# In a feature interview, Dean Peter Henry cites how the School has deepened and diversified through faculty recruitment, and its priority of providing scholarships for high-achieving, low-income students

1 Faculty News October 16, 2016 ![Financial Times logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_025699.jpg?itok=5SpaxEbn)>

Excerpt from the [Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/8b8fb7ae-8a43-11e6-8cb7-e7ada1d123b1) -- "\[[Henry](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/peter-henry)\] is adamant that financial services companies need to engage with the longer-term issues that preoccupy economists — such as income inequality — rather than just the more pressing matters that managers tend to focus on. In keeping with this mantra, NYU Stern is focusing fundraising on creating full scholarships for high-achieving, low-income students — the aim is to offer 200, up from 34 now. 'New buildings are wonderful, but we prefer to invest our resources in human capital.'"

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