School News

Two of China’s top business players visited Columbia Business School April 6 to discuss the restructuring and globalization of Chinese state-owned enterprises and markets as part of the School’s 2011 China Business Initiative (CBI) Forum.

A smartphone app created by MBA/JD student Omar Haroun has received two 2011 NYC BigApps awards.

Less than two weeks after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan, three Columbia University professors shared their expertise as part of the university event, “The Economic, Health, and Political Consequences of Japan’s Earthquake.”

Henry Paulson, former Secretary of the US Treasury, sat down with Dean Glenn Hubbard to discuss a range of topics in front of a packed room of students, faculty, and staff members on February 24 at Low Library.

Donna Hitscherich, senior lecturer in discipline in business, has been named director of the School’s Private Equity Program.

Columbia University has received a $10 million gift to establish the Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy, an interdisciplinary academic center that will be jointly administered by Columbia Business School and Columbia Law School.

Three Columbia Business School faculty members have received inaugural 2010 Dean’s awards for teaching in an elective.

Jeff Zucker, former president and CEO of NBC Universal, has been named an Executive in Residence at the School.

Ethan Hanabury, ’85, will leave his position as Columbia Business School’s Senior Associate Dean for Degree Programs on February 1.

Gita Johar, the Meyer Feldberg Professor of Business and the School’s first vice dean for research, will become Senior Vice Dean effective July 1, 2011.