Matthew M. Beck
Jeopardy!’s Watson Competes Against Business Students
Students at Harvard Business School joined the long list of supercomputer Watson’s victims in a game of Jeopardy! Monday on campus—but they went out with a fight.
HBS Professor Studies Wealth Inequality
Harvard graduates tend to underestimate the inequality of wealth distribution in the United States, according to a recent survey by Harvard Business School Associate Professor Michael I. Norton that was conducted through Harvard Magazine’s website.
HBS Introduces New Gen Ed for Undergrads
Led by Business School professors Joseph B. Lassiter and Mihir A. Desai, the new General Education course is the first to be offered exclusively to undergraduates at the Business School.
Professors Encode with E. Coli
Researchers at Harvard and Tufts have devised a groundbreaking new method of encryption that utilizes color-coded E. coli to hide messages.
Black Men’s Forum Protests Execution
The Harvard Black Men’s Forum issued an open letter yesterday in protest of the execution of Georgia death-row inmate Troy A. Davis, which was temporarily delayed by the Supreme Court Wednesday evening. Despite international controversy regarding the execution, Davis was executed at 11:08 p.m. last night.
HBS Releases 2+2 Decisions
Harvard Business School released the first set of admissions decisions Sept. 1 for the 2+2 Class of 2016.
Student Entrepreneurs Compete at HBS
Students from Harvard Business School and nearby schools competed yesterday in the 15th annual HBS Business Plan Contest, which provided contest awards of over $150,000 in cash and in-kind services to the winners and runners-up.
HBS Musical Parodies Student Life
This past Friday, the cast of the 38th annual Harvard Business School Show—an original musical entitled “Somewhere Over the Footbridge”—parodied the life of Harvard MBA candidates in their final show after four days of performances.
Fashion Icon Tackles Eating Disorders
Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg encouraged young women to reconsider traditional perceptions of beauty.
Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria Stresses Global Leadership
Business School Dean Nitin Nohria stressed the importance of leadership at an event by Conversations with Kirkland and the Leadership Institute at Harvard College.
Harvard Business School Studies Mumbai Heroics
HBS Professor Rohit Deshpande will soon make public his recent documentary-style case study on the bravery and sacrifice of Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel employees during the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks.
HBS Revitalizes Curriculum
The faculty of the Harvard Business School has unanimously voted to drastically modify their decades-old curriculum.
HBS Professor Slams Google’s Methods
Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Benjamin G. Edelman ’02, who this month published a study accusing Google of bias, says that the company is attempting to discredit him for his work.
Black is Back
Comedian, author, and playwright Lewis Black will be at Kirkland House at 12 p.m. today to discuss his career and current cultural phenomena.
Ahmed Explains Views of Islam in America
In his introduction of Ambassador Ahmed, Associate Director of the Harvard Islamic Studies Program Ali S. Asani ’77 said that the author is “combating this clash of ignorance by educating people.” In his lecture, Ahmed said that after the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, he knew that “the gap which would open between Muslims and non-Muslims would not be easily closed.”
Most Read
- Fifteen Hottest Freshmen '16: Around Our Town
- Evelynn Hammonds Expected To End Tenure as Dean of the College This Summer
- Joanna Li ’12 Remembered for Grace, Kindness, and Curiosity
- Faust's Earnings in 2011 Much Lower Than Those of Other University Presidents and Top Harvard Employees
- Anne Harrington and John Durant Named Pfoho House Masters
