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Excerpt from Financial Times — “At New York University’s Stern School of Business, this kind of experiential learning has been embedded in the curriculum for nearly 25 years, with more than 1,300 students each year working on live projects across 16 industries. One recent example took students to Palombara Sabina, a small town north-east of Rome, to work with Nonna Live, an Italian company offering virtual cooking classes led by grandmothers and producing a premium olive oil, L’Oro della Nonna.”

Clinical Associate Professor of Marketing Thomaï Serdari is a strategist in luxury marketing and branding.

Excerpt from Poets&Quants — “Out of the gate, Anand has come out strong. In January, for example, the school launched an Artificial Intelligence specialization for MBA students, which includes new, hands-on courses on the impact of AI on finance and marketing. Students will even learn how to build AI agents. At the same time, the school has seen applications swell from 3,075 to 4,933 in just two years, a testament to its MBA program’s increasing popularity. In addition, the Class of 2025 graduates also experienced an uptick in average pay and signing bonus, with one grad even landing a $400,000 base to start.

“All of this comes on the heels of Stern celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2025, which included the Stern MBA earning P&Q’s Best In Class Award for Experiential Learning."

Excerpt from Clear Admit — “At Stern we have developed an AI in business curriculum that aims for both breadth and depth of AI expertise. We are creating entirely new classes where students will learn how AI can be used for core business functions such as finance and marketing, as well as hands-on classes where they will learn how to build AI agents. Our new AI specialization will get students ready to be active participants in the AI transformation happening in our economy.”

NYU Stern today announced the launch of a specialization in AI featuring nine interdisciplinary elective courses for full-time and part-time MBA students. Beginning in fall 2026, Stern MBAs who opt to specialize can choose AI as one of their three areas of specialization. The specialization will require one core data science and AI class, at least one course focused on AI concepts and skills, such as a dedicated class on AI agents, and AI electives of the student’s choice.

Excerpt from Financial Times — “Taken together, these episodes suggest biodiversity offsets often fail to deliver on their expected benefits — whether by building community goodwill or easing investor pressure. Where offsets are purely voluntary, many companies therefore judge that unclear rules and dubious benefits make the risks outweigh the gains.”

Excerpt from Financial Times — “This article offers a multi-layered case study for examining how poor governance standards can translate to institutional failures that breach investor trust and undermine brand credibility.”

Recently, the Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy & Entrepreneurship awarded Ken Langone (MBA '60), Co-Founder of The Home Depot; NYU Trustee; and Stern Executive Board Member; with its Lifetime Achievement award, which recognizes and honors a living CEO whose work demonstrates a combination of talent, vision, focus, and commitment. The award included a donation to the honoree's charity of choice, and Ken Langone designated NYU Stern and his namesake program, the Langone Part-Time MBA, to receive a gift of $250,000.
 

As AI rapidly transforms every aspect of the business landscape, from job design, to decision making, to team management, where can executive leaders turn to gain cutting-edge insights to ensure their organizations aren’t left behind?

The answer: Only at NYU Stern Executive Education and the new “AI and the Future of Work: Navigating What Comes Next” Focused Program for senior executives. 
 

Meet two year Full-time MBA Courtney Bland (MBA ’27) and learn how the VC Launchpad @ NYU Stern gave her insight into the world of venture capital.

Excerpt from Executive Courses -- ““The Executive Education model at NYU Stern allows us to blend the exceptional academic expertise of our tenured and clinical faculty with real-world experience from industry experts. This creates a win-win for participants, giving them a base of actionable knowledge that they can then immediately apply to their individual workplaces and job searches,” she states.” 

Excerpt from Poets&Quants — “In short, for those evaluating ‘best in class’ in experiential learning, Stern sets the bar. It’s embedded in the curriculum, broad in scope, aligned with industry, and accessible at scale. Its leadership isn’t accidental—it’s the product of a deliberate effort to make learning as dynamic and real as the business world students are preparing to lead.”

Excerpt from Los Angeles Times -- “In connection with the award, Singleton Foundation donated to each honoree’s charity of their choice. Langone designated his $250,000 gift to the NYU Stern Langone Part-Time MBA program, which is designed for working professionals. It offers training in cutting-edge leadership skills, honed by world-class faculty, and leverages NYU’s powerful networking opportunities to connect with industry experts and business leaders.”

“‘The NYU Stern School of Business is honored to see one of our most distinguished graduates, Ken Langone, recognized with the Singleton Foundation’s CEO Prize,’ said Bharat Anand, dean of NYU Stern School of Business, in a statement.”
 

Excerpt from Fortune -- “‘If there’s a large company that might say, ‘Well, we’re not planning to hire as much because of AI,’ or maybe ‘We’re letting people go because of AI,’ I think there’s a little bit of smoke and mirrors there,’ Robert Seamans, director of New York University Stern’s Center for the Future of Management, tells Fortune.”
 

NYU Stern Vice Dean for Faculty and Research and Professor Mor Armony has advanced operations management research through her innovative work. 
 

Excerpt from Fortune -- “At Harvard, Columbia, and NYU (Stern) placements have held up better, underscoring how competitive the path has become.”
 

Excerpt from Financial Times — “This article exposes the behaviour of ‘madness of mobs’ rather than the more often talked about ‘wisdom of crowds’ through the lens of social network effects on markets. In our ‘Behavioural Finance and Market Psychology’ Executive MBA course, we investigate efficiency and behaviour via quantitative models and qualitative surveys. We study how, when and why the models give different results.” 

Excerpt from Aletihad — “Bharat Anand, Dean of the NYU Stern School of Business, highlighted the partnership between Stern and NYU Abu Dhabi. ‘You are the inaugural class. You manifest a collaboration between Stern and Abu Dhabi that reflects the best of what any partnership stands for,’ he said, describing the collaboration as bold and forward-looking.”

Excerpt from Middle East Economy — “‘International financial centers are one of the clearest ways to observe how the global economy is shifting. With the FCCI and the Institute for Global Financial Competitiveness, we wanted to move beyond league tables and provide a research-based view of how cities are engaged in building financial capacity. The strong performance of cities located in the Gulf region shows how fast new hubs can move when policy, regulation, talent and innovation are aligned,’ said Rob Salomon, dean of Stern at NYUAD.”

Excerpt from Poets&Quants — “Perhaps most importantly, pay is up for Stern MBAs. Based on Poets&Quants’ methodology – base salary plus signing bonus, weighted by the percentage of graduates reporting a bonus, in this case 82.3% – total compensation for the Class of 2025 reached $202,719, up 1.6% from last year’s $199,473 and a new school record.”

Excerpt from Poets&Quants — “NYU Stern makes one of the biggest leaps in the upper tier, jumping five places to No. 6 after stronger FT and Princeton Review performance.”

Excerpt from Poets&Quants — “What do you think makes you stand out as a professor? I am not sure, I would love to know what my students think! If I had to guess, I’d say it’s my enthusiasm for strategy. I am genuinely excited for each class, and I work hard to foster an intellectual environment where students are comfortable sharing their ideas. I truly believe that in a class like Strategic Management where the business problems are complex and subjective, everyone has a nuanced angle into the same problem. Each angle is valuable, and I seek to get as many angles into our discussions as possible. I believe that enriches everyone’s thought processes and strengthens our analytical conclusions.

“Otherwise, it could be the breadth of materials I pull into our class discussions: I’m equally likely to engage in a deep analysis of Boeing and Airbus’s rivalry as I am to unpack Mariah Carey’s strategic choices.”

Excerpt from Poets&Quants — “What do you think makes you stand out as a professor? I aspire to create a classroom culture that encourages connections between students. The hour or so that students spend off of their devices, debating ideas and bouncing thoughts off one another feels increasingly rare yet precious. I am staunchly low-tech in my classroom approach, limiting technology and prioritizing experiential learning and face-to-face interaction above all else. The most gratifying thing for me is when my students come up to me after the semester ends and actually thank me for banning their phones and laptops during class!”

Excerpt from Poets&Quants — “Another program differentiator, say students, is Stern’s wide array of experiential learning opportunities. The 2025 recipient of P&Q’s “Best In Class” Award for Experiential Learning, NYU Stern is able to tap into leading companies and industries though its New York City locale…where a sizable chunk of its alumni base resides. Along with conscientiously injecting company partnerships and projects into its curriculum, Stern delivers a series of mini-internships where students gain intensive, relevant experience long before they graduate.”

Excerpt from Poets&Quants — “Professor Deepak Hegde, EFL’s founder and director, says the program is built on a simple premise: world-class science needs a path to reach patients. EFL supports founders with clear milestones, no-equity terms, and an ecosystem built to reduce uncertainty for early-stage science.”