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Paula Kerger, President and CEO of PBS, joined Langone MBA students for a 2013-2014 Langone Speaker Series event. Professor Charlie Murphy moderated the conversation, which began with a one-on-one interview focused on Kerger’s experiences at PBS, career path and professional pointers for Langone MBAs.

On Friday, February 21, 2014, the Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions will host Research Day 2014, featuring presentations on in-progress research at NYU Stern and a panel discussion on the current state of the world economy and financial system.

The social enterprise communities of NYU's Leonard N. Stern School of Business, School of Law, and Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service are co-hosting this year's 4th Annual NYU Social Innovation Symposium (SIS).

A team of four Stern MBA students (Steven Stein, Kathleen Urbani, Lauren Sanders and Jason Davis) took second place and a $5,000 prize in the 2014 UNC Real Estate Development Challenge. It was the first time at the annual challenge that a team from Stern placed within the top three.

The Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Founder.org welcome Michael Baum, founder of six startups, for an informational talk entitled "Building a Billion Dollar Company Takes More than Just a Big Idea." This event marks the kick-off of the $100K Founder.org annual competition.

NYU Stern’s Latin American Business Association (LABA) will host their fifth annual conference on February 14, themed, “Opportunity Knocks: The Emergence of Latam.”

The Urbanization Project’s Brown Bag Discussion Series brings together students, scholars, and practitioners from NYU and NYC to talk with featured guests about their ongoing urban-related work.

As part of the Leadership Case Event series, Stern MBA student teams tackled a real-world business challenge and developed recommendations to share with Chris Golier (MBA '06), alumnus and vice president of mobile marketing and strategy for the National Hockey League (NHL).

Stern Women in Business (SWIB) will host their 22nd annual conference on Friday, February 7. This year's theme, "Reframing the Conversation: New Perspectives on Women in Business," will feature a keynote talk from Rosanne Haggerty, President of Common Solutions, as well as a keynote panel.

On February 6, Dstillery and NYU Stern's Center for Business Analytics (CBA) co-hosted Advertising and Data Science Congress (ADS*CON), a half-day symposium dedicated to exploring the impact of the data science revolution on the digital advertising ecosystem.

NYU Stern's Center for Global Economy and Business will host the Economic Outlook Forum on Monday, February 3, 2014.

L2's clinic aims to push brands’ understanding of Amazon beyond a mere platform for official or unofficial distribution, and will feature academics, industry practitioners, competitors, brands and equity analysts. They will also consider Amazon’s next moves in digital as it enters the luxury space.

Neil Blumenthal, co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, joined Langone MBA students for a 2013-2014 Langone Speaker Series event. Professor Charlie Murphy moderated the discussion, beginning with a one-on-one interview and followed by an open Q&A session with students.

The Urbanization Project’s Brown Bag Discussion Series brings together students, scholars, and practitioners from NYU and NYC to talk with featured guests about their ongoing urban-related work.

As a part of the Conversations on Urbanization series held by NYU Stern’s Urbanization Project, Senior Research Scholar Shlomo (Solly) Angel spoke with Dr. Joan Clos, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN-Habitat and former mayor of Barcelona, in a public presentation on December 9.

Three teams of first-year MBA students went head-to-head, pitching their ideas for future business endeavors in the finals of Amazon’s 2013 Innovation Competition.

On December 5, Associate Professor of IOMS Rene Caldentey, CBA Executive in Residence Rick Zeni, Professor of IOMS and Marketing and Co-director of the Center for Business Analytics Anindya Ghose, and Associate Director of the Center for Business Analytics Mandy Osborne, hosted a revenue management roundtable discussion.

As part of NYU Stern’s “Leadership Off the Record” series, Jacob Silverman, who was recently appointed president of Duff & Phelps, a financial advisory and investment banking firm, spoke with MBA students about his career in finance and technology.

On Thursday, November 21, NYU Stern will host the NYU Start-Up Job Expo, open to NYU students interested in connecting with exciting NYC start-ups.

On November 20, Adam Brandenburger, Vice Dean for Innovation; Vasant Dhar, Professor and Chair of Stern’s IOMS group and Co-director of Stern’s Center for Business Analytics; Arun Sundararajan, Professor of Information, Operations and Management Sciences and NEC Faculty Fellow; and Mandy Osborne, with the Center for Business Analytics, hosted a symposium, The Future of Higher Education in a Digital Age.

Dean Peter Henry and Professors Michael Spence and Michael Posner joined thought leaders from around the globe at the World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda in Abu Dhabi.

David Nenke, category leader for Grocery & Gourmet Food at Amazon.com, spoke with first-year MBA students for a special Block Time discussion titled, “The Amazon Way: Innovating at High Speed.”

The NYU Stern Center for Business Analytics and Center for Measurable Marketing are co-hosting Mapping Mobile @NYU Stern, which will feature industry experts including Professors Anindya Ghose and Russ Winer.

In a recent visit to NYU Stern, Dan Ariely, author of "The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty," spoke to students and faculty about his new book.

As part of NYU Stern’s “Leadership Off the Record” series, Elana Drell Szyfer, CEO of AHAVA and Stern alumna (MBA '98), spoke with MBA students about her 20-year career in the beauty industry.