Press Release Archive

Graduates of the class of 2008 were honored at recognition ceremonies featuring remarks on the importance of leadership in challenging times.

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Held the evening of May 5 at the Waldorf-Astoria, Columbia Business School’s 32nd Annual Dinner honored Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke with the award for Distinguished Leadership in Government and Russell Carson ’67, general partner and cofounder of the private investment firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, with the award for Distinguished Leadership in Business. 

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Out of a record field of 245 teams from 23 countries, a student team from CBS won the $25,000 grand prize at this year’s Global Social Venture Competition.

Columbia University team, consisting of four MBA students, takes first place in Global Social Venture Competition.

The Class of 2008 broke former participation records with a 95 percent participation rate in student contributions to the annual class gift.

Presentations from CITI's conference "Future Scenarios for Latin American Telecom" are now online.

The Student Leadership and Ethics Board hosted a week of activities addressing the challenges of values-based leadership.

CJEBは、国際ビジネス・ジェローム・チェイズン・インスティテュート（Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business）およびジャパン・ビジネス・アソシエーション（JBA）の企画にて2008年３月に行われた「チェイズン訪日国際研究ツアー」を協賛した。

CJEB co-sponsors 2008 Chazen Study Tour to Japan. On March 4, 40 Columbia Business School students traveled to Japan for a ten day educational and cultural tour.

Patrick Cescau, group chief executive of Unilever plc and Unilever N.V. and recipient of the 2007 Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics, addressed how businesses can drive positive social change at the 2007 Social Enterprise Conference.

Written by Paul Glader, Knight Bagehot Fellow 2007-2008, this article recaps a panel of experts discussing energy policy and for profit energy solutions in emerging economies.

Professor Bruce Usher, CEO of EcoSecurities Group plc - the world's leading climate change advisory firm, discusses his entry into the sustainability arena after spending several years working in finance on Wall Street.

Andrea Wenner'05, founder and executive director of Out2Play, featured in Columbia Magazine, by Cristina Najarro CC'10.

Read about the experiences had by three of the 2007 Social Enterprise Summer Fellows.

The first of two articles written by Knight Bagehot fellows who covered 2007 the Social Enterprise Conference. This article discusses the Cradle to Cradle doctrine - the consideration of the life cycle of a product at the design stage along with possible environmental and social impacts.

４月３日（木）、ブラウンバッグ・レクチャー・シリーズとして"An Update on US-Japan Relations"を開催する。

Three SEP students traveled to Sao Paulo, Brazil during Winter break, to work on a pro bono consulting project.

The Fall 2008 semester heralds the launch of a revised core curriculum. The new core will blend the best of the old — retaining all of the foundational elements of the Columbia MBA — while allowing greater flexibility for students to pursue individual interests.

On April 14th 2008, the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information will hold the inaugural meeting of the Network of Research Centers on ICT in Latin America. This cross-disciplinary academic network seeks to advance knowledge on the social and economic impact of ICTs in Central and Latin America, and examine the policy and regulatory issues that affect its broad-based development.

CEO Lloyd Blankfein said the firm pledges $100 million to provide 10,000 underserved women with education and mentoring in business, management and entrepreneurship.

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