Alumni Spotlight: Dan Schulman (NYU Stern)
One of the most accomplished alumni to set foot into the NYU Stern School of Business is Dan Schulman. Schulman has worked as a prominent business leader for around 20 years, most recently being named as CEO of PayPal in 2014. Continue reading…
Wharton Professor Offers Advice on a Vital Tool – Résumé Optimization
Peter Cappelli, Professor of Management and director of the Center for Human Resources at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania recently offered some sound advice that could be invaluable to MBAs in the throes of a job hunt.
Cappelli, the author of “Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs” says simply in a New York Times ‘Workologist’ column, “Write the résumé around the job description.”
Professor Profile: Adam Grant, Wharton
When attending Ivy league schools like The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, students are guaranteed to have professors with impressive resumes leading lectures and projects. One such professor at Wharton is Adam Grant, 34, who is a New York Times best-selling author as well as the youngest tenured professor at the renowned business school. Continue reading…
Lehigh Alumnus Leads Washington Post to Win Two Pulitzers
It was announced this week that the Washington Post, where Lehigh University College of Business and Economics alumnus Martin “Marty” Baron ‘76 serves as executive editor, has won two Pulitzer Prizes in recognition for its work over the past year.
The paper earned the Pulitzer public service medal for its work exposing the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs and another Pulitzer for reporter Eli Saslow’s striking series about the struggles of Americans who receive food stamps.
In a discussion with host David Greene at National Public Radio, Baron described his work on the NSA series as “legally and reputationally risky,” but in the end particularly rewarding. “This is an organization that in its history has taken on the most sensitive and difficult subjects, and we were prepared to do that again.” He added, “News organizations need to remain ambitious. They need to do the hardest stories and the most important stories, and they need to invest the resources in order to deliver those stories successfully. And if that requires confronting powerful institutions, we’re willing to take risks in service of the public interest.” Continue reading…
NYU Stern Alumnus Named Dean of MBA Students
New York University Stern School of Business has announced that one of its alumni, Conor Grennan, will be appointed as Dean of Students for the MBA Program, effective April 1, 2014. Serving in this position, Grennan will act as liaison between Stern’s administration and the School’s MBA students.
A graduate of Stern’s full-time MBA program in 2010, where he also served as president of the Stern student body in his second year, Grennan is widely known for his New York Times best-selling book “Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal”, published by William Morrow in 2011.
The book chronicles Grennan’s pre-MBA work as founder and president of Next Generation Nepal, a non-governmental organization (NGO) that has rescued and reconnected with their families approximately 500 trafficked children in post-war Nepal since 2006. According to the Dean of NYU Stern, Peter Henry, “Conor instantly grasps what we mean when we say we’re in the business of inspiring future leaders to create value in the world because he has transformed our promise into real outcomes in the real world. Conor is a bridge builder who successfully discovers unforeseen opportunities to make a meaningful difference where business, society, culture and people intersect. We are delighted to have one of our own return to Stern in this important administrative capacity to mentor and guide future generations of Stern students.”
In 2014, Grennan was named a recipient of the Unsung Heroes of Compassion, which was awarded to him by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in recognition of his work with the children of Nepal. Grennan will continue to serve as a member of Next Generation Nepal’s Board of Directors.
