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Three Columbia Business School graduates have been chosen as Columbia University Alumni Medalists for 2014: Mitch Freinberg ’77, Philippa Feldman Portnoy ’90, and Sabin Streeter ’67. 

More than 800 people gathered for Columbia Business School’s 38th Annual Dinner on Monday, May 5, raising $3.2 million for financial aid, faculty research, and entrepreneurial outreach.

This annual gathering of Columbia Business School real estate alumni took place on May 8 at the Columbia Club of New York. The 2014 Annual Real Estate Alumni Reception honored Distinguished Real Estate Partner Hugh R. Frater ’85 of Berkadia.

In a recent interview with Ashley McDonald '15, Bob Berne '62 discusses trends in real estate and gives advice for Columbia Business School students aspiring to have careers in real estate.

Professor Amit Khandelwal, the Gary Winnick and Martin Granoff Associate Professor of Business in the Finance and Economics Division, has been awarded the 2014 George S. Eccles Research Award.  Khandelwal was chosen through a rigorous and competitive selection process and will be honored at a reception with members of the Eccles family and the Columbia community on May 12. 

Michael Guichon '15 wins Ira Sohn Investment Contest.  Read about it in Market Folly.

"Most of you in this room are afraid to fail. I am too," TED founder Richard Saul Wurman told students in March. "But I don’t avoid it because I know I’m going to learn something."

The Columbia Business School Real Estate Association (REA) is pleased to announce the co-presidents and vice presidents elected for the 2014–15 academic year.

Professor Sheena Iyengar has been appointed Faculty Director of The Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center effective July 1. Iyengar is the S.T. Lee Professor of Business in the Management Division and director of the Global Leadership Matrix (GLeaM).

An overview of Olivier Toubia and Lan Luo's Fostering Consumer Performance in Idea Generation and their exploration of consumer ideation.

The Dr. Boris Yavitz Scholarship was recently endowed, honoring the former Columbia Business School Dean. “Boris cared deeply about the School and its students,” said Irene Yavitz, wife of former Dean Boris Yavitz, PhD ’64. “We’re so excited about this scholarship — it’s a fitting testament to his commitment and passion for the School.”  A business strategy professor at the School starting in 1964, Yavitz was appointed dean by then University President William J. McGill in 1975.

Gerald Brady '58, a Columbia University faculty member for more than 30 years and a professor emeritus of the Business School, died at home on April 16 at age 84.  

More than 2,400 alumni and guests returned to campus April 11–13 to celebrate Reunion 2014.  The action-packed weekend kicked off with a full day of alumni panel discussions and presentations, a Manhattanville campus update, and lunch with Dean Glenn Hubbard. 

On Wednesday, April 23, 2014, five teams presented stock pitches before a series of judges at the 7th Annual "Pershing Square Value Investing and Philanthropy Challenge."  This challenge is the culmination of the "Applied Security Analysis" course currently co-taught by Jon Salinas '08 and Naveen Bhatia. Stock Pitches and Finalists Allegion (ALLE) - Matt Ford '15, Oystein Kvaerner '15, and Brian Waterhouse '15 (First Place)

School signs on as exclusive higher education partner for event and will highlight nine successful young alumni startups

Leslie Goedken ’14 and Ashley McDonald ’15 have been awarded scholarships by the organization WX, New York Women Executives in Real Estate.

FORTUNE -- We now know that 7.1 million people signed up for health care insurance during the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s initial enrollment period, which ended on March 31. But, what is less well known is the potential financial disaster facing these millions of consumers who have chosen policies during the last six months.

When frigid temperatures set much of the country shivering last week, pundits took the opportunity to scoff at the concept of climate change."This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bull**** has got to stop," Donald Trump tweeted. "Our planet is freezing, record low temps, and our GW scientists are stuck in ice."The final comment referred to an Antarctic research vessel that got stuck in ice driven by high winds in late December.  

The team representing Columbia at the 17th Annual Global VCIC Competition (http://www.vcic.unc.edu) won first place the weekend of April 10-12, 2014.Hosted at University of North Carolina, the finals events were the culmination of a series of regional competitions where over 66 top universities competed across the globe and over 1,200 graduate students competed.The Columbia team was called “Board Room Fund” due to all of them holding leadership positions with the Private Equity and Venture Capital Club.