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...Hope, elucidates the organization’s focus on restoring the strength of the South Asian culture. “We had shawls and silvers and paintings from the area to show people what is lost and what’s to gain by helping this rich culture grow back,” Tanguturi said. Photographs by Mustafa Hadi and Ann McGhee’s painting “Old Cherry Tree by the Charles”—the most expensive piece in the auction at $1,700—highlighted the event’s collection...
...Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston, Mayor Jerry Abramson of Louisville Metro, Ky., and Heather Campion, the group executive vice president for corporate affairs at Citizens Bank. Both Menino and Abramson stressed that business communities are eager to provide resources to benefit local communities, because it ultimately helps their business grow and assures future employees. “Ninety-nine percent of the companies out there have a social conscience,” said Menino. “You have to realize that they are eager to talk to the mayor and are very willing to help.” Menino...
Artemisinin is critical to fighting malaria, a deadly global problem that kills up to 3 million people annually. The compound is found in wormwood plants that grow in Southeast Asia but costs $2.40 a dose. In developing countries, that might as well...
...headlined by keynote speaker Daniel Vasella, the CEO of pharmaceutical giant Novartis International and a past participant in several executive education programs at HBS. Vasella said that increases in life expectancy—along with a decline in birth rates—indicate that the U.S. population will grow older, putting an added burden on the nation’s health care system. “Business knowledge can improve the efficiency and productivity of the health care system,” Vasella said. “One day, you will be asked to act as leaders and make...
...value-free shopping mall. We’re all happy to see the Core go, and the proposed system of distribution requirements will likely lead to happier customers. But, even with beefed-up advising, the new system seems woefully unprepared to guide students to “grow in wisdom” as Dexter Gate encourages us to do.Perhaps it is impossible to reach consensus on a list of great books that we all should learn, but can’t we still make the argument that there are at least great questions in ethics which we all should carefully...