Press Release Archive

Laura Goodman works at Reading Is Fundamental, the nation's oldest and largest children's literacy organization.

Net Impact, the umbrella organization for social enterprise clubs at business schools around the world, has chosen Columbia Business School to host its 12th annual conference in November 2004.

The winners of the Global Social Venture Competition were announced at London Business School at the final round on April 15?16. Columbia Business School has been a partner in this competition since 2001.

Today show co-anchor Katie Couric spoke to more than 650 current and prospective students, alumnae and businesswomen at the 11th Annual Columbia Women in Business conference on February 27. Couric was joined at the conference, In Our Own Voices: Defining Success through Personal Choices, by leaders from a number of industries. Lulu Wang ’83, CEO of Tupelo Capital Management, received the Distinguished Alumna Award, and Professor Meyer Feldberg ’65, dean, was presented with a special award recognizing his long-standing dedication to CWIB and to women in business.

By Ben Powell '05, Bottom Line.

A recent panel discussion at Columbia Business School launched a critical report evaluating conflicts of interest in the financial services industry. The event attracted industry leaders, alumni, students and media.

By Amanda Foley '05, Bottom Line.

The Financial Times announced today that Columbia Business School ranks # 3 worldwide for the third year in a row. The annual survey of international MBA programs also ranks Columbia Business School # 2 for current alumni salary and #2 for alumni salary growth since graduation.

A number of organizations presented CBS faculty members with awards in recognition of achievement within their fields.

By Stephanie Sewell '05, Bottom Line.

By Janera Soerel '04, Bottom Line.

By Carol Yang '05 and Ben Powell '05, Bottom Line.

Columbia Business School is proud to announce that President George Bush nominated Brian Carlton Roseboro ’83 to be under secretary of the treasury for domestic finance. The position would make Roseboro the Treasury’s top domestic finance official, overseeing a number of areas including debt management and enterprise policy.

By Jessica Banks '04, Bottom Line.

By Diana Yousef '03 and Carol Yang '05.

Do some venture capital investors look beyond financial returns when considering investment opportunities? Do ventures which do social good necessarily have lower capital returns? Can one be successful and satisfied as an entrepreneur if she or he has a higher social commitment, beyond profit maximization? 

By Zev Greenfield '05, Bottom Line.

The 2001 Nobel laureate in economics will be honored at a conference on October 24–25. He will receive a Festschrift, “Economics for an Imperfect World: Essays in Honor of Joseph Stiglitz,” compiled by his students, teachers and coauthors.

Columbia Business School ranks #2 in the biannual Forbes MBA survey, which appears in the magazine’s October 13, 2003 issue. Based on return on investment, the Forbes ranking surveyed the members of Columbia Business School’s Class of 1998 on their pre-MBA and post-graduate salaries.

By Gautam Nivarthy '04, Bottom Line.

By Tom Karlo '04 and Janera Soerel '04, Bottom Line.

By Jamie Kern '04, Bottom Line.

Columbia Business School’s Dean Meyer Feldberg ’65 informed the School community that he is stepping down effective June 30, 2004. The announcement caps a successful 15-year renaissance for Columbia Business School, which has capitalized on its New York City location and vast network of business leaders to become one of the world’s preeminent business schools.

Professor Joseph Stiglitz, a 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics, and Professor Bruce Greenwald, the Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management, are teaching Globalization and Markets and the Changing Economic Landscape to Executive MBA students this week in London. More than 125 students are participating from across Columbia’s portfolio of executive degree programs: EMBA-Global, the Berkeley-Columbia EMBA and the New York–based EMBA program.

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