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New courses connect students with alumni experts

- Summer 2018 -

Connecting students with alumni in the field was a guiding principle behind the intersession courses, a new series of intensive seminars offered between the fall and spring semesters.

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Live from New Orleans, it’s accounting class!

- Summer 2018 -

Comedy isn’t something you typically associate with accounting, but Tim West isn’t your typical accounting professor. In addition to holding a PhD in accounting, West is a graduate of the Second City and he regularly incorporates improv exercises into his courses.

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Former Fed Vice Chair Delivers R.W. Freeman Lecture

- Summer 2018 -

The 2016 presidential election exposed deep fissures within U.S. society, but in an appearance at the Freeman School, economist Roger W. Ferguson Jr. said today’s economic and cultural divide has historical precedents.

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MBAs create app to manage rental deposit disputes

- Summer 2018 -

Lydia Winkler (MBA/JD ’19) and Marco Nelson (MBA ’19) are the creators of RentCheck, a new rental inspection app that could revolutionize how lease agreements are managed.

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Tulane honors Comer and Rosenthal as 2018 Entrepreneurs of the Year

- Summer 2018 -

The A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University honored business executive Patrick Comer as Tulane Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year and civic activist Sandy Rosenthal (MBA ’81) as Tulane Outstanding Social Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2018 Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Awards Gala.

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Medical device maker earns top prize in Tulane Business Model Competition

- Summer 2018 -

A health-care startup with an innovative device to help people breathe a little easier was the big winner at the 18th annual Tulane Business Model Competition. The contest, an annual presentation of the Freeman School’s Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, took place on April 19 at the business school.

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Teaching Award Winners Share Commitment to Students

- Summer 2018 -

Assistant Professor of Accounting Paddy Sivadasan and Assistant Professor of Finance Xuhui “Nick” Pan were honored with the 2017 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Awards, the Freeman School’s highest accolade for classroom instruction.

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MBAs Take Top Prize in NOEW Pitch Contest

- Summer 2018 -

The 2018 edition of New Orleans Entrepreneur Week featured nearly a dozen different pitch contests for ambitious entrepreneurs, but it was a team of MBA students from the Freeman School who took home the week’s first prize.

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De Franco Invested as KPMG Professor of Accounting

- Summer 2018 -

In January, the Freeman community came together to celebrate Gus De Franco’s investiture as Tulane University’s first KPMG Professor of Accounting.

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VC Pioneer Offers Insights on Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

- Summer 2018 -

How do you build a sustainable ecosystem for entrepreneurs? In a talk hosted by the Freeman School’s Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, venture capital giant Chuck Newhall invoked an analogy tailor-made for his Louisiana audience.

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Freeman to expand into New Orleans CBD with new offerings in hospitality entrepreneurship

- Summer 2018 -

Downtown New Orleans is a vibrant hub of hospitality, entrepreneurship and innovation. Beginning next year, the Freeman School will have a physical presence in the heart of it.

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Expansion project nears completion

- Summer 2017 -

Work on the historic expansion and renovation of Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business continues at a
feverish pace as the building — to be called the Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex — draws closer to its January 2018 opening.

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MBA team wins 1st place in The Economist’s Investment Case Competition

- Summer 2017 -

A team of three Freeman School MBA students won first place and the top prize of $10,000 in the second annual Economist Investment Case Study Competition.

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Downtown expansion is on the menu

- Summer 2017 -

New Orleans is world-renowned as a top destination for food and tourism, but can the city’s excellence in hospitality offer winning insights for entrepreneurs and executives in other industries?

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