Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella Indian-origin leaders have risen to helm some of the world’s most influential corporations—from Google to Chanel—leveraging rigorous Indian education and global experiences to drive innovation and growth. Their journeys spotlight the power of strong academic foundations in shaping visionary leadership.These nine executives exemplify this trend. Each brings a unique story…
Ralph Holloway, an anthropologist who pioneered the idea that changes in brain structure, and not just size, were critical in the evolution of humans, died on March 12 at his home in Manhattan. He was 90. His death was announced by Columbia University’s anthropology department, where he taught for nearly 50 years. Mr. Holloway’s contrarian…
Eleanor Maguire, a cognitive neuroscientist whose research on the human hippocampus — especially those belonging to London taxi drivers — transformed the understanding of memory, revealing that a key structure in the brain can be strengthened like a muscle, died on Jan. 4 in London. She was 54. Her death, at a hospice facility, was…