– Summer 2014 –

From the Dean

From the Dean

In the last year, it’s been my honor to preside as we celebrate this major milestone, the centennial of the A. B. Freeman School of Business. We kicked off the festivities last fall with a party on campus for students, and we celebrated throughout the year with centennial themed activities and a special website dedicated to Freeman School history.

Freeman School earns AACSB re-accreditation

Freeman School earns AACSB re-accreditation

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the leading accrediting body for university business education, has approved the re-accreditation of all degree programs at the A. B. Freeman School of Business.

PMBA earns top prize at PitchNOLA

PMBA earns top prize at PitchNOLA

Teddy Nathan, a current PMBA student, and colleagues Zach Cheney and Melissa Garber earned the $5,000 grand prize with their pitch for Crescent City Connections, which works with local nonprofits to create customized volunteer experiences for tourist groups.

Tulane team wins Business Model Competition

Tulane team wins Business Model Competition

Tympanogen, a biomedical startup founded by Tulane biomedical engineering doctoral students Elaine Horn- Ranney (SE ’14) and Parastoo Khoshakhlagh (SE ’17), took home the grand prize of $25,000 at the 2014 Tulane Business Model Competition.

18th Annual Finance Case Competition is test for judges

18th Annual Finance Case Competition is test for judges

Christopher Conoscenti (MBA/JD ’01) has served as a judge for the Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Finance Case Competition for the past five years, but he says the 2014 contest, which took place at the Freeman School on March 28, was without a doubt the toughest yet.

NASDAQ sends Freeman a seven-story salute

NASDAQ sends Freeman a seven-story salute

To commemorate the Freeman School’s 100th anniversary, NASDAQ sent out a special congratulatory message via its famed MarketSite Tower in Times Square.

Investors find business deals at Burkenroad conference

Investors find business deals at Burkenroad conference

A Texas-based convenience store chain was sold just three days after its executives presented at the 18th annual Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference.

Book shares lessons of Burkenroad Reports

Book shares lessons of Burkenroad Reports

As director of the Burkenroad Reports program, Peter Ricchiuti has spent more than 20 years highlighting the small, profitable companies that often fly under the radar of Wall Street. Now, Ricchiuti has collected some of the lessons he’s learned over the years in a book.

Goldring brings the world to Freeman this summer

Goldring brings the world to Freeman this summer

As John Trapani listened to the names of graduates at this year’s Freeman School diploma ceremony, a thought struck him: Nearly half of the 700-plus degree recipients were from outside the U.S.

Remembering Beau Parent

Remembering Beau Parent

Within moments of the announcement, the tributes began to pour in for Freeman School accounting instructor Beauregard J. “Beau” Parent Jr., who died unexpectedly on July 20 while vacationing with his wife in New Mexico. He was 73.

Freeman launches new MFIN program in China

Freeman launches new MFIN program in China

The Freeman School has partnered with the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, one of the premier academic institutions in China, to establish a new international master’s program for finance professionals.

Groome and Tice honored with Dean’s Teaching Awards

Groome and Tice honored with Dean’s Teaching Awards

A legal studies instructor who sends her students into New Orleans courtrooms to help improve the city’s criminal justice system and a finance professor whose students are actively managing more than $3 million in Tulane University endowment funds were the 2013-2014 recipents of the Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award.

Ti Martin, Dana and Stan Day named Entrepreneurs of the Year

Ti Martin, Dana and Stan Day named Entrepreneurs of the Year

The Freeman School honored restaurateur Ti Martin (MBA ’84) and philanthropists Dana (N ’80, L ’84) and Stanley (BSM ’80) Day as its 2014 Entrepreneurs of the Year. Martin was named the Tulane Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year while the Days received the Tulane Outstanding Social Entrepreneurs of the Year Award.

Freeman welcomes 10 to faculty for 2014-15

Freeman welcomes 10 to faculty for 2014-15

Dean Ira Solomon is pleased to announce 10 appointments to the faculty of the A. B. Freeman School of Business.