Archive for July 2009
School Joins Yellow Ribbon Program to Support MBA Student Veterans
One-hundred percent of the funds raised by the School through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Yellow Ribbon Program will go to MBA student veterans. Please make your gift today.
From Columbia Business School Executive Education: Preparing Tomorrow’s Nonprofit Leaders
In an increasingly competitive environment, nonprofit leaders must address critical issues with maximum efficiency.
We’re Going Digital
In a School-wide effort to conserve materials and reduce costs, Hermes and Columbia Ideas at Work will no longer be mailed to your address unless you confirm you’d like to continue to receive them in print.
From Columbia Ideas at Work: What About all the Irrational Stuff?
Professor Morris Holbrook retires this year after teaching and conducting research at the School since joining the faculty in 1975. Almost thirty years ago, Holbrook and his colleagues stirred up a sea change in consumer research, tabling the old rationalist model and exploring the emotional side of consumer behavior.
Alumni Headhunter: Network Like a Securities Trader
Like that for non-publicly traded securities, the job market is very inefficient, says Peter Gray ’97. You need to build a good social network to do well in it.
Columbia Business School in the News
MSNBC’s weekly show on small businesses featured Emily McHugh ’99, CEO of Casauri. Learn about other community members in the news.
Career Transitions: Capturing the Right Opportunity
For Neil Albuja ’02, networking and maintaining a positive mindset were essential to his transition to a new company.
Alumni Benefit: Columbia Alumni Arts League
Join the Columbia Alumni Arts League and take advantage of discounted tickets at such leading New York City cultural institutions as Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Knitting Factory and the Irish Repertory Theatre.