Stern Holds Info Session for Manhattan PT MBA
The Stern School of Business will be hosting an upcoming information session for its Part-Time MBA program. This information session will focus on the school’s Manhattan location. The event will be held Feb. 23 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. During the event, prospective students for the part-time program at the Manhattan campus will have the opportunity to meet and talk with admissions representatives, financial aid representatives and current students.
Classes for the Part-Time program at Manhattan can be taken on weeknights, Saturdays and in an accelerated two-year structure. Weeknight classes are held Monday through Thursday from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Saturday classes meet from 9:00 a.m. to noon and from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Classes for the accelerated program are held both during weeknight class times and Saturdays.
Apps Open for Stern Biz Analytics Exec Ed Program
The Executive Education course, Business Analytics: Inside Out in Two Days at NYU Stern School of Business will be held Feb. 19 through Feb. 20, 2015. Applications are now being accepted and the admissions office recommends that prospective students apply at least one month before the start of the program. The course will be held at the NYU campus.
The curriculum for this Executive Education program is designed to give executive leaders with the knowledge to understand and improve their skills in creative decision-making. Students in the program are consistently asked how the skills they are learning will benefit their organization. Students participate in case studies, group breakout sessions and interactive mini-lectures.
Stern Holds Biz Analytics Exec Ed Course
The next business analytics and marketing short course at NYU Stern School of Business will be held Feb. 19 through Feb. 20, 2015. This course is titled, Business Analytics: Inside Out in Two Days. The cost of this program is $3,600.
Business analytics is defined as the intersection of business and technology. Individuals with strong quantitative backgrounds can acquire business analytics skills as well as effective tools to communicate and visualize the results throughout their companies.
Stern Holds First Diversity Case Competition
NYU Stern School of Business held its first Diversity Case Competition Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. The Association of Hispanic and Black Business Students hosted the competition, in association with The Management Consulting Association, The Graduate Finance Association, OutClass, Stern Women In Business and Stern Investment Management and Research Club. The event was open to all Stern students.
For the event, students worked in teams of 3 or 4 to develop business strategies related to serving diverse customer demographics and employees. The competition was sponsored by a number of firms including AT Kearney, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Deloitte, JP Morgan, Prudential, Verizon, and Viacom. The winning team received a $1500 cash prize.
Stern Center for Biz and Human Rights Writes to Obama Admin.
The directors of the Center for Business and Human Rights at the New York University Stern School of Business wrote to President Obama after his administration announced that it would begin the process of writing a national action plan to examine the impact of business on global human rights. In a letter to President Obama, the authors urged the administration to look closely at certain sectors that are at particularly high risk for human rights violations including information technology, private security contracting and extractives and mining.
The letter also called for the U.S. Agency on International Development (USAID) to consider its role in assisting U.S. companies looking to protect human rights in the global supply chain.
