Business Leaders Take Part in Student Orientation
Two thought-provoking guest panels held during orientation introduced first-term students to the School’s Individual, Business and Society curriculum. The discussions, CEO Perspectives on Leadership and Corporate Integrity and Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line, brought together corporate executives and business leaders to debate the issues of personal and corporate responsibility.s Individual, Business and Society curriculum. The discussions, CEO Perspectives on Leadership and Corporate Integrity and Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line, brought together corporate executives and business leaders to debate the issues of personal and corporate responsibility.
Members of the Board of Overseers Connect with Students
Demonstrating the reach of the alumni network, members of Columbia Business School?s Board of Overseers hosted nearly one hundred MBA students over the course of the annual Take a Student to Breakfast program.
Professor Nissim Recognized for Practical Implications of Research
Doron Nissim, associate professor of accounting, has won Baruch College’s Stan Ross Department of Accountancy Prize for Outstanding Academic Contribution to Practice.
Former World Bank Chief Economist Joseph Stiglitz Appointed to a Joint Chaired Professorship at Columbia University
Columbia University is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Joseph Stiglitz to a joint chaired professorship at Columbia Business School, the Economics Department of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the School of International and Public Affairs.
Lang Fund Invests $250,000 in Student Ventures
The Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurial Initiative Fund, now in its ninth year of supporting student ventures, recently announced seed capital investments totaling $250,000 in four student ventures.
Class of 2005 Pledges More Than $500,000 to the Loan Assistance Program
Recognizing the value of MBA talent to the public and nonprofit sectors, the class of 2005 pledged its class gift of $502,593 to the School’s Loan Assistance Program.