Freeman News

Updated July 9, 2010 The Tulane Association of Business Alumni (TABA) has announced the program for the 2010 Tulane Business Forum. With the theme "Leveraging Corporate Resources," this year's forum will focus on business…

From the Wall Street Journal Online, June 23, 2010: Economists and real estate brokers here say it is too early to gauge the long-term damage, but the early signs are worrisome. Leaking oil already has sapped tourism and fishing, and…

From NPR's All Things Considered, June 21, 2010: NPR's Michele Norris spoke with Eric Smith, associate director of the Tulane Energy Institute, about the drilling moratorium's potential impact on the Gulf Coast economy and what the…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 11, 2010Contact: Ben Haimowitz212-233-6170HHaimowitz@aol.comNEW ORLEANS - The likely effect of the Gulf oil…

From NPR's Morning Edition, June 3, 2010: President Obama has clamped a six-month moratorium on new deep-water drilling. He says a pause is necessary to guard against another crushing environmental catastrophe. But Peter Ricchiuti, who…

From Forbes.com, June 1, 2010: In a commentary written for Forbes. com, Eric Smith, associate director of the Tulane Energy Institute, says oil companies need the U.S. less than the U.S. needs oil companies. To read the entire…

From The Times-Picayune, May 30, 2010: [Tulane marketing professor Mita Sujan] says BP may not be quite as motivated to follow Tylenol's example. "In cases like Tylenol and Toyota, people buy with their feet," she says. "But with BP,…

From NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, May 26, 2010: Professor Eric Smith of Tulane University's Energy Institute offers perspective on the oil spill crisis and the attempts to contain it. NBC's Brian Williams reports. To see the…

From Financial Times, May 24, 2010: In Latin America, financial research on public companies can be difficult to find. Not only are many of the financial markets underdeveloped and thinly traded, there is a dearth of analysts…

The Tulane chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society recognizing business excellence, welcomed its newest members on May 13, 2010. The 47 inductees, including students from the BSM, MACCT, MBA, MFIN, MGM, MMG, and…

The following faculty awards were presented at the Freeman School’s 2010 Graduate Diploma Ceremony. Irving H. Lavalle Research Award Established in 1996, this award recognizes professors for excellence and advancement of the…

The following student awards were presented at the Freeman School's 2010 undergraduate and graduate-level diploma ceremonies. BSM Scholastic Achievement Award Established in 1997, the BSM Scholastic Achievement Award recognizes…

This year’s Freeman School commencement ceremony was nothing special, and according to Dean Angelo DeNisi, that’s what made it special indeed. Kelly Buck (BSM/MACCT '10) is all smiles after receiving her diploma as Sara Biller (MACCT…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 6, 2010Contact: Rosalind Butler504-862-8482rbutler4@tulane.eduNEW ORLEANS--The Callais family, whose…

At last year’s Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference, 33 of the 34 companies that presented posted negative returns for the preceding 12 months. This year, 28 of 33 companies posted positive returns, including top performer Stone…

Poverty and lack of access to safe, affordable lighting are two of the biggest challenges facing populations in the developing world. A startup company hopes to solve both of those problems with an innovative new product, and now, with…

On April 17, the Office of Graduate Admissions hosted its third annual International Advisers Seminar. Participating in this year’s event were advisers from Kaplan (Mexico), MBA Empresarial (Brazil), The Point (Brazil), Colfuturo (…

The Freeman School will honor the Wilson family, owners of Barriere Construction Co., as Tulane Distinguished Entrepreneurs of the Year and Kathryn Hall-Trujillo, founding director of Birthing Project USA, as Tulane Social Entrepreneur…

The developer of an orthopedic implant to help patients with osteoporosis undergo spinal surgery, a social enterprise to provide clean, affordable off-grid lighting to rural poor in the developing world, and the maker of a line of…

Jack and Jake’s Local and Organic Market is a new business that plans to bring locally grown food to customers in underserved neighborhoods within three days of harvest, but to achieve that goal, the company first needs a top-notch…

Xavier Cabo, Chonchol Gupta and Alex Owings may not have much in common with Kelly Clarkson or Adam Lambert, but they can all say they're idols. Rebirth Financial, a new company started by the second-year MBA students, was one of four…

MBA students from Freeman and seven other top-ranked business schools competed for $10,000 in cash prizes at the 14th annual Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Finance Case Competition. This year's competition, which took place on March 19…

This year’s Freeman Days New Orleans recruiting and networking event broke records for both corporate participation and alumni involvement. More than 60 alumni attended this year's Freeman Days New Orleans Networking Reception.Freeman…

Since 2008, the Freeman School and the School of Science & Engineering have been collaborating on research into the production and utilization of next generation fuels for clean power, including butanol from sugar cane waste…

Douglas N. Schantz, president of Sequent Energy Management, died tragically in New Orleans on March 5 after apparently falling accidentally into the Mississippi River. Schantz, who served on the board of the Tulane Energy Institute,…