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HKS runs strong at California half-marathon
08.30.13
Alexandra Stanek (MPP/HBS MBA ’15), Dan Bowles (MPP/HBS MBA ’15) and Nadir Vissanjy (MPP/Sloan MBA ’15) at the start of the 2013 Water to Wine Half-Marathon in Healdsburg, California. All three achieved personal records in the race. After running 13.1 miles, the three of them, along with a dozen of HKS students and alums, went […]
Banks should have to use 50% equity, not 3%-6%
08.26.13
BY JOSH RUDOLPH Over the summer, US bank regulators announced that the eight largest US banks will have to maintain leverage ratios[1] (equity / total assets) of at least 5% for their holding companies and 6% for their depository institutions. This new supplement to the international standard of 3% is a step in the right direction, but […]
Lacrosse and SiBs in Israel
08.24.13
Sara Greenberg spent the summer in Tel Aviv training and playing with Israel’s Women’s National Lacrosse Team. The team played in the World Cup in Oshawa, Ontario in mid-July, marking Israel’s inaugural appearance on the global lacrosse stage. The team finished in the top eight. While in Israel, Greenberg also worked for a social finance start-up, Social […]
Summer Snapshots: A Round-Up of HKS Summer Experiences
08.11.13
This summer, HKS students are traveling to all corners of the world to work on policymaking, advise nonprofits and conduct research. The ‘Summer Snapshots’ is a portrait of these experiences in which students — in their own words — share their stories, musings and reflections. To see all the Snapshots, follow this link. Andrea Titus spent the summer […]
Exclusive Interview on the Zimbabwe Election with Education Minister, David Coltart
08.6.13
After presiding over economic decline marked by hyperinflation which brought Zimbabwe to its knees, president Mugabe and his Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party have emerged as victors in the recent harmonized elections in Zimbabwe. Mugabe got 61% of the vote and his ZANU-PF party won 158 of the 210 parliament seats, giving […]