New master’s program in business analytics to launch

New master’s program in business analytics to launch

Next summer, Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business will launch a new specializedmaster’s program designed for students seeking careers in the rapidly growing field of business analytics. The one-year Master of Business Analytics, currently pending...
Sazerac CEO shares homegrown success story

Sazerac CEO shares homegrown success story

Mark Brown, president and CEO of the Sazerac Co., one of the world’s largest manufacturers of distilled spirits, doesn’t talk about his company very often. “Our company is intensely private,” he told an audience at September’s Tulane Business Forum. “In fact, we had a...
Dean highlights growth, new building in homecoming talk

Dean highlights growth, new building in homecoming talk

Growth. Growth. Growth. Paraphrasing the old quote about real estate, Dean Ira Solomon told a Freeman School homecoming audience that explosive growth continues to be the big story at the B-school. “We have been the fastest-growing business school in the United States...
Lipper ranks Hancock Burkenroad Fund No .1

Lipper ranks Hancock Burkenroad Fund No .1

The mutual fund inspired by Burkenroad Reports, the Freeman School’s acclaimed equity analysis program, celebrated its 15th birthday in December with a very special honor. Based on its performance since 2001, Thomson Reuters Lipper ranked the Hancock Horizon...
Medical device maker wins top prize in Business Model Competition

Medical device maker wins top prize in Business Model Competition

A team of students from Johns Hopkins University with a device to improve the treatment of a potentially blinding infant eye disease won first place and the top prize of $25,000 in the 2017 Tulane Business Model Competition. The final round of the competition, an...