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Excerpt from TechCrunch -- "At Stern, there are two separate Entrepreneur Challenges open to students and alumni – traditional ventures and ideas that address social programs. The winners of both can get up to $75,000 of funding."

Excerpt from Forbes -- "To achieve your boldest ambitions, keep a broad perspective and seek unconventional paths to create value."

Excerpt from Bloomberg Businessweek -- "The estimate comes from a paper Frederic Schweikhard and Zoe Tsesmelidakis presented in late May to an NYU Stern School of Business conference on credit risk. The pair, both PhD candidates at Goethe University Frankfurt, relied on a time-proven tool of finance – the Merton model of pricing corporate debt–to come up with their estimate."

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "A four-credit program beginning June 11th for non-business majors, Stern Foundations, the program is composed of four mini-courses in the key business disciplines of accounting, finance, management and marketing. And then there is New York City, a wide open laboratory for all things business and cultural."

Excerpt from Financial Times -- "Mark Seasholes, a finance professor at HKUST, says many of those enrolled on the programme want to figure out the bigger picture. 'Many companies want more than just the maths. We want to teach students how to deal with the problems that are coming up in five years.'"

Excerpt from Financial Times -- "I applied to the MS in Global Finance because I believe it is a great way to bolster my qualifications, enrich my knowledge base and financial acumen, launch my career development in a new trajectory, and continue to help MetLife achieve profitable growth globally."

Excerpt from The New York Times -- "In 2001, the couple moved to Harlem so that Mr. Williams could work for the Clinton Foundation. His task there was developing programs to help the local community; one that he started, in partnership with Booz Allen Hamilton and the New York University Stern School of Business, provided free consulting to small businesses."

Excerpt from The Economist -- "New York University’s Stern Business School is introducing a new essay question for MBA applicants. The school says it is intended to 'assess an applicant’s fit with the Stern mission and mindset about creating value in an environment of increased ambiguity.'"

Excerpt from New York Magazine -- "Johanna Stout, manager of the Fashion Incubator explained, 'We have a partnership with NYU Stern [School of Business]. We really noticed that the designers, they’re not business people, you know? ... So for nine months we paired them with an MBA student and an adviser from the industry to work on their financials before they even moved in. We're like, let's clean up the financials, let's get you a business plan, and then you can move into the incubator.'"

Excerpt from Bloomberg Businessweek -- "A few years ago I thought I had seen it all, having had this front-row seat to so much happening in business globally. But then I received a call that led to one of the most exciting days of my life. It was the New York Yankees calling. They wanted me to throw out the first pitch in the last game of the season. ... "

Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "As the trend continues—as the huge financial conglomerates operate under continuous and rigorous scrutiny—they will become financial public utilities. Meanwhile, the crucial job of competitively allocating credit will be relegated to a shrinking portion of the financial markets."

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "'I’m here hoping you won’t commit the same crime I committed, insider trading,' Bauer told the students at NYU’s Stern School of Business in February. 'I feel remorse. That’s why I’m here. It’s my way of trying to apologize to everyone for what I’ve done and try to make amends.'"

Excerpt from Bloomberg Businessweek -- "New York University’s Stern School of Business announced on May 8 that it hired Jonathan Haidt, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia for 16 years, to join its faculty starting in the fall of 2012. ... Haidt will create a course at Stern called Ethical Systems Design."

Excerpt from Forbes -- "The [HKUST] runs the MBA program in partnership with the Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, Ill., and it has a partnership with NYU’s Stern School of Business for students who want to get a Master’s in global finance."

Excerpt from Find-MBA.com -- "Isser Gallogly, assistant dean of MBA admissions at NYU's Stern School of Business, Stern's part-time program is generally for 'people who like their industry, like their function, and are seeking the knowledge that an MBA program can provide them to do better and go further in their careers.'"

Excerpt from Business Insider -- "CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo delivered the commencement address at NYU Stern last week, and she told graduates about the time in 1993 when Lou Dobbs said she was making the biggest mistake of her career by leaving CNN."

Excerpt from Financial Times -- "Graduates from NYU Stern, most noted as a finance school, also do well in luxury goods and the media industry. Christian Dior, Estée Lauder and Tiffany have all recruited there this year, along with Disney, LinkedIn and Quidsi, the retailing division of Amazon."

Excerpt from Bloomberg Businessweek -- "The New York University Stern School of Business, with its Social Enterprise Association MBA Club, recently established a Loan Assistance Program for full-time, part-time, and EMBA graduates who pursue careers in social enterprise. Unlike most programs of its kind, this one makes more people eligible."

Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "The exercise was part of an unusual collaboration between New York University's Stern School of Business and the Council of Fashion Designers of America's two-year-old Fashion Incubator program, which gives emerging designer labels mentoring from established fashion executives and designers, networking opportunities and office space in New York's garment district."

 Excerpt from New York Daily News -- "The more you can blend in for an interview looks-wise, the better (it is) so they can focus on what you're saying and the value you'll add."

Excerpt from Westchester Magazine -- "More and more physicians are captive in practices that are now owned or operated by the hospital in which they work. Let’s face it: Their professional responsibility may be to the patient, but their responsibility as employees is to their employer."

Excerpt from Econoplay -- "' ... we saw an increase in activity in the media/entertainment/technology sectors, and luxury retail – which tracks with our educational offerings in these areas,' Mittman said. 'We anticipate our graduation employment report to show a smoothing out in the balance of industries as a result.'"

Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "The Tribeca Film Festival, in association with Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen and the Disruptor Foundation, honored 18-year-old Bieber, along with his manager Scooter Braun, were honored [SIC] for breaking the music industry mold. Bieber, wearing his favorite varsity jacket, was on hand at New York University's Stern School of Business to accept his award."

Excerpt from Forbes -- "According to ComScore, social media now reaches over 82% of the worlds online population. Nearly 1 out of every 5 minutes spent online is used to engage on Facebook, tweet on Twitter, connect on LinkedIn – along with other social media activities."

Excerpt from Washington Square News -- "'We see the MS in business analytics as a market-driven new offering that responds to the incredible explosion of data and the new ways in which data is being used in making strategic business decisions,' Zemel said."