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Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett offers advice for social media users to curb the spread of disinformation

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Excerpt from USA Today -- “'If you see something you get really excited about, that’s the moment not to send it to other people,' says Paul Barrett, deputy director at NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights. 'That’s the moment to stay calm and double check. That piece of content will still be there in five minutes or in five hours.'”
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Recent alumna Lia Winograd (MBA '19), Co-founder of Pepper, is named to Forbes' "30 Under 30" list

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "In 2017, she teamed up with coworker Lia Winograd to create a line of bras designed for women with small busts. The bras, which start at $48, have shallower cups, light padding and a specially curved underwire. Pepper has a distribution deal with Urban Outfitters and projects revenue of $6 million in 2020."
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Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett warns that skillfully made deepfake videos could impact the 2020 elections

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Excerpt from HuffPost -- "Paul Barrett, adjunct professor of law at New York University, added that 'a skillfully made deepfake video could persuade voters that a particular candidate said or did something she didn’t say or do.'"
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Stern's Fertitta Veterans Program is highlighted in a roundup on veteran-specific business programs

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Excerpt from The Veteran Pro -- "Although only open for those who get accepted into New York University’s Stern School of Business, the Fertitta Veterans program is an effort by a top school to work towards a successful integration of Veterans into their business program. The program is funded through a $15 million endowment from two Stern alumni who are also brothers. For those accepted, you can expect to not only participate in the program, but attend Stern at little to no cost."
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Research from the Center for Business and Human Rights on measuring human rights performance for investors is cited

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "Academics at NYU Stern said in a 2017 study that there were bigger gaps in the data around ‘S’ than ‘E’ and ‘G’. The study found that the available data focused on what was convenient to measure rather than meaningful, and that it lacked consistency."
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Professor Baruch Lev's joint research on the demise of value investing is mentioned

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Excerpt from InvestorPlace -- “'The reasons for this putative failure of value investing elude investors and academics, making it a challenge to assess the likelihood of the return of value investing to its days of glory,' according to a study on value stocks conducted by the NYU Stern School of Business."
 
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Director of MBA Admissions Holly Curtis highlights the demand among prospective students for Stern's Andre Koo Tech MBA program, noting that 50 percent of the 2020 cohort is composed of women

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Excerpt from FindMBA -- "Holly Curtis, director of MBA admissions at Stern, says: 'We see a clear demand for the program. Prospective students are excited about refining their skills and strategic thinking in both business and tech. We welcomed our second class to campus in May. We’re proud the cohort is 50 percent female.'”
 
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Stern alumna Lola Alarcon Tomas (MSBA '17) is quoted in a trend story highlighting the School's Master of Science in Business Analytics as one of the top programs embracing the role of data in a competitive business landscape

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Excerpt from SI News -- "'The programme was overall above expectations…I met some of the brightest people that I’ve met in my career. We were more collaborative than competitive and I learned to approach problems from different angles. Data science for business opened a world to me and other subjects gave that wow factor to techniques that we should be applying for problem-solving,' says MSBA graduate, Lola Alarcon Tomas."
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Stern's Master of Science in Accounting program is recognized as the best program of its kind in New York

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Excerpt from MetroMBA -- "If you want to work in the financial district of New York City, there are two schools you should consider. For accountants, NYU Stern has a one-year, 30-credit program regarded as the best Master’s in Accounting in New York."
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Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett cautions that there is likely to be a high volume of disinformation tied to the 2020 election

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Excerpt from Politico -- “'It’s likely that there will be a high volume of misinformation and disinformation pegged to the 2020 election, with the majority of it being generated right here in the United States, as opposed to coming from overseas,' said Paul Barrett, deputy director of New York University’s Stern Center for Business and Human Rights."
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As part of a "Professor Profile" series, Professor Jeffrey Carr is spotlighted

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Excerpt from mbaMission -- "Having taught at Stern for more than a decade as an adjunct associate professor (and earning the 1996 Stern/Citibank Teacher of the Year Award), Jeffrey Carr joined Stern’s full-time faculty in 2007 and is now a clinical professor of marketing and entrepreneurship. Carr also serves as director of the NYU Stern Fashion and Luxury Lab, which was launched in 2017."
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In an in-depth podcast interview, Executive Director of MBA Admissions Rabia Ahmed highlights innovation at Stern, including the full-time MBA program’s new Change:Studio

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Excerpt from Accepted.com --"We want students to leave with preparation for the future. When thinking about how quickly things are changing – technology, how people work – we think about how we prepare students to embrace that change. Change: Studio brings together leadership, experiential learning, and entrepreneurship in co-curricular programming to provide a structure with which to drive change in an organization. The curriculum overall is called Dare It, Dream It, Drive It. Dare It is focused on leadership, Dream It on experiential learning, and Drive It on starting something new. Everyone goes through the beginning stages of Change:Studio with orientation in the leadership simulation and then they can opt into the Change:Studio program."

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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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