Press Releases

27 May 2022

Harvard Business School Celebrates 112th Commencement

HBS held its 112th Commencement exercises, with a diploma ceremony on its campus in Boston—the first in-person commencement in three years, as the previous two ceremonies were held virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more.

26 May 2022

Harvard Business School Honors Five Graduates with Alumni Achievement Award

HBS has conferred its most important honor, the Alumni Achievement Award, on five distinguished graduates. Included as part of the School’s Commencement ceremony, the award highlights examples of outstanding leadership for HBS’s graduating students. Read more.

26 May 2022

Harvard Business School’s MBA Class of 2022 Celebrates Class Day

BOSTON—Yesterday, all 770 members of the Harvard Business School (HBS) MBA Class of 2022 gathered in the sunshine on Baker Lawn to celebrate the first in-person Class Day in two years, in advance of today’s Commencement exercises. Along with their family, friends, and guests, they honored five Alumni Achievement Award recipients and six faculty teaching award recipients, and listened to the wise words of their classmates. Read more.

25 May 2022

Meet the 2022-23 Leadership Fellows

HBS has announced the 2022-23 HBS Leadership Fellows, who will work at a wide range of organizations across fields like education, healthcare, impact investing, and the public sector. Read more.

25 May 2022

Four Harvard Business School Students Win Dean’s Award for Service to the School and Society

Aaron Hancock, Peter James Kiernan, Bethany Rolan, and April Weathers, all members of the Harvard Business School (HBS) MBA Class of 2022, have been named recipients of the School’s Dean’s Award. Read more.

23 May 2022

Four Harvard Business School Faculty Members Receive Class of 2022 Faculty Teaching Award Honors

Students from the Harvard Business School (HBS) graduating class of 2022 honored four faculty members with Faculty Teaching Award honors. Mattias Fibiger, Nori Gerardo Lietz, Emily McComb, and David Moss, were recognized for their excellence and dedication to teaching, and for the positive impact they had both in and out of the classroom. Read more.

23 May 2022

Harvard Business School Professors Win Wyss Awards for Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students

Two Harvard Business School (HBS) faculty members, Professor Francesca Gino and Associate Professor Charles C.Y. Wang, received one of the 14th annual Wyss Awards for Excellence in Mentoring for their work with students in the Doctoral Programs. Read more.

18 May 2022

Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Peter James Kiernan

Peter James Kiernan (MBA 2022) has been selected as the student speaker for Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Class Day celebration, held this year on Wednesday, May 25. Class Day honors graduating students, and typically takes place on the day before the School’s and University’s official graduation ceremonies. It is planned and conducted by a committee of second-year MBA students. Read more.

17 May 2022

Harvard Business School Announces Harris Family Fund for Sports Management and Alternative Investments

HBS has received a $5 million gift from Josh Harris (MBA 1990) and his wife Marjorie to establish the Harris Family Fund for Sports Management and Alternative Investments. Read more.

21 Apr 2022

Harvard Business School Announces Inaugural Cohort of Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society Visiting Faculty Fellows

HBS has announced the inaugural cohort of the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) Visiting Faculty Fellows, who will be joining the school this fall. Read more.