37 parents, mentors, and partners participated in class (and learned it’s not as hard as they think). “So, if you were Rick Cohen, what would you do?” Professor David Fubini (MBA ’80) asked the students at Aldrich 010. It was Fubini’s second time teaching the C&S Wholesale Grocers case this year, but unlike last semester’s… Continue reading Families Step in to Experience the Case Method at Section I Parents’ Day
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Mid-show ‘Slip-up’ Lands HBS Show Star in the ER
Rishi Razdan (MBA ’24) said the ‘show must go on’ as he performed through hours of excruciating pain. Trying to emulate the inimitable Matt Weinzierl can be a burden for many, but for Rishi Razdan (MBA ’24), the job proved almost lethal. Razdan starred in the HBS show as the beloved MBA chair, a character… Continue reading Mid-show ‘Slip-up’ Lands HBS Show Star in the ER
Leadership on Stage at the 50th Annual HBS Show
The Show brought together the HBS community for its 50th anniversary to enjoy a hilarious, energetic musical satire about student life featuring exceptionally talented individuals. Every year, a dedicated group of MBA students work together to put on the HBS Show, a musical comedy that satirizes the experience of being a student at HBS. With… Continue reading Leadership on Stage at the 50th Annual HBS Show
Landing Your Dream EC Schedule
Professors, administrators, and students share advice and recommendations for EC course selection. Students arrive at Harvard Business School with little say in how their first year will look academically. It is called “Required Curriculum (RC)” for good reason: all students face the same three-case days, seek help from finance-savvy peers across sections or in their… Continue reading Landing Your Dream EC Schedule
Entertaining New Possibilities
The Media Entertainment and Sports Conference widened the aperture on possible careers in these industries for those with an MBA skillset. This past Sunday, March 26, over 220 students and 50 speakers descended upon the HBS campus to hear from top executives from across multiple sectors within the entertainment industry for the Media Entertainment and… Continue reading Entertaining New Possibilities
What Is the Social Purpose of a Firm?
Aditya Rau (MBA ’24) reflects on the impact of a new RC course and argues for its expansion This was the question on the lips of RCs as they stumbled back into Aldrich after winter break. Dusting off their boots after trekking to Patagonia and their skis after exploring Jackson Hole, first year students gathered… Continue reading What Is the Social Purpose of a Firm?
Reflections from First Semester Through an Academic Lens
Edgard Mejico (MBA ‘24) and Alliyah Gary (MBA ‘24) look back on their first fall semester at HBS The Class of 2024 officially survived the first semester on campus. Even though we are still grasping the concept of three case days (especially on Fridays), we have acquired the ability to skim and summarize cases (lifehack:… Continue reading Reflections from First Semester Through an Academic Lens
Celebrating the Many Fall Season Successes Thus Far, HBS Rugby Awaits Harvard-Yale
Bri Kim (MS/MBA ’23) reports on the successful and busy season both teams have enjoyed on and off the pitch, with several important matches left before the semester’s end. Brianna Kim, Contributor After a highly successful spring 2022 season, the HBS Rugby Club eagerly awaited kicking off the new school year. Captained by Andrew Steen… Continue reading Celebrating the Many Fall Season Successes Thus Far, HBS Rugby Awaits Harvard-Yale
SFP Residents Fight Against Mice
Soldiers Field Park residents react to recent mice sightings and seek solutions. On August 4th, the HBS Parents Group Chat exploded. What had previously been a medium for playground meet-ups became the hotspot for a social movement. The issue: mice. It all started when Meli Kerr (MBA partner, ’23) posted a petition: “SFP Mouse Problem.”… Continue reading SFP Residents Fight Against Mice
Our Roads to Harvard
Edgard Mejico shares stories of how some incoming international students navigated their way to campus over the past years. As international students, our road towards Harvard can sometimes take some detours and unexpected turns that help us grow, learn and lead even before we reach campus to start the semester. For my first article in… Continue reading Our Roads to Harvard
Welcome from Your Student Association Co-Presidents
A note from your SA Co-Presidents to kick off the year. Welcome Class of 2024 and welcome back Class of 2023! We are excited to serve as your Student Association (SA) Co-Presidents this year! For those who are unfamiliar, the SA serves as the main interface between the student body and the faculty and administration.… Continue reading Welcome from Your Student Association Co-Presidents
Making a Difference in the World from the Day You Graduate
Hans Husmann (MBA ’22) argues why Effective Altruism is an idea worth considering for every HBS graduate . Hans Husmann, Contributor “Imagine there is a house burning and you see people inside. You realize that you hold the key to unlock the door. You could save those people. Sounds like a crazy story, another philosophical… Continue reading Making a Difference in the World from the Day You Graduate
Kickstarting My Entrepreneurial Journey at HBS
Startup Bootcamp is one of the most sought-after Short Intensive Programs at HBS. Eni Dervishi shares her experience. Eni Dervishi, Contributor Tell us more about your background and what inspired you to participate in Startup Bootcamp. Before HBS, I worked in a venture capital fund called Alter Global that invests in startups across emerging markets,… Continue reading Kickstarting My Entrepreneurial Journey at HBS
An Upgrade to Campus Housing
While the campus population was away making the most of the winter break, HBS Housing was approaching ‘the end of the beginning’ of their ambitious project—state of the art, luxurious dorm rooms for future HBS campus residents. Starting last year, the HBS Housing team began upgrading some of the empty dorm rooms with several important… Continue reading An Upgrade to Campus Housing
An Introduction to this Year’s SA Executive Board
HBS’s student leadership team shares their goals and plans for the upcoming year, Katherine Richardson (MBA ’23) reports. The Student Association (SA) is the largest student organization at Harvard Business School, made up of the entire full-time MBA community. It is led by two peer-elected co-presidents and their appointed executive board who, alongside the SA… Continue reading An Introduction to this Year’s SA Executive Board
Trouble in Paradise: Trials and Tribulations after Acceptance
International students jumped through several hoops to get to campus this fall. Sapan Shah (MBA ’23) reports. “The answer is YES!” read the first line of the decision letter from HBS to successful applicants this year. As much as it was the culmination of years of perseverance and months of applications for candidates, it was… Continue reading Trouble in Paradise: Trials and Tribulations after Acceptance
HBS Welcomes Largest RC Class in Decades
Katherine Richardson (MBA ’23) reports on the school’s decision to increase class size for the classes of 2023 and 2024. Harvard Business School is welcoming the largest first-year class in its history this fall, increasing enrollment to around 1,000 students. This temporary adjustment will affect both the classes of 2023 and 2024. To accommodate the… Continue reading HBS Welcomes Largest RC Class in Decades
Truths and Myths About the First Year MBA Experience: Evidence From the Class of 2021
How does the first-year HBS MBA experience differ across the student population? A class-wide survey of second-year students sheds light on this question. HBS students are a diverse population—different demographics and life experiences have shaped each of our journeys to and at HBS. We, a team of WSA members, conducted a survey investigating the HBS… Continue reading Truths and Myths About the First Year MBA Experience: Evidence From the Class of 2021
EKTA 2021—A Journey Celebrating Diversity, Unity and Friendship
Sripriya Kalidoos and Abhivyakti Dixit (MBAs ’22) report about EKTA 2021 at HBS The show must go on!—Announced Dean Datar as he kicked-off EKTA 2021. On Thursday April 15, the HBS community had a high-energy cultural immersion as students found themselves grooving to the tunes of Bollywood music. This year, South-Asian Business Association brought back… Continue reading EKTA 2021—A Journey Celebrating Diversity, Unity and Friendship
HBS Got Talent 2021
The event raised over $22,000 for the nonprofit Breaktime to support ending young adult homelessness The HBS community grabbed their bags of popcorn on the evening of March 31, as they eagerly tuned in for the second annual HBS Got Talent show, a school-wide charity event and celebrated evening of entertainment. The event raised over… Continue reading HBS Got Talent 2021
Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as an MBA student
Ziana Kotadia (MBA ’22) reports on the first DEI summit which brought together six business schools from across the country On April 7 over 1,000 students from 20 countries assembled to help answer the question “as an MBA student, how can I help advance diversity, equity, and inclusion—in my life and at my future organization?”… Continue reading Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as an MBA student
I AM EVIDENCE: Untested Rape Kits in the US
Ziana Kotadia (MBA ’22) reports on the more than 200,000 survivors who are yet to see justice. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Sexual violence affects hundreds of thousands of women in the US every year. One out of six women in the US has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape, and… Continue reading I AM EVIDENCE: Untested Rape Kits in the US
How to Fail Well (II/II)
Felipe Cerón (MBA ’22) interviews HBS professors about their failures and learnings. Following up on the past issue (in which we interviewed entrepreneur and HBS Professor Christina Wallace), we interviewed Professor Iavor Bojinov, who teaches TOM at HBS. He holds a PhD and an MA in Statistics from Harvard and a MS in Mathematics from… Continue reading How to Fail Well (II/II)
Denial of Violence, and the Violence of Denial: Controlling the “Comfort Women” Narrative
HLS professor’s recent article on “comfort women” is amidst controversy, for arguing that the girls and women forced into sexual slavery during Japanese wartime were contracted prostitutes. Five HBS students share their thoughts on the importance of acknowledging history and its necessity for progress in women’s and human rights. By Christa Choy, Contributor, Lesley Kim,… Continue reading Denial of Violence, and the Violence of Denial: Controlling the “Comfort Women” Narrative
Honoring Holocaust Survivors at HBS
Samara Sone-Blank reports on the first time in recent memory when HBS commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day. January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day that commemorates the genocide of Jewish people that took place at the hands of the German Nazis and their collaborators from 1939 to 1945. Although Jews were the major… Continue reading Honoring Holocaust Survivors at HBS
The Recipe to Badassery
Ale Eguren (MBA ’22) shares his experience of the SIP Anatomy of a Badass and how Bozoma Saint John taught him to live a fuller life, and to live that life now. “The Anatomy of a Badass” was a week-long short intensive program (SIP)put together by Professor Frances Frei and Professor Francesca Gino. They invited… Continue reading The Recipe to Badassery
Art Is a Gratifying and Crucial Way to Build Community
Felipe Cerón (MBA ’22) writes about how HBS students defied the odds showcasing two performances to close 2020 on a positive note. 2020 was a different year from what people expected it to be. And that is the biggest understatement I have written this year. 2020 changed lives, tested lives, took lives and left an… Continue reading Art Is a Gratifying and Crucial Way to Build Community
Dealing with Covid-19
Felipe Cerón (MBA ’22) writes on how Covid-19 has transformed day-to-day campus life and how the HBS community is trying to adapt. What on Earth happened in the last few weeks? Cases and traces going wild, people quarantining all over, and consequently, administration taking more restrictive measures. Goodbye to hybrid classes; it was nice meeting… Continue reading Dealing with Covid-19
Making Harvard Home for the Holidays
As HBS hunkers down for winter vacation during a global pandemic, members of the community share why and how they plan to spend their holidays on campus. Most years, the winter holidays are a time for HBS students to unwind from a hectic first semester with many choosing to spend time with family or travel… Continue reading Making Harvard Home for the Holidays
Diwali at HBS
Poornima Hanumara, an HBS partner, reports on how some members of the HBS community celebrated a very unusual Diwali at HBS. It was an unexpected and pleasant 70 degrees in November, and we had the good fortune of having a space to gather safely during times of Covid-19. This was the perfect setting for Diwali—the… Continue reading Diwali at HBS