July 2020
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16 Jul 2020
Harvard Business School Appoints Rob Zeaske Director of Its Social Enterprise Initiative
BOSTON—Harvard Business School (HBS) has named Rob Zeaske (MBA 2002) the new director of its Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI), succeeding Matt Segneri (MBA 2010), who was recently named the Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Executive Director of the Harvard Innovation Labs (i-lab). Read more.
June 2020
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17 Jun 2020
Harvard Business School Introduces 2020-2021 Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship
Lorem IPsumBOSTON—Harvard Business School (HBS) has named its 2020-21 Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship. Launched in 2013, the Blavatnik Fellowship, was part of a gift to Harvard University from the Blavatnik Family Foundation, headed by Len Blavatnik (MBA 1989). The Fellowship was established to support HBS alumni and Harvard-affiliated postdocs in their new ventures around promising life science technologies while developing their leadership talents and providing mentorship during their entrepreneurial journey. To date, Fellows have created 23 companies in categories including therapeutics, information technology, diagnostics, consumer health, and devices, and have collectively raised more than $370M in funding. Read more.
May 2020
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29 May 2020
Harvard Business School Celebrates 110th Class Day and Commencement
BOSTON—Yesterday, for the first time in its 112 years, Harvard Business School (HBS) held its Class Day celebrations and 110th Commencement exercises online via livestream. Read more.
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28 May 2020
Four Harvard Business School Faculty Members Receive Class of 2020 Faculty Teaching Award Honors
BOSTON—In a vote by the Harvard Business School (HBS) MBA graduating class of 2020, students honored faculty members Josh Margolis, Kristin Mugford, Sophus Reinert, and Ting Zhang with a Faculty Teaching Award for their excellence and dedication to teaching, and for the positive impact they had both and in and out of the classroom. Read more.
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28 May 2020
Meet the 2020-2021 Leadership Fellows
BOSTON—The Leadership Fellows Program at Harvard Business School (HBS) is based on University Professor Michael Porter’s vision of developing a network of HBS graduates with cross-sector experience who are committed to addressing societal issues throughout their careers. The fellowship is a two-way commitment in which graduating students are offered once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to experience high-impact management positions in nonprofit and public sector organizations for one year at a competitive salary. At the same time, the hiring organizations leverage the experience, energy, and strategic and analytical skills of MBAs in roles that produce immediate results and build long-term capacity. Read more.
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27 May 2020
Nine Harvard Business School Students Win Dean’s Award for Service to the School and Society
BOSTON—Rachel Brown, Connor Cash, Robbie Dixon, Holly Fetter, Gaby Goldstein, Alexxis Isaac, Melanie Sperling, Ben Sullivan, and Billy Tabrizi, all members of the Harvard Business School (HBS) MBA Class of 2020, have been named recipients of the School’s Dean’s Award. Read more.
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26 May 2020
Claire Wagner Named Harvard Business School’s 2020 Student Class Day Speaker
BOSTON—Claire Wagner (MD/MBA 2020) has been selected as the student speaker for Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Class Day celebration, held this year on Thursday, May 28. Claire was nominated by her peers and her speech was selected out of more than 50 student speeches. She is the first Class Day speaker with a joint degree from the medical school, and the first Class Day speaker to become a mother while at HBS. Read more.
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26 May 2020
HBS Professors Win Wyss Awards for Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students
BOSTON—Two Harvard Business School (HBS) faculty members, Professor Robin Ely and Assistant Professor Kate Barasz, will each receive one of the 13th annual Wyss Awards for Excellence in Mentoring for their work with students in the Doctoral Programs. Read more.
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07 May 2020
Harvard Business Review Announces First Recipient of Clayton M. Christensen Prize
BOSTON, MA—Harvard Business Review has announced the establishment of the Clayton M. Christensen Prize, with Harvard Business School professor Gary Pisano named as the first recipient for his article “The Hard Truth about Innovative Cultures.” Read more.
April 2020
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21 Apr 2020
Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (MBA 1999) and Mezuo O. Nwuneli (MBA 2003) to be Harvard Business School’s Class Day Speakers
BOSTON—Alumni Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (MBA 1999) and Mezuo O. Nwuneli (MBA 2003), leaders in the African agriculture and nutrition landscape, will be Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Class Day Distinguished Speakers on Thursday, May 28, 2020. Read more.