Freeman News

Dr. 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…

How 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-…

Celebrating 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-…

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

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.

Alex 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…

Sam 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.

For the 38th annual Tulane Business Forum, local and national business leaders will offer fresh insights on how data is transforming their organizations and creating new opportunities in financial services, health care,…

Serena Loftus' paper “Because of ‘Because’: Examining the Use of Causal Language in Relative Performance Feedback” has been accepted for publication in the Accounting Review.

Xuhui “Nick” Pan's paper “Oil Volatility Risk and Expected Stock Returns” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Banking and Finance.

Nishad Kapadia and Morad Zekhnini’s paper “Getting Paid to Hedge: Why Don't Investors Pay a Premium to Hedge Downturns?” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

Lynn Hannan's paper “Designing a Performance Feedback System in a Multi-Task Environment: Relative Performance Information Detail Level and Temporal Aggregation in a Multi-Task Environment” has been accepted for publication…

Yinliang "Ricky" Tan's paper “Mitigating Inventory Overstocking: Optimal Order-up-to-Level to Achieve a Target Fill Rate” has been accepted for publication in Production and Operations Management.

In a presentation at the Freeman School in June, Frank Molloy, clinical nurse specialist and educator with the Novick Cardiac Alliance, told MD/MBA students that the organization’s biggest challenges aren’t necessarily…

Oleg Gredil’s paper “Do Private Equity Funds Manipulate Reported Returns?”, co-authored with Gregory W. Brown and Steven N. Kaplan, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial Economics.

In its 2017 ranking of pre-experience programs, the Financial Times ranks the Freeman MFIN program 9th best in the U.S. and 49th in the world.

Robert Prilmeier’s paper “Why Does Fast Loan Growth Predict Poor Performance for Banks?”, co-authored with Rüdiger Fahlenbrach and René Stulz, has been accepted for publication in the Review of Financial Studies.

John Healey, assistant professor of marketing at Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business, was interviewed by Fox 8 News for a story about the loss of jobs due to a decline in retail shopping.

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.

On 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.

Tulane University-based startup Instapath Bioptics topped more than 5,000 entrants from around the world to win first place and the grand prize of $30,000 in the International Business Model Competition. CMDX Biopsy, another…

Marshall Wadleigh’s story of accomplishment is a testament that hard work breeds success. The Tulane University senior from Pearl River, Louisiana, maintained a 4.0 grade point average as a walk-on member of the Tulane…

C. Jackson "Jack" Grayson Jr., former dean of the A. B. Freeman School of Business, died on May 4 at his home in Houston. He was 93. Grayson was executive chairman of the American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC), an…

Freeman students Jodi Gottlieb, Audrey Preston, Brooke Satterfield and Cara Williamson took home first place honors in the second annual Aaron Selber Jr. Course in Alternative Investments Distressed Debt Investment Pitch…