In the News Archives

A Special Interview with Alumnus, Duane L. Hughes

A SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH ALUMNUS, DUANE L. HUGHES To celebrate this Black History Month, we sat down with Duane L. Hughes (G'88, WG'88, L'91), a trailblazing member of The Lauder Institute’s Advisory Board and a graduate of Lauder’s Latin America (Portuguese) program. Duane is a Managing Director at UBS* and…Read More

Lauder Global Business Insight Report 2023

The 2023 Lauder Global Business Insight Report is now available! An annual report written by first-year Lauder students, this year’s theme explores international topics that are shaping lives and driving impact around the world. Learn how China’s unrelenting work ethic is changing workplace culture. Find out why governments across the…Read More

Culture Quest 2022: Ghana & Ivory Coast

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For ten days in late December and early January, Lauder Institute students and guests travelled abroad for their annual Lauder Culture Quest (LCQ) adventure, this time to Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. Lauder Culture Quest is an Amazing Race-style program that enables students to vote each year on a quest location…Read More

Lauder Global Alumni Weekend

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Azline Nelson (G’22, WG’22), a recent Lauder graduate, details her experience attending Lauder Global Alumni Weekend (LGAW) in October 2022 and offers helpful networking tips in this article for Poets and Quants. LGAW is an event hosted by the Lauder Institute Alumni Association every three years in New York City. The…Read More

Martine Haas on the Future of Hybrid Work

Lauder Institute Director and Professor of Management, Martine Haas, is interviewed by Wharton Business Daily about the future of workplace culture and hybrid work. Professor Haas argues that hybrid work is here to stay and shared how companies can approach the hybrid (and remote work) models more systematically in the…Read More

Entrepreneurship Speaker Series Highlights Responsible Impact

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The 2022 Lauder Entrepreneurship Lunch and Learn Series provided Lauder students with the opportunity to engage directly with business leaders, alumni, and academics about entrepreneurship in different regional, economic and historical contexts. This series, led by Dr. Sudev Sheth and moderated by students from the Class of 2024, highlighted the ways…Read More

The JD/MA Student Experience

Did you know that the Lauder Institute offers a joint degree with the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School? Current JD/MA student Manuel Diaz Corrada and alumnus Frank DeSimone (L’15, G’15) are interviewed about their experience. Read the full story here Students enrolled in this joint degree program obtain their JD and their Master’s…Read More

Lauder Intercultural Ventures in India & Switzerland

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In October 2022, The Lauder Institute held two Lauder Intercultural Ventures (LIVs) in India and Switzerland. LIVs are an intrinsic part of the Lauder 2-year program and provide an opportunity to road test lessons on intercultural leadership in the context of a week-long off-site immersion and related academic work. Each…Read More

Catching Up with Jacobson Global Venture Award Winners

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The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies established the Jacobson Global Venture Awards in 2017 thanks to the generosity of Andrew Jacobson, WG’93, and Lauder alumna Marina Kunis Jacobson, G’93, WG’93. Venture Awards provide Lauder students with resources to focus their energies on their entrepreneurial venture during…Read More

60-second Student Snapshot

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Learn about our second-year Lauder students and their masters research in this 60-second snapshot video: Featured are: Nader Sharif-Emami (G23, WG23) Yara Azouni (G23, WG23) Weiwei Bi (G23, WG23) Shashank Singh (G23, WG23) As part of the Lauder Institute’s International Studies degree, all Lauder students fulfill the research and writing…Read More