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In a podcast interview, Dean Raghu Sundaram discusses the different advantages of both one-year and two-year MBA programs

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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."
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The Sustainable Share Index™, research by the Center for Sustainable Business and IRI, is spotlighted

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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."
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce's remarks during a fireside chat with journalist Laura Shin, co-hosted by Stern’s Executive MBA program and the Blockchain Digital Asset Forum, are highlighted

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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."
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Journalist Laura Shin shares takeaways from her fireside chat with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, co-hosted by Stern’s Executive MBA program and the Blockchain Digital Asset Forum

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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."
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Research on worker safety at factories in Bangladesh by the Center for Business and Human Rights is referenced

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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."
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Senior Research Scholar Shlomo Angel's work on the Atlas of Urban Expansion is cited

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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."
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Professors Paul Hardart and Batia Wiesenfeld discuss the future of Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures amid the company's acquisition by AT&T

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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."
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In a video interview, Senior Scholar of Marketing and Corporate Outreach Randi Kronthal-Sacco explains the Center for Sustainable Business' research findings on sustainability-marketed products, in partnership with IRI

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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."
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The Center for Business and Human Rights' research on social networks and disinformation is referenced

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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."
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Professor Lawrence White is comments on buying a home in New York City

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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.'"
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Stern's Social Impact Core course offerings for undergraduate students are featured

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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."
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Stern's international academic program opportunities for MBA students are featured

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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."
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Undergraduate student Andres Gomez-Perry is named to the Poets & Quants 2019 "Best & Brightest" list

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "During my high school career, I was more inclined to study political science or international studies. However, Stern’s Business and Political Economy program offered me the opportunity to study in three global capitals—New York, London, and Shanghai—which mirrored my interests. Since then, I have been able to examine the areas’ developmental stories and business environments."
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Undergraduate student Parbs Anant is named to the Poets & Quants 2019 "Best & Brightest" list

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "The Social Impact Core at Stern has dispelled the myth that you can’t do good for society and also be financially healthy. I have gotten exposure to the different ways that I can be a strong business leader who also does well for her community."
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The launch of the Center for Sustainable Business' Sustainable Share Index is featured

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Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "Last week, the NYU Stern School of Business Center for Sustainable Business in partnership with IRI, released a new U.S.-based sustainable business study and established the Sustainable Share Index. The new Index offers an in-depth analysis of product purchases marketed as sustainable. Approximately 36 product categories were reviewed, representing 40 percent of total consumer product good sales, excluding tobacco and alcohol."
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The launch of the Center for Sustainable Business' Sustainable Share Index is spotlighted

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Excerpt from MetroMBA -- "The Center for Sustainable Business at NYU’s Stern School of Business recently released new findings from its Sustainable Share Index, an analysis of consumer’s purchases of products and business marketed as sustainable."
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In an op-ed, Paul Barrett, Deputy Director of the Center for Business and Human Rights, highlights the Center's new research and recommendations for combating disinformation on social media

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Excerpt from WIRED -- "The NYU report focuses on domestically generated disinformation, noting that far more false and divisive online content is produced domestically than comes from abroad. We bring this problem on ourselves—and the platforms need to do more to address it."
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Stern Solutions Experiential Learning Project Takes MBA Students to Qatar

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During the fall 2018 semester, a group of NYU Stern MBA students including Gabriel Ng (MBA/MPA ‘19), Su-Kyong Park (MBA ‘20) and Kinni Shah (MBA ‘19), took part in a Stern Solutions experiential learning project focused on the cost of recruiting migrant workers in Qatar.
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Research by the Center for Business and Human Rights on combating the problem of disinformation on social media platforms is featured

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Excerpt from Yahoo Finance -- "Social media companies that are already deleting propaganda from foreign actors also need to erase false or misleading content that originates in the United States, rather than just pushing it to the margins of their platforms, a new report released Tuesday said. 'We urge them to add provably false information to the removal list,' said a report from New York University’s Stern Center for Business and Human Rights."
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Beth Briggs, assistant dean of career services, highlights the strength Stern's fintech curriculum and benefits of the School’s alumni network to current students

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Excerpt from Find MBA -- "'We are in constant conversation with the business community to ensure our curriculum meets the evolving needs of the sector,' says Beth Briggs, assistant dean of career services at NYU Stern School of Business in New York City."
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Stern's MS in Accounting program is featured in a trend story on the evolution of accounting education; Professor Alex Dontoh and Rabia Ahmed, executive director of MBA admissions, are quoted

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Excerpt from MiM Guide -- "'Big data collection and analysis has precipitated a profound change in the way companies conduct their business and has consequently triggered a seismic shift in skillsets professional accountants must possess to be successful,' says Alex Dontoh, director of Stern’s MS in Accounting course. ... Rabia Ahmed, executive director of MBA admissions at Stern, says: 'We are looking for students who exhibit strong IQ and EQ — the combination of intellectual and interpersonal skills needed to be successful in business.'"
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Research by the Center for Business and Human Rights on combating disinformation on social media platforms is referenced

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Excerpt from Bloomberg Businssweek -- "A new report by the Center for Business and Human Rights at New York University’s Stern School of Business argues that the platforms should indeed remove material that is 'provably untrue,' rather than just demote or annotate it as some do now. Anything that’s in the gray area between true and false could remain, it says."
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Professor Xi Chen Receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award

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Professor Xi Chen, NYU Stern assistant professor in the department of Technology, Operations, and Statistics, has been recognized by the National Science Foundation (NSF) with its Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER).
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Professor and Vice Dean for Online Learning Kim Corfman is quoted in a trend story citing how Stern’s new online MS in Quantitative Management aims to attract a new market of students around the world

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Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "New York University’s Stern School of Business announced a radical new departure in its postgraduate teaching this year: its masters in management (MiM) degree was its first to be totally online. 'We are targeting a whole new market,' says Kim Corfman, Stern’s vice dean for MBA programmes and online learning. The aim, she adds, is to attract new student groups from outside the US, where MiM degrees are often more popular than the business school’s core MBA programme."
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Undergraduate student Joshua Williams is interviewed about his nonprofit organization, the Joshua's Heart Foundation

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Excerpt from Miami Times Online -- "As he’s working toward a degree away from home at NYU Stern School of Business, he says he’s glad he set the stage for the other kids in the organization to take leadership roles, training them throughout the years to ensure that Joshua’s Heart would become a sustainable, social entrepreneurship. 'We grew up together, the foundation and me, but now it is its own entity,' said Joshua. 'It is important to learn how to pass on the torch to the next generation.'"

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