Experiential Learning

A team of MBA students conducted a study to help the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center determine its optimal temperature setting for events.

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and research director of Burkenroad Reports, was interviewed by Investopedia about the challenges of investing during stagflation.

For the 20th anniversary of Katrina, we asked faculty and staff members who lived through it to share their memories of the storm and their thoughts on its long-term impacts on Tulane and the Freeman School.

Harold Asher (A&S ’73, MBA ’75) lives for competition. It makes sense for a former college football linebacker, and, it turns out, for a forensic accountant.

Students in Freeman’s Hospitality, Sports Management, and Real Estate Finance Certificate programs traveled to Madrid in May to gain global business insights and explore the culture and economy of one of Europe’s top…

As a LEAP fellow, Luis Saab (MBA ’25) created a tailor-made financial quote tracking model for Travis Banks' company, Gravel Road Builders and Construction Services.

The Freeman School’s Executive MBA class hit the road in May, traveling to Cape Town, South Africa, for the course Managing the Global Enterprise.

The Freeman School has announced a new certificate program in Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) designed to enhance students’ fluency in emerging technologies.

New Orleans fine arts dealer M.S. Rau turned to Freeman capstone students to gather insights for a business expansion.

EJ Encalarde, president and COO of Festival Productions and coordinating producer of Jazz Fest, is instructor in a new Freeman course that explores the principles of festival management.

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and research director of Burkenroad Reports, was interviewed by USA Today about the Trump administration's decision to impose tariffs on US trade partners.

Jeff Salyer’s Strategic Brand Management class is bringing PMBA students face-to-face with experienced sales and marketing professionals and giving them a look at how these teams operate in real-life business contexts.As…

When Professor of Practice Larry Merington told students in his Business Management capstone class they would be developing a plan to help St. Jude Community Center renovate its building and expand its community assistance…

The Freeman School’s new 4+1 program allows students to begin work on a master’s degree in business while still an undergraduate, enabling them to earn a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in finance, energy management…

A distinguished roster of alumni, faculty and students came together on Nov. 1 for the first Freeman Alternative Investments Conference.

To help local elementary schoolers learn the basics of financial literacy, students in Ashley Nelson’s the Art of Management class partnered with Junior Achievement to deliver a day of service at Esperanza Academy in New…

The Wall Street Journal reported this week that applications to MBA programs grew by 12% in 2024, reversing two years of declines. Leading the growth were applications to full-time in-person programs, which rose 32…

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and research director of Burkenroad Reports, was interviewed by International Business Times for a story about how the Fed's recent interest rate cut will impact…

NOLA Nature School is a pioneering nonprofit preschool program that educates children through the wonders of nature, but as an organization, it faces many of the same challenges that for-profit businesses do.

David M. Turk, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, visited the A. B. Freeman School of Business on Wednesday, April 24, for a fireside chat with students about energy policy, technologies and opportunities.

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and research director of Burkenroad Reports, was interviewed by the New Orleans Advocate for a story about how Louisiana public companies matched up with Wall Street in…

The Fall/Winter 2023 issue of Freeman Business, the alumni magazine of Tulane University's A. B. Freeman School of Business, is now online.

Freeman students Asher Nissanoff, Cameron Dartez, John Burrows, Max Yazdian and Isaac Popper took first place in the inaugural ASU NBA Mock Trade Deadline Competition.

The A. B. Freeman School of Business has received a $5 million gift from Todd and Gina Schwartz to expand opportunities for students to “learn by doing.”

Osman Kazan has always made numbers matter with a simple tenet: “Tell a story with them.” That’s what he does to shape the Freeman School’s Master of Business Analytics degree into a rigorous, experience-based education of…