February 2008

• 27 Feb 2008

  Harvard Business School’s 2+2 Admissions Application Now Available

  The MBA application for Harvard Business School's 2+2 program, including all instructions, policies, and materials, became available today online: https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=hbs-da. HBS 2+2 is a first-of-its-kind deferred MBA admissions program designed to reach qualified college students, especially those who may not typically consider business as a career path or business education as a future option. Read more.

• 21 Feb 2008

  NFL Players to Participate in Custom Executive Education Program at Harvard Business School

  On February 24, more than thirty NFL players representing teams from across the league, including the New England Patriots, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Seattle Seahawks, will travel to Harvard Business School (HBS) to take part in an executive education program that addresses the unique business opportunities and challenges faced by NFL players during and following their professional football careers. Read more.

• 19 Feb 2008

  Harvard Business School Launches Institutional Memory Website Commemorating Centennial

  As part of its Centennial celebration, Harvard Business School (HBS) today launched the Institutional Memory website. The interactive, multi-media site captures the history of the School through personal narratives and recollections of generations of faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Read more.

• 14 Feb 2008

  Harvard Business School Sets Out Centennial Activities

  Harvard Business School (HBS) will mark its Centennial in 2008 with a yearlong celebration of innovation and achievement and a series of special events designed to frame management education and research in the decades to come. Read more.

• 13 Feb 2008

  Harvard Business School Community Partners Receives President's Council on Service and Civic Participation Pro Bono Award

  At a ceremony last night at the Harvard Club of New York, The President's Council on Service and Civic Participation presented a Pro Bono Award to Harvard Business School (HBS)recognizes the exceptional contributions volunteers are making to our nation. Read more.

• 07 Feb 2008

  Harvard Business School Faculty Members Win Smith Breeden Prize for Distinguised Paper in Finance

  Harvard Business School assistant professors Lauren H. Cohen and Christopher J. Malloy, both members of the School's Finance Unit, have recently won the 2007 Smith Breeden Prize, which recognizes the top three papers published in The Journal of Finance in any area other than corporate finance. Their paper, Supply and Demand Shifts in the Shorting Market (coauthored with Karl B. Diether of the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University) examines the link between the shorting market and stock prices. Read more.