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...
When Burkenroad Institute Director Laura Cardinal selected the topic for this year’s Burkenroad Symposium—“Leadership and the Eye for Innovation”—she knew it was a subject of interest to business students and executives. She just didn’t realize how relevant it would...
Aisha Acres (MBA ’09) was named the 2008–2009 William G. McGowan Scholar. For the past two years, the Freeman School has had the distinction of being a recipient of a scholarship grant made possible through the generosity of the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund Inc....
Max Correa (MBA ’09) and Damion Mathis (BSM ’09) were named recipients of the 2009 Sequent Energy Management Scholarships. The students, both of whom are majoring in finance with a specialization in energy, were recognized at a Feb. 12 reception hosted by Sequent in...
Tears for Life, a company founded by a group of University of Arkansas students to develop a screening tool to detect breast cancer using tears, won the grand prize of $20,000 in the business innovation track of this year’s Tulane Business Plan Competition, but the...
Thirty-three of the 34 companies that presented at this year’s Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference posted negative returns since last year’s conference, but that didn’t stop a record crowd from turning out for this year’s event. “After the last year in the stock...
