Coolest MBA Clubs for Students in New York
Aside from going to class — and in the case of folks seeking a Part-Time MBA, going to work — many prospective MBAs join clubs or student organizations. Students do so for a multitude of reasons.
Top MBA Recruiters: Boston Consulting Group
Boston Consulting Group – A Dominant Force in Consulting
When it comes to consulting firms there are a few names sure to show up on any MBAs dream job list: McKinsey & Company, Bain & Company, Deloitte Consulting, and The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). While McKinsey reigns on top in Vault.com’s ranking of the most prestigious consulting firms on Earth, BCG has had a lock on the number two spot for almost 10 years. Continue reading…
Where to Get Your Green MBA
While traditional MBA degrees require coursework and experiential learning in finances, analytics, management, economic theory, and business ethics; a sustainable MBA program, or green MBA, includes these subjects, but taught within the imposed limits of managing for environmental and social sustainability. Continue reading…
Stern and NYU Wireless Receive NSF Grant for 5G Research
The NYU Stern School of Business and NYU Wireless have received a grant from the National Science Foundation. This four-year, $750,000 grant from NSF will go toward research in to the millimeter wave (mmWave) wireless networking spectrum and related business policies and models. The research will focus on business-related questions that will arise with the development of mmWave or 5G. The research will help businesses to determine how the new networking would be used and how the new technology will be used by businesses and regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
NYU Wireless is an academic research center at NYU’s Brooklyn engineering location. The center works to create fundamental theories and techniques for the next generation of wireless devices. The new 5G frequency bands have the potential to support cellular data connections at speeds exceeding 10 gigabits per second, which is a thousand times faster than current 4G rates.
Stern Center for Business and Human Rights Plans New Project
The Center for Business and Human Rights at the NYU Stern School of Business will start a new research project to promote human rights in the supply chain for construction labor that runs from South Asia to the Arabian Gulf. The focus of the project will be to examine business practices among recruitment agencies that make workers more vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.
The center‘s research will focus on relationships among recruitment companies based in South Asia and construction firms doing business in the Arabian Gulf. The goal of the project is to better understand the incentives and pressures that exist at different points in the chain that are contributing to violations of migrant workers’ rights. The Center expects to publish a report with findings and recommendations in early 2016.
Stern Receives $5.75 Million for Scholarship Funding
The Stern School of Business at New York University has received $5.75 million from alumnus Leonard Stern. This gift will go towards the establishment of The Leonard N. Stern New York City Scholarship. The scholarship will provide support to exceptional New York City high-school seniors who aim to study business at NYU but are lacking the financial means to do so.
The scholarship will provide 10 high-achieving, ow-income students from New York City, who have already been admitted to NYU Stern’s Undergraduate College the financial support to complete their education with out the burden of debt from loans and other financial support. The scholarship fund will support 40 students over four years. This gift was part of NYU’s “Momentum Campaign”, which aims to raise $1 billion in six years for scholarships at NYU.
