Freeman News

Noah Ehren (BSM ’21, MANA ’22) works as a technology consultant at EY, where he specializes in software company SAP’s Enterprise Resource Planning program.

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.

Beginning this fall, Tulane University medical students will be able to pursue a Freeman School of Business MBA concurrently with their medical degrees — earning both credentials in four years and eliminating the additional…

Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by Business Insider for a story about how tech firms are using AI to justify layoffs and then rehiring many of those formerly full-time employees as…

Chris Hydock, assistant professor of marketing, has been selected as one of the Marketing Science Institute’s 2025 Young Scholars.

Last fall, a group of Freeman MBA students partnered with the Port of New Orleans to develop targeted tenant recommendations for its waterside real estate.

Caroline Kurzweil (BSM ’26) is a legal studies in business and marketing double major who is also pursuing a Hospitality Management and Entrepreneurship Certificate. Below, she explains what inspired her to pursue the…

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…

Shuhua Sun, Peter W. and Paul A. Callais Professor of Entrepreneurship and associate professor of management, was interviewed by The AI Innovator for a story about his research on AI and employee creativity.

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice in finance and research director of Burkenroad Reports, was interviewed by Reuters for a story about how rising gas prices could impact upcoming elections.

Diego Bufquin, professor of practice and director of Freeman's hospitality management and entrepreneurship certificate program, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times about the impact of rising jet fuel prices on…

Hongseok Jang's paper "Probabilistic Selling for Vertically-Differentiated Products in a Decentralized Channel,” co-authored with Zhechao Yang and Xiajun Amy Pan, has been accepted for publication in Manufacturing &…

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…

Varun Adelli (BSM ’27) explains why he was inspired to study energy in New Orleans and what opportunities Tulane offers students interested in the industry.

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…

Exactics, a biotech startup developing rapid at-home tests for a range of infectious diseases, won first place and the grand prize of $75,000 in the 2026 Tulane Business Model Competition.

Shuhua Sun, Peter W. and Paul A. Callais Professor of Entrepreneurship and associate professor of management, was interviewed by Reworked for a story about how managers should evaluate the effective use of AI in the…

The Green Bull Investment Banking Group, Freeman's student-led, faculty-supervised organization for undergraduates seeking careers in investment banking, was established to address a critical gap in the recruiting timeline…

Millie Blumka (SSE ’16) and Taylor Borenstein (BSM ’16) are the founders of the wellness brand, STAKT.

Esteban Guillermo Armas Maza (MFIN '25) is a graduate of the Tulane/UFM Master of Finance, a joint executive program of Tulane's Freeman School of Business and Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and research director of Burkenroad Reports, was interviewed by MarketWatch for a story about the stock market's reaction to the escalating conflict in Iran.

Shuhua Sun’s research challenges taken-for-granted assumptions and unsettles conventional understanding.

Elba Lucía Gómez Morales (MFIN '25), an alumna of the Tulane/UFM Master of a Finance program, is Head Coordinator of Analytical Reserve Projects (Risk Integration), Risk Management at Banco Industrial in Guatemala City,…

Jake Krupa's paper "Capturing Firm Economic Events,” co-authored with Khrystyna Bochkay, Roman Chychyla and Anthony Joffre, was accepted for publication in Management Science.

Freeman School of Business faculty members Mara Baumgarten Force, Rob Lalka and Peter Ricchiuti are among the more than 250 authors, artists and thought leaders who will participate in the 2026 New Orleans Book Festival at…