# Stern alumna Lola Alarcon Tomas (MSBA '17) is quoted in a trend story highlighting the School's Master of Science in Business Analytics as one of the top programs embracing the role of data in a competitive business landscape

1 School News December 4, 2019 ![SI_News_Logo_190x145](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/sinewslogo_190x145.png?itok=SciSwrSw)>

Excerpt from [SI News](https://studyinternational.com/news/the-importance-of-business-analytics-in-a-competitive-business-landscape/) -- "'The programme was overall above expectations…I met some of the brightest people that I’ve met in my career. We were more collaborative than competitive and I learned to approach problems from different angles. Data science for business opened a world to me and other subjects gave that wow factor to techniques that we should be applying for problem-solving,' says MSBA graduate, Lola Alarcon Tomas."

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