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Data from the Sustainable Market Share Index™, research by the Center for Sustainable Business and IRI, is spotlighted

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Excerpt from VICE -- "A report published by New York University’s Stern School of Business points out that sustainable-marketed products outsold non-sustainable products 90 percent of the time from 2013 to 2018. And so businesses are trying to look as sustainable as they can, even if they’re actually not."
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"Recent alumnus Maxwell Gove (MBA '18), co-founder of Revelio Labs, is profiled as part of a feature story spotlighting top MBA startups to watch in 2020 "

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Excerpt from BusinessBecause -- "My MBA undoubtedly gave me the foundation I needed to help launch and run our business, and I routinely think back to the pieces of wisdom I heard in the classroom. But the help I've received also didn't stop on graduation day. NYU Stern is incredibly supportive of its alumni in their entrepreneurial endeavors. We've taken part in a number of initiatives at Stern—including the $300K Entrepreneurs Challenge and the Stern Venture Fellows program—that have helped us develop the business and have connected us to some incredible advisors that we can turn to as we continue to grow."
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Joint research by the NYU Pollack Center for Law & Business on SEC enforcement actions is highlighted

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Excerpt from Markets Insider -- "The number of new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement actions against public companies and subsidiaries in fiscal year 2019 rose more than 30% over the previous fiscal year, driven by self-reporting under the SEC's Share Class Selection Disclosure Initiative (Share Class Initiative), according to a report released today by the NYU Pollack Center for Law & Business and Cornerstone Research."
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NYU Stern Fashion & Luxury MBA students Engage with Top NYC-Based Brands During Their First Semester

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In May 2019, NYU Stern welcomed the incoming class of Fashion & Luxury MBA students to campus to begin their focused one-year MBA program.
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NYU Stern Andre Koo Technology and Entrepreneurship MBA Students Engage with Top NYC-based Technology Firms During Their First Semester

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In May 2019, NYU Stern welcomed the incoming class of Andre Koo Technology and Entrepreneurship MBA students to campus to begin their focused one-year MBA program.
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In a trend story, the TRIUM Global Executive MBA program is highlighted for its high quality, seamless global perspective and experience

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "The Trium partner schools — HEC Paris, the London School of Economics and New York University’s Stern School of Business — try to make campus transitions seamless. For example, modules are taught by the professor who is most knowledgeable on the subject, with faculty expected to travel if the class is not where they are based. Gottschalg says this ensures consistent teaching quality across campuses and creates a shared sense of identity among teaching staff."
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In a trend story, Executive MBA student Bryan Tran Lu highlights his classmates' Global Study Tour volunteer project to build sustainable water heaters for low-income communities in Argentina

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "Not all the community projects on offer at EMBA programmes are local, however. For his global study tour, Bryan Tran Lu, an EMBA student at New York University Stern School of Business, volunteered with his classmates to build sustainable water heaters for low-income communities in Argentina."
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Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett explains how social media platforms have helped polarize political opinion

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Excerpt from The Hill -- "'He is going to rile up and thrill his base while infuriating liberals and moderates who are opposed to him,' Barrett said 'That is very representative of the impact that social media has generally in terms of exacerbating polarization in the electorate.'"
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The TRIUM Global Executive MBA program is recognized as best in class among peer programs in work experience and international course experience

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "The Trium Global EMBA comes third overall in this year’s ranking, down one place from 2018, but retains the top spot for both work experience and international course experience. The 18-month course is spread over five locations — modules are taken in Shanghai, Paris, London, New York and California — but the format is designed so that students spend 10 weeks away from the office."
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Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett explains how memes and photos are used to spread disinformation on social media

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Excerpt from Politico -- “'Memes are the perfect vehicle for a simple piece of propaganda like the attacks on the whistleblower,' Paul Barrett, deputy director of NYU’s Stern Center for Business and Human Rights whose recent report on 2020 disinformation focused on the power and prevalence of memes in these campaigns, told MT."
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Executive Director of MBA Admissions Lisa Rios describes advantages of the Executive Assessment (EA), which Stern recently added to its standardized test options for MBA applicants

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Excerpt from FindMBA -- "New York’s Stern School of Business started accepting the EA for its MBA in August. Lisa Rios, executive director of MBA admissions, notes that the EA was specifically designed to be short in duration (it lasts 90 minutes) and requires a modest time commitment to prepare."
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The TRIUM Global Executive MBA program is spotlighted in a story on the top EMBA offerings in London

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Excerpt from TopMBA -- "LSE offers the TRIUM Global Executive MBA program jointly with the NYU Stern School of Business and HEC Paris. This course provides a global curriculum for senior-level executives across six international business locations (London, California, Paris, New York, Shanghai, Paris) over 18 months. Modules are designed and delivered by all three schools, allowing them to complement their strengths, on learning retreats of one or two weeks over the 18 months, drastically reducing the amount of time students are required to take away from their professional work – no student will be away from work for longer than 10 weeks in total."
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10 Class of 2021 Full-Time MBA students are profiled

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "'Stern has a larger faculty than most business schools with a broad range of expertise. Our size gives us the flexibility to be nimble, to anticipate ever-changing market needs and to be first and fast to market. For example, our size and strengths enabled us to be the first U.S. business school to introduce a Fintech specialization, to create a new category of focused MBA programs and to offer an MS in Management online.'”
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In a feature story, 10 Class of 2021 MBAs are profiled; Dean Raghu Sundaram showcases Stern's new brand call to action; Stern's new Change:Studio is featured; and Professor and Vice Dean of MBA Programs JP Eggers highlights the Stern experience

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "'Each of our MBA programs is deeply connected to industry, with our NYC location being an unmatched asset. We want the student experience to be all about transformation and, as a school, we walk the talk...Stern has a larger faculty than most business schools with a broad range of expertise. Our size gives us the flexibility to be nimble, to anticipate ever-changing market needs and to be first and fast to market.'”

 
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VRI Co-Director Richard Berner comments on the Institute's interdisciplinary approach and illustrates the VRI's focused efforts to assess cyber/operational, geopolitical and climate risk

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Excerpt from Reuters -- “'I think one of the reasons that we chose to focus on these three groups of risk is that they are at the top of the list of every CEO when you ask what keeps them up at night,' says Richard Berner, co-head of the Volatility and Risk Institute at NYU’s Stern School of Business. Berner described to Regulatory Intelligence a new effort to put cyber, geopolitical and climate risk in the spotlight. The institute earlier this month announced it had formed an interdisciplinary approach to analyze each area and how they interacted."
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Research on default risk and high-yield bonds from Professor Edward Altman and the Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions is cited

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Excerpt from Seeking Alpha -- "More recent research by Edward Altman and Brenda Kuehne at the Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions at NYU Stern found that fallen angels have markedly lower default risk than other high-yield bonds. Between 1985 and 2017, the average annual default rate on fallen angels was around 1% a year lower than on bonds that were rated high-yield when issued."
 
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In a Q&A interview, Senior Director of Leadership Development Connie Kim discusses how Stern students develop leadership skills through experiential learning opportunities

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Excerpt from CIOReview -- "At the NYU Stern School of Business, we believe that leadership development is a great opportunity for students and organizations. And this experiential learning occurs as people get involved in it, instead of sitting in a workshop or a series of meetings."
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Stern's newly expanded Volatility and Risk Institute (VRI) is profiled; VRI Co-Directors Professors Robert Engle and Richard Berner are quoted on the VRI's expansion and core mission

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Excerpt from GARP.org -- "The Volatility Institute at New York University's Stern School of Business, founded in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, has a new name – the Volatility and Risk Institute – signifying a focus beyond just financial risks. The institute and its Volatility Laboratory, or V-Lab, are renowned for continuous measurements and forecasts of volatility in financial markets, among them the SRISK systemic risk analytics...The expanded institute now has co-directors: Engle, who was director of the Volatility Institute; and Richard Berner, professor of management practice."
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The Center for Business and Human Rights' report on disinformation and the 2020 election is cited

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "As explained in the recent report by NYU Stern, the term deepfake comes from the combination of “deep learning” and “fake.” Deep learning has gained tremendous attention in recent years in the field of artificial intelligence due to outstanding results in many tasks, often outperforming human specialists in the fields of natural language and image processing."
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"As part of a ""Fridays from the Frontlines"" feature, Stern graduate student Natalie Ashbridge (MBA '21) shares how the Fertitta Veterans Program supported her transition to b-school from the Marine Corps. "

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Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "It feels great to be back in school and I am so grateful for this opportunity. Stern was my top choice immediately, and its Fertitta Veterans program, which supports military vets and active duty students in their transition to business school, is extraordinary."
 
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Professor and Center Director Tensie Whelan and Senior Scholar of Marketing and Corporate Outreach Randi Kronthal-Sacco discuss key takeaways from the research

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Excerpt from Refrigerated & Frozen Foods Magazine -- "NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business (CSB), New York, and IRI, Chicago, launched a new Sustainable Market Share Index, an in-depth analysis of consumer purchases of products marketed for their sustainable attributes. The research finds that sustainability-marketed products are responsible for more than half of the growth in consumer packaged goods (CPGs) since 2013."
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Dean Raghu Sundaram discusses how the focused Andre Koo Technology and Entrepreneurship MBA was developed in partnership with executives from top tech firms to prepare graduates to meet industry needs at the intersection of business and technology

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Excerpt from Bloomberg Quint -- "Raghu Sundaram, dean of New York University’s Stern School of Business, No. 13 in the ranking, says he heard from the director of operations and technology at Citigroup Inc. and the chief information officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 'They had people with an excellent grasp of business or an excellent grasp of technology, but not both,' he says. 'One of the first things we did was set up an advisory board and ask them what we should be doing.' The result is the 12-month Andre Koo Technology and Entrepreneurship MBA, which started in May 2018 and prepares 40 students for technology roles."
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Data for the Sustainable Market Share Index™, research by the Center for Sustainable Business and IRI, is spotlighted

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Excerpt from Green Biz -- "Consumers today are putting their money where their mouths are. NYU Stern’s Center for Sustainable Business did in-depth research into U.S. consumers’ actual purchasing from 2013 to 2018 and found that a full 50 percent of the growth in consumer-packaged goods came from sustainability-marketed products."
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Entrepreneur and recent graduate Lia Winograd (MBA '19), Co-founder of Pepper, is profiled as part of a P&Q trend story highlighting the most disruptive MBA startups of 2019

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "In theory, you could claim that starting a venture might distract students, taking time away from their studies, extracurricular activities, and networking. Certainly, Lia Winograd made tradeoffs while building Pepper at New York University. At the same time, she counters, she had access to a wealth of resources, and faculty advice – while being able to apply what she learned in real time. In other words, business school served as a safety net that kept the pressure at bay. Even more, she leveraged her alumni connections to amass early seed funding."

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