# Stern's Loan Assistance Program, Social Venture Competition & social impact coursework are featured

1 School News March 18, 2014 ![Crain's New York logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031171.jpg?itok=74z5O7mn)>

Excerpt from [Crain's New York](http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140318/PROFESSIONAL_SERVICES/303169996/biz-school-courses-focus-on-giving-back) -- "Other students, such as Yaopeng Zhou, a second-year M.B.A. student at Stern, enroll specifically so they can work on their own entrepreneurial ventures. He teamed up with a former colleague and alumnus to develop a portable device for conducting reliable, affordable eye exams, aimed particularly at emerging markets. They won the top prize of $75,000 in Stern's Social Venture Competition last May."

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