Freeman News
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MBA Class of '25: Amanda PhillipsI am pursuing my MBA to provide myself with greater mobility in my professional career.
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MBA Class of '25: Giannis TsahageasI'm pursuing my MBA to make myself more competitive in the job market, specifically in Sports Management.
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MBA Class of '25: Esther FrempongI am most proud of my work in education, it was great to make a difference each day. I am also proud of my work in college; I interned and eventually directed an art show designed to highlight minority and local small…
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MBA Class of '25: Sirianong PeyasantiwongSmall classrooms, data-driven curriculum, trading rooms, warm weather, nice food, and most importantly nice people that I met in the admission process. This program really gets to know me as a person.
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MBA Class of '25: Nathan KrippnerI went to Tulane as an undergraduate student and I love and respect Tulane/Freeman and New Orleans. I hope to learn more about myself, to increase my business knowledge and to discover a career path that excites me, as well…
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WWNO Louisiana Considered: Independent banks seek approval to switch from a 'mutual' bank operation to a stock-owned modelAmanda Heitz, assistant professor of finance, was interviewed for a segment on the WWNO news magazine "Louisiana Considered" about independent banks in New Orleans seeking to change their ownership structure from mutual…
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| ResearchStudy: Vanishing photos make matches multiply on dating appsA new Tulane University study finds that sharing ephemeral photos, which vanish after being seen, can increase the number of matches on a dating app. The study was published in Information Systems Research.
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Freeman students highlighted for Poets & Quants 2024 'Best & Brightest Business Majors'Freeman seniors Raleigh Kreis (BSM '24) and Kobe Zagon (BSM '24) were recently highlighted as two of this year's Best & Brightest Business Majors by Poets&Quants.
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Freeman growing as Fulbright destinationIn addition to producing Fulbright students, Tulane and the Freeman School are also leading destinations for Fulbright students. The Freeman School currently has four international grad students on Fulbright Foreign Student…
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MBA Class of '25: Luis SaabI want to change my career path to a more strategic direction. I love numbers and business and would like to be a project or new product manager.
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| EventsFintech entrepreneur Todd Schwartz to serve as 2024 Freeman Distinguished LecturerFor the 2024 R.W. Freeman Distinguished Lecture, Todd Schwartz, founder of OppFi, will sit down with Myke Yest, senior professor of practice in finance, for a wide-ranging discussion that will chart the company's journey…
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Sensitive skincare company earns top prize at Tulane Business Model CompetitionGently Soap, a skincare brand that creates bath products infused with clinically validated botanicals to provide “joyful relief” to people with sensitive skin, won first place and the top prize of $75,000 at the 24th annual…
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Tulane honors 2024 Entrepreneurs of the YearTulane University honored Chris Britt (A&S ’95) and Andrea Turner Moffitt (NC ’00) as Entrepreneurs of the Year at the 2024 Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Awards Gala.
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Students unlock entrepreneurial insights at Founders ForumThe Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation's second annual Founders Forum gave entreprenuership students the chance to meet and learn from the founders of 23 New Orleans area companies.
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Lola SoniregunLola Soniregun (MME ’20) graduated with a Master of Management Energy degree and carved a path to a rewarding career as a financial trader with NextEra Energy in Palm Beach, Florida. It was in Tulane’s MME program that Lola…
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Neal TalaskeMBA program alum Neal Talaske (MBA/MSR ’21) is helping to create a sustainable future through the skills he acquired in Tulane’s MBA/sustainable real estate development program,
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Lalka to discuss new book on Big Tech at 2024 New Orleans Book FestivalRob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business and executive director of the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, will discuss his forthcoming book The Venture Alchemists: How Big Tech Turned Profits into…
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Tulane Faculty Member Uses Data Analytic Skills to Improve Coordination of Care, Classroom ExperienceWhile much is known about patient outcomes while admitted into a healthcare facility, there are many unknowns when it comes to individual results after discharge. Claire Senot is advancing research related to the entire…
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Alumni shine at first Black Alumni WeekendHundreds of alumni, guests, faculty and staff converged on Tulane's uptown campus the weekend of Feb. 22-24 to celebrate Tulane's first annual Black Alumni Weekend. Hosted by Tulane's Office of Alumni Relations, the weekend…
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Healthy Living Healthy Planet Radio: Energy ProductionPierre Conner, professor of practice and executive director of the Tulane Energy Institute, was interviewed about energy production and consumption for Healthy Living Healthy Planet Radio.
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Freeman launches new undergraduate certificate programs in high-demand fieldsUndergraduate students can now earn a certificate designating their completion of a specialized program of study in Energy, Hospitality, Real Estate Finance, Sports Management, and Business Analytics and AI.
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| ResearchResearch suggests ‘ephemeral sharing’ can break the ice in online datingA study from a professor at the A. B. Freeman School of Business suggests that a new privacy feature has the potential to put dating app users more at ease and ultimately lead to more romantic connections.
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Tulane and Freeman part of record-setting $160 million grant to transform Louisiana’s energy industryTulane University and the A. B. Freeman School of Business will play central roles in a new statewide effort that has received the largest and most competitive grant ever awarded by the U.S. National Science Foundation – up…
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| ResearchResearch Notes: Yumei HeYumei He's paper "Enhancing User Privacy Through Ephemeral Sharing Design: Experimental Evidence from Online Dating" has been accepted for publication in Information Systems Research (ISR).
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| ResearchAI sentencing cut jail time for low-risk offenders, but study finds racial bias persistedJudges relying on artificial intelligence tools to determine criminal sentences handed down markedly less jail time in tens of thousands of cases, but also appeared to discriminate against Black offenders despite the…