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2007年5月29日（火）、東京のパレスホテルにて「経営再構築：日本企業リーダーの新戦略」と題したオルタナティブ投資プログラム主催カンファレンスを開催。

May 29: the Program on Alternative Investments of CJEB presented a conference titled "Operational Restructuring: New Strategies of Japanese Corporate Leaders."

ヒュー・パトリック教授：「急がれる日本の大学改革」、「教員の質・生産性を上げよ」（日本経済新聞 2007年5月25日朝刊　経済教室欄）

Frank Tang ’94 of Temasek Holdings — one of the largest overseas investors in China — returned to the School on May 10 as the fourth speaker in the Sir Gordon Wu Distinguished Speaker Forum.

More than 800 business leaders and alumni from around the world gathered at the Waldorf-Astoria on Monday night for the 31st Annual Dinner, which raised $3 million — one of the highest totals ever — for the School’s programs and initiatives.

Thanks to a generous gift from Russ Carson ’67 and the Carson Family Charitable Trust, the School will collaborate with nationally acclaimed education nonprofit Harlem Children’s Zone.

Rita McGrath calls for empowering middle managers, who — with their inside company knowledge, political savvy and talent for getting things done — make innovation possible.

How cultural differences between Japan and the United States affect the way leaders are perceived when accidents strike.

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Omar Nasser Eddin '07 took home the top prize at the annual Sheldon Seevak Real Estate Business Plan Competition Reception Dinner on April 27th

Article by By Katie Leonberger '08, cofounder of Microlumbia, the student-run microfinance investment fund.

Professor Chris Mayer presented an overview of real estate valuations to the Real Estate Roundtable in Washington, DC on April 26th.The Real Estate Roundtable is an organization that "brings together leaders of the nation's top public and privately-held real estate ownership, development, lending and management firms with the leaders of major national real estate trade associations to jointly addresskey national policy issues relating to real estate and the overall economy."

Columbia Business School's International Development Club members make a difference abroad. Article by Maren Winnick '08, for the Bottom Line, April 18, 2007

By Ryan Petersen '08, Article for the Bottom Line, April 18, 2007

By Rahul Chandarana '08.

By Rahul Chandarana '08.

On Saturday, March 3, twenty-five Real Estate students participating in the Chazen Real Estate International Study Tour to Brazil and Argentina touched down in São Paulo, a sprawling megalopolis with a population nearly twice that of New York City (and traffic to match). Accompanied by Faculty Advisor Professor Chris Mayer and Director of Administration Cheryl Carruthers, the group spent five days experiencing Brazil and Argentina, South America’s largest countries and two places in which real estate is currently one of the hottest industries.

On Saturday, March 3, twenty-five Real Estate students participating in the Chazen Real Estate International Study Tour to Brazil and Argentina touched down in São Paulo, a sprawling megalopolis with a population nearly twice that of New York City (and traffic to match). Accompanied by Faculty Advisor Professor Chris Mayer and Director of Administration Cheryl Carruthers, the group spent five days experiencing Brazil and Argentina, South America’s largest countries and two places in which real estate is currently one of the hottest industries.

“Hidden biases can influence hiring and promotion decisions, employee reviews and other managerial tasks,” Professor Elke Weber told students during a discussion on unconscious bias and its role in decision making as part of the School’s inaugural Leadership and Ethics Week.