Two and a half years ago, we presented our five-year strategic plan to the Freeman community for the first time. With the theme “Business Education at the Speed of Change,” this exciting blueprint for the future — our first new strategic plan in nearly a decade —...
For more than 35 years, St. Thomas Community Health Center has served the medical needs of New Orleans residents regardless of their ability to pay. Originally founded to serve residents of the sprawling St. Thomas Public Housing Development, St. Thomas has evolved...
The Freeman School of Business climbed 19 spots to No. 62 in the latest U.S. News & World Report ranking of the nation’s best full-time MBA programs. The 19-spot increase was one of the biggest year-to-year changes among ranked programs and represents Freeman’s...
Following the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the criminal conviction of founder Sam Bankman-Fried, a number of publications rushed forward with sobering essays on the state of the industry. “Is Crypto Dead?” inquired The Atlantic. Ryan Peters, assistant...
NOLA Nature School is a pioneering nonprofit preschool program that educates children through the wonders of nature, but as an organization, it faces many of the same challenges that for-profit businesses do. To help the school to continue to grow, a team of Master of...
Students at two New Orleans area high schools are doing more than just learning financial literacy. With the help of students from the A. B. Freeman School of Business, they’re studying investment strategies and actively building their own portfolios. Students in Mara...
“It’s always on my brain in the month of July,” says Christine Smith, “but this year in particular.” July 20, 2024, marked the 10th anniversary of the death of Smith’s father, Beauregard J. “Beau” Parent Jr., the legendary instructor who taught accounting at the...
The Freeman School of Business has named Mara Baumgarten Force as the inaugural director of the Center for Experiential Business Learning, the school’s new center of excellence dedicated to high-impact hands-on learning. In this new position, Force, who serves as the...
Russ Robins spent the better part of his career teaching statistics, so it makes sense that he’d continue to focus on numbers even in retirement. “My daughter gave me a Fitbit, and I’m kind of a fanatic about it,” he says. “I try and walk 10 miles a day — that’s about...
Music app Tipzy hit a high note at this year’s Pitch Friday Competition, taking home the grand prize of $15,000 in cash and $2,500 in pro bono legal services. The final round of the competition, an annual presentation of the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and...
A new study by Jasmijn Bol, Francis Martin Chair in Business and PwC Professor of Accounting, investigates the differential impacts of Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) for male versus female employees, uncovering significant gender disparities and...
Because of catfishing and other dating scams, privacy is essential on online dating sites, even more so than other places online. However, these privacy concerns can make people reticent to share the very personal information that could help them make a connection...
ALISSA BILFIELD’s paper “Exploring the Implications of the Fair Trade USA Certification for Farmworker Health and Well-being at the First Certified Farm in the U.S.,” co-authored with Edmundo Hernandez, was published in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and...
The rise of solar power may be a boon to the environment, but it’s creating financial headaches for utility companies and consumers. A new research paper from Fariba Mamaghani, assistant professor of management science, explores this complex dynamic, demonstrating how...
