Freeman News

Founded by alumnus Todd Wackerman (MBA '18), STEM Library Lab is a new nonprofit that provides New Orleans public and charter school teachers with the tools they need to teach hands-on, inquiry-based science.

Junghee Lee's paper “First Look Determination,” co-authored with Vish Krishnan, Oleksiy Mnyshenko and Hyoduk Shin, has been accepted for publication in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (MSOM.)

Rajat Khanna’s paper “Entangled Decisions: Knowledge Interdependencies and Termination of Patented Inventions in the Pharmaceutical Industry,” co-authored with Isin Guler and Atul Nerkar, has been accepted for publication in…

Tim West's paper “A Comprehensive Analysis of Findings from Single Audits: The Implications of Auditee Type and Auditor Expertise,” co-authored with Tammy Waymire and Zach Webb, has been accepted for publication in The…

Pamela Whitten, an alumna of Tulane University's A. B. Freeman School of Business, has been appointed president of Kennesaw State University, the third-largest university in Georgia and one of the 50 largest public…

A. B. Freeman School of Business alumna Alexis S. Gandal (BSM/MACCT ’17) has been named a 2017 recipient of the American Institute of CPAs’ Elijah Watt Sells Award.

In a new study, Professor of Accounting Jasmijn Bol finds that firms increasingly value tacit knowledge -- the term scholars use for hard-to-teach skills like communication, self-management and the ability to prioritize…

Two students at Tulane University's A. B. Freeman School of Business have turned their gripes with renting into a company that could revolutionize how lease agreements are managed.

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.

Helping to lead the Tulane women's rugby team to the D2 Spring Championship were three A. B. Freeman School of Business students: Elena Garidis (BSM '18, LA '18), Clare Sullivan (BSM '19) and Lily Wissinger (BSM '18).

For graduating seniors— and identical twins— Blane and Tyler Margaretten, the highlight of their college careers is not the final destination, but the journey.

Students Griffin Donnelly (BSM ’19), Ben Gerber (BSM ’19) and Jack Preston (BSM ’19) were anything but distressed after taking home first place honors in the fourth annual Aaron Selber Jr. Distressed Debt Investment Pitch…

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.

Tulane University's A. B. Freeman School of Business honored business executive Patrick Comer and civic activist Sandy Rosenthal as its 2018 Entrepreneurs of the Year.

On April 25, footwear giant Steve Madden stopped at the A. B. Freeman School of Business for an intimate Q&A session with business students hosted by the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

A health-care startup with an innovative device designed to help people breathe a little easier was the big winner at the 18th annual Tulane Business Model Competition.

Jasmijn Bol's paper “The Role of Tactic Knowledge in Auditor Expertise and Human Capital Development” has been accepted for publication in The Journal of Accounting Research.

Eric Smith, associate director of the Tulane Energy Institute at the A. B. Freeman School of Business, was interviewed by Gas Matters about the emerging natural gas liquids (NGLs) market.

Yinliang “Ricky” Tan's paper “Marketplace, Reseller or Hybrid: Strategic Analysis of an Emerging E-Commerce Model” has been accepted for publication in Production and Operations Management (POM).

AssistENT, Boost Linguistics and Uchooze Lunchbox will compete on April 19 in the Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex for the top prize of $25,000.

The Wall Street Journal and the Times of Higher Education are currently conducting a survey of global MBA and Master of Finance programs for rankings to be published in spring 2018.

Adrienna Huffman’s paper “Asset Use and the Relevance of Fair Value Measurement: Evidence from IAS 41," has been accepted for publication in the Review of Accounting Studies. Huffman is an assistant professor of accounting…

On March 19, entrepreneur Aidan Gill discussed his 50-year career behind the barber chair in a special New Orleans Entrepreneur Week talk hosted by the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Tulane University’s…

Lynn Hannan's paper “The Effect of Environmental Risk on the Efficiency of Negotiated Transfer Prices” has been accepted for publication in Contemporary Accounting Research.

A team of Freeman School MBAs edged out peers from five universities to win first place in the IDEAcorps MBA Consulting Challenge, which helped kick off this year’s showcase of the best in New Orleans startups and business…