by mark | Sep 15, 2009 | - Summer 2009 -, News
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...
by mark | Sep 15, 2009 | - Summer 2009 -, News
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...
by mark | Sep 15, 2009 | - Summer 2009 -, News
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....
by mark | Sep 15, 2009 | - Summer 2009 -, News
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...
by mark | Sep 15, 2009 | - Summer 2009 -, News
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...
by mark | Sep 15, 2009 | - Summer 2009 -, News
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...
