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Freddie Mac CEO and Dartmouth Trustee Chair Ed Haldeman ’70 cites an early and powerful influence in his career: Dartmouth economics Professor Emeritus Colin Campbell. His comments were taped on […]

General Electric chair and CEO Jeffrey Immelt, a 1978 Dartmouth graduate and trustee of the College, comments on the value of education—what he calls “the great equalizer.” His comments were […]

Freddie Mac CEO and Dartmouth Trustee Chair Ed Haldeman ’70, on how one individual in one specific area can have wide-ranging social impact. His comments were taped on Sept. 21, […]

GE Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt, a 1978 Dartmouth graduate, says that to consider “change” and “social change” separately is a “losing proposition.” His comments were taped on Sept. 21, […]

Global health pioneer and Partners in Health co-founder Paul Farmer comments on the vision of his friend Jim Yong Kim, as Kim begins his term as the 17th president of […]

Brown University President Ruth Simmons discusses the need to consider the “human dynamic” when considering social change. Her comments were taped on Sept. 21, 2009 during a panel discussion entitled […]

Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter comments on the need to find common goals and shared values as a foundation for meaningful social change. His comments were taped on Sept. […]

Partners in Health co-founder Paul Farmer, MD talks about the influences early in his life that led to his career in medicine. His comments were taped on Sept. 21, 2009 […]

Global health pioneer and Partners in Health co-founder Paul Farmer emphasizes the need to bring “systems thinking” into the discussion of improving the delivery of health care world-wide. His comments […]

Brown University President Ruth Simmons talks about how the profound impact of one teacher in a high school course changed her life. Her comments were taped on Sept. 21, 2009 […]

Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter comments on the future of health care delivery and the need to make sure that any efforts to improve health care delivery in poor […]

Michael Porter, the Harvard Business School strategy guru, talks about one significant influence in his educational career—a student leadership position that led to business school and his entrance into academia. […]

Following the resounding success of last week’s “Can Monopolies Save the Internet?” webcast from Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center, Big Think, in collaboration with the Wisconsin School of Business, will […]

There’s good news and bad news about the openness of scientific information this week. The good news is that you might soon have access to more of it than ever. […]