School News

E. Ralph Biggadike, a Columbia Business School faculty member in the Management Division for 16 years, died on August 17.

Surya N. Mohapatra, former chairman and chief executive officer of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, has been named Executive in Residence at Columbia Business School.

Stefan Hyman Robock, a Columbia University faculty member for nearly 20 years and the Robert D. Calkins Professor Emeritus of International Business at Columbia Business School, died August 1 at age 97.

Professors Bruce Greenwald and Joseph Stiglitz shared their expertise on globalization with Executive MBA students during a course at Columbia Business School July 22-26.

The Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center has announced the launch of Columbia Business Lab, a new office space in Soho for recently graduated Columbia Business School entrepreneurs.

Effective July 1, the Columbia-Harlem Small Business Development Center will move to Columbia Business School from the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Effective September 1, Professor Mark Broadie will serve as Columbia Business School’s inaugural vice dean for teaching.

The Executive MBA class of 2012 recently announced the faculty members chosen for this year’s Margaret K. Chandler Commitment to Excellence Awards.

In June, more than 2,000 alumni, current students, and newly admitted students gathered in more than 75 cities around the world in celebration of the Columbia Business School global alumni network as part of the sixth annual Worldwide Alumni Club Event (WACE).

The Columbia Community Business Program (CCBP) is now accepting applications for its 2014 class of small business owners.Coordinated through the School’s Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center, CCBP is a collaboration among Columbia Business School, Columbia Law School, and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, which provides local small business owners with access to Columbia University’s practical resources. This two-year program helps New York City businesses with at least $250,000 in annual revenue grow and develop.