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Christopher Howard, president of Hampden-Sydney College, joined Dean Peter Henry and MBA students for NYU Stern’s Block Lunch event series.

Tom Bernstein, president and co-founder of Chelsea Piers, joined Dean Peter Henry and MBA students for NYU Stern’s Block Lunch event series this spring.

Organized by NYU Stern’s Citi Leadership & Ethics Program and Business & Society Program, with generous support from the Citi Foundation, the 2014 conference featured this year’s Distinguished Citi Fellow in Leadership & Ethics Ellen Seidman, former director of the US Treasury Department’s Office of Thrift Supervision and senior fellow at the Urban Institute.

Paula Kerger, President and CEO of PBS, joined Langone MBA students for a 2013-2014 Langone Speaker Series event. Professor Charlie Murphy moderated the conversation, which began with a one-on-one interview focused on Kerger’s experiences at PBS, career path and professional pointers for Langone MBAs.

As part of the Leadership Case Event series, Stern MBA student teams tackled a real-world business challenge and developed recommendations to share with Chris Golier (MBA '06), alumnus and vice president of mobile marketing and strategy for the National Hockey League (NHL).

L2's clinic aims to push brands’ understanding of Amazon beyond a mere platform for official or unofficial distribution, and will feature academics, industry practitioners, competitors, brands and equity analysts. They will also consider Amazon’s next moves in digital as it enters the luxury space.

Neil Blumenthal, co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, joined Langone MBA students for a 2013-2014 Langone Speaker Series event. Professor Charlie Murphy moderated the discussion, beginning with a one-on-one interview and followed by an open Q&A session with students.

As part of NYU Stern’s “Leadership Off the Record” series, Jacob Silverman, who was recently appointed president of Duff & Phelps, a financial advisory and investment banking firm, spoke with MBA students about his career in finance and technology.

Dean Peter Henry and Professors Michael Spence and Michael Posner joined thought leaders from around the globe at the World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda in Abu Dhabi.

David Nenke, category leader for Grocery & Gourmet Food at Amazon.com, spoke with first-year MBA students for a special Block Time discussion titled, “The Amazon Way: Innovating at High Speed.”

As part of NYU Stern’s “Leadership Off the Record” series, Elana Drell Szyfer, CEO of AHAVA and Stern alumna (MBA '98), spoke with MBA students about her 20-year career in the beauty industry.

On November 6-7, L2 and NYU Stern hosted the 5th annual Innovation Forum at the TimesCenter in New York City.

Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, joined Dean Peter Henry and MBA students for NYU Stern’s Block Lunch.

The NYU Stern Office of Career Development hosted the first annual Stern Leadership Case Competition, featuring Mike Indursky, president of Bliss, on Friday, November 1.

Mo Koyfman, general partner at Spark Capital, a venture capital firm; and Jeremy Philips, managing partner of Occam Partners, which invests in technology and media, and a member of the Board of Directors of TripAdvisor, joined Dean Peter Henry and MBA students for NYU Stern’s Block Lunch event series.

Dambisa Moyo, international economist, joins Dean Peter Henry and MBA students for NYU Stern’s Block Lunch this fall.

Kenneth Langone (MBA ’60), founder and CEO of Invemed and co-founder of Home Depot, joined Langone MBA students for the inaugural 2013-2014 Langone Speaker Series event.

President John Sexton and Dean Peter Henry welcomed Stern alumnus Nicolas Berggruen (BS '81), chairman of the Berggruen Institute on Governance, to campus this month for a discussion with NYU students on his new book, "Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century."

On Monday, September 16, NYU trustee Ken Langone, educator Geoffrey Canada and investor Stanley Druckenmiller discussed "Generational Theft: How Entitlement Spending is Stealing Opportunity from America's Youth." The discussion was moderated by Bloomberg TV's Stephanie Ruhle.

In celebration of the launch of NYU Shanghai, the University’s third portal campus, NYU Stern held its biennial Global Alumni Conference in our newest home of Shanghai June 20-22, 2013.

Laurence D. Fink, chairman and CEO of BlackRock and an NYU Trustee, spoke with NYU Stern MBA students and faculty on "Longevity in the Age of Twitter," highlighting how the retirement landscape has changed significantly over the past 50 years.

Professor Nouriel Roubini moderated a conversation with Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, and Jared Cohen, director of Google Ideas, on their new book, "The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business."

As part of an annual tradition, NYU Stern faculty and guests gathered to celebrate the School’s community of scholars and to recognize excellence in research and scholarship, innovation, teaching and mentorship, and influence in business and policy.

As part of NYU Stern’s Block Lunch event series, hosted by Dean Peter Henry, Dina Habib Powell, president of the Goldman Sachs Foundation and global head of Corporate Engagement at Goldman Sachs, spoke to more than 100 MBA students.

For the second year in a row, NYU Stern hosted the annual Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards, honoring the leading disruptive innovators who have impacted business, technology, arts and entertainment.