Leadership

Columbia Business School and Columbia Law School have partnered to create the Columbia Three-Year JD/MBA Program. Accepting its first class in the fall of 2011, this accelerated course of study gives select students the opportunity to earn degrees from both schools in just three years.

Columbia Business School lost a vital member of its community on Tuesday, when Paul Calello '87 passed away. He was 49.

Peter Blom Receives Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics for his leadership in responsible banking.

A team of Columbia MBA students earned the first-place award at the American Bankruptcy Institute's Corporate Restructuring Competition.

A proposal coauthored by Paul Calello '87, head of Credit Suisse's investment bank, to recapitalize failing banks with shareholders' and creditors' money is gaining momentum in Europe.

Samuel Palmisano, chairman and CEO of the IBM Corporation, is the inaugural recipient of the Deming Cup, which recognizes a business practitioner who demonstrates and promotes excellence in operations.

For the third year in a row, Columbia MBA students captured a first-place award in the case study category of the Turnaround Management Association's Carl Marks Student Paper Competition.

Social entrepreneurship can be a powerful force for bridging cultural divides.

The recipients of the annual award are chosen by the Dean’s Office, which is guided by course evaluations submitted by students.

Henry R. Kravis ’69, cofounder, cochairman, and co-CEO of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and cochair of the School’s Board of Overseers, has pledged a gift of $100 million to Columbia Business School. It is the largest gift in the School’s history.