News

Twenty-eight of the nation’s best student traders traveled to New Orleans on Nov. 14 to test their skills trading simulated live oil and gas futures, but unlike most competitions, the winners of this event weren’t necessarily the ones with the biggest profits.

Freeman Ranked 61st in World in Latest Financial Times Survey

In its latest ranking of global MBA programs, the Financial Times has ranked the Freeman School 61st in the world and 35th in the U.S. Freeman was ranked 80th in the world and 46th among U.S. programs in the 2008 ranking, the last time Freeman was included in the survey.

Students Become Teachers in Service Learning Project

More than 40 Freeman School BSMs introduced New Orleans public school students to business skills as part of Junior Achievement Day at Ben Franklin Elementary.

Whole Foods CEO Argues for Purpose over Profits

Capitalism has gotten a bad rap lately, and John Mackey, co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market Inc., thinks that’s a bad thing.

The Freeman Index: Entrepreneurship

Since the founding of the Levy-Rosenblum Institute in 1991, entrepreneurship has grown to become one of the Freeman School’s most popular programs.

The Importance of Ambition

PricewaterhouseCoopers recruits 50 percent women at the associate level, yet women make up just 17 percent of partners in the firm. That disparity troubles Jennifer Allyn. “We cannot run our firm without women, but as they advance through the firm, they leave in larger numbers than their male colleagues,” said Allyn, a managing director in […]

MBAs Travel to Paris and Beijing

The Freeman School isn’t unique in having its MBA students read cases about multinational firms and global strategies. What is unique is having those students—all those students—travel overseas to visit the companies described in the cases and present their strategic recommendations directly to senior managers. In March, the Freeman School sent its entire first-year MBA […]

Freeman reaches out to Latin America

Latin America represents a growing market for management education, but recruiting those potential students—many of whom are unfamiliar with U.S. business schools—can be difficult. The Freeman School has developed an innovative way to target that market, one that focuses not only on the students but also on the people who advise the students. In April, […]

Tulane Business Forum looks at corporate consciousness

The Tulane Business Forum celebrates its 30th anniversary this year with a program dedicated to corporate consciousness. A distinguished lineup of speakers from retail, health care, energy, banking and other industries will discuss doing business in a more socially responsible and environmentally friendly manner, returning to core business values, remaining true stewards of ethical performance […]

Burkenroad Fund among best of the best

The stock market may have been dismal in 2008, but the end of the year did bring one piece of positive news. According to mutual fundtracker Morningstar, since its inception in 2001, the Hancock Horizon Burkenroad Fund ranks as the 38th best performer out of 4,823 mutual funds, placing it in the top 1 percent […]

Freeman ranked top 15 in finance

The Freeman School has been named one of the top 15 graduate business schools in finance by the Princeton Review. The ranking, based on a survey of MBA students, appeared in the April 2009 issue of Entrepreneur magazine. The Princeton Review contacted 19,000 MBA students attending 296 business schools to compile its “Student Opinion Honors […]

New alumni group hopes to improve rankings

A new alumni group hopes to improve the Freeman School’s national ranking by reaching out to recent graduates. The Freeman 50 is the brainchild of Edward Crawford (MBA ’08, MGM ’09), who says he was inspired to start the group after seeing the success that other schools had with initiatives such as class agent programs. […]

Rees and SENO honored as entrepreneurs of the year

Rick Rees and SENO (Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans) were honored as entrepreneurs of the year at this year’s Tulane Council of Entrepreneurs Awards Gala. Rees was named the 2009 Tulane Most Distinguished Entrepreneur while SENO was named Tulane Social Entrepreneurs of the Year. The gala, which also honored the winners of this year’s Tulane […]

Business students win big with plans to combat “brain drain”

New Orleans experienced an unprecedented influx of young professionals in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, but the challenge now, civic leaders say, is how to keep these talented 20- and 30-somethings in New Orleans. MBA student Ishaneka Williams came up with one idea to help accomplish that goal, and earned a $200,000 prize package for […]