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Academics, practitioners and policymakers gathered at NYU Stern on March 2 for a roundtable discussion on “The Biggest Change in Accounting Rules Ever: Proposed Global Standard on Accounting for Leases,” hosted by the Vincent C. Ross Institute of Accounting Research. 

The NYU Stern Center for Global Economy and Business welcomed Sheila Bair, former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, for a talk and Q&A session.

On Friday, February 27, the NYU Stern Private Equity Club will host its 10th Annual Stern Private Equity Conference.

Organized by NYU Stern’s Citi Leadership & Ethics Program and Business & Society Program, with generous support from the Citi Foundation, the 2015 conference featured this year’s Distinguished Citi Fellow in Leadership & Ethics Tensie Whelan, president of the Rainforest Alliance and NYU alumna (BA ’80), as well as global business leaders, funders and the managing director of a Rwandan Specialty Coffee Company.

On Thursday, February 26, NYU Stern's Management Consulting Association (MCA) and Strategy & Operations Club (SOC) will co-host the 5th Annual Strategy Forum. This year's conference is themed "WINNING: Business Strategy in Sports."

The NYU Stern Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation will welcome alumni, angel investors, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and industry innovators to the 2015 New Venture Showcase and Reception on February 25.

Devon Pike, president of Givenchy US and former CEO of De Beers, North America, joined MBA students and alumni for a 2014-2015 Langone Speaker Series event, presented by U.S. Trust. 

On February 20, 2015, the social enterprise student organizations of New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business, School of Law, and Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service will host the Fifth Annual NYU Social Innovation Symposium (SIS).

A collaborative group comprising faculty and deans from business and law schools, as well as other leaders in business, law and the nonprofit sectors, convened at NYU this February to engage in a discussion about “Corporate Political Accountability: The Importance of Educating Future Business Leaders Beyond Citizens United.”

On February 18, the NYU Stern Center for Global Economy and Business, led by Professor Kim Schoenholtz, welcomed Jerome Powell, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, for a discussion and Q&A session.

Lloyd C. Blankfein, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, and John Sexton, president of New York University, sat down in February to discuss “Global Leadership in the 21st Century” before an audience of more than 400 students. Hosted by the NYU Leadership Initiative and the NYU Stern School of Business, the event drew undergraduate and graduate students from Schools across the University, including the College of Arts & Science, Graduate School of Arts & Science, Law School, Wagner School of Public Service and Stern.

On Friday, February 6, Stern Women in Business (SWIB) will host their 23rd annual conference, themed, "The Economics of Success: Joint Advocacy for Better Business."

The NYU Stern Center for Global Economy and Business will host the Economic Outlook Forum on February 3, 2015.

Professor Irshad Manji, founder of the Moral Courage Project and a faculty member at NYU Wagner, shared leadership lessons with executives in the TRIUM Global Executive MBA program and TRIUM alumni on Thursday, January 22.

On Monday, December 15, the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights and the United States Council for International Business (USCIB) co-hosted an open dialogue on President Obama’s recently announced National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct.

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.

Frank Blake, Chairman of Home Depot, will join Langone MBA students and alumni​ for a 2014-2015 Langone Speaker Series event.

NYU Stern welcomes David Nenke, WW Director Product and Marketing, Amazon Cloud Drive, Amazon.com, who joins first-year MBAs for a special Block Time discussion on Monday, December 1. 

On Friday, November 21st, the Stern Healthcare Association (SHA) will host its Annual Healthcare Summit. The theme for this year's conference is Healthcare 2020: Innovating for the Next Decade.

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As part of NYU Stern’s new Mindfulness in Business Initiative, which launched earlier this year, MBA students convened for a workshop introducing mindful leadership practices aimed at increasing focus, clarity and resilience.  

A team of NYU Stern students organized by the Stern Investment Management and Research (SIMR) club won first place in Cornell's MBA Stock Pitch Challenge in November. Owen Gilmore, Ziv Israel and Jerry Jiang took home the prize with their respective stock pitches for going long on TIF (Tiffany & Co.), LKQ (LKQ Corp., a replacement car parts manufacturer) and NXPI (NXP Semiconductors).

The NYU Entrepreneurial Institute and Newsweek will host Founders Unplugged, a conversation with Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com, and Newsweek's Kevin Maney on November 17.

Three teams of MBA students went head-to-head, pitching their ideas for future business endeavors in the finals of Amazon’s 2014 Innovation Competition.

A team of NYU Stern students, sponsored by the Stern Energy Club, won first place in the inaugural National Low Carbon Case Competition hosted by the Yale School of Management on November 14.