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Mara Force was teaching an independent study course on hedge funds when the GameStop short squeeze began. Her students ended up incorporating the historic rally into their study.

Freeman welcomes 4 to faculty for 2021-22

The A. B. Freeman School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of four faculty members for the 2021- 22 academic year. The appointments, which were effective July 1, include three tenure-track assistant professors and one professor of practice.

Lepage Center namesake establishes business teaching award for equity, diversity and inclusion

A gift from alumnus Albert R. Lepage (MBA ’71) has established an annual award to recognize A. B. Freeman School of Business faculty whose teaching significantly advances the ideals of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI).

Sen. Bill Cassidy visits Freeman to talk energy and infrastructure

On the day the U.S. House of Representatives passed the sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill he worked tirelessly to craft, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., visited the Freeman School to talk to energy students about what the historic bipartisan legislation means for the future of the industry.

Pitch Fridays give student entrepreneurs the chance to level up

Tulane students are bursting with innovative new ideas, so for enterprise-minded students who are interested in creating and operating a successful business, Pitch Fridays are an amazing opportunity.

Workshop focuses on costs of racial inequity

Researchers from Tulane and other institutions came together in March for a three-day workshop aimed at helping scholars quantify the effects of racial inequity in the United States.

Ricchiuti rallies for experiential learning

Burkenroad Reports founder Peter Ricchiuti donated $250,000 to the Freeman School to establish the Ricchiuti Action Learning
Initiative (RALI), a new endowed fund to support experiential learning across the school.

Paulo Goes named Freeman School dean

Paulo Goes, Dean and Halle Chair in Leadership at the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management, has been named dean of Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business, effective Aug. 23, 2021.

Freeman ranked among nation’s best for entrepreneurship

In its latest survey of university entrepreneurship programs, the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine ranked the Freeman School 42nd on its list of the best graduate programs for entrepreneurship.

Cleantech startup earns top prize at 21st annual Tulane Business Model Competition

Floe, a cleantech company whose technology tackles the danger of ice buildup on roofs, won first place and the grand prize of $75,000 at the 21st annual Tulane Business Model Competition (TBMC).

John Trapani, longtime associate dean, retires

John M. Trapani III, who served the Freeman School as senior associate dean, vice dean and founding director of the Goldring Institute of International Business, announced his intention to retire on June 30, bringing to a close a career that included more than 30 years in senior leadership at the Freeman School.

GNO Startup Survey finds racial disparities in funding

In the wake of a summer marked by protests surrounding racial injustice in the U.S., a report from the A. B. Freeman School of Business highlighted striking inequities in funding between firms owned by Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) and white-owned firms.

Education in the age of COVID

- Fall 2020 -

Under the specter of a global pandemic, the 2020–21 academic year has been one unlike any other in the history of the Freeman School, and the process of preparing for it began almost immediately after Tulane University made the decision last spring to shut down in-person classes for the semester and shift to online learning.

Giving students — and entrepreneurs — the tools they need to succeed

- Fall 2020 -

When Otis Tucker, founder and CEO of New Orleans trucking and logistics firm T.I. Contracting, was featured in this year’s Inc. 5000, the magazine’s annual list of America’s fastest-growing privately held companies, one person may have been even prouder than Tucker.