MBAs help Community Health Center take stock

MBAs help Community Health Center take stock

For more than 35 years, St. Thomas Community Health Center has served the medical needs of New Orleans residents regardless of their ability to pay. Originally founded to serve residents of the sprawling St. Thomas Public Housing Development, St. Thomas has evolved...
Freeman jumps 19 spots in U.S. News rankings

Freeman jumps 19 spots in U.S. News rankings

The Freeman School of Business climbed 19 spots to No. 62 in the latest U.S. News & World Report ranking of the nation’s best full-time MBA programs. The 19-spot increase was one of the biggest year-to-year changes among ranked programs and represents Freeman’s...
New course explores future of fintech

New course explores future of fintech

Following the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the criminal conviction of founder Sam Bankman-Fried, a number of publications rushed forward with sobering essays on the state of the industry. “Is Crypto Dead?” inquired The Atlantic. Ryan Peters, assistant...
Consulting for a cause

Consulting for a cause

NOLA Nature School is a pioneering nonprofit preschool program that educates children through the wonders of nature, but as an organization, it faces many of the same challenges that for-profit businesses do. To help the school to continue to grow, a team of Master of...
Finance students help high schoolers become investors

Finance students help high schoolers become investors

Students at two New Orleans area high schools are doing more than just learning financial literacy. With the help of students from the A. B. Freeman School of Business, they’re studying investment strategies and actively building their own portfolios. Students in Mara...
Remembering Beau Parent

Remembering Beau Parent

“It’s always on my brain in the month of July,” says Christine Smith, “but this year in particular.” July 20, 2024, marked the 10th anniversary of the death of Smith’s father, Beauregard J. “Beau” Parent Jr., the legendary instructor who taught accounting at the...