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 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.
Stern Teams Win $200K in 2013-2014 Entrepreneurs Challenge
NYU’s most promising innovators were recently awarded a combined $200,000 in start-up cash at the annual $200K Entrepreneurs Challenge, held by NYU Stern’s Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. The three winning teams – composed of students and alumni from across the University – were chosen after pitching their ideas and enduring Q&A by judges from venture capital, technology and design, education and social enterprise sectors.
April 25 marked the culmination of one of the largest and most rigorous venture competitions in the world. More than 200 teams comprising over 500 entrants from 14 schools at NYU competed this year in one of three challenges: New Venture, for those pursuing start-ups in a variety of sectors; Social Venture, for those pursuing both social impact and financial sustainability; and Technology Venture, for those focused on bringing intellectual property developed at NYU to market. Continue reading…
