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The 7th Annual Conference of the Society for Financial Econometrics (SoFiE) will be held in Toronto at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management from June 11 to 13, 2014.

NYU Stern’s 2nd Annual Risk Management Symposium convened professors and industry practitioners to discuss current global risk issues.

The Macro-Financial Modeling Group will host its 2014 conference, focusing on sovereign credit risk and financial stability, at NYU Stern from May 30-31. 

The Leonard N. Stern School of Business Graduate Convocation Ceremony took place on Thursday, May 22, 2014 at Radio City Music Hall.

On May 9, 2014, the NYU Stern Center for Business Analytics, led by Professors Vasant Dhar and Anindya Ghose, hosted an all-day event to discuss trends and issues related to crowdfunding and crowdsourcing with industry experts and academics, including Stern Professors Ashwini Agarwal, Yannis Bakos, John Horton, Panos Ipeirotis, Natalia Levina and Arun Sundararajan, in the space.

As part of 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, innovation, teaching and mentorship, and influence in business and policy.

On Friday, May 2, 2014, the Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions will host the Ninth Annual New York Fed/NYU Stern Conference on Financial Intermediation, co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Review of Financial Studies.

On April 26th, Stern in Africa will host the NYU Stern Africa Economic Forum 2014, themed, “The African Gold Rush: Realities of Africa’s Economic Growth and Potential.” The conference will present a balanced depiction of the current state of Africa, in addition to highlighting the promising transformations that are taking place across the continent.

On April 25, NYU Stern and NYU Law co-hosted the NYU Global Governance Roundtable: Building Ethical and Sustainable Global Companies.

At the conclusion of an eight-month competition, NYU’s most promising innovators received a combined $200,000 in start-up cash at the annual $200K Entrepreneurs Challenge, held by NYU Stern’s Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation.

Returning for its fifth edition, this provocative awards program, co-sponsored by Accenture and AT&T at NYU Skirball, celebrates the new frontiers of disruptive innovation in collaboration with Harvard professor Clayton Christensen.

The Sixth Annual NYU Stern Volatility Institute Conference convened academics, practitioners and regulators to discuss the latest research and ideas on this year’s theme, “Market Liquidity and Funding Liquidity: Implications for Economic Risk.” 

On April 23, NYU Stern’s Center for Real Estate Finance Research hosted their third annual Spring Symposium.

As a part of the Conversations on Urbanization series held by NYU Stern’s Urbanization Project, Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University, spoke with Paul Romer, Director of the Urbanization Project, Interim Director of NYU's Marron Institute on Cities and the Urban Environment and Professor of Economics, in a public presentation on April 22.

Anita Raghavan, author of The Billionaire’s Apprentice and contributor to The New York Times and Forbes, delivered the Ninth Annual Haitkin Lecture at NYU Stern this spring. 

MBA students celebrated the final weeks before graduation at the 2014 Bowling Night with President John Sexton and Dean Peter Henry.

The Right Honorable Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, addressed an audience of students and alumni in NYU Stern’s Paulson auditorium on April 8. He delivered the 2014 Ashok Sani (BS ’74) Distinguished Scholar Lecture, entitled, “Current Trends in the World Economy,” in honor of Ashok Sani, an Undergraduate College alumnus who had served on the School’s Board of Overseers.

Academics, practitioners and policymakers gathered at NYU Stern on April 7 for a roundtable discussion on “Getting Personal With Securities Litigation in 2014,” co-hosted by the Vincent C. Ross Institute of Accounting Research and NERA Economic Consulting.

Bob Pittman, Chairman and CEO of Clear Channel, 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.

On April 4th, NYU Stern’s Entrepreneurs Exchange Club (EEX) will host its annual conference featuring keynote speaker Arianna Huffington, a speaker series that will provide insight into the entrepreneurial journey and panels focused on innovation, mobile and food.

Paul Romer, University Professor, professor of economics, director or the NYU Stern Urbanization Project and interim director of NYU's Marron Institute on Cities and the Urban Environment, delivered a University Professorship Lecture entitled “Approaching the City through Pasteur's Quadrant" this Spring. The event was hosted by Provost David McLaughlin and Dean Peter Henry in Stern’s Cantor Boardroom.

Susan Jurevics (MBA ’96), chief executive officer of Pottermore, joined Dean Peter Henry and MBA students for NYU Stern’s Block Lunch event series this spring.

In a discussion hosted by NYU Stern’s Leadership Development Initiative, Dr. David Rock, Co-founder and Director of the NeuroLeadership Institute, spoke to MBA students on March 27 about key neuroscience research findings that have implications for improving leadership best practices.

The NYU Stern Center for Business & Human Rights and The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre welcome Christine Bader, author of The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil, for a book talk and signing.

Christopher Howard, president of Hampden-Sydney College, joined Dean Peter Henry and MBA students for NYU Stern’s Block Lunch event series.