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Excerpt from The Washington Post -- "'This may be good for Facebook’s business, but I’m not sure it’s good for society at large,' said Paul Barrett, deputy director of New York University’s Stern Center for Business and Human Rights."

Excerpt from City Journal -- "Bertaud’s book Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities argues that markets provide the indispensable mechanism for cities’ growth. The book is a summation of what Bertaud has learned in a lifetime spent as an urban planner, including a stint at the World Bank, where he advised local and national governments on urban-development policies."

Excerpt from Forbes -- "'I believe that most of the best entrepreneurs out there have to be immigrants like my grandfather,' Winograd explains. 'When you have nothing and you step into a new country, your instinct for survival forces you to be creative and identify market gaps to find a place for yourself.'"

Excerpt from Quartz -- "'There are a lot of admirable CSR activities including auditing and capacity building and training, even training for improved industrial relations,” she says. Even so, it’s 'business as usual,' she points out, 'plus specific activities that then try to compensate for what business models are causing.'"

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "As she scales Pepper after graduation, Winograd believes she learned something critical by being – in the words of one faculty member – 'strategic, focused, and committed' as an MBA student. ... 'by focusing on what matters—by being selective, at times painfully so, about the initiatives I want to take on and social events I want to attend—I’ve found my path as an entrepreneur.'"

Excerpt from Sustainable Brands -- "The idea for the company emerged out a social entrepreneurship course at NYU’s Stern School of Business, where students were asked to develop potential solutions to the problem of organic waste. Undergrads Parker Reposa and Drew Enyedi wanted to create a business that would use food waste as a key input and quickly discovered the potential of coffee grounds — which in recent years have begun being used to make everything from apparel and biofuel to cups and 3D-printing filament."

Excerpt from CBC Radio -- "I think one way to look at this is that these kinds of government reactions are in part a function of the social media companies having had very little success in gaining control of their own platforms, and preventing the kind of misinformation from spreading that governments such as Sri Lanka's intent on snuffing out."

Excerpt from The Telegraph -- "According to a report by New York University's Stern Centre, 71 workers died annually in Bangladeshi factories before the Rana Plaza incident. Since the Accord was signed, that figure has fallen to 17."

Excerpt from Shark Tank -- (24:35) "Made from sustainably sourced organic cotton right here in the USA, Swoveralls possess the functionality of overalls while also providing extreme comfort. Adjustable straps allow you to find the perfect fit and a functional inside zippered front pocket allows you to safely store your valuables."

Excerpt from Nature Sustainability -- "Very few illiberal policies are as short-sighted as the proposed abolishing of Legal Reserves. In a way, Brazil used to be a global leader on climate change, and it is now a threat. The environmental minister has stated that in the climate change fight, Brazil owes nothing. Such rhetoric is scientific denial at its best, potentially leading to devastating effects on biodiversity and world’s climate."

Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "Rick Heitzmann, founder and managing director at FirstMark Capital, first met the company’s founding team when he served as a judge at a business plan competition at New York University’s Stern School of Business in 2009. Pinterest’s chief executive and co-founder, Ben Silbermann, and other executives pitched an early iteration of the business explaining that they could create the equivalent of an online bulletin board."

Excerpt from City Journal -- "From a moderate Republican mayor in Southern California to a conservative Republican state senator in Utah, some in the GOP are taking up the YIMBY charge. It’s a start, suggesting that Republicans have at least begun to engage seriously on issues facing urban and suburban communities. These and similar efforts could end up building more than just houses—they might also lay the groundwork for an urban Republican resurgence."

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."