Pomp and Circumstances

Pomp and Circumstances

After two years of pandemic-related cancellations and restrictions, the Freeman School’s diploma ceremonies returned to the Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse on May 20 with the customary pomp and circumstance, recognizing more than 700 degree candidates across undergraduate and graduate programs.

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

January 2023

Jan. 20
Tulane Family Business Forum
Location TBA

The Three P’s

The Three P’s

To the vast majority of you, I’m still “the New Guy.” So with that in mind, I thought I should begin my first column in Freeman Business by telling you a little about myself, why I’m so excited to be dean of the Freeman School, and what I’ve been doing for the past several months.

Mock interviews go virtual

Mock interviews go virtual

With more and more employers using video conferencing apps like Zoom to conduct screening interviews, virtual mock interviews have gone from a pandemic-necessitated substitute to a valuable simulation of the real-world.

Freeman welcomes 4 to faculty for 2021-22

Freeman welcomes 4 to faculty for 2021-22

The A. B. Freeman School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of four faculty members for the 2021- 22 academic year. The appointments, which were effective July 1, include three tenure-track assistant professors and one professor of practice.

Sen. Bill Cassidy visits Freeman to talk energy and infrastructure

Sen. Bill Cassidy visits Freeman to talk energy and infrastructure

On the day the U.S. House of Representatives passed the sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill he worked tirelessly to craft, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., visited the Freeman School to talk to energy students about what the historic bipartisan legislation means for the future of the industry.

Is Uber killing public transportation?

Is Uber killing public transportation?

In a forthcoming paper, Yang Pan, assistant professor of management science, uses counterfactual analysis to get a clearer picture of Uber’s effect on public transportation.

Selected faculty presentations and honors

Selected faculty presentations and honors

Mike Burke, professor of management, virtually presented his paper “Applied Psychological Contributions to Occupational Safety: Industrial Revolution to Post-Cold War” at the 32nd International Congress of Psychology.

Selected faculty publications

Selected faculty publications

Robert Prilmeier’s paper “Why Do Firms Borrow Directly from Nonbanks?,” co-authored with Isil Erel and Sergey Chernenko, has been accepted for publication in Review of Financial Studies.

An Open Door

An Open Door

New Dean Paulo Goes says the Freeman School has all the right ingredients to thrive in a fast-changing business education environment, and he’s busy working to put those pieces into place.

In Focus: The Eye of the Storm

In Focus: The Eye of the Storm

Evan Nicoll (BSM ’12, MBA ’16) helped lead volunteer efforts in Houston to accommodate more than 2,500 Tulane students who were evacuated from New Orleans following Hurricane Ida.