Along McAlister Place, there’s a palpable feeling that something exciting is happening. Part of the reason is the wave of outstanding new students that just washed upon the quad, but this feeling is about something more than just the start of a new school year. After...
Before graduating this spring, Kelly Doucette (MACCT ’14) had a few ideas about the kind of company she wanted to work for. Doucette’s time at the Freeman School taught her that when ethical challenges arise in the workplace, culture greatly influences how a company...
For Cullan Maumus (MBA ’13), networking is serious business. And it has delivered his best ROI to date: the opportunity to be project manager and executive team member of the New Orleans Redevelopment Fund (NORF), a startup that tackles blight and renovates properties...
When Wally Boston (MBA ’78 ) became president and CEO of American Public University System in 2004, he realized it was time to go back to school. At the time, APUS was experiencing growing pains. As a provider of online learning programs for more than 2,000 students,...
Arnold J. Levy (BBA ’41) Lewis C. Bryan (BBA ’42) Earl B. Philips (’42) Randolph B. Robert (BBA ’42) Charles S. Bell (BBA ’43) Helen Pool Chalstrom (BBA ’43) Ashton S. Junker (BBA ’43) Wilmore P. Cox Jr. (’44) Dorothy J. Darby (BBA ’44) Floyd W. Lewis (BBA ’45, L ’49)...
OCTOBER 2014 Oct. 8 Tulane Executive MBA Webinar, Visit http://emba.tulane.edu/infosessions for more information. Oct. 16 Tulane Houston Information Session, 1700 West Loop South, Houston Oct. 22 Tulane Executive MBA Webinar, Visit http://emba.tulane.edu/infosessions...
A strong connection to the local business community. An international focus, with a special emphasis on Latin America. Academic programs targeted at a number of different markets, from undergraduates to working professionals. A faculty recognized as among the nation’s...
For almost 30 years, the Periwinkle Foundation has offered children with cancer one of the most powerful healing therapies in existence: Fun. The Houston-based foundation hosts a variety of programs to meet the social and emotional needs of children undergoing cancer...
The CEOs of two of Louisiana’s biggest homegrown success stories — Daryl G. Byrd of Iberiabank Corp. and José S. Suquet of Pan- American Life Insurance Group — will discuss what it took to build those businesses as keynote speakers at the 34th annual Tulane Business...
In the wake of Enron and other corporate scandals, business schools across the nation have put a much greater emphasis on the teaching of ethics, but in a talk at the A. B. Freeman School of Business, James S. Turley, chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young, said those...
The fifth annual New Orleans Entrepreneur Week shined a spotlight on the city’s fast-growing startup scene, but the head of the Levy-Rosenblum Institute for Entrepreneurship at Tulane University told attendees that the event is also a testament to the important role...
When British Prime Minister David Cameron called for a referendum on Britain’s membership in the European Union, it was just the latest challenge to the beleaguered union, which has struggled in the wake of the global financial crisis. But in remarks at the A. B....
PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world’s largest professional services firm, has awarded the Freeman School a $10,000 grant to develop new accounting courses in the Master of Finance program. The grant was awarded through the PwC INQuires program, which funds applied...
Be Well Nutrition, maker of a new healthy lifestyle beverage, and Haystack EDU, an online platform that connects teachers with schools, were the big winners at the 13th annual Tulane Business Plan Competition. The competition, an annual presentation of the student-led...
