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Research workshop focuses scholars on costs of racial inequity

March 26, 2021

Researchers from Tulane and other universities came together in March for a three-day workshop aimed at helping scholars quantify the effects of racial inequity in the United States.

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Cleantech startup earns top prize at 21st annual Tulane Business Model Competition

March 26, 2021

A startup with technology that tackles the danger of ice buildup on roofs won first place and the grand prize of $75,000 at the 21st annual Tulane Business Model Competition.

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Ricchiuti rallies for experiential learning

March 18, 2021

With the Ricchiuti Action Learning Initiative (RALI), Peter Ricchiuti hopes to spread experiential learning across all areas of the Freeman School.

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Tulane Business Model Competition announces 2021 semifinalists

March 14, 2021

Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business has announced the six semifinalist teams that will face off in the 2021 Tulane Business Model Competition.

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Lepage Center to award $100,000 in research grants to Tulane faculty and students studying costs of racial inequity

February 23, 2021

The Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business is collaborating with researchers from across the university to host a three-day workshop aimed at counting the costs of racial inequity in the United States.

Alumni News

With scholarship gift, alum passes the baton

February 22, 2021

A scholarship made Tulane University possible for Jim Burke (A&S ’91, MBA ’91). That generosity — from someone he didn’t even know — transformed his life and ultimately led him to create the same opportunity for future generations of Tulane business students.

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Alumnus gets ahead in the cloud

January 22, 2021
In 2011, David Olk (BSM ’98) teamed up with Jason Richelson to raise $2 million to build a company with the goal of taking small businesses where they’d never gone before: the cloud.
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Freeman School Faculty Recruiting Inclusivity & Diversity Task Force

January 12, 2021
In our continuing effort to enhance inclusivity and diversity within the A. B. Freeman School of Business, I am pleased to announce the establishment of the Faculty Recruiting Inclusivity & Diversity Task Force.
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Goldring/Woldenberg expansion earns another architectural honor

January 07, 2021
In its 2020 Best of Design Awards, the Architect's Newspaper, a leading publication and website covering architecture and design, awarded the Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex honorable mention for Architectural Lighting – Indoor.
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Beta Gamma Sigma inducts newest members

December 17, 2020
The Tulane chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society recognizing academic excellence in the study of business, recognized new inductees at a society-wide virtual membership recognition ceremony on Dec. 15.
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Freeman School Dean Ira Solomon

Dean Ira Solomon to step down

December 15, 2020
After leading the Freeman School through a substantial period of growth during the last nine years, Dean Ira Solomon has announced his plans to step down this summer at the end of his second five-year term.
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Tulane Business Model Competition goes virtual for 2021

December 07, 2020
Applications are now open for the 2021 Tulane Business Model Competition, which this year will take place virtually to ensure the safety of participants and judges.