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The Leonard N. Stern School of Business Graduate Convocation Ceremony took place on Friday, May 19, 2017 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.

Continuing an annual tradition, NYU Stern faculty and guests gathered to celebrate the School’s community of scholars and to recognize excellence in research and scholarship, excellence in teaching, excellence in mentorship, excellence in influence and excellence in innovation.

On May 9, the NYU Stern Ross Institute and Salomon Center will co-host a conference entitled, “The Changing Role of Stock Markets in Capital Formation”. 

On May 9, the NYU Stern Center for Real Estate Finance Research, Salomon Center, and S&P Global will host a conference entitled “Risk Insight Live: Risky Management For Commercial Real Estate Financial Markets Agenda.”

Over 500 students, alumni and faculty members from 17 schools and divisions across NYU’s global campuses entered the Entrepreneurs Challenge, hosted by the W.R. Berkley Innovation Labs.

This program is intended for those who wish to rethink the habits that have made them successful in the past, and challenge the conventional wisdom and industry models that have defined their businesses. To achieve these objectives, this course combines presentations and discussions with practical exercises so that participants can apply disruptive leadership principles to business issues and scenarios.

On April 28, the McKinsey Global Institute and NYU Stern will host the first Digital Future of Work Summit.

The NYU Stern Volatility Institute and NASDAQ Derivatives Research Project Conference convened academics and practitioners to discuss the latest research and ideas on the theme, “Derivatives and Volatility: The State of the Art.” 

This program is designed to help executives leverage analytics to improve their decision-making skills across their organization. Through a combination of discussion, simulation and experiential exercises, participants will develop a clear understanding of what decisions analytics can help them make, and the best way to transform analytics insights into strategies.

On Wednesday, April 26, NYU Stern's Center for Business and Human Rights welcomed Brad Smith, President of Microsoft, for an event entitled "The Challenge of Maintaining Integrity on the Internet." He was joined by Professor Michael Posner to discuss the misuse and manipulation of internet platforms by third parties and how extremist content, fake news and intolerant discourse have spread across the web with real-world consequences.

This program will introduce you to a variety of analytical frameworks related to leadership and will focus on how to apply those frameworks to analyze and address important leadership challenges. It will also help you to better understand the context within which leaders typically operate, and help make you more conscious of the choices you make as a leader in an organization.

On April 20, NYU Stern’s Leadership Development welcomed Joe Berardino, Managing Director, Corporate Transformation at Alvarez & Marsal, for an event entitled "Tales in Leadership: Managing Chaos.” The discussion centered around crisis management and the value of self-awareness in leadership. 

On April 19, NYU Stern’s Center for Sustainable Business and the Greater New York City Chapter of the International Society of Sustainability Professions (ISSP-NYC) welcomed Laurent Claquin, Head of Kering Americas, for an event entitled “Crafting Tomorrow’s Luxury.”

Jane Mayer, investigative journalist and author of Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires, delivered the 12th annual Haitkin Lecture, hosted by NYU Stern’s Business & Society Program. 

On Tuesday, April 18, NYU Stern’s Undergraduate College and Business & Society Program (BSP) in conjunction with the “Law, Business & Society” course, co-hosted the 2017 Ashok C. Sani Distinguished Scholar-In-Residence Lecture, delivered by NYU Trustee Larry Silverstein (ARTS '52), who serves as chairman of Silverstein Properties.

The Four School Conference brings together faculty, students and researchers from Stern, Columbia, Yale and University of Pennsylvania.

On Thursday, April 13, NYU Stern’s Center for Sustainable Business (CSB) welcomed Robert G. Wilmers, CEO of M&T Bank, for a discussion entitled “Community-Minded Banking.”

On Thursday, April 13, NYU Stern’s Business & Society Program will welcome Seema Saifee, staff attorney for the Innocence Project, and Darryl Howard, who was recently exonerated after serving 24 years for a wrongful murder conviction, to speak to an audience of students.

On April 10, NYU Stern’s Business and Society Program, Center for Sustainable Business and NYU Department of Environmental Studies welcomed Jane Goodall, Ph.D., DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, for an event entitled “Tomorrow & Beyond: An Evening with Dr. Jane Goodall.”

This program examines best-practices related to the business use of social media and digital marketing. While there will be sufficient attention given to top level strategy used by companies adopting social media and digital marketing, the course will also focus on digital analytics oriented tools: how to make organizations more intelligent in how they conduct business in the digital age.

On Friday, April 7, students from NYU Stern and the Columbia Business School will host the 2017 MBA Media and Entertainment Conference. The annual event brings established leaders and groundbreaking pioneers together to share insights on the state of media and entertainment.  

Joining the NYU community in creating opportunities to deepen understanding of others' experiences, NYU Stern will host its fifth annual Ally Week from April 6-13.

NYU Stern’s Master of Science in Global Finance (MSGF) program will host an event entitled “The Prospects of Global Financial Security” featuring a discussion with Professor Robert Engle. 

On March 31, Stern Women in Business (SWIB) will host the 25th annual “Stern Women in Business Conference” focusing on discussion to show up, stand up and speak up for gender equality. 

Oisin Hanrahan, CEO and Co-founder of Handy, joined Professor Luke Williams, MBA students and alumni for a 2016-2017 Langone Speaker Series event.