On August 26, 2025, the Harvard Business School Class of 2027 assembled on campus for the first time to begin their two-year MBA experience. Dean Srikant Datar, Jana Kierstead, executive director of MBA, Doctoral, and External Relations, Professor Tsedal Neeley, senior associate dean and chair of the MBA Program, Professor Rob Huckman, senior associate dean for External Relations, and Student Association co-presidents Sabine Nau and Camille Dawson welcomed students with an invitation to invest in their community and engage in the discussion, deliberation, and debate that is central to the case method of teaching and learning.