# STERN BUSINESS Magazine Fall 2020 ![People waving and smiling on Zoom screens - cover of fall 2020 magazine](/sites/default/files/styles/640w_x_535h/public/assets/images/Fall2020Cover-splitcomponent.png.webp?itok=oXXM2hK9) Fall 2020 ## The Fall 2020 Issue Read about how the NYU Stern community came together in the face of Covid-19, and more --- ## Featured Articles [**Cover Story: Alumni Rally to Help Stern Meet the Moment**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/alumni-rally-help-stern-meet-moment-how-nyu-stern-community-came-together-face-covid-19) NYU Stern's alumni community came together in the face of Covid-19 to support the School and its students in myriad ways --- **[The Conversation](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/leading-uc-forward-conversation-with-robert-whitelaw-vice-dean-undergraduate-college)** Robert Whitelaw, Vice Dean of the Undergraduate College and Edward C. Johnson 3d professor of entrepreneurial finance, reflects on his fondest Stern memories and shares his goals for the Undergraduate College --- **[Feature: Stern's New Leadership Accelerator Cultivates Skills and Agility](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/stern-s-new-leadership-accelerator-cultivates-skills-and-agility)** An approach defined by a continuous cycle of real-time actions, followed by reflections --- [**An Entrepreneurial Ecosystem**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/entrepreneurial-ecosystem-stern-venture-fellows-takes-launchpad-stern-startup-founders) The Stern Venture Fellows program has taken off as a launchpad for Stern startup founders --- **[Working Toward Diversity and Inclusion](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/working-toward-diversity-and-inclusion)** Gary Fraser (MBA '92), Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, shares continuing efforts that are working to diversify the overall environment at NYU Stern --- **Donor News**- [A Lasting Legacy: The Christine A. Schneider Scholarship](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/lasting-legacy-christine-schneider-scholarship) - [A Head Start Through the Fertitta Veterans Program](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/head-start-through-fertitta-veterans-program) - [On Being a 'Sternie': Reflection From a Breakthrough Scholar](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/being-sternie-reflection-breakthrough-scholar) - [NYU Stern’s 9th Scholarship Reception Celebrates Donors and Students](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/nyu-stern-s-9th-scholarship-reception-celebrates-donors-and-students) --- **Alumni Relations**- [*Stern Network* Makes Finding (or Providing) Career Support Easier](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/stern-network-makes-finding-or-providing-career-support-easier) - [Stern Expands Lifelong Learning Opportunities](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/stern-expands-lifelong-learning-opportunities) - [Welcoming This Year’s New Stern Alumni Council Members](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/welcoming-year-s-new-stern-alumni-council-members) --- **School News**- [Kathleen DeRose Appointed Director of the Fubon Center for Technology, Business and Innovation](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/kathleen-derose-appointed-director-fubon-center-technology-business-and-innovation) - [Endless Frontier Labs’ First Startup Cohort Graduates, Taking a New MBA Grad With It](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/endless-frontier-labs-first-startup-cohort-graduates-taking-new-mba-grad-with-it) - [NYU Stern Launches New BS in Business, Technology and Entrepreneurship for Undergraduate Business Students](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/nyu-stern-launches-new-bs-business-technology-and-entrepreneurship-undergraduate-business-students) - [Introducing the Volatility and Risk Institute](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/introducing-volatility-and-risk-institute) - [Next-Gen Investors Especially Value ESG](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/next-gen-investors-especially-value-esg) --- **Experience Stern**- [A Success From the Get-Go: The First Graduating Class of the EMBA DC Program Celebrated](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/success-get-go-first-graduating-class-emba-dc-program-celebrated) - [Summer Fellowships Provide Internships for Undergraduate Students](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/summer-fellowships-provide-internships-undergraduate-students) - [Stern MBA Students Give Back to the NYC Community and Support Small Businesses Impacted by Covid-19 through SternWorks: Serve NYC](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/stern-mba-students-give-back-nyc-community-and-support-small-businesses-impacted-covid-10-through) --- **Sternies Make Their Mark**- [Dr. Vivian Lee (MBA '06) Shares Her Insights on Fixing the U.S. Healthcare System](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/charting-health-care-s-path-forward) - [A Head Start on Giving Back with The Analyst Pledge](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/head-start-giving-back-with-analyst-pledge) - [Championing Diversity and Inclusion: Luzerne McAllister (MBA '14) Pushes for Positive Change](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/championing-diversity-and-inclusion-luzerne-mcallister-mba-14-pushes-positive-change) - [Resprana: Sophie Frank's (BS' 17) Wearable Air Filter Startup](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/resprana-sophie-frank-s-bs-17-wearable-air-filter-startup) - [Tech and Sustainability Dominate Venture Prizes](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/tech-and-sustainability-dominate-venture-prizes-0) --- **[Books Worth Reading](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/books-worth-reading-2020)** The latest books authored by Stern faculty --- **Stern Pioneers**- [Jerry Cohen (BS ’53/MBA ’59): A Pioneering Legacy of Giving Back at NYU Stern](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/jerry-cohen-bs-53-mba-59-pioneering-legacy-giving-back-nyu-stern) - [Charlotte Pearl Rubens Bloomberg (BS ’29): A Role Model for Community Service and Leadership](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/news/charlotte-pearl-rubens-bloomberg-bs-29-role-model-community-service-and-leadership) **Faculty in the News & Research** See the latest for [faculty in the news](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events) and their [latest research](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/faculty-research). --- ## Past Issues [Fall 2019](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/portal-partners/alumni/alumni-news-profiles/sternbusiness-magazine/sternbusiness-magazine-fall-2019) Meet the New Board Chair, Andre J.L. Koo (MBA '94) [Fall 2018](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sternbusiness-magazine/stern-business-archive/sternbusiness-magazine-fall-2018) Stern Powers Tech [Spring 2018](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sternbusiness-magazine/stern-business-archive/spring-2018) Meet Dean Raghu Sundaram [Fall 2017](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sternbusiness-magazine/stern-business-archive/fall-2017) Innovation at the Pace of Business [Spring 2017](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sternbusiness-magazine/stern-business-archive/spring-2017) The Future is Fintech [Archive](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sternbusiness-magazine/stern-business-archive) Older Issues *Stay tuned and make sure your contact information is [up to date](http://stern.nyu.edu/updateinfo) to receive the next issue in the mail.*