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From Freeman Business Magazine — The Freeman School’s new strategic plan leverages Freeman’s historic strengths and unique capabilities to deliver the knowledge, skills and experience that businesses need in a…

For the 43rd annual Tulane Business Forum, a distinguished group of business leaders will discuss how their companies and industries are succeeding in the post-pandemic era. “Open for Business: Celebrating the Economic…

In response to the Russian invasion and ongoing war in Ukraine, the A. B. Freeman School of Business will fund at least $10,000 in grants to promote the research and visions of Ukrainian scholars and educators. Grant…

The Freeman School jumped seven spots to No. 34 in the latest U.S. News & World Report ranking of undergraduate business programs. The ranking, which was published on Sept. 12 as part of U.S. News’ 2022-23 Best…

The A. B. Freeman School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of five faculty members for the 2022-23 academic year. The appointments, which were effective July 1, include four tenure-track assistant professors…

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.

I shall begin this message with four words: Congratulations! You made it! After what arguably is the longest and hardest year that many of us have experienced, the end of 2020 is finally in sight. And not a moment too soon…

For a little over nine years now, I have had the privilege of serving as the dean of the A. B. Freeman School of Business. Now, as the final year of my second five-year term as dean is progressing, I have been doing a lot of…

On Friday, the 10 deans of Tulane University issued a joint statement in response to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) announcement limiting international student attendance at U.S. universities this fall.

The past several weeks has been, for all of us, a period of unprecedented disruption and uncertainty. As we here at the Freeman School have settled into our second week of delivering classes remotely, I wanted to take a few…

Senior Professor of Practice Myke Yest was recently named the inaugural Peter Ricchiuti Professor, a fitting tribute to his zest for giving students real-life learning experiences. Yest developed both of the Aaron Selber Jr…

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the leading accrediting body for university business education, announced today that the accreditation of Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of…

During his annual “State of the School” homecoming address, Dean Ira Solomon discussed growing enrollments, new programs and plans for the Freeman School’s expansion into downtown New Orleans.

Does your Freeman graduation year end in three or eight? Then join us Nov. 9-10, 2018, for Graduate Reunion Weekend, the Freeman School's annual get-together for master’s and PhD program alumni celebrating milestone…

The Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex has been certified LEED Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council for meeting the highest standards in green building.

On May 18, 2018 — nearly 100 years to the day after its inaugural graduation ceremony — the A. B. Freeman School of Business awarded diplomas to the largest graduating class in school history.

In April, rAVe [Publications], the AV industry’s leading news organization, honored the Freeman School's interactive video wall with a 2018 Best of DSE Award for Best New Interactive Digital Signage Product.

The Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex is open for business. On Tuesday, the Freeman School officially unveiled its long-awaited expansion with a New Orleans-style celebration in honor of the building’s inaugural day of…

With clear skies and unseasonably mild temperatures, Homecoming/Reunion Weekend 2017 attracted hundreds of Freeman alumni, parents and friends to Tulane’s uptown campus for a Wave-themed weekend of fun.

The 2016 presidential election exposed deep fissures within U.S. society, but in an appearance at Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business on Nov. 8, economist Roger W. Ferguson Jr. said the current economic and…

The Freeman School’s Houston campus reopens today, nearly two weeks after closing in anticipation of Hurricane Harvey.

The Emeritus Club of Tulane University has honored Stanley Motta (BBA ’67), chairman of Copa Holdings, the parent company of Copa Airlines, with its Lifetime Achievement of the Emeritus Class Award for the Class of 1967.

Over the course of two days and two pomp-and-circumstance-filled ceremonies, Tulane University's A. B. Freeman School of Business awarded more than 700 diplomas to graduates during its 2017 commencement exercises.

Former Freeman School faculty member Daniel B. "Danny" Killeen Sr. died on April 28, 2017, at his home in Pass Christian, Mississippi. He was 84.

Growth. Growth. Growth. Paraphrasing the old quote about real estate, Dean Ira Solomon told a Freeman School homecoming audience that explosive growth continues to be the big story at the B-school.