It’s amazing how much we talk about cohesive organizations, cross-functional collaborations, and synergies in classes, but when it comes to sharing alumni rosters, there’s a pervasive stalemate between different schools and colleges at Harvard. This article is about the reluctance of different schools and colleges in universities to share their alumni networks with each other.… Continue reading Why can’t we learn to Share?
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The Curious Case of the Asian Harvard Annual Conference
More than 600 students, faculty, and invited business leaders from around the world attended the 2009 Harvard Asia Business Conference, the largest annual conference Harvard University has to offer. With large delegations flying over from all across Asia and especially entire student delegations and faculty from Chinese universities, this is a conference that embodies much… Continue reading The Curious Case of the Asian Harvard Annual Conference
The Agony of Choice
If you have just arrived at this hallowed establishment, bright-eyed and eager, you may be thinking the hard part is over – writing those essays, studying for the GMAT etc. But no, the toughest challenge lies ahead. But not yet, you will have to wait nearly a year. Then you too will experience the joys… Continue reading The Agony of Choice
Warmth After A Severe Snowstorm
On January 10, 2008, southern China was struck by a violent snowstorm that lasted 3 weeks. The storm killed at least 107 people, destroyed houses and crops, ripped down power lines, and interrupted the water supply. Over 100 Million people were directly affected by the snowstorm. 1.7 million of the population were forced to evacuate… Continue reading Warmth After A Severe Snowstorm
Another Final Four Appearance
The Harvard Business School Soccer team traveled to the land of PinkBerry, In-N-Out Burgers, Snoop Dogg and Sheldon Wong (OC) in what was the team’s first appearance in the annual UCLA MBA Cup. For the second time this year, the team has had to relocate its practice, this time from the streets of Cambridge to… Continue reading Another Final Four Appearance
Building Your Learning Team Relationship
There is no magic formula for a happy Learning Team Relationship (LTR), but I have a few tips from RC and EC experiences: Pixxy-Trixabelle* (22, NA) is distraught. “My Learning Team just dumped me. I thought everything was going so well until last week! How can they leave me at a time like this?” Pixxy-Trixabelle… Continue reading Building Your Learning Team Relationship
Feathered Friends
No, this article is not a study of avian evolution, a treatise on bird reproduction or even a paper investigating turkey migratory patterns (my days of publishing actual academic research are over, much to the joy of the scientific community). I’m concerned with, or at least bemused by, the recent explosion of the on-campus turkey… Continue reading Feathered Friends
The Agony of Choice
If you have just arrived at this hallowed establishment, bright-eyed and eager, you may be thinking the hard part is over – writing those essays, studying for the GMAT etc. But no, the toughest challenge lies ahead. But not yet, you will have to wait nearly a year. Then you too will experience the joys… Continue reading The Agony of Choice
HBS Triumphs in KSG Debate
The HBS debate team recorded an historic victory against KSG in the annual grudge match on April 12th. Hundreds of supporters crammed into the Forum at the Kennedy School to hear the teams debate the motion “Most of the world’s problems are created by governments (and then solved by businesses).” Michael Walsh, Sridevi Raghavan and… Continue reading HBS Triumphs in KSG Debate
Khatami Visit Sparks Protests at KSG
Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami spoke at the Kennedy School of Government last Sunday at the invitation of KSG’s dean, David Ellwood and the faculty. His speech at the Kennedy School was part of a two-week speaking tour across five American cities, and appeared to be the first time Mr. Khatami has been able to… Continue reading Khatami Visit Sparks Protests at KSG
EC Summer Internship Experience – Mountains for Miracles
This summer I had the opportunity, made possible by the SEI Summer Fellowship Program, to work full-time as the Director of Mountains for Miracles, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded last year by HBS and KSG students. Mountains for Miracles is dedicated to supporting innovative pediatric oncology research at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through the… Continue reading EC Summer Internship Experience – Mountains for Miracles
Business Plans for China Dominate Competition
China is one of the most intensely discussed countries in most business conversations today and has found its way into almost every RC course. It is not surprising therefore that the winning business plans for both the traditional and social enterprise (‘concept’ phase) tracks were targeted to Chinese communities. The HBS Business Plan Contest Awards… Continue reading Business Plans for China Dominate Competition
Mountain for Miracles: Students to Climb Summits for Pediatric Cancer Research
Scale seven summits in seven continents within seven months. A group of HBS and Kennedy School of Government students aim to do exactly that to raise funds for research in pediatric oncology. Spearheaded by former U.S. Army officer, John Serafini (MBA/ MPA 2007, Old Section F), the Mountain for Miracles expedition aims to raise $5… Continue reading Mountain for Miracles: Students to Climb Summits for Pediatric Cancer Research
HBS Students Vote that Management Consultants Add No Value
“Management consulting is a pie-eating contest, in the which winning prize is yet more pies,” quips James Crabtree, a student at the Kennedy School and ex-Worlds debater, to the audience at the Leadership & Ethics Forum event last Tuesday. In the time-honored tradition of parliamentary debate, four student speakers took turns arguing for and against… Continue reading HBS Students Vote that Management Consultants Add No Value
KSG-HBS Debate: A Bare Knuckle Showdown
It was with great fan fair and anticipation that these two heralded debate teams met in the historic Kennedy School Forum last Tuesday, March 1st. Festivities began with an air of debauchery as the audience imbibed on free beer and fish crackers. This was the first meeting of what should be an annual tradition on… Continue reading KSG-HBS Debate: A Bare Knuckle Showdown
Democracy in the Middle East: An Oxymoron?
The following is the first of a series of articles on major political issues by Political Columnist Navroz Udwadia (NA). January 30th 2004 saw the Prime Minister of Turkey visit the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), where he gave a speech that focused squarely on an issue of great importance to the world: democracy in… Continue reading Democracy in the Middle East: An Oxymoron?
Live from KSG
On Monday, November 19, Chris Matthews hosted Democratic Presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun on the fifth edition of ‘Hardball: Battle for the White House.’ The series, co-sponsored by the Institute of Politics (IOP) at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), airs live on MSNBC and gives members of the Harvard community an opportunity to ask… Continue reading Live from KSG
CHAMPIONS!
Congratulations to the HBS soccer club, which finished the fall season with a hard-fought 3-2 victory in the finals of the Boston Graduate League. Having finished the regular season in first place, the HBS “A” squad drew the top seed for the post-season tournament. It then proceeded to handily beat Babson 5-1 in the semi-finals.… Continue reading CHAMPIONS!
Live From KSG – Presidential Candidate Dick Gephardt Impresses Harvard Students on MSNBC's Hardball
On Monday November 3, the fourth installment of Hardball: Battle for the White House took place live from the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) with Representative Dick Gephardt and host Chris Matthews. The series, shown live on MSNBC every Monday night, gives students from the Harvard community the opportunity to ask questions of the Democratic… Continue reading Live From KSG – Presidential Candidate Dick Gephardt Impresses Harvard Students on MSNBC's Hardball
Live from KSG
Last Monday evening October 20th, Chris Matthews hosted the second in a series of shows titled Hardball: Battle for the White House, Live from Harvard, hosted by MSNBC and the Institute of Politics (IOP) at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), to a sold-out crowd. The weekly program allows students from the Harvard community to… Continue reading Live from KSG
Dinner with the Prince
So here is why I love Harvard. Last Monday I was scheduled to have afternoon coffee with a 28-year veteran of the U.S. Congress. At very few other places would I have the opportunity to casually mention to a retired congressman after class that I would love to chat with him and would next Monday… Continue reading Dinner with the Prince
Events Around Town
Art & DesignTue., Sept. 30 “Planning for Great Cities.” (Loeb Fellowship Program, GSD) Ofer Manor, chief architect, City of Jerusalem, Israel; Gerald Green, director of planning, City of San Francisco; Ann Coulter, executive vice president, RiverCity Company, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Gund Hall, GSD, 48 Quincy St., 12:30 p.m. Wed., Oct. 1 “American Neoclassical Sculpture: Another Marble… Continue reading Events Around Town
Events Around Town
art/designWed., April 23-“Mnemonic Devices: Structures of Identity, Strategies of Remembrance in Contemporary Art.” (Radcliffe Fellowship Program) Lisa Saltzman. Cronkhite Graduate Center, 6 Ash St., 4 p.m. A wine and cheese reception will follow.Wed., April 23-“Learning from Performers: Lee Mingwei.” (OfA) Lee Mingwei will present slides. Room G-08, Larsen Hall, GSE, 14 Appian Way, 7:30 p.m.… Continue reading Events Around Town
Events Around Town
Wed., April 9 – “An Art World Transformed: Artists and Patrons in 19th Century Calcutta.” (HUAM) Susan S. Bean, curator of South Asian and Korean art and culture, Peabody-Essex Museum. Lecture hall, Sackler Museum, 6 p.m. Thu., April 10 – “The Work of Diller + Scofidio.” (VES) Elizabeth Diller, architect, will discuss the work of… Continue reading Events Around Town
Events Around Town
ArtsTue., Feb. 11- “Artists as Activists: Muslim Women Artists in New York City.” (GSE Arts in Education Program) Munir Jiwa, New School University. Room G-08, Larsen Hall, 14 Appian Way, GSE, 2 p.m. Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible Thu., Feb. 13- “A Changing Picture: European Art Museums Today.” (HUAM) Annamaria Petrioli Tofani,… Continue reading Events Around Town
The Harbus Intraview
My Date With A Former Phone-Sex OperatorBy Kimberly McClure …Well, okay, so I was just trying to get your attention with the title, but the many phone conversations I had with Lincoln Alabaster before we met were just as entertaining …assuming anyone who ever calls phone sex lines is only in it for the laughs.… Continue reading The Harbus Intraview
The Intraview's Post Game Interview
Me ‘n’ Her Goldie: After last week’s Intraview I would have expected you to shut down the entire African dance class so that you and Mike received a private dance lesson surrounded only by the teacher and giddy drummers. What gives? Brooks: I planned the date before I realized others had set the bar so… Continue reading The Intraview's Post Game Interview
Decoding the Culture
Just before starting Power and Influence, I sought a final polishing from a friend of mine. Paula, a newspaper editor, is much worldlier than I am. I told her that I was attempting to adapt to the HBS culture, to sheath the edges of my iconoclasm in wool skirts and blazers. Paula had been in… Continue reading Decoding the Culture
Into the Lion's Mouth
My HBS classmate at the Kennedy School with the spiffy name card seemed certain I could survive the B-School. But first, I’d fish him for information. I was coy: “Any…ad-vice?” I thought he would give me something subtle, something that would allow me to negotiate the complex corridors of the B-School’s culture. “Don’t wear leaves… Continue reading Into the Lion's Mouth
Cross-Registering Across the River
I never intended to cross-register at Harvard’s Business School. As a high school teacher in Wisconsin, I never even intended to attend Harvard. I only applied to goad a former student and graduating senior into applying to Harvard’s undergraduate program. He wouldn’t hear of it. Wisconsin was too removed from Harvard-the great and daunting icon… Continue reading Cross-Registering Across the River
