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...biggest debates is about whether it should be for profit or not for profit,” she said in her speech. “In short, I think there’s room for both.” Michael Chu, a senior lecturer of business administration at HBS and former president of microlending firm Accion International, was also a guest and welcomed the crowd to a night of “microfinance and Natalie Portman.” Doug Henry, who is in his second year at HBS and is one of the vice presidents of international development...
...million to non-profit organizations, the biggest donation the club has made up to date. Grants of $180,000 each will go to five education-oriented non-profits in the Greater New York area. The gift will provide another $200,000 for need-based scholarships at Harvard Business School (HBS), as well as full scholarships for two Harvard MBA students who focus on non-profit management. The club’s members provide about $1 million worth of pro bono consulting every year, but this year marks the first time that HBSCNY will offer a gift approaching this size, along...
...million non-profit Ayala Foundation, whose goal is to strengthen Filipino culture, public education, and the leadership skills of Filipino youth. Since he became president of the corporation in 1995, Zobel has built Ayala’s ties with what V. Kasturi Rangan—an HBS professor whose work influenced Zobel—calls the “base of the pyramid” of Filipino society. Rangan said in an e-mail that Zobel and his brother moved the family’s business “decisively in the direction of improving the lives of the millions...
...believe the world is going to evolve pretty soon.” Over 200 people attended the event. They were treated to an autumn-themed reception following the formal ceremony and unveiling, complete with gold, bell-shaped cookies that covered with icing spelling out “HBS 1908-2008.” Harvard’s 17 other Danilov bells will remain in Lowell House until Commencement in June, when they will sound for the last time before returning to Moscow and being replaced with the new bells. Harvard’s new set was sanctified by the Patriarch...
Applying to business school is no longer the exclusive domain of alums with several years of business experience under their belts. Harvard Business School (HBS) last week unveiled a new, first-of-its-kind program that allows college juniors to apply to its Masters in Business Administration (MBA) program. Students accepted to this “2+2” deferred admissions program will spend two years after graduation working, and then matriculate to HBS for a regular two-year MBA. HBS plans to support admitted 2+2 students by helping them find jobs and organizing networking events...