Press Release Archive

From June 4-8, 2007, Professor Amir Ziv, Vice Dean and Professor of Accounting of Columbia Business School, and four other professors of leading U.S.business schools participated in the Keizai Koho Center Invitation Program.

&nbsp

2007年5月29日（火）、東京のパレスホテルにて「経営再構築：日本企業リーダーの新戦略」と題したオルタナティブ投資プログラム主催カンファレンスを開催。

May 29: the Program on Alternative Investments of CJEB presented a conference titled "Operational Restructuring: New Strategies of Japanese Corporate Leaders."

ヒュー・パトリック教授：「急がれる日本の大学改革」、「教員の質・生産性を上げよ」（日本経済新聞 2007年5月25日朝刊　経済教室欄）

Frank Tang ’94 of Temasek Holdings — one of the largest overseas investors in China — returned to the School on May 10 as the fourth speaker in the Sir Gordon Wu Distinguished Speaker Forum.

More than 800 business leaders and alumni from around the world gathered at the Waldorf-Astoria on Monday night for the 31st Annual Dinner, which raised $3 million — one of the highest totals ever — for the School’s programs and initiatives.

Thanks to a generous gift from Russ Carson ’67 and the Carson Family Charitable Trust, the School will collaborate with nationally acclaimed education nonprofit Harlem Children’s Zone.

&nbsp

Omar Nasser Eddin '07 took home the top prize at the annual Sheldon Seevak Real Estate Business Plan Competition Reception Dinner on April 27th

Article by By Katie Leonberger '08, cofounder of Microlumbia, the student-run microfinance investment fund.

Professor Chris Mayer presented an overview of real estate valuations to the Real Estate Roundtable in Washington, DC on April 26th.The Real Estate Roundtable is an organization that "brings together leaders of the nation's top public and privately-held real estate ownership, development, lending and management firms with the leaders of major national real estate trade associations to jointly addresskey national policy issues relating to real estate and the overall economy."

By Ryan Petersen '08, Article for the Bottom Line, April 18, 2007

By Rahul Chandarana '08.

On Saturday, March 3, twenty-five Real Estate students participating in the Chazen Real Estate International Study Tour to Brazil and Argentina touched down in São Paulo, a sprawling megalopolis with a population nearly twice that of New York City (and traffic to match). Accompanied by Faculty Advisor Professor Chris Mayer and Director of Administration Cheryl Carruthers, the group spent five days experiencing Brazil and Argentina, South America’s largest countries and two places in which real estate is currently one of the hottest industries.

On Saturday, March 3, twenty-five Real Estate students participating in the Chazen Real Estate International Study Tour to Brazil and Argentina touched down in São Paulo, a sprawling megalopolis with a population nearly twice that of New York City (and traffic to match). Accompanied by Faculty Advisor Professor Chris Mayer and Director of Administration Cheryl Carruthers, the group spent five days experiencing Brazil and Argentina, South America’s largest countries and two places in which real estate is currently one of the hottest industries.

“Hidden biases can influence hiring and promotion decisions, employee reviews and other managerial tasks,” Professor Elke Weber told students during a discussion on unconscious bias and its role in decision making as part of the School’s inaugural Leadership and Ethics Week.

Professor Chris Mayer, Director of the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate, discusses Alt-A loans on NPR's Marketplace Money.

Eugene Lang MS ’40 — who helped launch the entrepreneurship center at the School named in his honor — was a special guest at a panel discussion led by alumni entrepreneurs.

On Thursday, March 15, 2007, CJEB and the Japan Business Association of Columbia Business School presented "Resurgence of the Japanese Economy: A Conversation with Takehiko Nakao."

Bottom Line Article: CBS Japan Business Association student leaders interview Alicia Ogawa, CJEB Director of Program on Alternative Investments

Networking events become increasingly important to the business school experience as summer rapidly approaches and students rush to secure internships and full time positions.

Gustavo Cisneros, Mark Gallogly ’86 and Martha Stewart are just a few of the high-profile guests who spoke at student-organized conferences on campus this year.

The Black Business Student Association’s annual auction — newly renamed the Theodora Fonteneau Rutherford Scholarship Auction — raised more than $30,000 for incoming students.

On CNN?s ?In the Money? last week, Professor Chris Mayer gave viewers advice on whether to rent or buy their homes.