Faculty & Research
Studies have shown fast-food calorie postings do little to deter diners from overeating. A better approach may be for restaurants to simply ask consumers if they’d like smaller portions, according to new research by a Freeman School professor in this month’s Health Affairs.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 21, 2011
The following faculty awards were presented at the Freeman School’s 2011 graduate and undergraduate diploma ceremonies.
Irving H. Lavalle Research Award
Corporate-acquisition activity has been in the doldrums, and the finger of blame has tended to be pointed at investors.
The Freeman School has appointed six new tenure-track faculty members for the 2010-11 academic year.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 11, 2010
The following faculty awards were presented at the Freeman School’s 2010 Graduate Diploma Ceremony.
Peter Ricchiuti is quoted again in today's Times-Picayune on McMoRan Exploration Co.'s groundbreaking Blackbeard drilling project. The mega-deep well, located just off the mouth of the Mississippi River, could end up producing the equivalent of 4 billion barrels of oil.
In a new paper to be published in Journal of Accounting and Economics, Robert S.
Assistant Dean Peter Ricchiuti was interviewed by ABC News for a Good Morning America segment on May 7 that examined the Gulf Coast's surprisingly strong economy. Ricchiuti is research director of Burkenroad Reports, which follows 38 small- and mid-cap companies across the Southeast.
John Elstrott, clinical professor of business and executive director of the Freeman School's Levy-Rosenblum Institute for Entrepreneurship, was among the guest speakers to address 50 visiting graduate business students.