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The Mauthe family have been dairy farmers in South Louisiana for five generations, but in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, their small, family-owned dairy was forced to suspend operations. Now, with the help of celebrity chef John Besh and a team of Freeman School MBAs, the Mauthes hope to bring their fresh glass-bottled milk, Creole cream cheese and homemade cheesecakes to a new generation of customers.

MBAs Practice Business Without Borders

Tom Connor (MBA ’12) has worked on a lot of consulting projects but probably none as simultaneously inspiring and sobering as the one he recently undertook for CILSA, an Argentinean nonprofit dedicated to helping at-risk children and the disabled access educational and career opportunities.

Collaboration Is Key, Development Officials Say

This year’s Tulane Business Forum focused on growth through innovation and collaboration, and according to a panel of New Orleans economic development officials, the city’s remarkable rise in a host of national business rankings—everything from best city for attracting people under 25 with college degrees to top metro area for IT job growth—is a perfect example of that theme.

Wall Street Reforms Likely Not Enough

New federal rules to rein in the banking industry may be causing a stir on Wall Street, but the regulations likely won’t go far enough to prevent a crisis like the 2007–2008 financial meltdown, says the Freeman School’s Paul Spindt.

Villere & Co. Named Outstanding Family Enterprise

St. Denis J. Villere and Co., a 100-year-old family-owned investment management company, is the 2011 recipient of the Tulane Family Business Center’s Outstand Family Enterprise Award.

Innovative Clinic Wins Top Prize at PitchNOLA

The ideas presented spanned everything from urban farms to educational wetlands trips to an online crowdsourcing program to support underprivileged students, but in the end, it was an innovative approach to health care that captured the top prize at PitchNOLA 2011.

TEA Kicks Off 2012 Tulane Business Plan Competition

The Tulane Entrepreneurs Association (TEA) has begun accepting applications for the 2012 Tulane Business Plan Competition, the only business plan competition in the nation dedicated to the principles of Conscious Capitalism.

Trapani and Bakamitsos tapped to lead Executive Education

John M. Trapani III and Yiorgos Bakamitsos have been appointed as the new heads of executive education at the Freeman School.

Financial Times ranks Master of Finance 4th in U.S.

In its latest ranking of global master’s in finance programs, Financial Times has ranked the Freeman School’s Master of Finance program 26th in the world and fourth among programs in the United States. Freeman was ranked in the category of preexperience programs, which refer to programs targeted at new or recent graduates.

McDonald’s Exec Describes Chain’s Revitalization

If you’re like most people, you probably don’t remember McDonald’s short-lived experiment with 55-cent Big Macs, but to Neil Golden, chief marketing officer of McDonald’s USA, the ill-fated 1997 price promotion is a bitter reminder of everything that had gone wrong at the Golden Arches.

New Dean Plans to Connect with the Community

Ira Solomon thinks business schools should do more to address societal issues, and the newly appointed dean of the Freeman School thinks Tulane University is just the place to take on that challenge. “I like the strategic direction I see the campus going,” says Solomon, “and I think the Freeman School is well positioned to move in that direction.”

Freeman takes top honors in Finance Case Competition

A team made up of Freeman MBA students Vivek Sharma, Jason Costa, Arnab Dasgupta and Anthony Elia won first place and a grand prize of $5,000 at the 15th annual Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Finance Case Competition. This year’s competition took place at the Freeman School on April 1, 2011.

Freeman team wins national strategy competition

A team of Freeman School MBAs won first place and a prize of $5,000 at the National Association of Women MBAs Strategy Case Competition. The final round of the contest took place on March 23 in Newark, N.J., at the corporate headquarters of PSEG, sponsor of this year’s competition.

Lepage and Cassidy honored as Entrepreneurs of the Year

The Freeman School honored Albert R. Lepage, chairman of Lepage Bakeries Inc., as Tulane Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year and Phyllis E. Cassidy, executive director and founder of Good Work Network, as Tulane Social Entrepreneur of the Year at its annual Tulane Council of Entrepreneurs Awards Gala.