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On Tuesday, May 31, NYU Stern’s Business and Society Program (BSP) hosted the 2022 Ashok C. Sani Distinguished Scholar-In-Residence Lecture, delivered by Rubana Huq, Vice Chancellor of Asian University for Women and Ex-President of BGMEA. This year's talk is entitled, "Empowering Women Garment Workers in Bangladesh: From Rana Plaza to an Entrepreneurial Future."

Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "Learning about business in the global center of commerce seemed like a total no brainer to me. The number of spontaneous opportunities that come from being in New York City astounded me. From part-time professors who double as executives at Fortune 500 companies, to the wealth of in-semester internships simply by proximity, and to guest lecturers who are inevitably in NYC on a regular basis, I can’t imagine a better place to get a deep experiential business education than in the heart of Manhattan."

Excerpt from Executive Courses -- "NYU Stern School of Business runs a course called Inclusive Leadership: Addressing Unconscious Bias to Build Stronger, Diverse Teams, which emphasizes the advancement of women and people of color. Participants develop an inclusive leadership mindset, with a focus on working with others across various dimensions of diversity — including gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age."

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- “The interest is very strong,” says Isser Gallogly, associate dean of MBA admissions and program innovation, at NYU Stern. “Over 25% of all the part-time applicants wanted it as their first choice option. This is the first intake but we have more women applying to it than men. About 51% of our applicants are women.

A sampling of media highlights for the week of May 24, 2022

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "Tell us about an “only at McKinsey” moment you’ve had so far. I feel like these happen all the time. I am consistently surprised at the background of many of the people that I work with.  I regularly encounter people who have really impressive backgrounds – former professional athletes, professional musicians, and more."

Excerpt from Busines of Fashion -- “The two areas to highlight are sustainability and DEI initiatives because these are drivers that determine which companies a candidate is going to choose. [Still] I think it would be naive to expect companies to have made all these changes — they are tremendous and require real structural shifts with new people in the leadership roles.”

Read more about NYU Stern's Undergraduate Baccalaureate for the Class of 2022, which is scheduled for Friday, May 20 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. 

Read more about NYU Stern's Graduate Convocation for the Class of 2022, which is scheduled for Friday, May 20 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. 

Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "NYU Stern’s location in the heart of the business capital of the world, New York, was the biggest reason I decided to attend NYU Stern. While many other institutions could provide a great network of people and education, I thought that Stern would allow me to truly immerse myself in the dynamic and always-moving business scene of a global city. I was also very impressed with Stern’s emphasis on leading change, which resonated with my entrepreneurial passion."

Excerpt from Town & Country -- “We have found that because our students come in as senior executives with significant work experience (an average of 14 years), and they submit transcripts from undergraduate and graduate programs, along with any certifications they might have earned, we already have enough data points to measure academic preparedness for the program without a standardized test score,” Neha Singhal, assistant dean for executive degree programs, admissions, and marketing at NYU Stern, said in a statement. “In fact, we have found that the data points based on work experience and academic performance are a better indicator of a student's success in the program versus a standardized test score.”

This workshop draws on the best fundamental and applied thinking about the financial architecture drawing on academic and practitioner research and networks. It tries to look over the horizon at what is likely to come next based on the best available thinking.

Read more about NYU's All-University Commencement ceremony for the Class of 2020 and Class of 2021 on Wednesday, May 20, 2022 at 11am ET at Yankee Stadium.

Read more about NYU's All-University Commencement ceremony for the Class of 2020 and Class of 2021 on Wednesday, May 20, 2022 at 6pm ET at Yankee Stadium.

Excerpt from mbaMission -- "One [professor] that comes immediately to mind is Tensie Whelan, who is not only a faculty member but also the head of our Center for Sustainable Business. And what's really interesting is that they've recently launched a career development program, specifically for women looking to go into sustainable finance. And giving them two years of support in navigating that landscape, which is pretty unique and exciting. It's called Empower."

A sampling of media highlights for the week of May 17, 2022

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "What do you enjoy most about teaching business students? The experiences that the students bring to the classroom from their prior careers provide great opportunities for me to learn, and for the material to 'come to life.'"

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "What do you enjoy most about teaching business students? Several things: (1) Sharing reality with students in a variety of ways; (2) the back-and-forth banter that makes class extra fun; (3) getting to know my students on a one-on-one basis, satiating my natural curiosity about individual backgrounds; (4) being around passionate, well-rounded people who have varied interests and want their work to have meaning – qualities that I like to think I share, deeply."

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "What do you enjoy most about teaching business students? I learn so much from my students every time I teach. Our MBA students are exceptionally connected to the cutting edge of what is going on in business and society. And so a lot of the ideas and examples they bring into the classroom are a year or two ahead of what is being talked about in the media. They also don’t always neatly fit the frameworks we study in strategy, which makes for a fun and interesting conversations in class."

Excerpt from Financial Times -- "In Stern’s Leadership for the 21st Century course, Fraser teaches a module on developing intercultural competence — the ability to collaborate effectively with people of different cultural backgrounds. The key is understanding, through an open dialogue, people’s various dimensions of difference in order to connect and relate to them on a human level, he says."

At the conclusion of an eight-month competition, NYU’s most promising innovators received startup funding and pro-bono services valued at more than $225,000 at NYU Stern’s annual Entrepreneurs Challenge, organized by the School’s Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship.

On Friday, May 13, the final teams in the Entrepreneurs Challenge, hosted by NYU Stern's Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship, will pitch off to see which ventures win the grand prizes.

A sampling of media highlights for the week of May 11, 2022

The NYU Stern School of Business is hosting four, in-person graduation ceremonies this May to recognize graduates from the Classes of 2020, 2021 and 2022. Each ceremony will feature a distinguished keynote speaker.

Read more about NYU Stern's Undergraduate Baccalaureate for the Class of 2020 and Class of 2021, which is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, May 10 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden.