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Maribette Ramirez on May 3, 2019

Members of Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business

Members of Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business EMBA Class of 2024 are in Seoul, Korea this week for their final residential. The week kicked off with a Seoul City Tour, which included Insadong, a pedestrianized main street that is packed with teahouses and shops; N Seoul Tower; Gyeongbok Palace, changing of the guard ceremony; and the National Folk Museum. The EMBA students also heard from members of Sogang University, the Jesuit University of South Korea. Corporate site visits and student consulting presentations also are underway.

On April 16, Ian Bremmer, political scientist, aut

On April 16, Ian Bremmer, political scientist, author, and president of Eurasia Group; and Fareed Zakaria, author, columnist, and host of CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” enthralled an audience of 200+ on Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus during a discussion based upon Zakaria’s new book, “Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to Present.” The talk was part of the “Financial Issues Forum” series hosted by the Gabelli School of Business, Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis; the Museum of American Finance; and the CFA Society New York. The pair discussed the driving forces that served as catalysts for past revolutions, but also focused on the polarized and unstable environment in which we currently live.

Hanaa Fawzy, assistant dean for global Initiatives

Hanaa Fawzy, assistant dean for global Initiatives and partnerships, recently led a group of Gabelli School students on a visit to U.N. headquarters in NYC at the start of International Business Week: The Jesuit Perspective. Lauren Page, president of the International Business Student Association, helped coordinate the event. During their visit, they attended a briefing on climate change delivered by Laura Patterson, head of the WMO Liaison Office (the World Meteorological Organization). It was a perfect day to witness the eclipse from the U.N. terrace while gaining valuable insights into climate change and the significant roles played by organizations like the WMO. The group also visited the New York Stock Exchange. In addition, they got to hear from speakers representing five continents through online panel discussions. #climatechange #responsiblebusiness #Unitednations #Internationalbusiness

During the Fordham Foundry’s Pitch Challenge hel

During the Fordham Foundry’s Pitch Challenge held on April 11 at the Rose Hill Campus, eight teams of aspiring entrepreneurs from across Fordham University pitched their venture ideas to judges from top companies and organizations, with $25,000 distributed in seed funding. Four general track teams competed, focusing on start-ups across the spectrum, as well as four social impact teams, whose business models are designed to do well while doing good. Gabelli School of Business competitors did the School proud, taking first, second, and third place in the general track; and first place in the social impact track, in addition to securing the People’s Choice Award winner. Congrats to Gabelli School general track first-place winners, Lucas Labelle, GABELLI ’20 and Camila Magnan, founders of Mila Mend Inc.; second-place finalist, Anya Alfonsetti-Terry, a junior, for Spike Cover; and third-place finalist and People’s Choice Award winner, David Skinner, a sophomore, for Credentialed. In the social impact track, congrats to Shoval Liel ‘24, for Alliza. A huge thanks to all of the judges; Al Bartosic, executive director of the Fordham Foundry, as well as Milton Sussberg, director; Shaun Johnson, associate director; Lauren Sweeney, entrepreneur in residence, and the student interns. Learn more about the amazing ideas, the entrepreneurs, and the judges here: https://bit.ly/3xzCDqB

The Gabelli School of Business Center for Digital

The Gabelli School of Business Center for Digital Transformation (CDT) held its 11th Annual Deloitte March Data Crunch Madness on April 5. Designed to build upon the excitement of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) Division I men’s and women’s basketball championship tournaments, the CDT competition challenges student teams to employ their analytics skills to predict the outcome of the NCAA Basketball tournament using publicly available data. As always, the displays created by the students were spectacular, and the methods used to distill down the data were incredibly impressive, making the judging quite difficult. In the end, honorable mentions went to Data Dunkers I and Data Dunkers III; third prize went to The Final Formulas; second prize went to Data Dunkers II; and first prize went to Predictive Gamemakers, with teammates Paola Rodriguez, Nadjia Tokovic, Anany Sharma, and Martin Hauytalla celebrating their tremendous success. Many thanks to the industry executives from Deloitte who helped judge the competition along with Jie Ren, Ph.D., associate professor, information, technology, and operations; and Yilu Zhou, Ph.D. associate professor, information, technology; Aditya Saharia, Ph.D., professor information, technology, and operations; and Kate Kennon, Ed.D., assistant dean, academic advising. A huge thanks to RP Raghupathi, Ph.D., professor of information, technology, and operations, whose leadership and deep commitment to the students and this amazing event, make this possible each year.

On April 8, Fordham University’s Gabelli School

We are thrilled to announce that the Gabelli Schoo

We are thrilled to announce that the Gabelli School of Business made substantial gains in U.S. News and World Report’s, Best Graduate Schools, Best Business Schools Rankings. The School’s Full-time M.B.A., ranked 62 (tie), an increase of 6; the Professional (Part-time) M.B.A. ranked 42 (tie), an increase of 34; the Executive M.B.A. ranked 18 (tie), an increase of 1. Five M.B.A. concentrations ranked in the top-20, including Accounting, which ranked 14, an increase of 5; Business Analytics, which ranked 15, an increase of 9; Finance, which remained at 16 (tie); International Business, which ranked 13; and Marketing, which ranked 13 (tie), an increase of 1. A heartfelt thanks to all of those who worked so diligently to achieve these wonderful results!

Gabelli School of Business Dean Lerzan Aksoy puts

Gabelli School of Business Dean Lerzan Aksoy puts on her special viewing glasses to catch a glimpse of the solar eclipse as seen from the heart of Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus. She is one of millions in NYC who will be able to see this spectacular natural phenomenon—in the form of a partial eclipse—happen in real time! #eclipse