Sentences with phrase «school school names»

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Ours is showing you good people for you to meet regardless of whether they're down the block or across the city, and because of the accountability and transparency that's in Hinge — we show first name, last name, where you work, where you went to school, all these different aspects — it's much more geared towards quality interactions.

Last year, a high school in Ohio named more than 200 kids in the graduating class «valedictorians» because they didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings.

The school has charged premium prices because of the Trump name, with the cost of the courses ranging from $ 1,500 to $ 35,000 each.

That was the eye - opening opening of a keynote address given yesterday by the brilliant John Quackenbush, a professor of biostatistics and computational biology at Dana - Farber Cancer Institute who has a dual professorship at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and ample other academic credits after his name.

Heading to a company with a name like «Lord Danger,» Kate and Joey have their work cut out for them to give this next office a makeover that brings some productivity to this production team, and also emphasizes the unique, old school vibe of its employees!

I took a class in business school with a guy named Steve Blank, who's like the startup guru.

The idea was proposed by a Nebraska high school student named Shelbi Klingsporn as part of a private education program partnership with NASA and is now being supported by Medtronic.

Queen's was one of the last schools in Canada without a major donor's name on its business department, but that changed last year with a record - breaking $ 50 - million gift from Stephen J.R. Smith, founder of First National Financial Corp. and a Queen's alumnus.

The 23 - year - old Chance, whose real name is Chancelor Bennett, won three Grammys, struck a deal with Apple Music for $ 500,000, and pledged to donate a million dollars to Chicago Public Schools — all in the last month.

There is only one other school within the university that is named after an individual in modern times, according to the Associate Press: Harvard Kennedy School, named for John F. Keschool within the university that is named after an individual in modern times, according to the Associate Press: Harvard Kennedy School, named for John F. KeSchool, named for John F. Kennedy.

Rely on reputation and gut instinct and you'd probably name a familiar list of Ivy league and top - notch technical schools, but new numbers offer some suggestions that may surprise you (and offer campuses with less cutthroat competition from bigger companies).

That is uncommon in corporate philanthropic history, as most magnates leave a legacy graced by their name in perpetuity, whether via foundations or schools — besides other Berkshire leaders like Munger and Pritzker, think of Carnegie, Ford, Kellogg or Rockefeller.

Before Dan Price caused a media firestorm by establishing a $ 70,000 minimum wage at his Seattle company, Gravity Payments... before Hollywood agents, reality - show producers, and book publishers began throwing elbows for a piece of the hip, 31 - year - old entrepreneur with the shoulder - length hair and Brad Pitt looks... before Rush Limbaugh called him a socialist and Harvard Business School professors asked to study his radical experiment in paying workers... an entry - level Gravity employee named Jason Haley got really pissed off at him.

According to a study from the Harvard Business School, guests with «distinctly African - American names» were 16 % more likely to be rejected by prospective hosts than guests with distinctly white names.

As befits a school named for Ted Rogers and tied to a university famous for its journalism graduates, the Ryerson program offers a specialized course in new - media training.

Such is the microscope he is under that, as CTV reported, the Daily Mirror's business editor Graham Hiscott discovered that Carney's high school trivia team in 1982 gave the incorrect answer when asked for the name of Snoopy's bird friend Woodstock.

Two hours after posting the first tweet, the freshman, named Aiden, posted a photo from outside the school.

Truth About Tech (the name of the campaign that the Center is embarking on) is targeting 55,000 public schools (in the US) and already has $ 57 million in capital and donated media outreach.

Just hearing Andrew Carnegie's name brings back yawns and daydream distractions from high school history class.

The school, located in Tipp City, Ohio, is named after the wing of an airplane because the teachings are meant to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses and «fly.»

Many of the University of Toronto's buildings, faculties and schools are named after major donors, but the structure that houses the Leslie L. Dan Faculty of Pharmacy may be the most impressive result of a big cheque.

Feeling like the name of the school matters more than an individual's achievements can be particularly frustrating for the rank - and - file today.

«The main reason it's such a big deal here is that it's going to affect our water supply,» Aries Yumul, an assistant principal at North Dakota's Todd County School District and a self - identified water protector with the Oceti Sakowin, the proper name for the people commonly known as the Sioux, told Business Insider in November.

«At some schools, sometimes when you give a big donation, you get your name on a building,» a touched Shaw told the Edmonton Journal.

But Schulich's $ 20 million gift to alma mater McGill University resulted in the Schulich School of Music, the first instance of a program at the institution being named after an individual.

The family hasn't just slapped their name on the front door, either — in 2005, Sobeys Inc., Empire Company Limited and The Sobey Foundation contributed $ 2 million to fund undergraduate scholarships for students enrolled at the School of Business and pay for infrastructure developments.

Musk made a name for himself by founding The Kitchen, a restaurant that emphasizes community through food and its attendant nonprofit, which helps build school gardens.

The magazine named College Prep the 17th best private high school in America.

Schulich, who was born in Montreal and lives in Toronto, calls the collection of schools bearing his name a «composite university.»

Pedestrians strolling through downtown Toronto will be well accustomed to seeing the Rogers name on stores, streets and billboards, but the moniker of Ryerson's business school is perhaps the most fitting tribute to telecom titan Ted Rogers.

So how does APT mange to snag talent from MIT, Stanford, Oxford, and other top schools, talent that's also being wooed by bigger name companies?

In 1988, when the school's then dean stepped down, Horváth put his name forward as a possible replacement.

Less than a year ago, the school received a $ 50 million naming gift from alumnus and long - time retailing giant Allen Questrom and his wife, Kelli.

Questions included things such as the children's parents» names, the name of their school and more.

The school's alumni magazine touted him as «the best known brand name in real estate.»

«Anne Frank has great symbolic power, and this has led to a multitude of manifestations, such as the naming of streets, schools and parks, but also Halloween costumes and expressions of antisemitism in the world of football.

When an advertising agency adopts a name like Wexley School for Girls, there's bound to be some confusion.

She began working as soon as she was old enough, as a babysitter, waitress, table busser and switch - board operator — «name a crappy job [and] I've done it,» she jokes — and when her grades remained near - perfect despite all those extracurricular activities, she switched to a more challenging private school.

Those four questions are at the core of a fascinating (and slim) new book, Building a Culture of Health: A New Imperative for Business, by John Quelch and Emily Boudreau — which grew out of a conference of the same name held in April at Harvard Business School and supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

In March, Louie, a philanthropist who is known to make donations without attaching his name to them, was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the University of Victoria's Gustavson School of Business.

I can't tell you how many times I have talked to an entrepreneur who, when they were on the verge of making their first senior executive hire, would reference their candidate's prior big - name employer or the big - name school they graduated from.

While the number one slot on this list will shock absolutely no one and the rest of the top ten contain plenty of big name schools, PitchBook is at pains to point out that, while the most famous schools might produce the most successful founders, the vast majority of entrepreneurs bagging VC funding have more down - to - earth names on their degrees.

The World Economic Forum is launching an ambitious new project to bring a value - based model to health care — and it has the backing of some of the world's biggest medical names, including the CEOs of Medtronic, Novartis, Kaiser Permanente, and thought leaders like Harvard Business School's Michael Porter.

The school itself takes its name from a business legacy — S.C. Johnson, founder of the global household - product company of the same name.

She thought she would help the search by tossing the consultant a few names of other candidates and simply offer her thoughts about the school.

Just a few months after replacing its admissions chief, the elite school names an Australian native for the top job.

The school takes its name from billionaire property mogul Leonard Stern, who earned his MBA from NYU in 1959 and donated $ 30 million to construct a new building for the business school in 1988.

The second - oldest business school in the US, the Haas School of Business was named for Walter Haas, who was an undergrad at Berkeley and grew Levi Strauss & Co. into the world's largest apparel manufacturer before his death inschool in the US, the Haas School of Business was named for Walter Haas, who was an undergrad at Berkeley and grew Levi Strauss & Co. into the world's largest apparel manufacturer before his death inSchool of Business was named for Walter Haas, who was an undergrad at Berkeley and grew Levi Strauss & Co. into the world's largest apparel manufacturer before his death in 1979.

Three years later, Blount was named dean of NYU's massive undergraduate college, with 2,300 students, and vice dean of the school.