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What glass ceiling? Columbia Business School alumnae are striving for — and reaching — the top of the finance world.

Neng Wang, the Chong Khoon Lin Professor of Real Estate at Columbia Business School, has been awarded a 2013 Research Grant from the School’s Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business to further his work on dynamic entrepreneurial finance.

As part of the annual initiative, alumni spoke at CBS Matters, a recurring student forum, for the first time.

The site is a space for current students and the 41,000-plus alumni around the world to pass knowledge on to future classes, and to share photos, videos, and stories.

Professor Joseph Stiglitz in the Nikkei commented on Japan's new fiscal policy and actions.

Andrew Jacobs '96, managing director and partner at Metropolitan Real Estate Equity Management, focuses on identifying, evaluating, and overseeing real estate private equity fund managers and investment opportunities in the eastern United States and Latin America. An adjunct associate professor in the Finance and Economics Department, he teaches the Real Estate Project Class. In a recent interview with Diego Banos Garcia '13, he discussed his firm’s business, opportunities in the current economic climate and his teaching.

How Woori Financial Group is making its way to becoming one of the top financial institutions in Asia.

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South America’s leading economy and one of the most intriguing markets for global real estate investors was the destination for this year’s Columbia Business School Real Estate Association international study trip. From March 16 to 24, twenty-eight students and two faculty members traveled to Brazil, meeting with more than a dozen financial institutions, government organizations, and real estate developers, investors, and service companies in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro to gain a sense of the market landscape and understand how companies are approaching current opportunities.

While people strive for first place, they'll also take a gamble to get out ?? and stay out ?? of last. This article was originally published in Ideas at Work.

Honoring its past, the School introduces a new visual identity for the 21st century.

Jiji Press Report on Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz's Tokyo Press Conference

CJEB Director Hugh Patrick featured in AP article, "Japan's central bank chief vows to end deflation"

With DimensionU, Ntiedo Etuk ’02 is using video games — and a healthy dose of competition — to get millions of kids excited about learning.

Study finds that high–frequency trading enhances market liquidity, reduces trading costs, and makes markets more efficient

Faculty and industry experts, including Professor Frederic Mishkin, discussed the idea at the March 13 event, organized with Intelligence Squared.

The chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase recently answered questions from students as part of the School’s David and Lyn Silfen Leadership Series.

The former president and co-COO of the New York Stock Exchange recently shared her experiences with students

Social Enterprise Program student Donnel Baird ’13 was recently featured on PBS Newshour as an “Agent of Change” for his social enterprise, BlocPower. BlocPower is an organization that aims to provide job training and energy-efficient products in underserved New York City neighborhoods. Read the full article.

Professor Gerald L. Curtis Pens Article for Foreign Affairs magazine, "Japan's Cautious Hawks."