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Excerpt from Accepted.com -- "We launched two new, focused MBA programs. We explored the idea of separate applications, and decided on having one application for all of the programs – so you can apply to up to four MBA programs with one application: the full-time MBA, part-time MBA, and our two new specialized, full-time, 12-month programs. You indicate a primary program of interest and explain why it’s your primary, and then identify your alternates."

Excerpt from The Economist -- "The school has responded to this interest by launching a tech-focused one-year MBA programme to cater to the need of employers in 'Silicon Alley', the New York technology hub that the school’s dean, Peter Henry, can see from his office window. 'We have to figure out a way to be as important to the new economy as we have been to Wall Street for the past 50 years,' he explains."

Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "In Tectonic Shifts in Financial Markets, Henry Kaufman offers a scorching account of how Wall Street got into this mess, how it failed to get out, and what to do now. Coming from a pivotal figure in modern finance, now in his 90th year, it will command attention. Kaufman was at high school with Alan Greenspan; at the New York Federal Reserve with Paul Volcker; running research at Salomon Brothers as it created the US mortgage market and dominated bond trading; and on the board of Lehman Brothers in the years before disaster hit."

Excerpt from Forbes -- "'It’s not so much about teaching Geopolitics 101, but instead teaching students how to use this knowledge to understand and anticipate global trends, which can be tricky,' says Dr Robert Faulkner, Academic Dean of the TRIUM Executive Global MBA program, at the London School of Economics. The program was launched at the turn of the millennium and, over the past 16 years has coached senior executives through a series of dramatic global changes. Offered through a partnership of some of the world’s leading education institutions – the New York University Stern School of Business, and HEC Paris make up the trio – TRIUM was the first Executive MBA of its kind, and was built with social political analysis at its core."

Excerpt from Global Public Investor -- "Populist rhetoric must not be allowed to lead to actions that could jeopardise the Fed’s independence. Recent US leaders have, for the most part, been supportive of the Fed. Before selecting Ben Bernanke as Fed chair, George W Bush said, ‘It’s this independence of the Fed that gives people not only here in America, but the world, confidence.’ We must hope that Trump is guided by the same spirit of responsibility."

Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "For Menachem Brenner, co-academic director of the programme, the crisis sharpened his ambitions for the programme. He had been teaching on the course but became its director just as the crisis erupted. 'It had so many lessons for us worldwide,' he says. 'And one of the things I saw as a mission was to bring into the programme those lessons drawn from the crisis.'"

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "'It’s a brand new idea and a new concept,' says Gallogly in an interview with Poets&Quants. 'We are looking for students who are not only capable academicaly but also capable in leadership, managing teams and having emotional intelligence. So we really asekd ourselves what can we do to get more insight into a person’s emotional intelligence into their character.'"

Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "EQ endorsers with receive a definition of what IQ + EQ means at Stern and be asked to provide one specific compelling example that demonstrates the candidate’s EQ. ... 'Our hope through the EQ Endorsements is to get a lot more insight as to who candidates really are. We feel like this could provide a nice new dimension on an applicant that you usually can’t get until you interview them—something deeper and richer.'"

Excerpt from Reuters -- "New York University is planning a new course for undergraduates after launching a fintech specialization in its business school last year. ... NYU's undergraduate course, for instance, attracted enrollments from twice as many students as expected."

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "In Afghanistan, New York University’s Ryan Sparks, a Marine Infantry Officer who now works for JP Morgan Chase, trained and led a joint U.S-Afghan unit that defeated the local Taliban, helped with community reconstruction, and reduced opium trafficking. ... If you want to learn how to make an impact in a Fortune 500 firm, take some notes from New York University’s Renee Vieira. She serves as the Executive Director of Global Organization and Leadership Development at Time Warner."

Excerpt from Business Insider -- "Over the past 20 years, freelancing is up 27 percent compared to payroll employment (think more 1099s and fewer W-2s). By 2020, it’s expected that over 40 percent of the workforce will be freelancers. The shift is due in large part to the rise of digital platforms like Etsy, TaskRabbit, and Upwork."

Excerpt from the Thomson Reuters Foundation -- "Simply extending the mandate of the current private initiatives in Bangladesh while following the same premises will not make the RMG sector safe and sustainable. All of those working on these issues, inside Bangladesh and in the greater international community, need to go back to the drawing board, and build on the lessons from the past four years."

Excerpt from The Federalist -- "State-sponsored visa programs would direct temporary foreign workers to the states that want them without pushing additional migrants on the states that don’t. Many states have already exhibited an interest in administering their own visa programs. The Johnson-Buck plan meets them halfway. Lawmakers across the political spectrum should welcome the opportunity to pilot state-based visa programs that can generate jobs and growth in their home states."

Excerpt from CNBC -- "In a speech on Tuesday at the New York University Stern School of Business, António Guterres said that it was 'absolutely essential' that the world implemented the Paris Agreement. He also sought to draw attention to the links between policy and security, stating that there was a 'compelling security case for climate action.'"

Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "Kim Corfman, a professor of marketing and academic director of NYU Stern’s new fashion-focused program, says the new degree is a good fit for the school, given classes like 'Luxury Marketing' and 'Next Generation Fashion' that the school already offered to M.B.A. students."

Excerpt from Associated Press -- "Gutteres never mentioned the American leader by name in his speech at New York University’s Stern School of Business, his first major address on climate change since taking the reins of the United Nations on Jan. 1. But he said in response to a question afterward that the United Nations believes 'it would be important for the U.S. not to leave the Paris agreement.'"

Excerpt from Coindesk.com -- "To kick off the event, hosted at the NYU Stern School of Business, one of the earliest innovators in the crypto-space, Erik Voorhees – who sold his first bitcoin company, Satoshi Dice, in 2013 – revealed more details about digital currency exchange ShapeShift's new product, Prism."

Excerpt from Reuters -- "'A background in computer science or generally programming is incredibly helpful for the finance industry,' said Stephen Benvenuto Jr., a junior at the Stern School of Business at New York University, who is majoring in finance and considering pursuing a CFA credential. 'It's definitely moving in that direction.'"

Excerpt from Accepted.com -- "New York University’s Stern School of Business’s new Tech MBA and Fashion & Luxury MBAs will enable students who are firmly committed to business careers in those areas to build applicable skills and knowledge, gain relevant real-world experience, and earn an MBA in one year by taking 51 credits over the 12-month period. The first class for the Tech MBA and Fashion & Luxury MBA will enroll at Stern in May 2018. Stern anticipates that the inaugural classes will have 30 students in each specialty."

Excerpt from BusinessWorld Online -- "'Davao is a rapidly growing city and it has a lot of potential for open public spaces,' NYU Urban Expansion Program research team head Patrick Lamson-Hall said in an interview. Mr. Lamson and MBA students from NYU’s Stern School of Business are spearheading the research and have trained members of the Sustainable Davao Movement, city government officials and volunteers for the data gathering conducted on May 20-21."

Excerpt from US News & World Report -- "Peter Henry, dean of NYU Stern, says conversations between the school's leaders and tech executives about a shortage of MBAs in tech spurred the creation of the program. 'These conversations basically led us to a very simple conclusion,' says Henry, who, in addition to his role as dean, also serves as an economics and finance professor. 'There’s a shortage of human capital in the tech industry.' As the largest business school in the city, he says, Stern feels obligated to help train people for the growing industry."

Excerpt from Lexology -- "In the May 10, 2017 dialogue held by the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis and New York University’s Stern School of Business, academics and industry representatives provided recommended measures for rejuvenating the U.S.’s IPO market."

Excerpt from Luxury Daily -- "The program is geared toward students with an interest in managerial roles in luxury sectors such as apparel and accessories, beauty, jewelry, automotive, fine wines and spirits, real estate, wearable technology and other verticals. NYU Stern has developed a Stern Fashion Lab, a new central hub for luxury-related projects and networking. Stern Fashion Lab’s advisory board includes senior executives from Fashion Culture Design Unconference, Resonance Companies, Ferrara Manufacturing Company, FirstMark Capital, Gilt Groupe and Rebecca Minkoff."
 

Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "'Regulation is part of the issue, but not the issue,' Steven Bochner, partner at Wilson, Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati said at conference on the topic sponsored by the Securities and Exchange Commission and New York University Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions."

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "I chose Stern because I felt it was the best place for me to take a multi-disciplinary approach to my intended specializations of real estate, finance, and social innovation & impact. New York City had already become a second home for me, and the opportunity to be in school in downtown Manhattan and the access that provides — as well as the diverse, interesting people it attracts — was a really exciting prospect."