School News

Effective July 1, 2014. Phillips will succeed Gita Johar, the Meyer Feldberg Professor of Business, whose three-year term as senior vice dean is ending.

On March 7, leaders from a variety of industries took part in the second annual Future of Learning Forum held by Columbia Business School Executive Education.

Five leading economists, including Dean Glenn Hubbard, spoke at a February 4 symposium moderated by Gideon Rose, editor of Foreign Affairs.

Casey Ichniowski, chair of the Management Division and a faculty member at Columbia for 30 years, has died suddenly.

The Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York (CBSACNY) has shown its support for the School with a $10,000 current-use fellowship. The award, which will be given to a second-year student, will acknowledge academic performance and leadership in the Columbia Business School community.

Nahum Melumad, the James L. Dohr Professor of Accounting and Business Law and a faculty member in the School’s Accounting Division for more than 20 years, died on January 15.

As part of its first-ever student academic paper competition, the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC) recognized two Columbia students for their writing.

Professor Enrique Arzac was awarded for his Advanced Corporate Finance course, while Bill Duggan was honored for Napoleon’s Glance.

"We’re very excited about this class," said Vince Ponzo '03, the director of the Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center. "These budding entrepreneurs represent the breadth of expertise at Columbia University."

A capacity audience of students, faculty members, alumni, practitioners, and media learned from the expertise shared by keynote speaker James Gorman ’87, chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley, during the third annual Program for Financial Studies conference on November 1.