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An exterior view of the Stern School of Business. The Tisch Hall building is to the right and the Kaufman Management Center is to the left. In the foreground is the Gould Plaza public gathering area.

Opinion: Stern has a designated ‘lunch hour,’ other schools should too

The Stern School of Business' "lunch hour" provides a much-needed break for busy and stressed students. NYU’s other schools should implement something similar.
Polina Tyurikova, Contributing Writer April 18, 2024

Ever rushed to eat lunch before hopping on a Zoom call, or skipped it altogether due to a packed schedule? NYU’s Stern School of Business has got you covered. The business school...

More than one hundred people dressed in black gather in a circle during a candlelight vigil in a plaza in front of a red sandstone building.

Stern community holds vigil for students killed in Puerto Rico

Students and faculty at NYU’s Stern School of Business attended a vigil and memorial service for two students who were killed in Puerto Rico last week.
Carmo Moniz and Yezen Saadah May 12, 2023

More than 100 students and faculty at the Stern School of Business gathered in Gould Plaza Thursday night to mourn the deaths of Franco Medina Angulo and Sergio Palomino Ruiz,...

A man in a blue shirt and a brown tie holds his right arm up while speaking to a group of students. Behind him, there is a slide that is drawn over that reads: “Stern Best, thumbs up emoji.”

Off-Third: Sternies are better than us, actually

Leave the finance bros alone. Everyone knows you’re just jealous of them.
Naisha Roy, Staff Writer December 7, 2022

Off-Third is WSN’s satire column. Last week, the undergraduate dean at Stern School of Business answered questions during a town hall with dozens of students to discuss anti-Stern...

A man in a blue shirt and a brown tie holds his arm up while speaking. Behind him there is a slide projected that reads: “Discuss: 1. What steps can be taken by the Student Council and ICC to help improve some of the issues that you have identified above. 2. What steps can be taken by the Stern Administration to help improve some of the issues that you have identified above.”

Sternies talk ‘anti-Stern bias’ at town hall

Stern’s dean of undergraduate studies addressed how the broader NYU community “looks down” upon the prestigious business school and its resources. “We’re better than the rest,” he said.
Tori Morales, Deputy News Editor November 30, 2022

The undergraduate dean at the Stern School of Business commiserated with dozens of students about “negative assumptions” others have of the school at a town hall held by its...

NYU Failed Students of Color in Stern

NYU Failed Students of Color in Stern

WSN Editorial Board April 30, 2018
If we want to make changes in the culture at NYU Stern School of Business, it is important that faculty, students and administrators work together to educate themselves, so that the victimized students don't need to.
Stern Professor Lays Out Progressive Vision for Congress

Stern Professor Lays Out Progressive Vision for Congress

Sunanda Gaskins, Staff Writer April 23, 2018
NYU professor Suraj Patel is running for Congress, challenging incumbent Carolyn Maloney for office in New York's 12th District.
A Muslim student standing in the lobby of the Henry Kaufman Management Center. Stern has recently gained attention from the larger NYU community due to instances of Islamophobia and discrimination.

Racial Discrimination and Islamophobia Pervasive in Stern

Jemima McEvoy and Sakshi Venkatraman April 23, 2018
Muslim and black students have reported experiencing racial discrimination and Islamophobia in the Leonard N. Stern School of Business.
NYU Stern alum Max Kramer created a new weapon-mounted camera. The camera attaches to the gun and starts taking footage when it is drawn.

Stern Alum Creates First Weapon-Mounted Camera

Alyssa Le, Contributing Writer September 28, 2017
Stern alum and CEO of Centinel Solutions Max Kramer created the first weapon-mounted camera. He first developed the idea in an NYU class.