HBS News Releases: 2001
Harvard University-related information on September 11 terrorist attacks
Back-to-Back Inspiration: Buffett and Welch speak at HBS
BOSTON -- October 19, 2001 -- Two of American business's most well-known icons, Warren Buffett and Jack Welch, addressed standing-room-only crowds of MBA students at Harvard Business School within a day of each other in mid-October. Both men spoke on a range of topics, from the tragedy of September 11 and the state of the economy to the passion that drove their personal journeys to corporate leadership.
Harvard Professor Michael Porter to Lead New Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness
CAMBRIDGE -- June 28, 2001 -- Harvard University announced today the establishment of a new interdisciplinary Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness (ISC) based at Harvard Business School and directed by Michael E. Porter MBA '71, Ph.D. '73. One of the world's leading authorities in these fields, Porter is Harvard's Bishop William Lawrence University Professor.
Harvard Business School Awards 847 Degrees During Diploma Ceremonies
BOSTON -- June 7, 2001 - For the 91th time since its founding in 1908, Harvard Business School awarded degrees during diploma ceremonies on June 7 at the School's campus in Boston. The ceremony was part of Harvard University's 350th Commencement activities.
Leng Lim, MBA 2001, Speaks at Harvard University's 350th Commencement
BOSTON -- June 7, 2001 -- Leng L. Lim received his Harvard MBA this morning during the University's 350th graduation exercises. But that wasn't his only notable achievement. Chosen as one of three Commencement orators, he spoke as the representative of all Harvard graduate students earning their degrees today.
Five Receive Alumni Achievement Award
BOSTON -- June 2, 2001 -- At a special Reunion Weekend Presentation on Saturday, June 2, five distinguished alumni were honored by Harvard Business School with the Alumni Achievement Award, which is given annually to graduates who embody the very highest standards of professional achievement.
Winning Business Plans at Harvard Business School Feature Solutions to Pressing Health-Care Problems
BOSTON - May 1, 2001 - The bubble may have burst on dot-coms but entrepreneurship is alive and flourishing at Harvard Business School (HBS). A total of eight teams of students -- four of them representing social enterprise ventures-- competed yesterday in the final round of the fifth annual HBS Business Plan Contest held on the School's campus.
Harvard Business School and China's Tsinghua University Join Forces in Beijing
BOSTON - March 2, 2001 - Nearly 90 senior Chinese executives from the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan gathered recently in Beijing to participate in a unique new executive education program created by a strategic alliance between Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management.
Nearly 700 Attend Women's Business Conference at Harvard Business School
BOSTON - January 20, 2001 - The Women's Student Association at Harvard Business School celebrated its 10th annual conference today with a wide array of panels and keynote addresses featuring leaders from business, academia, and the nonprofit sector. For the first time, the conference also honored five HBS alumnae with awards recognizing their accomplishments in professional services, leadership, industry, entrepreneurship, and social enterprise.
Professor Thomas Kennedy, Harvard Labor Relations Expert, Dies At 88
BOSTON - January 4, 2001 - Thomas Kennedy, long a renowned professor and authority on labor relations at Harvard Business School as well as a highly respected arbitrator in disputes between unions and management, died on Wednesday, December 27, 2000, at Kendal, a retirement community in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. He was 88 years old.
