# Page Title 1 News > **News Highlights from April 14 - 20, 2012** Last week, NYU Stern faculty were featured for their research and views on a variety of topics, including the euro zone debt crisis, office design and the financial health of banks, in prominent outlets such as Bloomberg, *The Economist* and *The New York Times*. To see all of Stern's media coverage, please visit the [Faculty News](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/index.htm?refine=facultynews&src=sin&send_date=2012-04-23) and [School News](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/index.htm?refine=schoolnews&src=sin&send_date=2012-04-23) areas of the [Experience Stern News & Events](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/index.htm?src=sin&send_date=2012-04-23) page. A preview of media highlights is included below, and additional media coverage of Dean Peter Henry and Professors Thomas Cooley, Aswath Damodaran, Anindya Ghose, Jill Kickul, Al Lieberman, Kim Schoenholtz and David Yermack is featured on the KMC lobby screens. ![Washington Post](http://web-images.stern.nyu.edu/pa/media_icons/washpost_48x48.jpg) ## [Professor Anindya Ghose's research on the link between Craigslist and STD rates is highlighted ](http://wapo.st/I0xDpO) April 13, 2012 Excerpt from [The Washington Post](http://wapo.st/I0xDpO) — “'The entry of Craigslist produces a transformative shift in casual sex-seeking behavior,' Jason Chan and Anindya Ghose write in 'Internet’s Dirty Secret: Assessing the Impact of Technology Shocks on the Outbreaks of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.'” [Read more](http://wapo.st/I0xDpO) ![Bloomberg](http://web-images.stern.nyu.edu/pa/media_icons/bloomberg_48x48.jpg) ## [An op-ed by Professors Thomas Cooley and Kim Schoenholtz on loopholes in Dodd-Frank ](http://bloom.bg/J4Wf05) April 16, 2012 Excerpt from [Bloomberg](http://bloom.bg/J4Wf05) — "...Dodd-Frank failed to heed a fundamental law of architecture: Form must follow function. For financial regulation to be effective, it should focus on economic function, rather than legal form. If it doesn’t, institutions will quickly find new forms that free them of regulatory constraints. What walks like a duck and quacks like a duck must be regulated as a duck, even if it is legally a goose." [Read more](http://bloom.bg/J4Wf05) ![Harvard Business Review](http://web-images.stern.nyu.edu/pa/media_icons/hbr_48x48.jpg) ## [An op-ed by Professor Anat Lechner on designing workplaces for employee collaboration ](http://bit.ly/K2llgQ) April 18, 2012 Excerpt from [Harvard Business Review](http://bit.ly/K2llgQ) — "Collaboration now occurs all the time at personal desks and in hallways, or virtually via internet or smart phones, and it's often spontaneous and informal, rather than planned in advance. Unfortunately our legacy work environments — dominated by offices or cubes — rarely match this new reality." [Read more](http://bit.ly/K2llgQ) ![VoxEU](http://web-images.stern.nyu.edu/pa/media_icons/vox_48x48.jpg) ## [An op-ed by Professors Viral Acharya, Itamar Drechsler and Philipp Schnabl on euro bank and sovereign risks](http://bit.ly/JtVW4h) April 15, 2012 Excerpt from [VoxEU](http://bit.ly/JtVW4h) — "The deadliest aspect of the Eurozone crisis is the tripwire linking the riskiness of banks and governments. This column provides evidence of the link and explains how it arose. It argues that given the near-chaos-like interaction, the zero risk weights on sovereign bonds should be revisited." [Read more](http://bit.ly/JtVW4h) ![Bloomberg Businessweek](http://web-images.stern.nyu.edu/pa/media_icons/bloomberg_businessweek_48x48.jpg) ## [Professor Jill Kickul on NYU Stern's social impact initiatives](http://buswk.co/I53aw0) April 17, 2012 Excerpt from [Bloomberg Businessweek](http://buswk.co/I53aw0) — "The size and complexity of the problems—and opportunities—facing business today require leaders who understand the linkages between the financial and the real economy, between business and policy, and who can balance the quest for profit with a responsibility to the public good." [Read more](http://buswk.co/I53aw0) ![The Journal News](/sites/default/files/assets/images/con_035764.jpg) ## [Dean Peter Henry on NYU Stern's part-time MBA program in Westchester ](http://lohud.us/IkJzX8) April 18, 2012 Excerpt from [The Journal News](http://lohud.us/IkJzX8) — "Students are looking more and more for programs that can provide the kind of flexibility that 21st-century careers and lifestyles demand, so we’re working hard to do that." [Read more](http://lohud.us/IkJzX8) ![Variety](http://web-images.stern.nyu.edu/pa/media_icons/variety_48x48.jpg) ## [Professor Al Lieberman on NYU Stern’s “The Craft and Commerce of Cinema: Cannes Film Festival” course ](http://bit.ly/JLN3yL) April 19, 2012 Excerpt from [Variety](http://bit.ly/JLN3yL) — "As with all school programs, the key incentive is the leg-up it gives students. 'It's an important part of their educational experience,' says NYU's Lieberman. 'People come back and say, 'This changed my life.'" [Read more](http://bit.ly/JLN3yL)