School News

“It helps to be around this kind of energy,” said Shashi Srikantan ’13.

The Chazen Institute of International Business has been renamed the Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business, and Jerome Chazen has generously donated $10 million for its continued development, Dean Glenn Hubbard has announced.

Professor Amit Khandelwal has been appointed director of The Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business, effective July 1. He assumes the role most recently held by Professor Wei Jiang, who will assume the role of Vice Dean for Curriculum and Instruction on July 1.

Professor Wei Jiang will assume the role on July 1.

The Tamer Center for Social Enterprise recognized the Carson family with its inaugural Horton Award.

More than 400 online attendees gleaned investing wisdom from Professors Bruce Greenwald and Tano Santos during the Columbia Business School webinar “Past, Present, and Future of Value Investing” on Monday, February 8.

Entrepreneurship expert Steve Blank shared his insights at “Hacking NYC: Beyond the Rise of the NYC Startup Ecosystem,” sponsored by The Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center and hosted by Goodwin Procter LLP.

On February 1, The Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center welcomed a new face: Olivier Toubia, the Glaubinger Professor of Business, has assumed the role of faculty director for the center. He replaces Professor Sheena Iyengar, who most recently held the position.

Thanks to a generous gift from investor Thomas Russo, the new 5x5x5 Student Value Investment Fund provides students with real-world, long-term value investing opportunities.

In its annual "30 Under 30" list, Forbes handpicks and highlights 30 of the "brightest young entrepreneurs, breakout talents, and change agents" in 20 different industries, according to its editors, Caroline Howard JRN '01 and Emily Inverso.