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Columbia University's role in community development, including the Small Business Consulting Program.

More than 1,000 industry leaders, distinguished alumni and faculty members from around the world gathered at the Waldorf-Astoria to celebrate Columbia Business School's 26th Annual Dinner. The event was cochaired by Erskine B. Bowles '69, candidate for United States Senate, and Russell L. Carson '67 of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. The dinner raised $2.4 million for the School.

More than 1,000 industry leaders, distinguished alumni and faculty members from around the world gathered at the Waldorf-Astoria to celebrate Columbia Business School’s 26th Annual Dinner, where  Sanford I. Weill and Joseph E. Stiglitz were honored. 

By Shilpi Chandra '03, Bottom Line.

Columbia Business School welcomed back its alumni for a spirited reunion weekend.

Reviewing 77 entries from around the country, judges representing a mix of venture capitalists, social venture investors and entrepreneurs determined the finalists in the first annual National Social Venture Competition. The competition, a partnership between Columbia Business School, the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Goldman Sachs Foundation, is unique in its requirement that all submissions include an emphasis on the social as well as financial bottom line.

Moving away from the hype of the dot-com era, the Columbia Entrepreneur’s Organization is hosting its first annual conference, Entrepreneurship 101: Back to Basics.

Columbia Business School’s annual Open House for admitted students drew a full crowd, with nearly 350 prospective students gathering from the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America.