will the form of capitalism we all know and love transform [...]
Student Perspective Maura Sullivan (NI)
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Apr 072008
President Faust, Dean Light, Deans from across Harvard University, Distinguished Faculty, Administration and Staff, Celebrated Alumni, welcomed guests, and fellow students, it is an honor to be speaking to you today on this exciting occasion of the Centennial Celebration of the founding of Harvard Business School. My name is Maura Sullivan and I am a [...]
Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis Visits HBS
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Feb 042008
Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis (HLS ’60) spoke at HBS on December 11 at the invitation of the HBS Democrats Club. Dukakis’ speech focused on the importance of grassroots, precinct-based political campaigning. In fact, he attributed the success of his campaigns to successful recruitment of precinct captains and block captains to coordinate local campaign activities. [...]
Operation Appreciation
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Oct 292007
He may be able to grab a number of magazines and books in the COOP these days, but during Christmas of 2001 Nate Fick (OH) was in the mountains of Afghanistan with little for entertainment. “I will never forget how good it felt to get care packages,” the former U.S. Marine Capt. said. “Reading materials [...]
Goddess Worship
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Apr 022007
The world was enraged when artifacts from our cradle of civilization were destroyed and stolen during the invasion of the Iraqi National Museum in April 2003. Among these artifacts was one of the museum world’s most precious, the Warka Vase, dating back to 3,000 B.C. The ancient carvings on the Warka Vase depicted the religious [...]
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