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Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "In our recent chat with Gallogly, '...I have always seen it as more of a calling than a career,' he says. 'You never know how the numbers are going to pan out, but more than that, you just know how important it is to everyone applying,' he adds. 'It is a life-changing experience, applying is a really tough process, and we have an important responsibility to make the best decisions we can for everyone.'"

Excerpt from NY1 -- "'[The SVOne] is for refraction exam only, AKA only for your eyewear prescription. It’s not for eye health, and we very strongly recommend our users to go to the doctor for the eye health part,' says Smart Vision Labs CEO Yaopeng Zhou. 'But if you just want to renew your prescription or you lost your eyeglasses, urgency or something, then this device is the solution.'"

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "Market-based measures support the view that Deutsche Bank is heavily intertwined with the rest of the global financial system. According to a systemic risk (SRISK) gauge first designed by the Volatility Institute at New York University's Stern School of Business, the bank would face a capital shortfall of 87.4 billion euros if it were still to fulfill capitalization requirements in the event of a financial crisis — which they define as a 40 percent semi-annualized fall in global stock markets."

Excerpt from The Irish Times -- "Addressing the New York University Stern School of Business on Tuesday, he said: 'Put differently, forceful accommodative monetary policy in the short run is the best method that policy rates do not stay low for longer than is necessary.'"

Excerpt from MBAInsight -- "I chose business school to make a career switch and, in the process, take my career to the next level. Additionally, I wanted to develop the type of network that would allow me to make friends while also potentially help me down the road when I had graduated. Finally, there were some technical aspects that I was missing in my undergraduate education, which I needed to understand to succeed in consulting."

 

Excerpt from Accepted.com -- "Stern is an incredible place. It may sound cliché, but my favorite thing about the program is my classmates. I have made friends and trusted colleagues for life in a little over a year’s time. That’s very difficult to do. I give a lot of credit to Stern’s admissions team for putting together an awesome and diverse class."

Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "Since launching, the center also assembled its corporate advisory board, recruited a host of industry research scholars, hosted Unilever CEO Paul Polman on its campus and published the 'How Corporate America Can Support the Paris Climate Deal' op-ed in Fortune on Earth Day, April 22, 2016. Each important move reflects the center’s overall theme of 'A Better World through Better Business.'"

Excerpt from MindfulMBA -- "A grounding in practical application is paramount for Kim, and her program’s offerings are designed to emphasize 'IQ plus EQ' — academic excellence and emotional intelligence — a combination Stern believes is critical for leadership success. For example, she and Shy collaborate frequently on events, merging MindfulNYU’s expertise in mindfulness techniques with the leadership lens of Mindfulness in Business."

Excerpt from Accepted.com -- "I’ve lived in New York for about five years now and knew that I wanted to pursue my MBA here. There is no place in the country that offers a better business education than New York City—this is the heart of commerce, banking and innovation. At Stern, we’ve got the Fed, Madison Avenue, Wall Street and Silicon Alley all within walking distance of campus."

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "...NYU’s Stern School of Business has taken a massive step past the others by creating an eight-course fintech specialization kicking off this fall."

Excerpt from BusinessBecause -- "Google, whose parent company Alphabet makes bearish bets on everything from driverless cars to medical technology, has become the poster child for the tech groups luring America’s top students away from more traditional fields. Roxanne Hori, associate dean of corporate relations and career services at NYU Stern, says that financial services companies are competing for talent with Google, LinkedIn, Amazon, Microsoft and others."

Excerpt from FindMBA -- "As part of the new 'NYU Stern Ventures Fellow Program,' fellows will receive a $10,000 stipend, workspace, and will be able to participate in a summer program, which includes an immersion week in Silicon Valley. After the summer is over, fellows will also continue to receive mentorship and other support throughout their second year of the MBA program, and will be able to receive course credit for independent study where they can focus on their startups."

Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "'For this admissions season, at Stern we are starting with the LOR open-ended questions,' Goggin says. 'We feel this is the part of the recommendation that takes the most time to prepare and by using common questions, we can dramatically lessen the burden on those writing recommendations for one applicant at multiple schools.'"

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "...ultimately I knew that NYU Stern was the better fit. It offers so many concentrations and clubs that will allow me to explore opportunities in a city with so many intersecting industries. Indie film still reigns here. And there’s still a lot of room to grow in terms of the tech scene and VC funding."

Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "#SternLAUNCH is in full swing! MBA1s Keshav, Evan and Melinda meet Dean @PeterBlairHenry

— NYU Stern (@NYUStern) August 24, 2016"

Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "Technology executive David Ko (BS ’93) and his wife Jennifer Ko have donated $1 million to establish the NYU Stern Venture Fellows Program. Incoming MBA students can apply this fall for a spot in the program, which will begin in summer 2017 and provide financial support, mentorship, workshops and access to New York City and Silicon Valley tech companies."

Excerpt from We See Genius -- "Marketed as the 'Swiss army knife of diagnostic tools,' the handheld device connects to a smartphone through Bluetooth technology. It takes temperatures, measures blood oxygen, pressure, and glucose levels, and even serves as an ECG. ... Elements Digital Health’s identification of a problem and creation of a product-market fit helped elevate them from the other teams — which numbered more than 50 — that competed in the social venture portion of the contest, Franklin says."

Excerpt from TopMBA -- "NYU Stern, which announced a new fintech specialization in late June, added it to the curriculum because of the rapid growth to this sector in recent years. 'There is great demand in finance organizations to hire students who have analytical skills based in the information technology area,' states Yermack."

Excerpt from CNNMoney -- "Since taking on the role, [Henry] has gotten NYU to start offering 34 scholarships to low-income undergraduates at the business school that cover all tuition, room and board. 'As a dean, opening the door to business school to high-achieving lower-income kids -- to teach these kids how to fish -- is one of my top priorities,' he said."

Excerpt from VentureBeat -- "Indie.vc is for the businesses that don’t want VC or weren’t wanted by VC. It’s for companies focused on profitability instead of pure growth that want to run their businesses without VCs interfering. It seems focused on disrupting the current VC model, and it isn’t shy about it – its website runs a video of a burning unicorn head in the background. I think we get the message – in some ways, the disruptors (or those who fund them) are being disrupted."

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "'With the formation of the NYU Impact Investing Fund (NIIF), NYU Stern can now provide practical, hands-on experience for students who want to enter the impact investing sector after school, all while deploying investment capital to deserving organizations in the NYC community.' - Luke Douglas 'I am incredibly thankful for the way that I have been pushed to fulfill my own potential by the intelligence, ambition, and above all, compassion, of other Stern students.' - Samantha Thiel"

Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "Professor Yermack predicts that a technological evolution will shrink the size of the industry’s workforce overall, but in doing so it will create many specialist tech jobs. Stern School will teach its MBA students about digital currencies, blockchains and their growing place in the financial services industry from next spring. It also plans a course for executives."

Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "Coughlin and his wife, Tania, are always looking for ways to squeeze in family time with 20-month-old Joshua wherever they can, even and especially in the busiest stretches of school. Tania, for her part, volunteered to accompany Bryan on his 25-minute walk to school every morning."

Excerpt from Broadcasting & Cable -- "'We are glad to partner with CBS on this exciting research initiative,' Assael said in a statement. 'As cross-platform exposure to television shows has increased, "watching TV" has taken on a whole new meaning that has important implications for the media industry and our society that are worthy of serious research.'"

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- “Be creative in finding time to do homework and projects while spending time with family and friends, and still delivering at work. It’s surprising how much time you can find when you establish priorities.”