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Dean Peter Henry and Nobel Laureate Michael Spence Chair Workshop on Restoring Inclusive Growth

On Thursday, October 7 and Friday, October 8, NYU Stern and the National Council of Applied Economic Research, India, with support from the World Bank, held a workshop on "Restoring Inclusive Growth in Advanced Economies" to encourage dialogue among economists and policy makers from the G20 countries.
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Lunchtime Chat with Dennis Crowley, CEO, Foursquare

NYU Stern's Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation hosted a Lunchtime Chat with NYU alumnus Dennis Crowley, co-founder and CEO of Foursquare, a mobile application for social networking with some three million users worldwide. This event was presented as part of the David & Rose Himelberg Speaker Series.
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Marketing Professors Given $1.1 Million Grant from NIH to Study the Efficacy of Anti-Drug Ads

NYU Stern marketing professors Eric Greenleaf, Geeta Menon, Tom Meyvis, and Vicki Morwitz, with principal investigator David Heeger, a professor in NYU’s Department of Psychology and Center for Neural Science, and Uri Hasson, an assistant professor of psychology at Princeton, were awarded a two-year, $1.1 million grant by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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Stern Professors Petition for Fed Independence

Among the 360-plus (and growing) economists, scholars, former Fed officials and investors that have signed and are circulating a petition to Congress and the Executive Branch urging them to keep the Federal Reserve independent are seven NYU Stern professors.
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Prof. Anindya Ghose & Collaborators Awarded $2 million NSF Grant to Study Security & Privacy Issues

Anindya Ghose, NYU Stern Assistant Professor of Information, Operations and Management Sciences, and his NYU collaborators were awarded a $2.124 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) based on the Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship For Service (SFS) program for research and teaching of security and privacy issues on the Internet and other critical information infrastructure.
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Professor Sinan Aral Awarded $40,000 IBM Faculty Award

Sinan Aral, assistant professor of Information, Operations and Management Sciences, was given the 2009 IBM faculty award, a cash grant that is awarded annually as a result of a worldwide competition created to foster collaboration between researchers at leading universities and those in IBM research, development and services organizations.
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Prof. William Baumol Honored at Book Signing for The Microtheory of Innovative Entrepreneurship

At an intimate reception on October 5, sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Princeton University Press and NYU Stern, William Baumol, Harold Price Professor of Entrepreneurship and academic director of Stern’s Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, was honored for his most recently published book, The Microtheory of Innovative Entrepreneurship.
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Stern in the News: September 2010

In September, NYU Stern generated more than 1,000 media hits. Stern faculty were featured for their views on a number of topics including the threat of a double dip recession, the challenges facing the Eurozone, proposed financial regulation and consumer psychology in a variety of prominent media outlets including Bloomberg Businessweek, the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal. Additionally, in more than 40 op-eds, Stern faculty offered their perspectives on a number of topics including BP and the Gulf oil spill, Tea Party victories, the trajectories of foreign economies and recommended priorities for reform.
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Australian Government Appoints Professor Stephen Brown to Prestigious Panel

Professor Stephen Brown, David S. Loeb Professor of Finance at NYU Stern, was selected by the Australian Research Council (ARC) as a member of Research Evaluation Committee for the Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) initiative for 2010. The Research Evaluation Committee, consisting of 149 internationally recognized scholars, will be evaluating every academic discipline within all Australian universities.
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Stern Economist Lawrence White to Address Housing Finance Reform at the Federal Reserve Bank

The US Departments of Housing and Urban Development, and the Treasury, are convening policymakers, industry groups, private industry participants, and citizen advocacy groups to discuss the policies and goals of housing finance reform. NYU Stern Professor of Economics Lawrence J. White, a former bank regulator who served as a Board Member of Freddie Mac, is a conference panelist and available for interviews.
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Entrepreneur Robin Chase, Zipcar Founder, Shares Her Secrets of Success

On September 22, Robin Chase spoke candidly to an audience of aspiring entrepreneurs about how she grew Zipcar into the world’s largest car-sharing service. As part of the David & Rose Himelberg Speaker Series, the event was hosted by NYU Stern’s Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation.
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Entrepreneurs Challenge Kick-Off Draws Budding Entrepreneurs

More than 450 NYU students, alumni and researchers gathered, standing-room-only, in Paulson auditorium on September 21 to hear about this year’s Entrepreneurs Challenge.
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NYU Stern and HEC Paris Experts Address the Future of Luxury Worldwide

Second quarter corporate earnings reports showing strong growth from luxury retailers such as Neiman Marcus and Tiffany indicate that high-end brands, vs. mass market retailers, are leading in the economic recovery. Academic and industry experts explain why and discuss the future of the global luxury sector.
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NYU Stern Hosts First Workshop on Information in Networks

In September, NYU Stern hosted WIN – Workshop on Information in Networks – to bring together leading researchers across disciplines studying ‘information in networks.’ The conference was attended by speakers and participants from top companies and universities, including Google Research, HP Labs, IBM, Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, Harvard University, MIT, NYU Stern, Stanford University, University of Cambridge, and University of Pennsylvania.
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 Professor Sinan Aral Named PopTech Science Fellow

 Sinan Aral, Assistant Professor of Information, Operations and Management Sciences, has been selected as a 2010 PopTech Science Fellow. Professor Aral joins a handful of other extremely high potential, socially engaged working scientists who view science as an essential way of thinking, discovering, understanding and deciding, and who can effectively communicate their work and its importance to the public.
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Study Ranks Online Competence of Prestige Specialty Retail Brands

Despite the greatest economic crisis since the Depression, retailers saw revenues from e-commerce increase in 2009, signaling a shift from bricks to clicks. By 2014 U.S. online retail sales are forecasted to increase to $250 billion and the web influences 46 percent of offline purchases.
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New MBA Student Club: The Stern Hedge Fund Association

The Stern Hedge Fund Association (SHFA) joins the ranks of NYU Stern’s some 40 MBA student clubs this fall. “As the hedge fund industry continues to grow and seek talent with graduate degrees, the SHFA will serve as a gateway for current MBA students to learn about the hedge fund industry,” explains Agata Rzamek, CAIA, club co-president. “The club will also facilitate networking between current students and alumni and other professionals in the field.”
Faculty News

Stern in the News: August 2010

In August, NYU Stern generated nearly 900 media hits. Stern faculty were featured for their perspectives on a number of topics including the threat of a double dip recession, the financial reform bill and the economic recovery in a variety of prominent media outlets including Bloomberg, the Financial Times and Forbes. Additionally in some 30 op-eds, Stern faculty offered their perspectives on the floods in Pakistan and banking reform, and shared lessons from the Great Depression.
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First-of-its-Kind Study Reveals Republican Senators Are More Digitally Competent than Democrats

In a new study, the first and largest of its kind, NYU Stern Professor of Marketing Scott Galloway, Dean of The George Washington University School of Business Doug Guthrie, and a team of experts evaluated and ranked 100 US Senators’ Digital IQ® including website strength, social media following and sentiment, digital marketing aptitude and search engine optimization skills. The results reveal that Republican Senators are savvier online and are acquiring likes and followers at a greater velocity than Democratic Senators.
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National Science Foundation Awards Professor Ghose and Four Colleagues $2.9 million Grant

 Anindya Ghose, Assistant Professor of Information, Operations and Management Sciences, and four NYU colleagues were awarded a five-year, $2.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s prestigious and highly competitive IGERT (The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship) program for research. The award is to pursue the research and teaching of security and privacy issues on the Internet and other critical information infrastructures.
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US Treasury Secretary Geithner Speaks at NYU Stern on Financial Reform

On August 2, NYU Stern hosted Timothy Geithner, US Secretary of the Treasury, who gave his first public remarks since the enactment of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Secretary addressed the core principles that will guide the implementation of these historic reforms.
Faculty News

Stern in the News: July 2010

In July, NYU Stern generated more than 800 media hits. Stern faculty were featured for their perspectives on a number of topics including the threat of a double dip recession, the financial reform bill and Greek public debt in a variety of prominent media outlets including Bloomberg, the Financial Times and Forbes. Additionally in 35 op-eds, Stern faculty offered their perspectives on Goldman Sachs and the SEC, AIG’s problems and the Eurozone economy.
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Stern Campus Greening Initiative Wins $10,000 Grant

The Stern Campus Greening Initiative, led by MBA student Sarah Driansky (above), received a $10,000 grant from The Brita Products Company for their proposal to install 25+ water bottle filing stations in NYU campus buildings. The grant is provided by the College FilterForGood Eco-Challenge www.filterforgood.com/ecochallenge/, which challenges college students to make their campuses more sustainable.
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Professor Lawrence White Testifies Before Federal Banking Agencies Hearing

On July 19, Lawrence White, Arthur E. Imperatore Professorship in Entrepreneurial Studies and Deputy Chair of the Economics Department at NYU Stern, testified at the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) hearing held jointly by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of Thrift Supervision. Professor White has previously written on the CRA, which was created in 1977 to reduce discriminatory credit practices against low-income neighborhoods.
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NYU Stern Professor Creates New Model to Predict Box Office Revenue from Movie Scripts

Statistics show that green-lighting a movie script that fails to produce profits at the box office can lead to financial ruin for studios – close to negative 50% ROI for unsuccessful films. On the upside, box office hits can produce more than 200% ROI.

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