– Fall/Winter 2024 –

From the Dean: An update on our strategic plan at its midpoint

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January 2025 will mark the midway point in our five-year strategic plan, so I wanted to share the progress we’ve made toward achieving the goals set forth.

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MBAs help Community Health Center take stock

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As part of the full-time MBA program’s new Consulting Practicum, a team of five MBA students worked with St. Thomas Community Health Center to streamline the organization’s inventory management process.

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Freeman jumps 19 spots in U.S. News rankings

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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 highest U.S. News ranking since 2015.

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New course explores future of fintech

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Ryan Peters teaches Money, Fintech, and Blockchain: Transforming the Financial Landscape, the Freeman School’s first to delve into the inner workings of blockchain and cryptocurrency, but Peters says that’s just one part of the class.

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Consulting for a cause

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A team of Freeman Master of Accounting students recently took on the role of consultants for NOLA Nature School, evaluating the school’s financial operations, identifying potential risks and recommending practical solutions.

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Finance students help high schoolers become investors

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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.

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Remembering Beau Parent

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July 20 marked the 10th anniversary of the death of legendary instructor Beau Parent, who taught accounting at the Freeman School for more than 35 years.

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Force named director of Center for Experiential Business Learning

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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.

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Longtime faculty member Russ Robins retires

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On June 30, Russ Robins, the Jessica L. Streiffer and Edward L. Streiffer Chair in International Finance and professor of finance, retired, bringing to a close his 35-year career as a full-time professor and administrator.

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Professor helped overturn Louisiana’s same-sex marriage ban

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Most people today take same-sex marriage for granted, but the legal right for gay couples to marry was established less than 10 years ago, and Chris Otten (BSM ’05), professor of practice in business & legal studies, played a part in making it happen in Louisiana.

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Research sheds new light on gender disparities in the workplace

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A new study by Jasmijn Bol investigates the differential impacts of Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) for male versus female employees, uncovering significant gender disparities and highlighting the unintended consequences of using management control systems to promote and reward these behaviors.

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Study: Vanishing photos make matches multiply on dating apps

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A new Freeman School study finds that sharing ephemeral photos, which vanish after being seen, can increase the number of matches on a dating app. The study was published in Information Systems Research.

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Selected Faculty Publications

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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 Community Development.

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Research shows how utilities can avoid solar-powered ‘death spiral’

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The rise of solar power may be a boon to the environment, but it’s creating financial headaches for utility companies and consumers.

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