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Excerpt from Whitewall Magazine -- "The Fashion* Initiative encompasses education, mentorship, collaboration, and community. Designers participating in the Fashion* Initiative had the opportunity to partake in a series of sustainability-focused workshops with experts in the field, a trip to the Copenhagen Fashion Summit, and to engage and problem-solve through education via a live case study, with MBA team support, led by the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business through the 'Sustainability for Competitive Advantage' course."

Except from U.S. News & World Report -- "Kristen Sosulski, a clinical associate professor of information, operations and management sciences at New York University's Stern School of Business, says that some skills taught at MBA programs are relevant throughout the business world. For instance, business schools teach students how to maximize a company's efficiency, which is a vital skill, regardless of the sector they enter, Sosulski says. ... 'Whatever a candidate's career aspirations are, they need to have a clear idea of what they would like to do after school and the self-awareness to understand what holes in their skill sets need plugging,' Shah wrote via email."

Excerpt from The New York Times -- "One of the main projects I worked on was to evaluate how we market Cooking advertisements to our clients. I had to understand how Cooking was being talked about on the consumer side and the business side. This project gave me the flexibility to explore the narrative around a media product, like Cooking, and how it differs depending on the target stakeholder. I was able to talk to several employees on the product, marketing, branding, tech and advertising side of Cooking — it was like a small start-up within The Times."

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "'We’ve always been really proud of having strong numbers of women given the format and culture of our program,' explains Paula Steisel Goldfarb, associate dean of MBA admissions, financial aid and academic affairs. Steisel also shares that 34% of the cohort are under-represented minorities. ... 'I think that what we’re observing in D.C. is a new reality that people want different roles. They want leadership roles in strategy in all kinds of organizations, tech firms, entrepreneurial firms, NGOs, etc.' [says Prof. Salomon].... 'With a wife and three children, the ability to balance work, career and school is very important to me,' says Fabrice Coles."

NYU Stern posted its inaugural class profile for its new NYU Stern Executive MBA (EMBA) Washington, D.C., program.

Excerpt from BusinessBecause -- "The inaugural Module 7 was set up and organized by class of 2011 graduate, Miguel de Almeida, in Cascais, Portugal. 'The thinking behind it was that TRIUM is an intense program, […] and there’s a real camaraderie, and that’s something you want to carry on!' he says. ... Since its creation, Miguel says he’s been enriched by Module 7, grown his knowledge, and built stronger ties with the TRIUM alumni network."

Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "NYU Stern School of Business last week shared a preliminary profile of its incoming class of full-time, two-year MBA students, the Class of 2020. Even amid some declines, the school showed gains in the diversity of its class and added a few points to the average GMAT score for incoming students."

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "A report issued on July 23 has a series of sensible recommendations for internet platform companies and governments around the world with defenses that would meddle with the Russian meddlers without impinging on civil liberties."

Excerpt from U.S. News & World Report -- "Gallogly says that Stern's 'Pick Six' essay, which asks MBA applicants to select six images that represent their identity and briefly describe what each image symbolizes, allows applicants to highlight the reasons why they would be a valuable addition to an MBA cohort. ... Hooker, who enjoys skiing and mountain biking, says the reason he included this photograph and caption in his MBA application is because he wanted the admissions committee to know about his appreciation of nature. The photograph shows Hooker exploring an ice cave in Oregon."

Excerpt from Global Finance -- "To help companies prepare for the possibility of a trade war, we’ve done some historical analysis. One of the key lessons was that trade may plummet but it will not perish. Companies need to be ready for a sudden disruption to supply chains or market access; but since trade does not dry up entirely during a trade war, they still need to pay close attention to international opportunities and threats."

Exerpt from Find MBA -- "NYU Stern MBA student Vikram Gulati says: 'I really identify with the student population, and I am proud to say that we are probably the most collaborative among the top MBA programs.'"

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "'It’s a brand new idea and a new concept,' NYU Stern’s Isser Gallogly, associate dean of MBA admissions & innovation, explained in an interview with Poets&Quants. 'We are looking for students who are not only capable academically but also capable in leadership, managing teams and having emotional intelligence. So we really asked ourselves what can we do to get more insight into a person’s emotional intelligence into their character.'"

Excerpt from CBS News -- "EQ requires someone to regulate their own emotions and empathize with others. It's not an attribute that can be quantified such as profit and losses, but it's a key skill for corporate leaders nonetheless, Gallogly said."

Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "Turning setbacks in internships into opportunities has the added benefit of showing a potential employer your initiative, Ms Briggs notes. 'When something goes wrong it is important to take that step back and think about what actions need to be taken to be more successful,' she says. 'You can often find someone who can help you.'"

Excerpt from The Motley Fool -- ""Albert Aldrich III attends NYU Stern School of Business where he is studying Finance and Management. His detailed review of how the 2008 financial crisis has formed millennials opinions around investing and personal finance was unique and interesting. Albert's argument around why over 50% of millennials don't feel comfortable putting their money in the stock market, and his discussion of the solutions for that, impressed the judges."
 

Excerpt from Financial Post -- "According to the Stern School of Business’s Volatility Lab, the Shanghai index’s average weekly volatility is about nine percentage points higher than the S&P 500."

Excerpt from Poets & Quants-- "'By teaching us to avoid leading questions, learn to observe, and listen to customers, it highlighted the importance of bringing in a true customer perspective when making product and business decisions'.- Mahum Yunus 'Professor Marciano taught us how to approach problems and how to form data based solutions that are realistic and defensible. Additionally, she has extreme mastery of business strategy in a way that can only be described as being a savant or virtuoso. Listening to her lectures always makes you feel like you are getting the full value from your tuition.' - Frank Varrichio"

Excerpt from American Entrepreneurship Today -- "The CDL program that began in 2012 at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto has now expanded to six universities, with NYU as the sole one based in the U.S."

Excerpt from BizEd Magazine - "Two new one-year master of science programs will be jointly delivered by the School of Business at New York University (NYU) and NYU Shanghai, a degree-granting campus of NYU. Both the MS in quantitative finance and the MS in data analytics and business computing will entail 12 months of full-time study over three semesters in two global hubs; students will start with a summer semester at NYU Stern in New York City and follow that with fall and spring semesters in China."

Excerpt from The Economist -- "Alain Bertaud of New York University says that, if integrated well, China’s city clusters could, thanks to their size, achieve levels of productivity never seen in other countries. He says it would be comparable to the differences between England and the rest of the world during the Industrial Revolution."

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "I’m most proud of completing the federal regulatory approval process for the LaGuardia Airport Central Terminal Building Redevelopment Program. It allowed financing and construction of a $4 billion terminal program to move forward, and through the approval process we were able to incorporate some of the most ambitious sustainability commitments of any airport terminal in the country."

Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "'For international students, we advise a bit more strategy during the career-planning phase, including understanding variables that can be controlled and those that can’t,' she added."

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "Being a single mom of a teenage daughter, full-time physician, and executive MBA student is a real challenge. I learned to prioritize and structure my time efficiently so every minute is used with purpose."

Excerpt from American Entrepreneurship Today -- "The $300K Entrepreneurs Challenge finals were the culmination of the eight-month competition that began the prior fall with the registration of over 600 students, faculty and alumni drawn from 17 schools across NYU’s global network. Over two hundred teams were then formed, receiving tutoring and mentoring over the following months.In addition to the Challenge, the winner of Stern’s W. R. Berkley Innovation Labs Mobile App Contest was announced, who will have their app fully developed---awarding them a prize valued at $75,000."