Blog: Archive for the “Business School” Category

When you select an MBA program, you are not just choosing your learning environment, but are also committing to becoming part of a community. Each Thursday, we offer a window into life “beyond the MBA classroom” at a top business school. Walnut Walk is an annual bar crawl held in the fall for Wharton first-year … Read More  

The 2011–2012 MBA application season is officially afoot. Harvard Business School (HBS) has just released its essay questions, maintaining its tradition of being the first school to do so each year. HBS usually strikes first in early May, and the other top 15 schools follow suit shortly after, throughout May and even into early June. … Read More  

An often unsung program at Kellogg is the school’s Health Enterprise Management (HEMA) program, and a “star” within HEMA is the Global Health Initiative (GHI)—co-founded by Kellogg professor Daniel Diermeier, with several students in leadership and advisory roles—in which academics, students, corporations and nonprofits create products that solve medical problems around the world. As evidence of the program’s profile, in 2006, the GHI received … Read More  

“Amazingly addictive” is one Darden student’s description of Charlottesville, Virginia.  With a mix of city attractions that include fine arts and celebrity chef-owned restaurants, the feel of suburban living and easy-to-reach outdoor activities such as hiking, bird watching and even skiing—not to mention a low cost of living and a dollop of historical appeal—Charlottesville has it … Read More  

Columbia Business School offers its students a variety of entrepreneurial programs—the Lang Fund grants up to $25,000 to student ventures; the entrepreneur’s organization makes $10,000 available to the students who win the outrageous business plan competition; the Entrepreneurial Greenhouse program provides support for those who intend to start a business immediately upon graduation. But, what … Read More