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A study conducted by Columbia Business School’s Prof. Stephan Meier, Regina Pitaro Associate Professor of Business, Management, and Charles Sprenger, Assistant Professor, Stanford University Department of Economics, determines that there may be a psychological reason for why people default on their mortgages.

BusinessWeek highlighted the Nonprofit Board Leadership Program, which pairs MBA students with alumni mentors serving on New York City nonprofit boards.

DRO PhD student Mehmet Saglam won first place in the Student Paper Competition

Professor Lynne Sagalyn kicked off the Fourth Annual Columbia Business School Real Estate Symposium with one word to describe the state of the Real Estate program: "strong." The 2011 Real Estate Symposium keynote address was delivered by Richard B. Saltzman, president of Colony Capital.

The main panel on designing and executing investment strategies centered on an outlook of cautious optimism amidst a backdrop of unprecedented uncertainty for real estate markets over the next few years.

Andrew Jacobs '96, managing director and partner of Metropolitan Real Estate Equity Management and adjunct professor at the School moderated a discussion on investor demand within the real estate equity universe - from publicly traded REITs to real estate private equity and investments.

Jeffrey Barclay '83, managing director and CIO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management's Real Estate Investment Group, adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, and chairman of the 2011 Real Estate Symposium Steering Committee moderated the panel discussion on the state of the commercial real estate debt markets.

The Future Development in New York panel, moderated by Tommy Craig '82, senior vice president, Hines, and adjunct professor, Columbia Business School, addressed the challenges and opportunities of creating large, mixed-use development projects in New York.

The 2011 Real Estate Symposium took place on December 8, 2011, from 12 to 5 p.m. at Faculty House, Columbia University, and was open exclusively to alumni of Columbia Business School. The keynote speaker was Richard B. Saltzman of Colony Capital.

Columbia Business School Professor Elke Weber met with the Dalai Lama as one of 10 behavioral and climate scholars and scientists who discussed ecology, ethics, and interdependence during a five-day workshop in October in Dharamsala, India.

Elliott Cohen '06 is the co-founder and CEO of City Maps, a service popular with NYC brokers.

Columbia Business School faculty members met with some of the world’s leading strategy scholars to share ideas and research during the Second Annual Strategy Conference, hosted by the Cross-Disciplinary Area (CDA) in Competitive Strategy on Friday, December 2.

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The Program for Financial Studies held its inaugural conference, "Finance in a World of Uncertainties," on November 4, 2011.  A capacity audience including students, alumni, and practitioners welcomed the important perspective of Erskine Bowles '69, Co-Chair of the 2010 National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, who served as keynote speaker for the event. Participants then attended concurrent panels discussing Asset Management and Corporate Finance.

コロンビア大学日本経済経営研究所は、 2011年10月21日（金）に25周年記念カンファレンスを東京にて開催した。

Real Estate Adjunct Professors Jeffrey Barclay '83, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Thomas Craig '82, Hines speak about returning to the classroom in the latest issue of Hermes.

Columbia Business School Gear, which launched in April and offers School-branded merchandise, has recently added several new items for sale.

Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum Member David Henry of Kimco Realty Corporation discusses holiday sales on CNBC.

Study finds that gender differences in overconfidence concerning individual past performance explains a significant proportion of the lack of female leadership in organizations

Professor David Weinstein's opinions on taxes and the Japanese elderly were featured in the November 18, 2011 Economist article, "Whose Lost Decade?"