The tech industry is filled with tales of university friendships that led to billion-dollar businesses. But for Niraj Shah and his partner Steve Conine, theirs is a union that brought furniture to the tech world and beyond. In 2002, the duo founded CSN Stores and its affiliated website, racksandstands.com, selling home and office goods from a spare bedroom in Boston…
Rashida Jones is a musician and actress, best-known for her roles in the smart, quirky TV comedies “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation.” Born in Los Angeles, California, Jones is the youngest daughter of media mogul Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton…
Widely known as one of the “Fathers of the Internet,” Vint Cerf is a pioneering computer scientist who helped launch the world wide web. In 1973, while working as a professor at Stanford University, Cerf and a team member began the design of a revolutionary TCP/IP protocol suite, which essentially allows electronic devices to transmit data over long distances…
Renowned historian and legal scholar Annette Gordon-Reed has earned acclaim as one of the most important American minds of our time. In 2009, she made headlines after becoming the first African American scholar to win the Pulitzer Prize for History…
Art Garfunkel is a singer, poet, and actor who rose to fame as half of the 1960s folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. According to legend, Garfunkel met fellow musician Paul Simon while they were in the fourth grade and the duo later formed a band called Tom and Jerry, thinking it would be a good way to attract girls…
Alumni Spotlight is pleased to announce The Top 100 Harvard Alumni in Technology of 2021. The oldest higher education institution in the United States, Harvard University has been home to Continue Reading
Alumni Spotlight is pleased to announce The Top 100 Harvard Alumni in Technology of 2021. The oldest higher education institution in the United States, Harvard University has been home to Continue Reading
As the wide world of sports continues to navigate the COVID-19 crisis, circumstances surrounding the pandemic are leading organizations to consider major changes. One of the most influential voices driving changes in organized sports is DeMaurice Smith, the Executive Director of the NFLPA (National Football League Players Association)…
Widely known for his thought-provoking and intelligent filmmaking, Darren Aronofsky is one of the most acclaimed movie directors in the world. His films are noted for their surreal, melodramatic, and often disturbing elements based in psychological horror…
In 2019, Gita Gopinath made history when she became the first woman to serve as Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), one of the most prestigious posts available to academic economists. Originally from India, Gopinath came to the U.S. to complete her studies, which led to her also becoming the first Indian woman to be appointed as a full professor in Harvard University’s economics department…
