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David Stern, the commissioner emeritus of the National Basketball Association, was awarded the 2014 Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics during a ceremony on Tuesday, September 9 at Uris Hall.

David Sherman '82 is the president of Metropolitan Real Estate Equity Management, a Real Estate Circle Leader and member of the MBA Real Estate Program Advisory Board. Interview conducted by Jason Chiang '12.

David E. Simon ’85, chairman and CEO of Simon Property Group and a member of the School’s Board of Overseers, has pledged a gift of $5 million to Columbia Business School.

The Columbia Community Business Program (CCBP) is now accepting applications for its 2014 class of small business owners.Coordinated through the School’s Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center, CCBP is a collaboration among Columbia Business School, Columbia Law School, and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, which provides local small business owners with access to Columbia University’s practical resources. This two-year program helps New York City businesses with at least $250,000 in annual revenue grow and develop.

Daniel Mintzer '13, Morris Cox '13, Donnel Baird '13, and Yaniv Kalish '12 came in second place at the annual Ross Renewable Energy Case Competition.

Ray Morales, senior director of Columbia Business School’s Information Technology Group, has been awarded the 2012 Robert W. Lear Service Award.

Alicia Glen, managing director at Goldman, Sachs & Co., heads the firm’s Urban Investment Group (UIG), which provides capital to underserved domestic urban markets. Also an adjunct professor in the Finance and Economics Department, she teaches Social Impact Real Estate Investing and Development, offered for the first time in fall 2012. In a recent interview with Annie Koo ’14, Glen discussed how to connect the dots between the public and private sectors as well as her career path and teaching.