Word: careers
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...member Paul Jackel ’78, and Becky Gulsvig, who plays the plucky, ambitious lead character, Elle Woods. More than just an opportunity to watch free excerpts from a hit musical, the panel inspired and encouraged current students who learned about Harvard’s influence on the careers of successful alumni in the performing arts.“This was one of those crazy Harvard moments that would only happen here, where the resources just all came together and it’s with something that we’re truly interested in and excited about...
What do Valentino, Vera Wang, and Disney princesses have in common? They all serve as muses for Hoi L. “Helen” Tsim ’10, a student designer who started her fashion career by envisioning dresses for Barbie dolls. “When I was young, Disney princesses were my idols...
...variety of topics being discussed, the diversity of the academics’ approaches contributes to the conference’s appeal. “There have been several generations of scholarship on Warhol which will be represented on the panel. You have very eminent scholars and you have mid-career scholars and graduate students, so it will be almost three generations of conversation,” says Helen Molesworth, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Fogg, who will be a respondent at the conference. Although the event is drawing a wide range of scholars to Harvard for the weekend, Buchloh...
...significant difference in firm performance. He hoped that firms can benefit from these results by realizing that hiring star workers will not guarantee that the worker will succeed in the new environment. The authors also had advice on an individual level. Abraham said that individuals should make prudent career decisions, and when transferring to a different job, the individual should consider how his success will be related to his co-workers. Groysberg said that he will continue to conduct research on individual performance to better understand how to optimize a firm’s success...
...Instead, Americans need the pragmatic leadership that Barack Obama has amply demonstrated during his career in public service. Proving this maturity, he rejected a politically popular gas tax holiday last summer that would have reduced federal revenue without saving consumers money. He bases his decisions on science and empirical research, which the Bush administration has so emphatically rejected. James Heckman, a Nobel laureate in economics asked to review policy proposals by the Obama campaign, testified to this, noting, “I’ve never worked with a campaign that was more interested in what the research shows...