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Stern is highlighted in a roundup of the top 20 most popular b-schools on Twitter

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Excerpt from BusinessBecause -- "Largely showcasing thought-provoking research pieces from NYU Stern professors, this account is the place to go if you’re looking for interesting thought pieces on politics, popular culture, and technology. Recent articles include an investigation into Donald Trump’s body language and investigating the market consequences of Tesla’s solar-powered roof tiles—all varied stuff."
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Stern's new faculty are highlighted in a feature article on new faculty at top b-schools

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "In 2019, however, only one school — Stanford Graduate School of Business, with 24 — hired more than 20 new professors, with NYU’s Stern School of Business and USC’s Marshall School of Business following at 16 apiece, and Chicago Booth notching 13. In all, just eight schools in the top 25 hired 10 or more new faculty."
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Stern is named to the Clear Admit 2019 Best Business Schools for Social Impact list

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Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "New York University’s Stern School of Business doubled down on its commitment to social impact with the launch of a brand new Center for Sustainable Business in 2016. ... There is a strong contingent of Sternies who come in deeply passionate about social impact and look to get involved in many ways. Some choose a specialization in Sustainable Business and Innovation, taking courses on topics ranging from impact investing and microfinance to energy and the environment and global poverty alleviation. Others take part in numerous clubs on campus related to sustainability and the environment or social impact."
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Stern is named to the Clear Admit 2019 Best Business Schools for Finance list

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Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "While top-tier business schools across the board boast star faculty and fantastic foundational courses in finance, NYU Stern sets itself apart in terms of the array of specializations offered that are especially relevant to students interested in financial services."
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In a video interview, Executive Director of MBA Admissions Lisa Rios offers advice for prospective MBA applicants and highlights what makes Stern unique

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Excerpt from Admit.me -- "I think the best way for candidates to learn about any school is to try and visit the campus as much as possible. Granted, we understand that candidates coming from all over the world and so that may not always be the easiest thing to do, so there are other ways that you can engage. You could take advantage of the videos on our website. You can take advantage of the webinars that we host. It could be that you're connecting with the current students or even the alumni that live in the region that you are currently in."
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In a Q&A interview, Executive Director of MBA Admissions Rabia Ahmed discusses Stern's addition of the Executive Assessment to its standardized test options for MBA applicants

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Excerpt from Admit.me -- "Stern is a school on the move and has always been an early adopter. We were among the first programs to accept the GRE as a second choice to the GMAT, and now we are excited to also accept the EA. As one of three standardized test options available to students, the EA provides a valid predictor of graduate school academic readiness. It's been created specifically to measure the skills and knowledge of professionals. It is also designed to require modest preparation and is shorter in length at 90 minutes."
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The Center for Business and Human Rights' new research on combating disinformation in the 2020 elections is cited

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Excerpt from HuffPost -- "Instagram has become one of the major vehicles for spreading disinformation, according to a new report from the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, which points to a 'lack of clear strategy for addressing the serious problems inherent in Instagram’s operating model.' Under growing pressure, the tech giant has taken steps to crack down on problematic accounts and to arm users with tools to identify suspicious activity."
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Two-year Full-time MBA student Chain Vayakornvichit highlights what’s unique about his classmates in a feature story on incoming MBA students at top b-schools

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "For Chain Vayakornvichit, a product marketer from Thailand, it requires a special kind of person – 'focused but open' – to take a leap of faith, invest in themselves, and return to school. “At the same time, they have to wrestle with the uncertainty of where this path will take them,” the New York University MBA candidate adds. 'These two factors are why I think the classmates I have met come in with a particular story, a particular idea of where they want to be at the end of the line, but they remain open to possibilities.'"
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Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett is interviewed about the Center's new research on how social media firms should prepare to combat disinformation in the 2020 elections

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Excerpt from The Washington Post -- "'We urge the companies to prioritize false content related to democratic institutions, starting with elections,' he said. 'And we suggest that they retain clearly marked copies of removed material in a publicly accessible, searchable archive, where false content can be studied by scholars and others, but not shared or retweeted.'"
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Professor Michael Posner and Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett are quoted in a feature article on the Center's report on combating disinformation on social media in the 2020 election

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Excerpt from The Hill -- "Michael Posner, the director of NYU’s Stern Center, said in a statement that 'taking steps to combat disinformation isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s in the social media companies’ best interests as well.' ... In an interview with The Hill, Paul Barrett, the report’s author and the deputy director of NYU’s Stern Center, said that he 'doesn’t think the Honest Ads Act has much of a chance' of passage due to a lack of Republican support for election security bills in the Senate."
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Stern Solutions experiential learning projects for graduate students and the Center for Sustainable Business' work undergraduate students in the Stern Around the World program are highlighted in a trend story on innovative real-world learning programs at

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Excerpt from Delta Sky Magazine -- "Through Stern Solutions experiential learning offerings at New York University's Stern School of Business, graduate students team up with faculty advisers to solve pressing problems facing real businesses... NYU Stern's Center for Sustainable Business works to connect undergraduate and MBA students with opportunities to do good while learning."
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Undergraduate business student Steven Schwartz is interviewed about Varfaj Partners, his web development startup

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "'We’re lucky to be in New York City, where there’s a networking convention every single night,' says Schwartz."
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Two-year Full-time MBA student Chain Vayakornvichit is included in a trend story about the Class of 2021 at top b-schools

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "Having worked in a smaller and more nascent start-up ecosystem in Bangkok, I often did not have the benefit of learning from the experiences of peers who have simply had the opportunity to do it before. I wanted to be put in close quarters with teams that I can get to know and learn from. Stern offers exactly that through experiential learning courses like Tech and the City, but also access to a network of entrepreneurs in the city area."
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Stern's addition of the Executive Assessment (EA) to its standardized test options for full-time MBA applicants is featured; Executive Director of MBA Admissions Rabia Ahmed is quoted

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Excerpt from Accepted.com -- "Stern will be among the first schools to accept the GMAC Executive Assessment as well as the other types of standardized assessment exams, reflecting the school’s well-known attitude of trailblazing new policies in their infancy. Rabia Ahmed, Stern’s Executive Director of MBA Admissions, commented proudly that Stern is 'a school on the move.' She continues, 'We recognize that business is rapidly evolving, and we’ve responded.'"
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In a Q&A interview, Executive Director of MBA Admissions Lisa Rios highlights the School's program and admissions innovations, offers advice for prospective MBA applicants and underscores Stern's deep industry relationships

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Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "The development we are most excited about this year is that Stern now offers more flexibility and choice than ever with three paths to the full-time MBA: the two-year Full-time MBA and our newly introduced focused one-year MBA programs – the Andre Koo Technology and Entrepreneurship MBA and the Fashion & Luxury MBA. We’ve also introduced more flexibility and choice in our admissions process. Beginning with the current 2019-2020 admissions cycle, we’re excited to announce we will now be accepting GMAC’s Executive Assessment as one of three standardized test options."
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NYU is recognized by Coinbase as one of the top three "2019 Leaders in Crypto Education"

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Excerpt from Coinbase -- "Uniting the top 10 schools on the list — which in the U.S. include MIT, New York University, Stanford, and the University of California-Berkeley — is a deep commitment to crypto and blockchain at both the student and faculty level."c
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NYU Stern is highlighted for its top-ranked research productivity

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "In both the UT-Dallas North American and global rankings, updated in March, Wharton is trailed by NYU’s Stern School of Business, source of 259 articles in the last four years."
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Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett is quoted in an article on China's disinformation campaign in Hong Kong

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Excerpt from The Hill -- "'The Russians wanted to get Donald Trump elected,' Barrett said. 'I assume the Chinese would ... go against Trump because they’re not very fond of him.'"
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Executive Director of MBA Admissions Rabia Ahmed is quoted in an article highlighting Stern's addition of the Executive Assessment (EA) to its standardized test options for full-time MBA applicants

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Excerpt from MetroMBA -- “Stern has always been an early adopter. We were among the first programs to accept the GRE a decade ago, and now we are excited to add the EA to our full-time MBA admissions process. As a school on the move, we recognize that business is rapidly evolving, and we’ve responded with new program options as well as innovations in our admissions process, such as the EQ Endorsements, to ensure we are assessing talent for today’s changing workforce.”
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Stern's addition of the Executive Assessment (EA) to its standardized test options for full-time MBA applicants is highlighted; Executive Director of MBA Admissions Rabia Ahmed is quoted

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "According to Executive Director of MBA Admissions Rabia Ahmed, 'Stern has always been an early adopter. We were among the first programs to accept the GRE a decade ago, and now we are excited to add the EA to our full-time MBA admissions process. As a school on the move, we recognize that business is rapidly evolving, and we’ve responded with new program options as well as innovations in our admissions process, such as the EQ Endorsements, to ensure we are assessing talent for today’s changing workforce.'"
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NYU Stern Launches Diverse Pathways in Academia for Future Professors

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NYU Stern launched a new Diverse Pathways in Academia program for future professors in their penultimate doctoral year, with the mission of educating PhD students about faculty careers within business schools. The program invites scholars to participate in the initiative free of charge.
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Center for Business and Human Rights Senior Program Manager Casey O'Connor is quoted in an article about improving labor conditions in the supply chains of large-scale retailers such as Walmart

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Excerpt from Retail Dive -- "'Audits are certainly important,' Casey O'Connor, senior program manager for New York University's Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, said in an interview with Retail Dive. 'But I think it's fair to say that there's industry consensus that audits alone have not really moved the needle on a lot of the kind of problematic labor conditions that remain fairly pervasive in the apparel industry.'"
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Professor Amy Webb's book, "The Big Nine," is named to the longlist for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year award

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "Amy Webb’s The Big Nine examines the largest US and Chinese companies dominating the introduction of AI into our lives. She offers dystopian and more optimistic scenarios for how machines may develop — and how humans could influence their development."
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Recent MBA/MPA graduate Gabriel Ng shares his experience with NYU's Impact Investment Fund (NIIF), which made its first investment earlier this year

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Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "This past June, the NYU Impact Investment Fund (NIIF) completed its inaugural investment, subscribing for $30,000 of convertible notes issued by Sapient Industries, an exciting Philly-based start-up that uses a combination of smart hardware and machine learning algorithms to reduce energy waste in commercial real estate. I’m extremely honoured to have played a modest part in this deal, which demonstrates in very real terms the growing realization at graduate schools, and indeed, in society as a whole, that investing can align financial and social returns."
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NYU Stern's William R. Berkley Scholarship Program is featured in an article on MBA programs for new college graduates

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Excerpt from Accepted.com -- "There are also scholarship programmes, such as NYU’s William R. Berkley Scholarship Program, which not only provides early entry to their MBA, Tech MBA, or Fashion & Luxury MBA, but also full funding."

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