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On April 4, 2007, CJEB co-sponsored the WEAI Policy Forum "Japan's UN Diplomacy and Security Council Reform" by Ambassador Kenzo Oshima, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations.

Ethanol, "Sim, por favor." Emissions, "Nao, obrigado." Article by Emi Kubota '08, For the Bottom Line, April 4, 2007

As part of Leadership and Ethics Week at Columbia Business School, Professor Elke Weber explores implicit biases in decision making. By Sumitra Karthikeyan '07.

The Oracle of Omaha agreed to a 30-minute video interview by 3 Columbia MBA students. In what ended up being an almost 1.5-hour session, Mr. Buffett discussed leadership and ethics.

By Sara Batterton '07 and Kimberley Tait '07, co-chairs of the Bernstein Leadership and Ethics Board. Published in the Leadership and Ethics edition of the "Bottom Line".

Matthew Bishop, Chief Business Writer and U.S. Business Editor at The Economist, was introduced by Professor Ray Horton in a talk to MBA students about the economics of philanthropy and his new book on the subject due out next Spring.

Professor Chris Mayer, Director of the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate, discusses Alt-A loans on NPR's Marketplace Money.

Eugene Lang MS ’40 — who helped launch the entrepreneurship center at the School named in his honor — was a special guest at a panel discussion led by alumni entrepreneurs.

On Thursday, March 15, 2007, CJEB and the Japan Business Association of Columbia Business School presented "Resurgence of the Japanese Economy: A Conversation with Takehiko Nakao."

Bottom Line Article: CBS Japan Business Association student leaders interview Alicia Ogawa, CJEB Director of Program on Alternative Investments

Earlier this week, Dean Glenn Hubbard embarked on a 10-day trip through Singapore, Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong and Seoul. This is his third visit to Asia — and first to Singapore— as dean of Columbia Business School.

Networking events become increasingly important to the business school experience as summer rapidly approaches and students rush to secure internships and full time positions.

Gustavo Cisneros, Mark Gallogly ’86 and Martha Stewart are just a few of the high-profile guests who spoke at student-organized conferences on campus this year.

The Black Business Student Association’s annual auction — newly renamed the Theodora Fonteneau Rutherford Scholarship Auction — raised more than $30,000 for incoming students.

By Olga Khodosh '07 and Madlen Massarlian '08, Bottom Line.

An innovative experiment shows how we try — with varying degrees of success — to meet new people.

"We have not shown the business community — and even our fellow academics — the substance of management education in the new century," Dean Glenn Hubbard said at a recent international conference for B-school deans. "The challenge before us is to get the word out."

“Just because we have been the center of the world’s financial markets until now does not mean that we can afford to be complacent about prospects for the future,” said O’Neal.

On CNN?s ?In the Money? last week, Professor Chris Mayer gave viewers advice on whether to rent or buy their homes.

"The work that we do is not rocket science — it’s harder," Geoffrey Canada of Harlem Children’s Zone told the nearly 400 people at the Social Enterprise Program’s annual reception. "We know we can’t save everyone, but you do what you can to make a difference."