Freeman News & Stories

Freeman News
Freeman makes big gains in latest U.S. News & World Report rankings
Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business posted significant gains across multiple categories in U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Business Schools rankings.

Alumni Spotlight
Alum eyes the future of service operations
As a senior advisor at Dell Technologies, Muhammad Shafiul Munir (MBA ’25…
Graduation Spotlight
Taylor Friedman (BSM '26)
After graduation, Taylor Friedman (BSM '26) will join Jefferies Financial…
Graduation Spotlight
Avik Hegde (BSM '26)
After graduating, Avik Hegde (BSM '26) will be working as a Business…
Graduation Spotlight
Nathan Zweig (BSM '26)
Following graduation, Nathan Zweig (BSM '26) will work as a financial…

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Freeman News
Freeman rises to No. 30 in Poets&Quants’ Best Undergraduate Business Schools
The Freeman School climbed five spots to No. 30 in Poets&Quants’ 2026 ranking of the nation’s Best Undergraduate Business Schools. The list was released March 23 on Poets&Quants for Undergrads, the publication’s…
Freeman News
Brett Hurt, Glass Half Full founders honored as 2026 Entrepreneurs of the Year
Tulane University honored tech entrepreneur Brett A. Hurt and Glass Half Full founders Franziska Trautmann (SSE ’20) and Max Steitz (SLA ’20) as Entrepreneurs of the Year at the 2026 Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship…
Freeman News
MBA students help Entergy understand clients’ sustainability needs
Corporate sustainable energy initiatives are in flux. Recent policy reversals and regulation rollbacks have discouraged green investment, yet promising new technologies and increasing demand for reliable energy make…

Research
Research Notes: Larisa Cioaca
Larisa Cioaca's paper "The Effect of University Science on Corporate Innovation” has been accepted for publication in Management Science.
Research
Research Notes: Chris Hydock
Chris Hydock, assistant professor of marketing, was selected as one of the Marketing Science Institute’s 2025 Young Scholars.
Research
Research Notes: Hongseok Jang
Hongseok Jang's paper "Probabilistic Selling for Vertically-Differentiated Products in a Decentralized Channel” has been accepted for publication in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.