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Gender Discrepancies in Academic Performance

Students, in partnership with faculty and administration, are continuing to focus on improving female academic performance at HBS. Are men and women equal at HBS? It’s a question that has been front of mind at HBS in recent weeks. In a recent staff meeting, HBS professors as a group discussed ongoing discrepancies in male and… Continue reading Gender Discrepancies in Academic Performance

Emerging from the Bubble

I have to be honest: I was in a bit of a rut last week. The end-of-semester responsibilities and deadlines were starting to pile up, and I was feeling a bit overwhelmed. The more I thought about what I’d write for this column, the more I was drawing a blank, and it was starting to… Continue reading Emerging from the Bubble

HBS Start-up: Safe at Home

Have you been concerned about safety in your Cambridge rental apartment? Do the emails from Steven Catalano at the Harvard University Police Department make you want to double-check your locks? If so you are in luck: two former HBSers have combined their educations and entrepreneurial spirit to improve home security for city-dwelling renters across the… Continue reading HBS Start-up: Safe at Home

Around the World to Find the Girl Next Door

RCs Tomo and Taka share their romantic tale. It’s springtime and love is in the air. As the Harbus offers blind date opportunities and wedding dresses fill the windows of downtown Boston shops, we thought it would be appropriate to feature a truly engaging HBS love story. Cupid’s arrow hit Tomo Ishizumi, a former CEO… Continue reading Around the World to Find the Girl Next Door

Entrepreneur Profiles–Matthew Sueoka

What is the name of your company Clear Remit (this is a working name.we will likely rebrand in the near future) What industry/ sector would you classify it in? We are working in the remittance payments sector. How long has it been running? How many people are involved? We are still in the early planning… Continue reading Entrepreneur Profiles–Matthew Sueoka

How We Watch, Listen, and Read

Do we here at HBS tend to read more than other people? Do we spend less time watching TV? Do we spend more time online? Yes, yes, and yes. Many of us watched the CNBC special on HBS air this past December, and got a taste for how the media portrays the school. Personally, I… Continue reading How We Watch, Listen, and Read

Getting Academic Support at HBS

For some students, HBS can be a somewhat overwhelming experience and juggling academics with other obligations can be at times a bit much. However, there are several channels of support available and resources to help out in the educational process. Your Ed Rep is a naturally contact to first hash out educational issues and determine… Continue reading Getting Academic Support at HBS

Valentines Classifieds

To: a_viking Twilight is coming; soon we won’t be able to see each other anymore. The gloaming is fading from uncertain red, to bruised purple, to black. From a_pirate To: FLi Love is sweet. Love is precious. Love is forever. Love needs courage. You have to truly believe in love in order to make it!… Continue reading Valentines Classifieds

Ramadan – A Month of Fasting, Charity and Community

The HBS Community Joined the Islamic Society to Celebrate the Month of Ramadan at its Annual Iftaar Event. The sun finally set in the skies. It was 7:00 p.m. EC Danish Yusuf stood in front of more than 100 HBS colleagues gathered in One Western Common Room, turned his head toward Mecca and gave the… Continue reading Ramadan – A Month of Fasting, Charity and Community

Class Day Finalists Essays-Hunter Pierson

FRIENDS, FAMILY, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, WELCOME. As a former teacher, I learned that graduation is not an individual accomplishment, but rather the fruit of many sacrifices. I believe I speak for us all when I say thank you for not only coming today but giving us the opportunity to be here. Parents and grandparents, you must… Continue reading Class Day Finalists Essays-Hunter Pierson

Faculty Perspective – Elizabeth Riley

Elizabeth Riley is in her first year as a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School. She taught Entrepreneurial Finance in the fall and is teaching The Entrepreneurial Manager (TEM) in the RC this semester. Prior to HBS, she spent ten years teaching and developing entrepreneurship courses in the undergraduate and MBA programs at Babson College.… Continue reading Faculty Perspective – Elizabeth Riley

Alumni Perspective – RICK WAGONER, (MBA '77)

General Motors is the world’s largest auto company, selling over 9 million vehicles in 2007 and employing over 260,000 people. At its helm is HBS alumnus Rick Wagoner, who made GM history in 2000 as the youngest person to take over the CEO post. But taking on the position has been no joyride; since 2000… Continue reading Alumni Perspective – RICK WAGONER, (MBA '77)

David Moeller's (OC) Claw Will Tear Through Stores This Summer!

At a business school with such a commitment to entrepreneurship, students like David Moeller (OC) inspire professors. “It’s great to see students apply the entrepreneurship toolkit that we provide in class in real time, in their ventures,” said Professor Mukti Khaire. “It’s experiential learning at its best.” HBS is often used as a laboratory for… Continue reading David Moeller's (OC) Claw Will Tear Through Stores This Summer!

Letter to a Young RC:

M y grandmother hardly leaves the house nowadays. She cries over almost everything. She is anxious and worried all the time. In short, she’s depressed. For a long time I thought I was alone in suffering from depression. That is one of the symptoms in fact-to think that no one cares, that no one can… Continue reading Letter to a Young RC:

Class Participation

Over one hundred RC folks crowded into the Aldrich classroom last Wednesday afternoon to attend the WSA RC Class Participation Seminar hosted by Professor Frances Frei. Billed as a WSA event, the crowd was understandably predominantly of the fairer sex although there were a few courageous male souls who braved our stares and snuck in… Continue reading Class Participation

HBS, Saudi Arabia, and the Trip of a Lifetime

What do you get when you take 33 diverse HBS students from 13 countries, add a few professors with expertise spanning Middle East politics, economics, communications and energy, and give them an opportunity to visit, learn, and engage directly with a country shrouded by ambiguity and mystique? Unquestionably, a once-in-a-lifetime experience. We struggled on what… Continue reading HBS, Saudi Arabia, and the Trip of a Lifetime

50 Things I Wish I'd Known when I Applied

Given that it is admit weekend this weekend, and the lovely people at the admissions office are at full capacity churning through applications, interviews and offers, I’ve found my mind turning back to his time last year, when as a relatively disorganised second round applicant I was preparing for my interview and starting to believe… Continue reading 50 Things I Wish I'd Known when I Applied

Education Silo – Dillard University

In the Fall of 2006, Kirsten Hassert (OC), Leslie Feinzaig (OF) and Helen Trapp (NB) decided to team up with silo leaders Jean-Philippe Odunlami (OA) and Jeff Shaddix (NH) to work with Dillard University. This marks the second year that HBS students have partnered with Dillard University, one of the oldest institutions in the network… Continue reading Education Silo – Dillard University

The Listening Lemma

“In speaking, know how to keep your words”-Lao Tzu, Tao Teh Ching At the end of my RC fall semester, I remember how surprised I was on the first course evaluation day when the professor spoke to us like he had never spoken before: directly, candidly, and emotionally. He told us about what was most… Continue reading The Listening Lemma

Letter to a Young RC

My grandmother hardly leaves the house nowadays. She cries over almost everything. She is anxious and worried all the time. In short, she’s depressed. For a long time I thought I was alone in suffering from depression. That is one of the symptoms in fact-to think that no one cares, that no one can possibly… Continue reading Letter to a Young RC

Grade Conflation

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Attending university in Britain, student politics meant snarling Marxists battling for all-vegan cafeterias and the right to collect unemployment benefits while studying. There would be a couple of wild-haired professors who tried to curry favor with the discontents, but on the whole rulings drifted down from on high carrying the strong odors… Continue reading Grade Conflation

Make Your 2nd Semester As Spontaneous As the Boston Winter Weather

Take a hint from the Boston weather, where it goes from a sunny 60-degree day on January 21 to a snowy 35-degree forecast two days later. Although things may seem monotonous at times, like the expected New England winter, your life during and after HBS is actually quite unpredictable. Admit it, even you couldn’t have… Continue reading Make Your 2nd Semester As Spontaneous As the Boston Winter Weather

"I Lost My Hello"

It happened sometime between my second martini and the sudden appearance of a new dinner guest at Balboa Cafÿ in San Francisco. Preston Death, the unsuspecting boyfriend of my friend Chrissy, leaned over to say hello, and I froze. Do I extend a hand? Go for a hug? Lean in for the single cheek kiss?… Continue reading "I Lost My Hello"

Class Participation – Are You Doing it Right?

WSA Buddy Night: It's Raining… Women? Hallelujah!

If you happened past the Williams Room in Spangler Monday evening, you would have seen something incredibly rare at HBS: a room full of 200-some women. Just women. Not a man in site. Why? The Williams was host to the Women Student Association’s Buddy Night, during which each RC woman had a chance to meet… Continue reading WSA Buddy Night: It's Raining… Women? Hallelujah!

A Lesson in Leadership: 2005 Class Day Faculty Winners

Four faculty members have been selected as 2005 Class Day Faculty Winners, honoring excellence in teaching: Joshua Margolis (RC), Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez (RC), Jan Rivkin (EC) and Youngme Moon (EC). The honorees were selected via a student poll administered by Anand Devendran, a member of the Class of 2005 Class Day Committee. Devendran remarked,… Continue reading A Lesson in Leadership: 2005 Class Day Faculty Winners

EC Course Selection Starts Soon

Congratulations RC’s? Your wish is about to be granted. Since that long ago day in August when you were assigned a seat in an assigned classroom where you would sit for all your assigned class, you have craved one thing… Freedom of Choice! The freedom to choose a seat outside of the Worm Deck and… Continue reading EC Course Selection Starts Soon

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