Building on the School’s many ties to the private equity industry, the new program will bring together students, alumni and prominent industry leaders.
Columbia MBA students’ turnaround strategies for Pier 1 Imports and Trump Entertainment Resorts earned two top awards at the 2007 Carl Marks Student Paper Competition.
Dean Glenn Hubbard was featured in the keynote interview at the Wall Street Journal’s first-ever Deal & Deal Makers Conference at the New York Stock Exchange on June 27.
“Just because we have been the center of the world’s financial markets until now does not mean that we can afford to be complacent about prospects for the future,” said O’Neal.
Laurie Simon Hodrick, professor in the Finance and Economics Division, has won a 2006 Presidential Teaching Award, a University-wide honor that recognizes Columbia?s outstanding professors.