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Assistant Dean of Executive Programs Roy Lee shares how the MS in Business Analytics program prepares its students to translate data into strategic impact for their organizations

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Excerpt from Analytics Insight -- "'Our students gain a sense of confidence and credibility. Post-graduation, our students gain confidence by having technical capabilities to speak the language to understand how to work with data and become a translator of that information, or a disruptor of business thought and strategy in a positive and impactful way,' said Roy."
 
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Full-time MBA students Edgar Corona, Sam Daly, Surabhi Khanna, Tiffaine Stephens and Allison Wilson are profiled in “The Real Humans of the MBA Class of 2020” series

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Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "Eckerle discussed 'Why Sustainability Makes Dollars and Sense,' highlighting that when a company includes sustainability in their strategy and practice, it helps improve their efficiency, brand reputation, employee engagement, profitability and stock price performance. This raised important insight into the side of sustainability people don’t think of right away – analyzing how taking sustainable action not only protects our environment, but can also bolster profitability and higher levels of consumer engagement – providing greater incentives for companies to take higher sustainable action."
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In a trend piece, Associate Dean of MBA Admissions, Financial Aid and Academic Affairs Paula Steisel Goldfarb highlights the breadth of Stern MBA specializations and innovations in course offerings, including the new affiliated CDL-NYC MBA course

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Excerpt from Find MBA -- "Steisel Goldfarb says the courses 'are often developed based on anticipated skills needed in the business world and student interest.' For instance, Stern recently housed the Creative Destruction Lab, which supports the monetization of science and tech startups. An affiliated MBA course was introduced as a result, to provide students with direct access to the venture development process."
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Director of Corporate Research and Engagement at the Center for Sustainable Business Kevin Eckerle's presentation at the Raise the Green Bar 2018 Sustainability Summit is referenced

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Excerpt from Eco18 -- "Eckerle discussed 'Why Sustainability Makes Dollars and Sense,' highlighting that when a company includes sustainability in their strategy and practice, it helps improve their efficiency, brand reputation, employee engagement, profitability and stock price performance. This raised important insight into the side of sustainability people don’t think of right away – analyzing how taking sustainable action not only protects our environment, but can also bolster profitability and higher levels of consumer engagement – providing greater incentives for companies to take higher sustainable action."
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Paul Barrett, deputy director for the Center for Business and Human Rights, is cited in a story on the closure of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "Paul Barrett, deputy director for the Center for Business and Human Rights at the NYU Stern School of Business, said threats by retailers to move elsewhere might not be credible. 'I don’t think the big Western brands want to leave. They’ve committed themselves to improving safety,' he said. 'Various brands are exploring Ethiopia but there isn’t the capacity to rival what goes on in Bangladesh.'"
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In a Q&A interview, Director of MBA Admissions Lauren Calio highlights the School's collaborative culture and shares tips for prospective MBA applicants, underscoring the importance of EQ

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Excerpt from MetroMBA -- "Beyond work experience and goals, a common thread among our students is their high emotional intelligence or EQ, and engagement in our collaborative community. We also pride ourselves on being a school where everyone can be themselves. Our students’ interests outside of the classroom are also vast, as evidenced by our 30+ student clubs serving professional, affinity, sports, and special interest areas."
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Stern's Urbanization Project is highlighted in a story on urban transformation in India

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Excerpt from the Observer Research Foundation -- "At New York University’s Stern Urbanisation Project, rapid urbanisation is looked at from two perspectives – expansion of existing cities, and emergence of newer cities. MBA students at Stern work on applied research projects with municipal officials each semester on topics such as city planning in Ethiopia and Columbia, SEZ’s in Liberia, challenges faced by New York Police Department, among others. The aim is to make realistic long-term preparations for urban expansion across cities in the world, and fast track reform and mitigate global migration through start-up cities."
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Actor Shah Rukh Khan's visit with Stern undergraduate students and Geeta Menon, Dean of the Undergraduate College, is featured

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Excerpt from The Times of India -- "SRK recently visit NYU Stern School in New York where he met and interacted with students. The actor posed with the Dean of the college."
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Assistant Dean of Executive Programs Roy Lee highlights Stern's MS in Business Analytics program in a trend story on specialized master's degrees

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Excerpt from MiM Guide -- "'Analytics is a tool kit — it’s a starting point. In order to make analytics useful you need to marry it with domain knowledge, expertise and creativity,' Lee says, adding that 'our objective is to teach students how to use data to make strategic decisions that lead to actionable results.'"
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Stern's "Doing Business in..." (DBi) course offerings are highlighted

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Excerpt from mbaMission -- "New York University’s (NYU’s) Stern School of Business provides ample opportunity for its students to spend time abroad during one- or two-week trips, through its 'Doing Business in…' (DBi) program. DBi trips take place between the fall and winter semesters, during spring break, and in May (after classes conclude). Each course (trip) is tailored to its specific locale and includes a mix of lectures given by Stern faculty as well as by local business practitioners and/or government representatives."
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Alan Greenspan's comments on US-China trade at an "In Conversation with Mervyn King" event at Stern are highlighted

Excerpt from Bloomberg-- "Responding to a question about China at an event at New York University on Wednesday, he said both sides lose out in such a clash. 'There are victors and there are losers in a tariff fight,' Greenspan said. 'But that doesn’t say that a more important issue is both are losing, it’s just the winner loses less.'"
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New research about systemic risk, housing and mortgage markets, and regulation presented at the 2008 Financial Crisis: A Ten-Year Review Conference, co-hosted by Stern, is highlighted

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- “Annual Reviews, MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy, and New York University Stern School of Business presented new review articles focused on the 2008 financial crisis in the Annual Review of Financial Economics Volume 10. The research was presented during the 2008 Financial Crisis: A Ten-Year Review conference, a two-day, invitation-only event November 8-9 spotlighting the perspectives of those with expert vantage points of the crisis."
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments in a panel discussion with Lord Mervyn King at the "2008 Financial Crisis: A Ten-Year Review" conference, co-hosted by Stern, are featured

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Excerpt from Yahoo Finance -- "Bernanke said at a conference at New York University on Friday that the Fed needs to have expanded powers to lend to institutions that are not commercial banks, which is the only industry that the central bank can offer emergency funds to as a 'lender of last resort.'"
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In a trend story featuring veterans at top b-schools, Stern’s Fertitta Veterans Program is cited and military veteran MBA students Chris Costello (MBA '19) and Sam Daly (MBA '20) share advice for prospective applicants

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Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "'Most business schools either have a veterans group that you can reach out to directly or an admissions department who would be happy to connect potential applicants with veteran current students or alumni,' said Stern student Daly...As for Costello, he recommends doing your research, first and foremost. And from there, don’t sell yourself short. 'Your military experience makes you a valuable hire for some of the best firms around the world,' he said. 'Don’t hide your military success. Learn how to translate your amazing accomplishments and use them to highlight why you’re a great candidate in any industry you want to explore.'"
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Senior Research Scholar Alain Bertaud explains the appeal of Amazon's new headquarters for cities

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Excerpt from Crain's New York Business -- "'For the city, it should be just a straightforward thing: We will get more benefit than what we are giving away,' said Alain Bertaud, a senior research scholar at the NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management and author of Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities. 'But we are dealing with a lot of data, which are not very clear. [Government] might be tempted to make a deal that will be to the detriment of the maintenance of the city.'"
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In a Q&A interview, NYU Associate Vice President for Career and Leadership Development Bethany Godsoe shares how Stern helps its undergraduate students prepare for career success, citing the Undergraduate College’s 98% employment placement rate

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "Student success today is also very different. We are training students for more diverse industries, dynamic workplaces, and economies. Students need to be more adaptive and global in outlook than ever before, and it’s exciting for me to bring my leadership development skills to NYU. Having a global orientation will help the student to succeed not just in college, but all throughout their career in a rapidly changing environment."
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Stern is recognized for its best MBA graduate employment rate in five years for the graduating Class of 2018, along with salary and bonus increases, in a feature story

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Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "NYU Stern School of Business released its 2018 MBA Employment Report at the end of last month, revealing that more graduates in the Class of 2018 had accepted full-time job offers three months after graduation than anytime in the past five years. Not only that, many recent grads reported a large jump in salary and bonuses."
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Assistant Dean of Career Services Beth Briggs cites the best employment rate in five years among recent full-time MBA graduates in a feature story on MBA recruitment and career trends at Stern

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Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "'While the top three industries employing Stern students are consulting, investment banking, and tech, graduates are pursuing roles in a range of diverse areas including growing industries like fintech,' explained Briggs."
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Professors Kathleen DeRose and David Yermack are quoted in a trend story highlighting Stern's strength in Fintech

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Excerpt from BusinessBecause -- "Kathleen DeRose, clinical associate professor of finance at NYU Stern School of Business in the US, says: 'Fintech is one of the fastest growing segments of the economy, and students will need an understanding of data science to be prepared for the future of work.' ... 'We are now seeing markets being recreated by machine learning, artificial intelligence, and decentralized consensus systems. It is an exciting and very interesting time.' [says Yermack]."
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Paul Barrett, Deputy Director of the Center for Business and Human Rights, is quoted in a story on the ongoing threat of interference in the midterm elections

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Excerpt from VICE News -- "'It's way too soon to say that American elections are secure from online attacks,' Paul Barrett, the deputy director of the Center for Business and Human Rights at the NYU Stern School of Business, told VICE News."
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Undergraduate business student Nicholas Lowinger is interviewed about his nonprofit, the Gotta Have Sole Foundation Inc.

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Excerpt from Providence Business News -- "Gotta Have Sole is very important to me and while I am definitely focusing on my studies, I have incorporated it into my college life. I am the philanthropic chair of my fraternity and [fellow members] will be assisting with footwear deliveries to shelters in New York City."
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Professor David Yermack is interviewed about the evolution of his course on blockchain; MBA students Hannah Diaz and Evan Eisman highlight the value of knowledge of blockchain for their careers

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Excerpt from MarketWatch -- (:12) "...What we try to get across in the course is that the finance industry itself is migrating toward incorporating this technology into everybody's applications..."
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Professor David Yermack's comments at the 2018 Ross Roundtable on how AI and blockchain will influence the future of accounting are featured

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Excerpt from Accounting Today -- "'The distributed ledger reduces the need for audit by 97 percent,' he said. 'Auditors in the future will be competing on the basis of productivity, which will essentially mean who has the fastest hardware and software. And fraud, in the classical sense, will be all but impossible.'"
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The TRIUM global executive MBA program is featured

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Excerpt from BusinessBecause -- "The 18-month program covers entrepreneurship, marketing, negotiation analysis, fintech, and climate change, among others. You can also engage in the Capstone Project, developing a business idea from inception to launch, all the while drawing on expertise from alumni, faculty, and peers."
 
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Full-time MBA student Arati Venkatram shares why she chose to attend Stern and offers advice for prospective MBA applicants

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Excerpt from BusinessBecause -- "Maintain a journal of your personal and professional achievements way ahead of application deadlines to help formulate your professional goals for the essays. I would recommend at least two years ahead of applying to business school. I didn’t do this, but am certain it would have helped!"

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