Freeman News
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The long and winding journey of a family businessGyl Grinberg (BSM ’95), former president of Val-Fit Inc., a leading master distributor of pipe, valves and fittings (PVF) for the oil and gas industry, shared the family-owned company’s long and winding journey in a special…
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| ResearchResearch Notes: Ricky TanYinliang "Ricky" Tan's paper “Captivate: Building Blocks for Implementing Active Learning," co-authored with Brent Kitchens of the University of Virginia and Tawnya Means of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been…
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Anatomy of a startupEntrepreneur Fran Heller (NC '88) discussed the evolution of her startup Good2Go in November as part of a new speaker series hosted by the Freeman School’s Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
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Teaching award winners share commitment to studentsPaddy Sivadasan and Xuhui "Nick" Pan are the 2017 recipients of the Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award, the Freeman School's highest honor for classroom teaching.
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Hundreds turn out for Homecoming/Reunions 2017With 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.
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| ResearchResearch Notes: Lynn HannanLynn Hannan's paper “Team Member Subjective Communication in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Teams,” co-authored with Markus Arnold of the University of Bern and Ivo Tafkov of Georgia State University, has been accepted for…
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Beta Gamma Sigma inducts newest membersThe Tulane chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society recognizing academic excellence in the study of business, welcomed its newest members on Nov. 1, 2017.
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Applications now open for 18th annual Tulane Business Model CompetitionCollege entrepreneurs are invited to enter the 18th annual Tulane Business Model Competition for a chance to win more than $40,000 in cash and prizes for promising startup ventures.
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Live! From New Orleans! It’s accounting class!Comedy isn’t something people typically associate with accounting, but Tim West -- a graduate of the Second City, the famed improvisational theater in Chicago -- isn’t a typical accounting professor.
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Former Fed vice chair delivers 2017 R.W. Freeman LectureThe 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…
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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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Tulane Women in Business strike a pose at NAWMBA ConferenceWith a photo of themselves spelling out “NAWMBA,” members of Tulane Women in Business captured the most creative photo prize at this year’s National Association of Women MBAs Conference in Chicago.
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| ResearchResearch Notes: Mazhar IslamMazhar Islam's paper “Signaling by Early Stage Startups: US Government Research Grants and Venture Capital Funding,” co-authored with Adam Fremeth of the Ivey School at University of Western Ontario and Alfred Marcus of the…
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Reunions/Homecoming Weekend kicks off Nov. 3The A. B. Freeman School of Business celebrates Tulane University Homecoming and Graduate Reunion Weekend on Nov. 3 -5 with a full slate of events for alumni, parents and friends.
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Forbes: What Entrepreneurs Evaluating Venture Capitalists Can Learn From The Way We Evaluate Baseball PlayersRob Lalka, executive director of the Freeman School's Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, is featured in a Forbes.com article about what baseball can teach entrepreneurs about venture capitalists.
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Alumna's grocery store is a locavore's delightFreeman School alumna Simone Reggie (MBA '12) is the founder of Simone’s Market, an old-fashioned neighborhood grocery store with a special emphasis on local and regionally sourced food.
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WWL-TV: Professor: Rare for Anyone to be on Shallow Water PlatformsTulane Energy Institute Associate Director Eric Smith spoke with WWL-TV's Lauren Gale about oil and gas production in Lake Pontchartrain in the wake of Sunday night's explosion and fire aboard a platform.
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Freeman welcomes seven to faculty for 2017-18Continuing the historic faculty recruiting effort that began in 2012, Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business welcomes seven new full-time professors to the faculty for the 2017-18 academic year.
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Big data, big opportunitiesDr. Steven Udvarhelyi, president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, spoke about how the company is using data to help solve the state's healthcare challenges as keynote speaker at the 38th annual Tulane…
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VC pioneer offers insights on building entrepreneurial ecosystemHow do you build a sustainable ecosystem for entrepreneurs? In a talk hosted by the Freeman School’s Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, venture capital giant Chuck Newhall invoked an analogy tailor-…
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Parties, faculty talks, tailgating on tap for Graduate Reunion Weekend 2017Celebrating a milestone graduation anniversary this year? Register now for the A. B. Freeman School of Business Graduate Reunion Weekend! Scheduled to coincide with Tulane Homecoming, this year’s reunion takes place Nov. 3-…
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Tulane in Houston weathers the stormThe Freeman School’s Houston campus reopens today, nearly two weeks after closing in anticipation of Hurricane Harvey.
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The Wall Street Journal: CEOs’ Simple Trick on Earnings Calls - Saying ‘I,’ ‘We’ and ‘Us’The Wall Street Journal interviewed Freeman School Assistant Professor of Accounting Serena Loftus for a story about a new study she authored on managers' use of self-inclusive language.
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Chron.com: Advanced business degrees open doors for studentsAlex Sleptsov, assistant dean for executive education at Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business, was interviewed for a chron.com story about the role of advanced business degrees in today’s working environment…
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Accounting major earns 2017 PCAOB ScholarshipSam Luber (BSM/MACCT ’18), a senior majoring in finance and accounting, has been awarded a $10,000 merit scholarship by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.