School News

Ray Fisman, an associate professor in the Finance and Economics Division, was named to an economics “Dream Team” by a Russian business magazine owned by the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal.

The Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) celebrated its 20th anniversary with a conference on “Japan’s Future Economic Directions.”

EMBA-Global, a pioneering dual–MBA degree program between Columbia Business School and London Business School, celebrated its fifth year last week in London.

New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, who played a key role in founding the School’s executive training program for the NYPD, discussed public-sector leadership at the Institute for Not-for-Profit Management’s (INM) 30th-anniversary symposium.

Leading marketing practitioners and experts gathered on campus for a series of cutting-edge panels and discussions hosted by the School’s Center on Global Brand Leadership and media company Corante.

More than 60 alumni, faculty members and supporters of the School’s Entrepreneurship Program celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Eugene M. Lang Center for Entrepreneurship at a reception at the Metropolitan Club.

Nearly 700 students, faculty members, alumni and guests attended the EMBA class of 2006AB graduation ceremony on May 20 in the Miller Theatre.

Laurie Simon Hodrick, professor in the Finance and Economics Division, has won a 2006 Presidential Teaching Award, a University-wide honor that recognizes Columbia?s outstanding professors.

The Class of 2006 joined the greater Columbia community for the University Commencement ceremony on Low Library Plaza.

Current MBA students donated close to $60,000 to the Columbia Outreach Programs (CORPS) Fellowships, helping to sponsor 14 of their peers in summer internships at nonprofit and public-sector organizations around the world.