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The NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business Annual Practice Forum is an industry-leading event convening investor and corporate sustainability professionals for an exchange of the latest research and insights on sustainability driving financial performance. The full-day program features new research findings, panel discussions on implementation, candid conversations with executives, and interactive sessions to apply learnings. Participants gain practical tools and frameworks to better understand and apply value creation levers in sustainability.

On Thursday, March 27, 2025, the NYU Stern Initiative on Purpose and Flourishing will host its first Annual Convening, entitled “Purpose and Flourishing in the 5-Generation Workplace.”

A sampling of media highlights for the week of March 25, 2025

Professor Sam Chandan is shaping the future of real estate finance as the Founding Director of the School’s Chao-Hon Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance.

Excerpt from Financial Times — “This article is an ideal introduction to the political-economic trade-off faced by the Trump administration. Reining in the market power of large technology companies by aggressively challenging the legality of some of their practices would likely result in lower prices and more choices for consumers — outcomes that appear to align with the administration’s policy priorities.”

Class of 2025 students in NYU Stern’s one-year Andre Koo Technology & Entrepreneurship MBA Program embarked on a two-week trip to Silicon Valley, Seattle, and Los Angeles  – the heart of the West Coast tech ecosystem –  this January. As part of a three-credit course, students gained first-hand insights into what drives innovation in these global tech hubs through corporate visits with industry leaders – many of whom are Stern alumni – as well as alumni networking events in each city.

Meet NYU Stern Langone Part-time MBA student Taylor Thompson

A sampling of media highlights for the week of March 18, 2025

NYU-Stern's own Jonathan Haidt will begin with the case he made in his global bestseller The Anxious Generation, about how the rapid transition from a "play-based childhood" to a "phone-based childhood" in the years between 2010 and 2015 changed the course of human development around the world. Haidt will then go far beyond the mental health impacts to discuss the damage done by phone-based life to education, attention, creativity, the economy, families, and democracy.

Excerpt from Poets&Quants — “Five schools admitted classes that had an average SAT score of at least 1500, with Cornell University (Dyson SC Johnson) and New York University’s Stern School of Business leading the way with an average score of 1540.” 

Excerpt from Financial Times — “Meta is advancing its AI capabilities by developing Llama 4, a large language model designed to facilitate more natural, conversational interactions. This positions Meta alongside competitors like OpenAI and Google in the race to enhance AI-driven user experiences. It has implications for how digital platforms will evolve in the near future and how consumers will adopt different features.”

Excerpt from Clear Admit — “Having already spent four years at NYU for my undergrad, the decision to come back wasn’t taken lightly. The NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business played a major role because I wanted to learn more about the intersection between innovation and longevity. I was also drawn to the unparalleled access to NYC’s resources. Stern’s collaborative culture appealed to me as well, where everyone challenges each other, but also makes it a mission to support one another.”

On Thursday, March 13, 2025, NYU Stern Executive MBA: Washington, DC will host the next NYU Stern Thought Leaders Series event at NYU DC. This event, entitled “Gen Z and Generational Divides in Business” will feature a dynamic and timely conversation with NYU Stern Professor Jonathan Haidt. 

On Thursday, March 13 and Friday, March 14, the NYU Stern Altman-Paulson Initiative on Credit & Distressed Opportunities will co-host the 2025 Credit Opportunities Symposium titled "Dynamically Changing Credit Markets:
Opportunities & Pitfalls."

A sampling of media highlights for the week of March 11, 2025

Class of 2025 students in NYU Stern’s one-year MBA program focused on luxury and retail kicked off January by traveling to Florence, Italy for an intensive three-credit course designed to immerse students in one of the leading European hubs in retail and luxury. 

​Join the NYU Stern Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship for an unforgettable evening at the intersection of bold ideas and global impact with CEO and serial Silicon Valley entrepreneur Michael Baum. Michael’s entrepreneurial journey has spanned more than 25 years. He is the founder of five tech ventures, including big data pioneer, Splunk (SPLK), which was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2024 for $28.8B.

A sampling of media highlights for the week of March 4, 2025

Excerpt from Poets&Quants — "We’ve already benefited from NYU Stern’s startup bootcamp at the NYU Leslie eLab and are excited to participate soon in the Max Stenbeck Venture Equity Program too. From alumni and faculty mentors to fellow entrepreneurs, everyone has been incredibly generous with their time, insights, and guidance, helping us navigate the daunting early stages of building our business."

Excerpt from Financial Times — "Classroom applications: This article provides an opportunity for students to explore the dynamic between content and distribution in the entertainment business and consider the importance of strategic planning, Intellectual Property management, new forms of distribution, media consolidation, changing consumer behaviour and the reconciliation of short vs long term brand management."
 

Excerpt from U.S. News & World Report -- "Getting into some of the motivations and the unique things that are individual to you is something that tells me they didn’t just read a job board or a business forum and think this sounds like a good path," Loyd says.

On February 28, 2025, the Fubon Center for Technology, Business and Innovation will host the 2025 NYU Stern Fintech Conference titled "Fintech and the Future 2025."

A sampling of media highlights for the week of February 25, 2025

A sampling of media highlights for the week of February 19, 2025

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