– Summer 2019 –

The Myth of the Ivory Tower

- Summer 2019 -

The Stewart Center CBD — through both its location and programming — stands in sharp contrast to the stereotypical notion of a university detached from its community, but this shouldn’t be surprising: Tulane University has never been an ivory tower.

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MBAs Go the Distance to Fight Hunger

- Summer 2019 -

To help develop a strategy for better managing its army of volunteers, Argentine food bank Banco de Alimentos recently turned to the Freeman School and a team of second-year MBA students.

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Senior Wins $10K in Weber State Business Competition

- Summer 2019 -

Jamie Milstein (BSM ’19) won third place and a prize of $10,000 in the final round of Weber State University’s “Outdoor Weber” Competition.

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Tulane Launches MBA/ Master of Sustainable Real Estate Development Program

- Summer 2019 -

The Freeman School has announced a partnership with the Tulane University School of Architecture to meet the increasing demand for business professionals equipped with the tools for a career in real estate development.

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Internet Pioneers Highlight NOEW 2019

- Summer 2019 -

Netscape Communications Corp. revolutionized computing in 1994 with the release of the world’s first commercial web browser, but in a talk at this year’s New Orleans Entrepreneur Week, company founder Jim Clark said he still regrets not developing one key feature.

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Study Abroad & Exchange Announces Spring 2019 Scholarship Winners

- Summer 2019 -

Kendall Gardner (BSM ’20) and Matthew Johnson (BSM ’20) were named spring 2019 recipients of the Freeman Travel Abroad Award (FTAA), a new scholarship program that offers financial assistance to students participating in Freeman study abroad programs.

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Pierre Conner Appointed Executive Director of Tulane Energy Institute

- Summer 2019 -

The Freeman School has named Pierre E. Conner III, a senior energy and finance executive with more than 40 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, to lead the Tulane Energy Institute.

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Double Fission

- Summer 2019 -

In January, students in the Undergraduate Intensive Energy Seminar visited the Waterford 3 control room simulator, a training facility located within Entergy’s Waterford 3 nuclear power plant that replicates the instrumentation in the plant’s actual control room down to the last toggle switch.

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The Business Buzz: A Model Team

- Summer 2019 -

Less than two weeks after winning the top prize at New Orleans Entrepreneur Week, the red-hot startup founded by a pair of Freeman School students did it again.

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Tulane Honors 2019 Entrepreneurs of the Year

- Summer 2019 -

Tulane University honored skin care innovators Dr. Katie Rodan and Dr. Kathy Fields and social entrepreneurs Stephanie and David Barksdale as its Entrepreneurs of the Year at the 2019 Lepage Center Awards Gala.

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Freeman Team Wins First Runner Up In Business Valuation Challenge

- Summer 2019 -

A team of Master of Finance and MBA students from the Freeman School earned first runner up honors at the 6th annual Business Valuation Challenge, which took place Nov. 17 in Atlanta.

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Poets & Quants names Ricky Tan “Best 40 Under 40 Professor”

- Summer 2019 -

Yinliang “Ricky” Tan, assistant professor of management science, has been named one of 2019’s Best 40 Under 40 Professors by Poets & Quants. The honor recognizes the world’s best young business school professors.

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The Global Classroom

- Summer 2019 -

With Brexit, NAFTA and the U.S.-China trade war dominating news cycles, it’s easy to focus on the differences between nations, but for nearly 100 international executive MBA students who took part in a recent Freeman School seminar, the biggest takeaway was their similarities.

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How Can Craft Firms Prove Their Authenticity? By ‘Operating Inefficiently’

- Summer 2019 -

Continuing to produce beers with ingredients like maple syrup and bacon despite low consumer appeal may not sound like a smart business idea, but research suggests it may serve a special purpose.

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