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In February, NYU Stern generated nearly 650 media hits. Stern faculty were featured for their research and perspectives on a variety of subjects including systemic risk, entrepreneurship, CEO compensation, the flash crash and Middle East unrest in a number of prominent outlets such as CNBC, The Economist and The Wall Street Journal. Additionally, in 51 op-eds, Stern faculty discussed the Deutsche Boerse-NYSE Euronext merger, public sector unions, QE2, employee activism and the economic and intellectual benefits of cities.

William H. Joyce Professor of Marketing Russell Winer accepted the AMA/Irwin/McGraw-Hill Distinguished Marketing Educator Award at the AMA’s 2011 Winter Marketing Educators’ Conference on February 19 in Austin, Texas. Established in 1985, the award is given annually to a long-standing leader in marketing education who has made extensive and sustained contributions to the marketing discipline. It is designed to be the highest honor a marketing educator can receive.

In January, NYU Stern generated nearly 900 media hits. Stern faculty were featured for their research and perspectives on a variety of subjects including consumer color preferences, global financial regulation, accounting fraud, body language and art market valuation in a number of prominent outlets such as Bloomberg Businessweek, Financial Times and The New York Times. Additionally, in 40 op-eds, Stern faculty discussed clean technology investment, the importance of studying communications in business, Starbucks’s new logo, the Arizona shootings, Steve Jobs’s medical leave and solutions to the Greek debt.

Two of NYU Stern’s faculty members have recently received prestigious awards, each given to researchers under the age of 40, for their research to date and respective contributions to their fields. Xavier Gabaix, Martin J. Gruber Chair in Asset Management, has been awarded the 2011 Fischer Black Prize. Alexander Ljungqvist, Ira Rennert Chair in Finance and Entrepreneurship, received the 2011 Ewing Marion Kauffman Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship.

Xavier Gabaix, Professor of Finance and Martin J. Gruber Chair in Asset Management, and his colleagues received a certificate of excellence from the TIAA-CREF Institute for their paper, “The Age of Reason: Financial Decisions over the Life Cycle with Implications for Regulation.” In the paper, the authors analyze 10 different types of credit behavior of people of different ages and conclude that younger and older adults may need additional guidance with respect to financial matters; they find that the "age of reason" (when people make the fewest financial mistakes) is 53 years old.

In December, NYU Stern generated almost 800 media hits. Stern faculty were featured for their research and perspectives on a variety of subjects including risk calculation, brands replacing religion as a source of self-worth, detection of proprietary trading and the economic outlook for emerging economies in a number of prominent outlets such as Bloomberg, CNBC and The Wall Street Journal. Additionally, in 34 op-eds, Stern faculty discussed the Wikileaks data dump, President Obama’s tax cut deal, overcompensation of financial sector employees, Russia and Qatar as World Cup sites and the gold investment boom.

In an effort to spark innovation and expand entrepreneurship opportunities, NYU is launching the Technology Venture Competition this fall. The competition, which is open to NYU students, faculty and researchers, has a top prize of $75,000 to the winners. The Entrepreneurs Challenge, launched in 1999, is the premier platform for identifying, nurturing and showcasing entrepreneurial talent at NYU. In addition to the newly created Technology Venture Competition, the Entrepreneurs Challenge includes the Annual New Venture Competition and the Social Venture Competition.

In November, NYU Stern generated almost 800 media hits. Stern faculty were featured for their research and perspectives on a variety of subjects including closet indexing, consumer behavior, the art market and Eurozone debt contagion in a number of prominent outlets such as Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes and the Financial Times. Additionally, in some 40 op-eds, Stern faculty discussed entrepreneurship, TSA screenings, the ramifications of the 2010 midterm elections, Michelle Obama’s market-moving fashion choices and fossil fuels.

NASA, the White House and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) outpace other public sector organizations when it comes to social media savvy and online strategy, according to the first annual Digital IQ Index® for the Public Sector.

Convening approximately 130 industry experts, NYU Stern MBA students and alumni, and academics, the Eighth Annual Future of TV Conference focused on digital media and innovation in today’s rapidly changing TV industry. Hosted by Digital Media Wire, in association with NYU Stern and the Consumer Electronics Association, the event was co-chaired by Professor Al Lieberman, executive director of NYU Stern’s Entertainment, Media and Technology Program, and Ned Sherman, CEO and publisher of Digital Media Wire.