Welcome back to our weekly installment of Campus Chronicles. This week we’ll take a look at NYU’s student newspaper, the Stern Opportunity, to see what’s been happening on Stern’s campus.
Stern’s newest club, the Government and Business Association (GBA), hosted the school’s first event of the 2009-2010 academic year, a panel discussion entitled “Can Government Spending Replace the Consumer?” Over 125 Stern students and alumni came out to participate in panel discussions with Nouriel Roubini, a professor of Economics and International Business at Stern, and Maury Harris, UBS Chief US Economist. Roubini and Harris discussed topical subjects including the economic downturn, strategies for recovery, and long-term implications on the financial services sector. Students and alumni had a chance to discuss their views with both speakers regarding these topics after the event. GBA plans to host panel discussions later in the year regarding new healthcare legislation effects, technology’s influence on the political process, the interconnectedness of the global economy, and how Stern students can use their MBAs to gain a career in government and politics.
Stern students, alumni, and over one hundred prospective students taking part in the Discover Stern weekend for diversity students attended the 24th annual Association of Hispanic and Black Business Students (AHBBS) conference. This year’s conference theme was “Reflect, Rethink, Reshape: Exploring the New Normal” and was aimed at evaluating the past year’s changes in the business community. Panel discussions “Marketing Out-the-Box” and “Extending the Lines of Finance: Change and Emerging Opportunities in the Financial Sector” offered participants the opportunity to discuss social networking as a marketing tool as well as the changes in traditional finance functions in the past year with representatives from companies including American Express, HBO, Booz & Company, Citi, and GE Energy Financial Services. William Cruz, the President of TCB Consulting, presented an intercultural communications workshop entitled “Managing Across Cultures” and discussed how to promote awareness and accommodation of cultural difference in the workplace.
