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Senior Research Scholar Alain Bertaud's work on spatial organization in cities is referenced in an article on the Green New Deal

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "A city’s form matters because as urban planner and researcher Alain Bertaud points out, rail '…is incompatible with low densities and urban spatial structures that are dominantly polycentric.'"
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In a joint op-ed, MS in Risk Management alumni Sean Holland and James Laurie argue for public pension reform and greater transparency, based on their work with Professor Ingo Walter

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Excerpt from The Hill -- "This is a deep-rooted and complex financial predicament with potentially calamitous economic, social and political ramifications. For all stakeholders, the cure may be worse than the malady in that all potential solutions will involve some degree of prolonged financial sacrifice and suffering, especially for those least prepared."
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In a contributed article, Fashion & Luxury MBA student Denise Zhu shares highlights from her international immersion course in Milan

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Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "Prior to the trip, I didn’t necessarily think how similar the luxury car and clothing industries were to each other. We spent the morning at the Lamborghini Museum, where we saw how each car is produced. Watching the whole supply chain was truly an eye-opening experience; from seeing the seamstress hand stitch pieces of leather for the seats to watching the engineers assemble the engine, each Lamborghini station was filled with superb craftsmanship and precision."
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Stern's Data Bootcamp course for students who are interested in learning Python is mentioned in a roundup on coding courses at top b-schools

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Excerpt from eFinancialCareers -- "Meanwhile, NYU’s Stern School of Business, one of Wall Street’s biggest feeders of front-office talent, introduced a non-credit elective course for students who want to learn Python, a programming language that is quickly becoming a favorite of banks."
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Assistant Dean of Career Services Beth Briggs explains how NYU Stern’s Office of Career Development gives MBA students an early start on career exploration by engaging with them before classes begin

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Excerpt from TopMBA -- “‘This initial engagement helps students define what their career goals are and helps them clearly articulate their skill sets,’ says Briggs.”
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Senior Research Scholar Alain Bertaud is quoted in a feature story about New Zealand's housing market

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Excerpt from The Guardian -- "Alain Bertaud, a former World Bank principal urban planner, said that despite New Zealand being an otherwise 'exceptionally well-managed country' its housing market was in a state of crisis. He said the government’s efforts were being closely watched because they were broadly following global best practice in improving housing affordability."
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Stern's "Pick Six" visual admissions essay is highlighted in a trend story on innovation in b-school admissions; MBA student Alice Schnurman is quoted

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "Alice Schnurman, an MBA candidate at Stern, picked a photo of a poster for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland that has hung in her bedroom since she was a child — a reminder that life is unpredictable. It helped the 27-year-old American convince Stern she was determined and resilient. The application required extra effort, but she was excited to do it. 'Nowadays people feel comfortable with visual media,' she says. 'It made me like Stern a little bit more.'"
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Senior Research Scholar Alain Bertaud's joint research on affordable housing is featured

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Excerpt from Yahoo Finance -- "'The solution to unaffordable housing does not consist in inventing clever regulatory gimmicks or in designing massive subsidies to be paid by the taxpayer or by a few wealthy households. The answer will always consist of increasing the supply of land and floor space and removing any land and floor regulatory straight jacket,' says Alain Bertaud, one of the authors, in the report."
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Senior Research Scholar Alain Bertaud's introduction to the 15th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey is covered

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Excerpt from Mingtiandi -- "'High housing prices misallocate resources toward real estate at the expense of the rest of the economy,' Bertaud pointed out. 'This misallocation could eventually significantly slow down economic growth and causes a housing bubble to burst, freezing investments in the entire economy. Japan, has not yet completely recovered from its asset bubble created in the 1980s.'"
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MBA students Amy Kong, Tricia Nussbaum, Catherine Pan and Jillian Witt are featured for their third-place win in WeSolv's Salesforce Product Marketing Strategy Challenge

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "This NYU Stern team presented creative solutions and detailed steps for implementing them, including new social media page concepts with sample content and modifications to the Salesforce website to help facilitate the customer journey. They also suggested new interactive demos that more clearly articulate the value of Salesforce’s retail execution solution."
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In a trend story on business education in 2019, Dean Raghu Sundaram explains why he believes the MBA degree will continue to thrive

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Excerpt from BusinessBecause -- "The MBA experience provides critical skills—the opportunity study both the language of business and cultivate the ability to inspire people to action. The relevance of the MBA education will not go away."
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Stern's specialization in Fintech is spotlighted in a story on top MBA curriculum trends

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Excerpt from BusinessBecause -- "Financial technology is high on the agenda across the finance world, as incumbents seek to avoid disruption by nimbler startups and as every financial company, large and small, turns to tech to improve efficiency and create new products and services....Stern offers an entire fintech specialization..."
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Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett contributes to an article on the NRA's influence in Australia, Brazil, and Russia

Excerpt from Bloomberg Businessweek -- "Founded 148 years ago in New York by two Union Army vets to promote marksmanship, the group describes itself as the “oldest civil rights organization in America.” Its public events and messaging are often draped in the Stars and Stripes. Yet for all the patriotic symbolism, many of the forces shaping the NRA these days are distinctly non-American."
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Geeta Menon, Dean of the Undergraduate College, reflects on the School’s accomplishments during her eight years as Dean

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Excerpt from STERNBUSINESS -- "As I forge ahead in my eighth year as Dean, I am incredibly proud of all that we have accomplished since I took the helm in 2011." 
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Stern's offerings in marketing for undergraduate students are featured

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Excerpt from College Magazine -- "NYU’s Stern School of Business offers over 40 courses to marketing students. That course catalog reflects new marketing trends with classes like Search and the New Economy. And with specialized courses like Luxury Marketing, Leisure Marketing and The Business of Video Games, students can pursue careers in any industry."
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Stern's newest faculty are included in a roundup of new professors at top b-schools

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "In 2016, Poets&Quants counted 143 new profs — from full professors to guest lecturers — at the top 20 schools. Last year, that number ballooned to 198 at 24 schools. And in 2018, looking at the top 27 schools — including P&Q’s top 25 — there are 277. Among them are 168 whose full-time teaching jobs this fall are the first in their career."
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MBA students Amy Kong, Tricia Nussbaum, Catherine Pan and Jillian Witt are profiled for winning third place in WeSolv's Salesforce Product Marketing Strategy Challenge

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Excerpt from Medium -- "This NYU Stern team presented creative solutions and detailed steps for implementing them, including new social media page concepts with sample content and modifications to the Salesforce website to help facilitate the customer journey. They also suggested new interactive demos that more clearly articulate the value of Salesforce’s retail execution solution."
 
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A fireside chat featuring former Secretary of the US Treasury Timothy Geithner at the “2008 Financial Crisis: A Ten-Year Review" conference, co-hosted by Stern, is featured

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Excerpt from the CFA Institute blog -- "Finance is inherently vulnerable to failure, Geithner said, and the financial crisis was caused by a cascading series of failures: failures of supervision and regulation and the failure to adapt. The ensuing panic demonstrated that our system had outgrown its Great Depression-era safeguards."
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Stern's MS in Business Analytics program is spotlighted on its fifth anniversary for its unique curriculum; Roy Lee, Assistant Dean of Executive Programs, and current students Stephanie Grosse Kamphake and Shivika Mehta are quoted

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "'In terms of when we first started the program and the changes that we see, over the years not only the content has changed,' Lee says. 'Yes, we’ve changed our content where analytics is something that’s really also changing. We have obviously a really set tool kit or fundamentals that we do teach. But our curriculum has changed over the years by adding a series of hot topics on things that have been really relevant in the marketplace.'"
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Stern's Undergraduate College is recognized for its leadership in providing students with high-quality international experiences

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "As for an international experience, more than 95% of alumni from NYU’s Stern School of Business reported having at least one impactful international experience — more than any other school."
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Research co-authored by the NYU Pollack Center for Law & Business on SEC enforcement actions is highlighted

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Excerpt from the Pensions & Investments -- "Stephen Choi, the Murray and Kathleen Bring professor of law at the NYU School of Law and director of the Pollack Center for Law & Business, in a news release called the uptick in enforcement actions a 'dramatic comeback' for the SEC. 'While we often see end-of-year upticks, the number of actions filed in the second half of fiscal year 2018 was more than triple the number filed in the first half of the year,' he said."
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Senior Research Scholar Alain Bertaud is interviewed about how markets shape the development of cities, from his new book, "Order Without Design"

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Excerpt from CityLab -- "In Indonesia, they have small urban enclaves, called kampungs, where local residents set minimum standards for housing. The city doesn’t interfere—they just connect up the infrastructure. In practice, most kampungs allow for a lot of small units, giving more people choice in terms of housing size and proximity to employment centers. Both are important. Residents need to earn an income and eventually find a better job. To do that, they have to have housing that they can afford in a location that is convenient to find jobs."
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Senior Research Scholar Shlomo Angel's joint research on global urbanization is cited

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Excerpt from CityLab -- "A report by Shlomo Angel, a leading expert in global urban expansion at New York University’s Marron Institute of Urban Management, finds the 84 percent figure to be far too high, and contends that the conventional 55 percent figure is more on target."
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In a Q&A interview, Director of MBA Admissions Lauren Calio highlights Stern's focused MBA programs and shares tips for prospective MBA applicants

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Excerpt from MBA Insight -- “With NYU Stern’s location in downtown New York City, we are in constant dialogue with leaders across industries to keep a pulse on business needs and to ensure we are consistently innovating to meet the market’s evolving needs. An innovation the School recently introduced is a new category of specialized MBA: our two new focused full-time MBA programs, the Andre Koo Technology and Entrepreneurship MBA and the Fashion & Luxury MBA. These one-year programs are designed for students who have a definitive career focus in technology, or fashion and luxury, and are designed to deliver a rigorous, real-world educational experience. The focused MBA programs are now offered in addition to Stern’s traditional two-year MBA program.”
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Assistant Dean of Career Services Beth Briggs shares why Stern MBAs have succeeded in meeting their career goals in a trend story on MBA employment

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Excerpt from BusinessBecause -- "'We begin working hand-in-hand with our MBA students on the recruitment process before they even arrive on campus for their first semester,' she says. 'Our early and continuous engagement, coupled with the quality of our students and a strong employment market in New York City, has led to great results across a variety of career paths.'"

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