# Stern's newly expanded Volatility and Risk Institute (VRI) is profiled; VRI Co-Directors Professors Robert Engle and Richard Berner are quoted on the VRI's expansion and core mission

1 School News November 8, 2019 ![GARP logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/garp.jpg?itok=nE1A7WFN)>

Excerpt from [GARP.org](https://www.garp.org/#!/risk-intelligence/market/metrics/a1Z1W000003mia4UAA) -- "The Volatility Institute at New York University's Stern School of Business, founded in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, has a new name – the Volatility and Risk Institute – signifying a focus beyond just financial risks. The institute and its Volatility Laboratory, or V-Lab, are renowned for continuous measurements and forecasts of volatility in financial markets, among them the SRISK systemic risk analytics...The expanded institute now has co-directors: Engle, who was director of the Volatility Institute; and Richard Berner, professor of management practice."

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