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Virtual Races: fleeting trend or here to stay?

Virtual Races: fleeting trend or here to stay?

By Deirdre Keane

I won’t deny that I was not originally a fan of virtual races and I may not be completely convinced, but for us running junkies, it’s been something to do this year. Fall goes hand-in-hand with distance running for cross country runners and marathoners all...

The Pandemic Blues

The Pandemic Blues

By Deirdre Keane

I think we can all agree that the past seven months have not been easy for anyone. Humans are, for the most part, social creatures, so it’s difficult to maintain an emotional equilibrium when we lose regular contact with others. Zoom just doesn’t cut it....

Admin’s guide on how to navigate virtual MBA Events this fall

Admin’s guide on how to navigate virtual MBA Events this fall

By Oppy Staff

By Shannon O’Brien (OSE, Blue Block SP20) and Katie Malen-Gamely (OCD, Green Block F17) For those of us in New York City, you can already feel some crisp fall weather sneaking into the morning air. All the while, this fall is looking far different than...

How to Save Yourself from Becoming Hunched Over: Ergonomics in the Covid-19 Era

How to Save Yourself from Becoming Hunched Over: Ergonomics in the Covid-19 Era

By Teresa Bruno

By Teresa Bruno Have you ever heard of the Concept of Creep? I didn’t, until I was speaking to my physical therapist recently. It not only sounds scary, it is scary. In plain english, the concept follows: the hours we spend sitting in front of...

Zoom.

Zoom.

By Teresa Bruno

By Teresa Bruno Remember life before zoom? We were students then, in the classic way, unfettered from our small laptop screens. We interacted with each other like students, too. This is before we were all reduced to the confines of our individual, tiny, Brady Bunch...

Stern Spotlight

Stern Somebody Presents: Megan Fairchild, MBAllerina

Stern Somebody Presents: Megan Fairchild, MBAllerina

By Sanjna Shukla

Megan Fairchild: part time MBA, full time mom and ballerina. Megan was promoted to Principal Dancer of the New York City Ballet at the young age of 20, and has been masterfully juggling academics, dance, and her personal life since grade school. The Utah native...

Stern Singles Presents: Dylan Lyons

Stern Singles Presents: Dylan Lyons

By Conor Clark

Welcome back to another addition of Stern Singles. I’m so excited to introduce you all to Stern’s most eligible bachelor, our Mr. October, Dylan Lyons Sternie Testimonials: “Dylan works at language start up, Babbel - you better believe he knows the language of love.” Love...

Stern Singles Presents: Kathleen Dillon

Stern Singles Presents: Kathleen Dillon

By Sanjna Shukla

It is my pleasure to introduce you to this issue’s Bachelorette, my dear friend and sports enthusiast, Kathleen Dillon. Kathleen and I met in Impact Investing last semester, and she is hands-down one of the most positive and hard-working people I’ve met at Stern. Even...

OppyArts Spotlight: Gary Granata

OppyArts Spotlight: Gary Granata

By Oppy Staff

By: Gary Granata and Conor Clark CC: I quarantined in Tuscaloosa, Alabama volunteering at Granata Woods, a permaculture food forest created during the pandemic by Dr. Gary Granata. Gary is a farmer, community organizer, and food & good times historian. He taught me how growing...

A Virtual Chat with CEO and EiC of Poets & Quants, John Byrne

A Virtual Chat with CEO and EiC of Poets & Quants, John Byrne

By Oppy Staff on October 16, 2020

By Sanjna Shukla and Deirdre Keane

John Byrne is the former executive editor of Businessweek and founder and CEO of C-Change Media, the parent company of the wildly popular Poets&Quants.com. He has also served as the editor-in-chief for both Businessweek.com and Fast Company. A lifelong journalist, Byrne has written over 50 cover stories for publications such as Businessweek, Fortune, and Forbes. During his time at Businessweek, he became the first person to publish rankings for business schools and has since published several MBA and graduate school-oriented books. He has a BA in English and Political Science from William Patterson of New Jersey and an MA in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia.…

NBA Finals Recap

NBA Finals Recap

By Sanjna Shukla on October 17, 2020

The Los Angeles Lakers capped off a wild 2020 season by defeating the Miami Heat 4-2 in the NBA Finals. The Lakers were led by Lebron James, who averaged 29.8 points, 11.8 rebounds, and 8.5 assists en route to becoming Finals MVP. This was James’ fourth championship ring, and fourth finals MVP.

The 2019-2020 NBA season was unlike any seen before it. The season was suspended on March 11, 2020 after Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the Covid-19 virus. With Covid leaving activities across the country in flux, the league remained suspended for months. Finally, play resumed in July, with the teams staying together in a bubble the NBA organized in Disney World. …

Covid Journals: Laid Off During Covid-19

Covid Journals: Laid Off During Covid-19

By Teresa Bruno on October 15, 2020

By Teresa Bruno

During the Fall 2020 Semester, The Oppy will be publishing submissions from members of the Stern community about how the Covid-19 Pandemic has impacted their experience in and out of the program. This issue, we approached incoming students to learn why they chose to pursue an MBA knowing the pandemic would fundamentally change their entry in the Stern community. If you wish to write about your own experience, please e-mail us at oppy@stern.nyu.edu.

The following entry comes from Langone student Teresa Bruno.

Imagine this. You wake up one warm July morning to find a 4:00am email from your CEO announcing mass layoffs sitting in your inbox.…

Voices

The Election & The Market

The Election & The Market

By David Kammiel

This year has been peculiar to say the least. A pandemic that started more or less in January killed more than a million people and is now on the cusp of a second wave across the globe. In late spring, we experienced nationwide protests against...

Best dating apps to date through a pandemic

Best dating apps to date through a pandemic

By Oppy Staff

By the [single] Oppy board [members] Dating is weird at baseline, throw a pandemic into the mix and you have a recipe for loneliness and hopelessness, right? Some of us at The Oppy would have to disagree. There is an air of desperation that is...

Grindr: Making Long Term Relationships Possible for Gays

By Sam Shaughnessy

A genesis of my own personal and gay journey By: Sam Shaugnessy 1 In the beginning, man created dating sites. And man saw the dating sites and he said they were good. Kiss.com (1994), Match.com (1995) JDate (1997), eHarmony (2000), Christian Mingle (2001), Ashley Madison...

Fixed Income Capital Markets Technology: The Future of Primary New Issuance

Fixed Income Capital Markets Technology: The Future of Primary New Issuance

By Robert Charles

Fintech firms are actively working to electronify and digitalize fixed-income primary markets Global fixed-income primary markets continue to develop away from voice-driven communications and manual operational processes to more streamlined interoperable platforms. Firms that once struggled through paper document-driven offerings with no transparency, insights, compliance...

Local Business Series – Luke Manson at The Blind Tiger

Local Business Series – Luke Manson at The Blind Tiger

By Oppy Staff

By Sanjna Shukla and Kathleen Dillon Every issue, The Oppy will spotlight a local business around campus and listen to the stories of the exceptional people working there. It is more important than ever to support local businesses and their staff, so use this series...

Guide for MBA1s

Guide for MBA1s

By Sanjna Shukla

MBA1s: Welcome to Stern! This semester is nothing any of us could have envisioned, but hopefully, the tips and life advice below help make your first semester a little easier. Here are a few things I wish I could go back and tell myself before...