Saturday, January 31, 2015
Steffi Graf Remains Best Women's Tennis Player Of All Time Over Serena Williams
Many current tennis fans view America's Serena Williams as the best to ever play the sport but she falls short in comparison to Steffi Graf, who won 22 Grand Slam titles from 1987 to 1999.
Friday, January 30, 2015
Fresh, Explosive Trouble For India's Congress Party
After huge losses in national elections last year, India's Congress party was dealt another blow on Friday when senior Congress party leader and former Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan quit the party and launched a scathing attack on party vice president Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of influencing her decisions. Natarajan has laid out these [...]
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Yahoo--Another Disappearing Giant With Nowhere To Hide
Even though Yahoo value is up, the business has deteriorated under Mayer leadership, with expensive acquisitions eating valuable capital
Center For Health Law and Policy Innovation files amicus brief calling for preservation of federal subsidies under the ACA
In an effort to support the provision of federal subsidies for purchasing health insurance by low-income individuals in all states, the Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation spearheaded the filing of an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court. The brief requests that the Court affirm a court of appeals decision […]
How She Did It: Caroline Ghosn, From Consultant to CEO of Leading Women's Social Network
Video Caroline Ghosn is the co-founder and CEO of Levo, a social good startup that was created to “elevate young millennials in the workforce by providing the career resources needed to achieve personal and professional success”. Founded in 2012, Levo has become the leading social network that is strictly focused on helping Gen Y women [...]
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Apple's China iPhone Coup Shows Angela Ahrendts Is Worth Every Penny
For those wondering why Apple deems Ahrendts worthy of a $73.4 million pay package versus CEO Tim Cook's $9 million? Now you know.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Healthcare Is Headed Down A New Road With New Rules In 2015
The Top 10 Trends Shaping the World of Healthcare Every year I sit down with our team of healthcare futurists to carefully choose the right cards and place our bets on what we can expect to see in the coming year. It’s always both a terrifying and exciting experience because [...]
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Fletcher named executive director of HLS Executive Education
Carrie Fletcher has been appointed as the new executive director of Harvard Law School Executive Education, where she works with faculty and an administrative team to develop leadership programs that serve law firm managing partners, emerging law firm leaders, and general counsel from across the globe.
Lynda Weinman, From Web Graphics And Design To Cofounder Of Lynda.com
Lynda Weinman is the co-founder and Executive Chair of Lynda.com, the leading online learning company that teaches people about business, software, technology and creative skills in order to help them achieve their personal and professional goals. As a web graphics and design expert, she has authored several best-selling books, been a renowned [...]
How She Did It: Lynda Weinman, From Renowned Web Graphics and Design Expert to Co-Founder of Lynda.com
Lynda Weinman is the co-founder and Executive Chair of Lynda.com, the leading online learning company that teaches people about business, software, technology and creative skills in order to help them achieve their personal and professional goals. As a web graphics and design expert, she has authored several best-selling books, been a renowned [...]
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Multistakeholder as Governance Groups: New Study by Global Network of Internet and Society Centers
The Global Network of Internet and Society Research Centers (NoC) and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University have released a new report on Multistakeholder Governance Groups, which informs the debate about Internet governance models and mechanisms.
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Thousands enroll in Charles Fried’s online contracts class
For nearly 50 years, Professor Charles Fried has been teaching the intricacies of the law to HLS students. Starting this month, the masterful teacher and renowned scholar is expanding his student body dramatically with the start of his online ContractsX course – a seven-week study of contracts for nonlawyers. The class is part of the […]
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Allen Ferrell wins Moskowitz Prize for Socially Responsible Investing
Allen Ferrell, the Harvey Greenfield Professor of Securities Law at Harvard Law School, has been awarded the 2014 Moskowitz Prize. The prestigious annual award from the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, recognizes outstanding quantitative research in socially responsible investing. Ferrell received the prize, along with Hao Liang and Luc Renneboog, both from […]