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NYU Stern’s Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation recently hosted a new workshop series entitled, "Lean Startup Summer Boot Camp." The five-session series explored human-centered research, divergent thinking and problem solving to validate or invalidate startup or product ideas early on.

Executive MBA students from the Class of 2013, along with family and friends, gathered at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers to celebrate their scholastic achievements at a Graduation Celebration.

In celebration of the launch of NYU Shanghai, the University’s third portal campus, NYU Stern held its biennial Global Alumni Conference in our newest home of Shanghai June 20-22, 2013.

Jill Kickul, director of Stern’s Program in Social Entrepreneurship, spoke about “Hybrid Models for Social Enterprises” at the 2013 orientation training for the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), a global network of organizations that fosters entrepreneurship in emerging markets.

The NYU Stern Center for Measurable Marketing hosted “Measuring and Managing Brands in a Digital World" on May 29. The conference brought together marketing leaders and top academics to discuss best practices in measuring brand equity.

The Leonard N. Stern School of Business Graduate Convocation Ceremony took place on Thursday, May 23, 2012 at Radio City Music Hall.

Laurence D. Fink, chairman and CEO of BlackRock and an NYU Trustee, spoke with NYU Stern MBA students and faculty on "Longevity in the Age of Twitter," highlighting how the retirement landscape has changed significantly over the past 50 years.

Professor Nouriel Roubini moderated a conversation with Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, and Jared Cohen, director of Google Ideas, on their new book, "The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business."

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.

Finalists from the New Venture, Social Venture and Technology Venture Competitions will participate in the 2013 Final Pitch-off for up to $200,000 in seed money and in-kind support as part of the NYU Stern Entrepreneurs Challenge, hosted by the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation.

Read more about NYU Stern's Undergraduate Baccalaureate ceremony and Stern's Graduate Convocation ceremony.

Jerry L. Cohen (BS ’53, MBA ’59), NYU Stern Board of Overseer, Partner of Tishman Speyer Properties, and the Center for Real Estate Finance Research invite you to a full-day exploration of four current hot topics in real estate finance.

Every seat in Gardner Commons was filled when Hamdi Ulukaya, founder and CEO of Chobani, came to campus to share his story of success.

As part of NYU Stern’s Block Lunch event series, hosted by Dean Peter Henry, Dina Habib Powell, president of the Goldman Sachs Foundation and global head of Corporate Engagement at Goldman Sachs, spoke to more than 100 MBA students.

For the second year in a row, NYU Stern hosted the annual Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards, honoring the leading disruptive innovators who have impacted business, technology, arts and entertainment.

NYU Stern's Fifth Annual Volatility Conference convened academics, practitioners and regulators to discuss the latest research and ideas on this year's theme, "Volatility of Credit Risk." Hosted by Nobel Laureate Professor Robert Engle, this year's conference was sponsored by Stern's Volatility Institute, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, BlackRock, Deutsche Bank and SoFiE.

Alessandro Piol and Maria Teresa Cometto, co-authors of Tech and the City: The Making of New York's Startup Community, spoke with NYU students and alumni about their new book, which examines the conditions that are contributing to the rise of NYC as a hub of technology and entrepreneurial activity.

Professor Kim Schoenholtz moderated a panel discussion at Japan Society on April 23, entitled, "Abenomics: Could This Time Be Different," featuring Paul Sheard, Chief Global Economist and Head of Global Economics and Research, Standard& Poor's, and Nathan Sheets, Global Head of International Economics, Citi.

NYU Stern’s Business & Society Program Area and the Evolution Institute co-hosted a workshop to assess the possible applications of evolutionary thinking – including gene-culture co-evolution, multi-level selection and the multiple paths by which humans became ultrasocial creatures – for business and business ethics.

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank, addressed students from the NYU Stern School of Business and NYU Wagner School of Public Service during a special lecture and Q&A session.

Some 50 academics, practitioners and policymakers gathered at NYU Stern on April 15 for a roundtable discussion on “The Inside Scoop on Securities Litigation for 2013.” Industry experts discussed new litigation trends and anticipated the SEC’s main areas of focus this year.

On Wednesday, April 10, MBA students celebrated the final weeks before graduation at the 2013 Bowling Night with President John Sexton and Dean Peter Henry.

As part of NYU Stern's Leadership Development Initiative, coordinated by the School's Leadership Development Team, Marla Capozzi, head of McKinsey & Company's Innovation practice, spoke with Luke Williams, executive director of Stern's Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, about how leaders can foster innovation.

On April 6, the Stern in Africa club (SIA) will host the 2013 NYU African Economic Forum, in partnership with NYU Africa House and The Council of Young African Leaders and Vital Voices.

Stern’s Entrepreneurs Exchange (EEX) is taking a new approach to how conferences work by arranging a series of "mini-treks" throughout the city, allowing attendees to leverage Stern’s location by visiting firms such as Warby Parker, ZocDoc, Foursquare, Betaworks, OpenSky, RebelMouse, Bitly, Fab.com, SinglePlatform, Sailthru and Iconic Hand Rolls.