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Excerpt from IndieWire -- "Regardless of Shyamalan’s current struggles with critics, he remains a singular voice in American cinema — and, as an NYU film school graduate, an inspiration to many students there. That was evident during the Q&A session following his lecture, when he dispensed advice to several film production students who cited him as among their favorite directors."

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "Graduation Date: May 24, 2019, Graduation Speaker: Janet Foutty, Chair and CEO of Deloitte Consulting"

Excerpt from Hindustan Times -- "In his book, Order Without Design, Alain Bertaud also notes that worker productivity starts to wane beyond 20 minutes of travel time to workplaces and disappears beyond 60 minutes of it."

Excerpt from MetroMBA -- "Speakers addressed the standards by which organizations can improve their approaches to these issues, and also the outcomes when business leaders do not take them into account. The panel included Stern Professor of Ethics and Finance Michael Posner, Bennett Freeman, Principal author of “Shared Space Under Pressure”; Principal, Bennett Freeman Associates LLC; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor from 1999-01; and Bobbie Sta. Maria, Director for Labour Rights and Asia, Business & Human Rights Resource Center."

Excerpt from mbaMission -- The W. R. Berkley Innovation Labs serve as the hub of all entrepreneurial activities and events at the school, and in 2008, Stern introduced a Sustainable Business and Innovation (formerly Social Innovation and Impact) specialization, thereby formalizing an academic track for students with this career path in mind. Courses available within the specialization include “Corporate Branding and Sustainability,” “Investing for Environmental and Social Impact,” and “Driving Market Solutions for Clean Energy.”

Excerpt from Associated Press -- "But if Facebook knows information is wrong, why not remove it? That’s a question posed by Paul Barrett, deputy director at the New York University Stern Center for Business and Human Rights. 'Making a distinction between demoting (material) and removing it seems to us to be a curious hesitation,' he said."

Excerpt from Find MBA -- "Specialist MBA programs also go a long way towards addressing concerns that business schools have not effectively responded to new employer demand for more specialist skills, such as digital technology. One striking example of this is the Tech MBA at NYU Stern School of Business in New York City. Launched in 2018, the program was developed with insight from senior tech industry executives from such companies as PayPal, BuzzFeed and Amazon. The syllabus builds broad knowledge in fundamental business skills, such as economics and marketing, while also honing students’ core technology skills such as business analytics and product management."

Excerpt from New York Post -- "'They can say, "We premiered our film on Hollywood Boulevard,"' Adamson said. 'It allows them to legitimatize their content and get into the big leagues. Hollywood movies are the ultimate content.'"

Excerpt from Nikkei -- "With the world watching, the second Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi failed to produce an agreement, implying a mismatch between Trump’s pitch of prosperity via international trade and investment and Kim’s reliance on nuclear weapons for his regime’s survival. But, despite escalating tensions following the summit, there still is potential for progress."

Excerpt from MetroMBA -- "The program features an accelerated option allowing students to opt for a flexible class schedule, as well as evening and weekend courses to complete their MBA in two years without interrupting their work schedule. Current Langone students, faculty, and alumni have access to the Langone Speaker Series, which '… provides a unique platform to deepen conversations about timely events with the decision-makers that are helping shape today’s industries.'"

Excerpt from Accepted.com -- "[The MSQM program] is for people without business degrees, and combines the business essentials (essentially MBA core courses) with an emphasis on analytics. It is designed to help professionals become more able to use data, which is very important to their professional success – how to ask for data, analyze it, and make decisions from it. It is online and you can attend from anywhere, with two short residential immersions each August, offering the chance to meet the cohort and do interactive face-to-face work. The program is lockstep and fits well with working professionals’ schedules, and can reach people all over the world."

Excerpt from CNET -- "'First, it raises the specter of government censorship,' he said in a statement. 'Second, it shows how the failure of the social media companies to exercise more vigorous self-governance, especially when it comes to disinformation, has created the risk of government overreach.'"

Excerpt from Vogue Business -- "In addition to teaching a course on licensing, Topiol has advised his mentee about job interviews and her potential career trajectory. ... employers have shifted from relying on homegrown talent to requiring graduate expertise, says candidate Christian Trautwein. ... Gina Dai, who worked for two years in the consumer beauty finance division of Coty, says that she doesn’t think she would have been able to switch to the marketing role she’s now targeting without going to Stern and benefiting from the expertise of professors."

Excerpt from BusinessBecause -- "If one is exploring prospects for switching careers, the two-year MBA offers you much greater flexibility in terms of exploring different career opportunities, doing an internship -- the internship is a crucial part of the two-year MBA -- and deciding what it is that you'd really like to do. The one-year MBA is more appropriate when you're clear about what area you want to go into and it's more optimized for people who are very specific about their career path."

Excerpt from GreenBiz -- "Sustainable Share Index (NYU Stern's Center for Sustainable Business) finds that sustainability-marketed products delivered 50.1 percent of market growth in consumer packaged goods (CPG) from 2013 to 2018, while representing 16.6 percent of the CPG market in dollar sales in 2018 — up from 14.3 percent in 2013."

Excerpt from the Unchained podcast -- "...there’s no shame in saying, hey, you know, we’ve been around as a regulator since the 1930s. A few things have changed since then. We might want to, you know, just ask a few questions about whether the framework’s working the way it should, and if it’s not, let’s change it so that everyone’s better off and everyone has more freedom to make their own decisions and to do things that allow them to participate better in society, to contribute their talents and their resources to society."

Excerpt from Forbes -- "She described the source of her seeming support or at least open attitude to the crypto industry, especially compared to the other SEC commissioners. 'I really identify with some of what’s driving people in this space, which is a desire to look at the world with fresh eyes and say, are there things we can do things better?' she said."

Excerpt from The Guardian -- "Deaths in Bangladesh’s garment sector have fallen in the past five years since the accord was introduced from about 71 a year to 17, according to research from New York University’s Stern Centre."

Excerpt from National Geographic -- "To track how metropolitan regions have developed, Shlomo Angel and his colleagues at New York University used historical maps and satellite imagery to create the Atlas of Urban Expansion. The atlas defines city parameters to include the entire built area beyond a city’s jurisdictional boundaries and into surrounding municipalities."

Excerpt from Forbes -- "'In particular, AT&T is finding itself short on leadership for Time Warner (in part because of losses due to leaders’ misconduct and subsequent resignations) and struggling to integrate very different corporate cultures, which is likely to encourage them to spin off businesses that are less likely strategically valuable to the combined entity,' explained NYU Stern professor Batia Wiesenfeld. ... 'My sense is that AT&T will not likely disrupt Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures at this point,' opined NYU Stern professor Paul Hardart."

Excerpt from Retail Leader -- "The data is in and products with sustainable attributes are driving a disproportionate percentage of growth. IRI teamed with NYU’s Stern Center for Sustainable Business to understand why products with sustainability attributes driving superior growth rates."

Excerpt from Gizmodo -- "While the major social networks have taken 'some steps' to counteract the spread of disinformation, a recent report from the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights concluded that Facebook and, in particular, YouTube continue to employ 'a piecemeal approach' to the problem."

Excerpt from Forbes -- "'This is an expensive area, there’s no question,' White said. 'That does make the home-buying process a bit more frustrating and a bit more difficult, but not as difficult as that 18-year number would indicate.'"

Excerpt from BizEd Magazine -- "Students at New York University’s Stern School of Business can take up to half of their courses in the College of Arts & Science. Their liberal arts study reinforces what they learn in a set of required bigger-picture courses called the Social Impact Core. In this program, students are steeped in the issues of ethics, social responsibility, and environmental concerns."

Excerpt from U.S. News & World Report -- "MBAs in Stern’s traditional two-year program can also opt for one- or two-week 'Doing Business in' offerings held in about a dozen countries, including Australia, Israel and South Africa. They talk to academics, make company visits and have cultural experiences. Many students also partner with faculty and go abroad to help solve a real-world business problem through Stern Solutions' experiential learning projects."