Leadership

&nbsp

Faculty members shared their thoughts on Facebook's IPO leading up to Friday's opening bell where Facebook (FB) traded for the first time at $38 per share.

The Dean’s Office has announced the awardees of Columbia Business School’s inaugural Summer Research Program, which will run from May 27 to August 4, 2012.

Intelligence Squared US has announced a new partnership with the School’s Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy, a joint venture of Columbia Business School and Columbia Law School.

More than 800 people gathered for Columbia Business School’s 36th Annual Dinner on Monday, May 7, raising $3 million in unrestricted funds for the School’s programs and activities.

Columbia Business School announced today the launch of Columbia EMBA-Americas, a new way to capitalize on the unique advantages and resources of Columbia’s world-class Executive MBA Program based in New York.

Nearly 2,200 alumni and guests from 42 countries and 32 states returned to campus for Reunion 2012 April 20-23, tying last year’s attendance record.

Ray Morales, senior director of Columbia Business School’s Information Technology Group, has been awarded the 2012 Robert W. Lear Service Award.

Leon Cooperman ’67, chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors and a member of Columbia Business School’s Board of Overseers, has pledged a gift of $25 million to support the construction of the School’s new home in Manhattanville.

Oded Netzer, the Philip H. Geier Jr. Associate Professor in the Marketing Division, has received the 2012 George S. Eccles Research Fund award.