Freeman School celebrates renewal of elite AACSB accreditation
Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business has been reaccredited through 2029 by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International, the world’s leading accrediting body for university business education.
Freeman jumps 19 spots in latest US News MBA ranking
Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business climbed 19 spots to No. 62 in the latest U.S. News & World Report ranking of the nation’s best full-time MBA programs.
WWNO Louisiana Considered: Independent banks seek approval to switch from a 'mutual' bank operation to a stock-owned model
Amanda Heitz, assistant professor of finance, was interviewed for a segment on the WWNO news magazine "Louisiana Considered" about independent banks in New Orleans seeking to change their ownership structure from mutual banks to stock-owned institutions.
Freeman students highlighted for Poets & Quants 2024 'Best & Brightest Business Majors'
Freeman seniors Raleigh Kreis (BSM '24) and Kobe Zagon (BSM '24) were recently highlighted as two of this year's Best & Brightest Business Majors by Poets&Quants.
Freeman growing as Fulbright destination
In addition to producing Fulbright students, Tulane and the Freeman School are also leading destinations for Fulbright students. The Freeman School currently has four international grad students on Fulbright Foreign Student Program scholarships.
June 21, 2024
Melissa Lightell, assistant dean of graduate admissions, was interviewed by the education news website Best Colleges for a story about Freeman's new MBA curriculum.
June 20, 2024
Ashley Langford (BSM ’09) was named head coach of the Tulane women’s basketball team in April, making history as the first African American to lead the program.
June 18, 2024
Most people today take same-sex marriage for granted, but the legal right for LGBT couples to marry was established less than 10 years ago, and Chris Otten, professor of practice in business and legal studies, played a part in making it a reality in Louisiana.
June 11, 2024
Leslie Williamson (MBA ’25) is the owner of Leslie Dalton Taxidermy, an eight-year-old studio that serves clients around the world with one-of-a-kind pieces that combine the fleeting beauty of nature with the permanence of sculpture.
June 04, 2024
Two A. B. Freeman School of Business graduates are among the eight Tulanians to win 2024-25 Fulbright awards. The graduates will receive grants through the highly competitive Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the U.S. Department of State’s flagship international educational exchange program.
June 04, 2024
Alissa Bilfield's paper "Exploring the Implications of the Fair Trade USA Certification for Farmworker Health and Well-being at the First Certified Farm in the U.S.," co-authored with Edmundo Hernandez, was published in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
May 24, 2024
Eric Smith, associate director of the Tulane Energy Institute, was interviewed for an S&P Global story about the potential impact of a more active hurricane season on energy.
May 24, 2024
A research paper co-authored Goen Choi, visiting assistant professor of finance, was highlighted in a MarketWatch article. The paper, "Long-Term Shareholder Returns: Evidence from 64,000 Global Stocks," studied long-run shareholder outcomes for more than 64,000 global common stocks from January 1990 to December 2020.
May 22, 2024
Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and founder of Burkenroad Reports, was interviewed on the Scripps News show Morning Rush about the gap between Wall Street's record-high performance and sentiment on Main Street.
May 18, 2024
With more than 700 degree candidates set to participate in this year’s graduation festivities, the Freeman School did something it had never done before: Host three ceremonies.
May 02, 2024
Yang Pan's paper "Mobile Apps, Trading Behaviors, and Portfolio Performance: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in China," co-authored with Chewei Liu, Sunil Mithas and J.J. Po-An Hsieh, has been accepted for publication in Information Systems Research.
May 02, 2024
The Tulane chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society recognizing academic excellence in the study of business, welcomed its newest members at a recognition ceremony in the Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex on April 8, 2024.