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Doron Nissim, associate professor of accounting, has won Baruch College’s Stan Ross Department of Accountancy Prize for Outstanding Academic Contribution to Practice.

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.

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.

Professor Eric Abrahamson leds discussion with MBA students on "Enron: The Smartest guys in the Room".

At the 2005 Alumni Reunion, Professor Bruce Greenwald put forth a simple truth about investing: in any sale, one person is wrong. Value investing offers a framework for ending up on the right side of the sale.

Andrea Wenner '05 starts nonprofit to address the lack of playground facilities at New York City's elementary schools.

Lee Branstetter introduces guest lecture on Merck & Co.'s efforts to combat the AIDS epidemic.

Jeffrey Sturchio, Merck vice president of external affairs and human health in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, discusses a partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the government of Botswana.

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.

From the Archive, June 2005: You can sometimes improve your product's market share by adding competition. A study of consumer behavior challenges conventional wisdom about product placement.

Do Chinese avoid conflict? If so, how will this cultural trait affect negotiations with your Chinese joint venture partner? New research sheds light on how culture influences people in business settings.

Columbia Ideas at Work Bridges Faculty Research and Business Practice

Dean Glenn Hubbard announced today that Henry R. Kravis ’69, founding partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., will cochair the School’s Board of Overseers, effective immediately. He joins Russell L. Carson ’67, general partner of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe.

Dean Glenn Hubbard and Annual Dinner Chair Lulu Wang ’83, CEO of Tupelo Capital, welcomed 1,000 guests to the School’s 29th Annual Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria last night.

A group of Columbia Business Students attended the Annual Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. Sally Sherry '05 and T. Charlie Quin '06, two Columbia students in attendance, co-authored this article recapping the weekend.

Columbia Business School’s Executive Education Division will offer the Negotiation and Decision-Making Strategies course from May 23-25, 2005 on the Columbia University campus in New York City.

Venture's strategy to minimize patient non-compliance impresses judges with its potential for financial sustainability and social impact. By Bethany Hale '06 and Mollie Kinnamon at the Lang Center.

Columbia Business School’s Institute for Not-for-Profit Management’s (INM) 8th Annual Middle Management Program for Youth Service Organizations will begin April 21, 2005.

The Center for Excellence in Accounting and Security Analysis (CEASA) released its inaugural white paper on accounting for employee stock options and stock-related claims.

Working for Agora Partnerships, students conduct consulting sessions with some of Central America's budding entrepreneurs. By Jaya Balasubramaniam '06 and Michelle Fertig '06, Bottom Line.