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Columbia Business School launched the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics with a roundtable on leadership, ethics and corporate governance. The event featured industry leaders Lewis Sanders, CEO of Alliance Capital Management; Arthur Levitt, former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; and Ira Millstein, senior partner at Weil, Gotshal and Manges.

For the fourth year in a row, the Financial Times ranks Columbia Business School’s Executive Education program No. 1 worldwide in its annual survey of nondegree executive development programs.

The Chazen Web Journal of International Business launches its spring issue, an in-depth analysis of Asian corporate finance and business strategy. This issue, the journal’s second, offers research — by faculty members and students alike — that explores the region’s banking and automobile industries as well as its securities markets. Video interviews with experts on the global economy, including 2001 Nobel Laureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz, are also included.

Industry leaders from around the world joined Columbia Business School to celebrate its 27th Annual Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on May 5. The gala event, which was chaired by Arthur J. Samberg '67, chairman and CEO of Pequot Capital, attracted 1,000 prominent business figures, alumni and faculty members to salute achievement in business and government.

Frank Lichtenberg, the Courtney C. Brown Professor of Business, has won the 2003 Milken Institute Award for Distinguished Economic Research. Honoring the best research in the field of economics, the Milken Institute Award was presented to Professor Lichtenberg for his study of pharmaceutical research and its contribution to human longevity.

Four winners emerged at the final judging round of the National Social Venture Competition, held at Columbia Business School on Saturday, April 12. Winners and finalists shared prizes totaling $80,000.

A team of recent graduates of the EMBA-Global program won top honors at Innovation ’03, one of Europe’s premier venture competitions for high-technology startups. 

R. Glenn Hubbard, the Russell L. Carson Professor of Economics and Finance, returns to Columbia Business School after a two-year appointment in Washington as chairman of President George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers.

The recent Social Enterprise Program alumni-student reception drew more than 200 participants from private, nonprofit and government sectors, providing a forum to explore trends in the industry. Event coordinators detailed the steady growth of the program and its commitment to developing business leaders who seek opportunities to add value beyond the bottom line.

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Columbia Business School is proud to announce that the World Economic Forum has selected José A. Fourquet ’96, U.S. executive director of the Inter-American Development Bank, and Sallie Krawcheck ’92, chairman and CEO of Smith Barney, for the Global Leaders for Tomorrow program. The prestigious honor is conferred annually upon individuals demonstrating leadership in the corporate and public sectors.

For the second year in a row, Columbia Business School ranks No. 3 in the Financial Times global survey of MBA programs.

Internationally renowned for their expertise and groundbreaking research, Columbia Business School faculty members received a number of prestigious awards and appointments in 2002.

Columbia Business School is saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Emeritus Eli Ginzberg. Professor Ginzberg’s proposals on desegregation, monetary regulation and health care greatly influenced the national debate on the leading issues of his time. As an educator, he also touched countless students during the six decades that he taught at Columbia University, his alma mater.

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Building on its strength in international business, Columbia Business School proudly announces the launch of the Chazen Web Journal of International Business. The only student-driven online publication of its kind, the journal provides a forum in which students, academics and industry leaders provide in-depth and timely analysis of key international business issues.

A packed auditorium of 650 MBA and Executive MBA students enthusiastically greeted Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric, who gave a lecture at the School as part of the Silfen Leadership Series.