Financial Times ranks Freeman MFIN among Top 10 in US
In its 2017 ranking of pre-experience programs, the Financial Times ranks the Freeman MFIN program 9th best in the U.S. and 49th in the world.
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Emeritus Club honors Stanley Motta with Lifetime Achievement Award
The Emeritus Club of Tulane University has honored Stanley Motta (BBA ’67), chairman of Copa Holdings, the parent company of Copa Airlines, with its Lifetime Achievement of the Emeritus Class Award for the Class of 1967.
Freeman awards more than 700 diplomas at graduation ceremonies
Over the course of two days and two pomp-and-circumstance-filled ceremonies, Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business awarded more than 700 diplomas to graduates during its 2017 commencement exercises.
Latin American Business Forum highlights opportunities for US firms
On May 16, the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University co-hosted the Latin American Business Forum, a daylong conference highlighting emerging business opportunities for U.S. firms in Latin America.
Tulane teams make strong showing in International Biz Model Competition
Tulane University-based startup Instapath Bioptics topped more than 5,000 entrants from around the world to win first place and the grand prize of $30,000 in the International Business Model Competition. CMDX Biopsy, another Tulane-based team, also made the finals of the competition.
Finance and football fuel grad’s 4.0 GPA
Marshall Wadleigh’s story of accomplishment is a testament that hard work breeds success. The Tulane University senior from Pearl River, Louisiana, maintained a 4.0 grade point average as a walk-on member of the Tulane football program, and was awarded a scholarship by head coach Willie Fritz ahead of his senior year.
Former Dean C. Jackson Grayson passes
C. Jackson “Jack” Grayson Jr., former dean of the A. B. Freeman School of Business, died on May 4 at his home in Houston. He was 93. Grayson was executive chairman of the American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC), an organization he founded in 1977 to spread the adoption of successful business practices and processes.
Students face off in distressed debt investment pitch competition
Freeman students Jodi Gottlieb, Audrey Preston, Brooke Satterfield and Cara Williamson took home first place honors in the second annual Aaron Selber Jr. Course in Alternative Investments Distressed Debt Investment Pitch Competition.
Former faculty member Danny Killeen passes
Former Freeman School faculty member Daniel B. “Danny” Killeen Sr. died on April 28, 2017, at his home in Pass Christian, Mississippi. He was 84.
Alum wins James Beard Rising Star Chef of the Year Award
Zachary Engel (BSM ’10), chef de cuisine at Shaya Restaurant in New Orleans, won the James Beard Award for Rising Star Chef of the Year on Monday (May 1) at the Beard Foundation’s 2017 Awards Gala in Chicago.
