President's Message
Dear Friends:
If there were ever any doubts how closely we are all interconnected and interdependent in today's global environment, the current financial turbulence and economic uncertainties confirm that basic fact with unprecedented force. At the Levin Institute we are particularly attuned to what is happening. Our international and American students participating in the Fall semester in International Finance and Global Investment Banking are having a close up learning experience none of them could have expected when they arrived here the end of August. Continue...
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Levin Institute hosts session with German Foreign Minister, Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft
"PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: A NEW TRANSATLANTIC AGENDA FOR THE 21ST CENTURY"
At a panel discussion organized by the Levin Institute and the American Council on Germany on September 24, 2008, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, former U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, and former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft addressed roughly 140 representatives from the New York business and policymaking communities in the Institute's Global Classroom - as well as nearly 50 additional guests in overflow rooms - about the current and future foreign policy challenges facing the transatlantic community. Continue...
SUNY-CHINA 150
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao singled out a unique SUNY program which brought 150 college students from Sichuan Province, China, to New York to spend the academic year at SUNY campuses throughout the state. Continue... |
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The Global Credit Crisis: How bad will it get?
Well before the current financial crisis hit the United States and much of the world, The Levin Institute hosted a discussion among leading experts on the credit crunch. Collaborating with the American Council on Germany, the panel event in April included Michael Klein of Citi, Adam Posen of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Nouriel Roubini of NYU and financial journalist Nikolaus Piper. Continue... |
Why isn't New York a capital of Innovation? How can it become one?
That was the provocative question on the table in Levin's Global Classroom in June, when President Garrick Utley moderated a panel including Irving Wladawski-Berger, Chairman of IBM' s Technology Council, and presently on the faculty at MIT; Jerry Hultin, President of Polytechnic, now part of NYU; and James Singer of AT Kearney, author of a forthright study of technology and innovation in New York State. Continue... |
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Levin Trains Future Commercial Attachees from Algeria
The Levin Institute hosted 15 Algerians from the Algerian diplomatic service who are being trained to serve as the first commercial attaches from Algeria. Levin's Dr. Lynne Rosansky led the "International Negotiation" training in April using a customized simulation of a Foreign Direct Investment negotiation. Continue...
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LEVIN-INSEAD events
The Levin Institute is developing a fruitful partnership with INSEAD. In May, the global classroom was the venue for a panel discussion on "The Future of the Internet - Insights & Observations from INSEAD's Technology Entrepreneurs". Continue... |
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RESEARCH
Global Talent Index
The Global Talent Index™ Project, supported in part by IBM, is nearing its final stage. In addition to China, the project also has surveyed the high-end talent in India, Russia, Brazil, and Singapore.
The studies have examined scientists, engineers and other similar definitions of talent in these countries. Using the data available, the study includes an overview, an analysis of supply and demand in 5-10 years, and an assessment of the talent quality and utilization. Continue...
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The Research Center for the UN Global Compact established at LEVIN
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Manuel Escudero to Levin. Manuel joins us as the Executive Director of the newly formed "Research Center for the UN Global Compact" with a mission to begin to create the analytic framework to better understand the data on corporate social responsibility provided by the companies who are members of the UN Global Compact. Additionally, as chair of the Principles for Social Responsibility in Management Education (PRIME) initiative, Dr. Escudero will be connecting these business school leaders with Levin. In early December The LEVIN Institute will host a reception for members attending the meetings at the UN.
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New LEVIN Visiting Scholars
Dr. Tao Huang
Tao Huang is an associate professor of Science, Technology, and Society at the College of Literature, Law, and Economy, the Wuhan University of Science and Technology. He received his PhD in philosophy from Wuhan University in 2005. Continue...
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ACADEMICS
International Finance & Global Banking (IFGB) Program
What a time to be studying International Finance at Levin in New York City! Levin's 20 MBA students come to NYC for the semester from China, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, Taiwan, and the U.S. They represent Case Western, SUNY (seven from University at Buffalo), Korea University, Central European University and Instituto Empressa. Continue... |
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STIR Program
Summer 2008 brought the third year program on Science, Technology and International Relations (STIR) to Levin. With 30 students from Azerbaijan, Canada, China, Korea, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and the U.S. as well as participants from MGIMO and other leading schools in Russia, China's Academy of Sciences, University of Montreal, Korea University, and SUNY. Continue... |
Levin's newest program under development will focus on Global Media. In planning this program, Levin conducted over two dozen interviews with industry leaders, academics, leading consultants, and some potential students to assess the need for a program that would focus on the skills needed to respond competitively to the changing global landscape of the media business. Continue... |
Leadership in Global Organizations
Levin will offer a new Masters class on "Leadership in Global Organizations" in collaboration with the School for International Learning (SIT) over two weeks in January during the inter-session. Continue...
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China Software Industry Professional Training Program
Launched in 2000, the 16-week professional training program is customized for Chinese managers working at software companies in China. Continue...
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Levin's www.Globalization101.org (G101) now features Garrick Utley's blog "Global Crossroads", which has focused on topics such as "The Politics of Globalization" and reaction to the current financial crisis.
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The Levin Scholarship Fund
The Levin Institute is pleased to announce the formation of the Levin Scholarship Fund to provide financial support to the outstanding and deserving students of the Institute. Levin's student body numbered 154 in 2007, and is growing rapidly in numbers, in international diversity, and in quality. Please contact Tom Moebus, Levin VP for Development at 212-317-3570 Continue...
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