International
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Coronavirus Stories: Reflecting on an Unexpected Semester AbroadI arrived in Milan anxious and excited about spending my spring semester abroad. I never would have imagined that after a month of getting a taste of the abroad experience I would be sent back to the U.S. due to a global…
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New scholarship program hopes to attract more Peace Corps volunteers to businessWhile business school might not be the first thing most Peace Corps alumni think of following their service, a new scholarship program makes pursuing a business degree more accessible to Peace Corps volunteers than ever…
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Study Abroad & Exchange announces fall 2019 scholarship winnersAlex Duffy (BSM ’21) and Chandler Nguyen (BSM '21) have been named fall 2019 recipients of the Freeman Travel Abroad Award (FTAA), a scholarship program that offers financial assistance to students participating in Freeman…
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The Conversation: Venezuelan sanctions could cut US refinery outputEric Smith, interim executive director of the Tulane Energy Institute, contributed an article to The Conversation about the unintended consequences of U.S. sanctions intended to put pressure on the government headed by…
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The Global ClassroomWith Brexit, NAFTA and the U.S.-China trade war dominating news cycles, it’s easy to focus on the differences between nations, but for nearly 100 international executive MBA students who took part in a Freeman School seminar…
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Freeman hosts lunch for Shanghai alumsDuring a trip to Shanghai last week, the Freeman School's Anu Varadharajan, lecturer and assistant director of the Master of Accounting program, met with alumni to catch up on their careers, share the latest news from…
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Latin American Business Forum highlights opportunities for US firmsOn May 16, the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University co-hosted the Latin American Business Forum, a daylong conference highlighting emerging business opportunities for U.S. firms in Latin America.
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All the world's a classroom for executive MBA studentsWhat’s the best way to learn how to do business internationally? For about 100 executive MBA students from around the world, the answer is to spend a week together.
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Tulane Energy Institute co-hosts forum on US-China relationsBarry K. Worthington, executive director of the United States Energy Association, speaks during a day-long forum examining relations between the U.S. and China. (Photo by Ryan Rivet) The Donald Trump administration is likely…
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Faculty member invited to White House briefing on tradeKnud Berthelsen (MBA ’09), adjunct lecturer in management, was invited to the White House in November to attend a briefing on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and The President’s Trade Agenda. Knud Berthelsen, right, was…
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Alumni host Chinese students in New YorkAlumni and professionals from companies including Moody’s Investor Services, EY, J.P. Morgan, Barclay’s and Deutsche Bank hosted a group of Chinese students at a special networking reception in New York on Saturday night (…
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EMBA classes take studies to Paris and BeijingIn a classroom on the campus of historic business school ESCP Europe in Paris, adjunct lecturer Alain Dumont leads a discussion with Executive MBA students from the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. (…
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MBAs meet with U.S. Embassy official in ArgentinaAs part of their Global Leadership Latin America trip, the second-year MBA class visited the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires on Oct. 14, 2014, where they met with Economic Counselor Tim Stater (A&S '82), the No. 2 U.S.…
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Goldring Institute brings the world to Freeman this summerAs John Trapani listened to the names of graduates at this year’s Freeman School diploma ceremony, a thought struck him: Nearly half of the 700-plus degree recipients were from outside the U.S. The Freeman School was…
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Freeman ranked fifth in nation for studying business abroadBusiness Research Guide, a website dedicated to technologies, products and services, and career and education options, has ranked the Freeman School No. 5 in the nation on its list of 30 Great U.S. Colleges for Studying…
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Financial Times: Asian Students Look to the WestFrom Financial Times, June 23, 2013:The 2013 FT Masters in Finance ranking of the top 40 full-time pre-experience programmes has a very western feel: it includes one business school from Australia, one from China, five from…
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Ambassador highlights importance of U.S.-EU relationshipWhen British Prime Minister David Cameron last week called for a referendum on Britain’s membership in the European Union, it was just the latest challenge to the beleaguered union, which has struggled in the wake of the…
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Service takes the spotlight on MBA trip to ArgentinaIt started out modestly, as a way to offer volunteer opportunities to students during one of their international trips, but in the last three years, public service has grown to become a focal point of the annual MBA Global…
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New program aims to produce global scholars“The world is flat,” proclaimed New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman in the title of his 2005 best-seller on how technology is leveling the global playing field, but that newly level playing field brings with it…
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Freeman hosts Chinese delegationThe Freeman School hosted a delegation of 50 education officials from China. (Photo by Sally Asher)On June 1, the Freeman School hosted a delegation of 50 representatives from Chinese universities as well as officials from…
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Freeman to launch new master's programs with Xiamen UniversityThe Freeman School has signed an agreement with China’s Xiamen University to begin offering two new dual education master’s programs for Chinese students. Ira Solomon, dean of the Freeman School, and Xiaohui Qu, dean of the…
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Freeman expands relationship with China's Zhejiang UniversityThe Freeman School has signed an agreement with China’s Zhejiang University to begin admitting students from its School of Management to the Freeman School’s Master of Accounting and Master of Finance programs. Freeman…
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MBAs practice business without borders in ArgentinaTom Connor (MBA ’12) has worked on a lot of consulting projects but probably none as simultaneously inspiring and sobering as the one he recently undertook for CILSA, an Argentinean nonprofit dedicated to helping at-risk…
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TheStreet.com: Conscious Capitalism: Tulane MBAs In ArgentinaFrom TheStreet.com, April 27, 2011:Tulane University has built a national reputation for public service in recent years. Now, that reputation is going global. Adding to the university's list of international service projects…
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Business Plan Competition announces semifinalistsThe Tulane Entrepreneurs Association has announced the semifinalists for the 2011 Tulane Business Plan Competition. The competition, which takes place on Friday, April 8, at the Freeman School, will award up to $70,000 in…