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“The way to address social problems is to invest in people,” says Villafuerte.

Cia Buckley Marakovits ’93 is Chief Investment Officer, Partner, Managing Director, and Member of the Investment Committee at Dune Real Estate Partners. In a recent interview with Sarah Pous ’15, Ms. Buckley Marakovits discussed trends in the real estate industry and gave advice for Columbia Business School students aspiring to have careers in real estate.

Professor Takatoshi Ito was recently named as an Honorary Doctor at the University of Chile. Details on this can be found on the University of Chile's website (Note: The article is in Spanish).

Columbia Business School today announced the launch of its centennial celebration, unveiling a new website, announcing an array of events, and rolling out a series of videos all designed to commemorate the School’s landmark achievements over the past 100 years while simultaneously looking to define the School’s future impact on business and society.

The W. Edwards Deming Center at Columbia Business School announced that the 2015 Deming Cup for Operational Excellence will be awarded to Kenneth I. Chenault, chairman and CEO of American Express, and Dr. Delos M. “Toby” Cosgrove, president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic.

Professor Hugh Patrick, director of CJEB, recently interviewed with Yomiuri Tokyo Shimbun. The interview was published in an article on July 25, 2015 and titled 「リスク取り　攻めに転じよ」 [Note: The article is in Japanese only].

Nikhil Chaudhri ’16, co-vice president of Careers with the Real Estate Association (REA), has been awarded a Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) scholarship for the 2015-16 academic year.

NEW YORK — Glenn Hubbard, Dean of Columbia Business School, issued the statement below following today’s announcement by the White House:

Lorraine Marchand ’06 has been appointed director of the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program. In her new role, which she assumed on August 3, Marchand is responsible for strategic, curricular, and administrative initiatives for the program, working closely with students, faculty and staff members, alumni, and corporate sponsors. Marchand replaced Cliff Cramer, who had led the program since its inception in 2006. 

The research of Professors Charles Calomiris and Donna M. Hitscherich appeared in an article on July 26, 15 in the Financial Times, “Go-shop provisions: buyer beware OM Group and Apollo deal shows a final bid is not necessarily final.” Read the paper on SSRN Abstract