Financial studies took center stage this past year at Columbia Business School (CBS) with the launch of a new program focused on related research, relevant curriculum and events. As the school celebrates a successful inaugural year, it looks forward to continuing programming and advancements in the year ahead.
This month marks the successful conclusion of the first year of the new CBS Program for Financial Studies. The program, developed by Laurie Hodrick, the A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics, is governed by a 16-member Executive Advisory Board and a seven-member Academic Advisory Board.
During its inaugural year, the program included outreach initiatives designed to promote interdisciplinary financial studies and inspire students to apply their learning to real-life business scenarios and career development. One such initiative was Career Tracks, allowing students to customize their curriculum development to better reach their individual career goals.
Another initiative launched by the Program for Financial Studies earlier this summer was the No Free Lunch Seminar Series, intended to encourage greater discussion of faculty members’ research. As part of the open, informal series, CBS professors are invited to introduce their in-progress research to MBA and PhD students in lunchtime seminars. Seminars are filmed as they take place and archived online, where they are available for all to see. To access them, click here.
As the Program for Financial Studies gears up to enter its second year, it will host its inaugural conference. The conference, scheduled to take place on November 4th in Columbia University’s Faculty House, will explore the theme “Finance in a World of Uncertainties.” Among the conference’s highlights will be panel discussions on asset management and corporate finance and a keynote address by Erskine Bowles ’69, co-chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
To learn more about CBS’s Program for Financial Studies, click here.
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