Columbia Places First in Friendfactor Challenge
For the second year in a row, Columbia Business School placed first in the Friendfactor MBA Ally Challenge. The Friendfactor MBA Ally Challenge is a friendly competition among business schools to build the largest and most impactful ally initiatives they can over the course of the school year.
In 2012 Friendfactor presented MBA student leaders with a challenge to build the largest and most impactful ally initiatives they could over the course of the school year. Six top schools took up the challenge. They activated over 900 MBA students and transformed the culture at their schools. The participating schools raised awareness about LGBT issues by an average of 19 percent, and improved the inclusiveness of campus culture by an average of 24 percent.
Start Up Spotlight: Kellogg Alum Makes Buying Jewelry on the Web Easy
The following article was originally sourced from the news piece “Start me up: Elaine Russell ’09,” part of Kellogg’s “Start Me Up” series, which spotlights members of the Kellogg community who are putting their entrepreneurial visions into practice.
The Internet Age has made buying things online a breeze and ease as shoppers get the convenience of similar options at their fingertips. One of the most uncertain and stressful items to purchase online, however, is jewelry.
To address that particular area of interest, Elaine Russell, alum from the Kellogg School of Management, has founded Heirlumé, a company that takes the guesswork out of gift giving, at least when it comes to all that glitters. Continue reading…
Company Featuring Kellogg Students Develops New Cancer Treatment
The following article was originally sourced from the news piece “Beating the Odds,” published on Kellogg’s News & Events page.
Medical-device startup Innoblative has changed the game in the treatment of breast cancer. The eight-member company, which includes five students from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, medical, engineering and law schools, has developed a disposable, radiofrequency ablation (RFA) probe that uses thermal energy to treat a surgical cavity, such as that made after removal of a breast tumor. Continue reading…
Kellogg Symposium Discusses the Present and Future of Health Care in America
The following article was originally sourced from the news piece “Navigating Healthcare Under the ACA,” published on Kellogg’s News & Events page.
A handful of high level health care executives and figures spoke about the changing environment of that industry at the June 4 Kellogg School of Management’s MacEachern Symposium. Titled “The Future of the Physician,” the event was hosted by the Health Enterprise Management Program. Continue reading…
Kellogg Presents Award to Leadership Behind Jack Daniel’s
The following article was originally sourced from the news piece “Family Spirits,” published on Kellogg’s News & Events page.
Board Chairman G. Garvin Brown IV and CEO Paul C. Varga of Brown-Forman, the family-first spirit and wine company best known for Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey accepted the Kellogg School of Management’s 2014 Family Enterprise Leadership Award in front of an audience of faculty, practitioners and students.
The Brown family originally brought in Varga as an intern at the company. He worked his way up the corporate ladder for 19 years before being named CEO of the previously family-led company in 2005. Continue reading…
