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As a former teacher and current medical student at Touro University’s New York Medical College, Nadia Ambarson realized that the makeup applicators she and her students used were doing something other than just applying makeup. “They’re spreading bacteria,” she explained to a room full of fellow entrepreneurs and judges.

How do we define corporate social responsibility? Can AI teach students to talk in front of a crowd? These were the topics that Dr. Gavin Goldstein and Professor Charles Priolo, faculty members of Touro’s Graduate School of Business (GSB), spoke about during the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) 2024 Conference in Puerto Rico, held in February.

In the wake of an untimely tragedy, a professor in Touro’s Graduate School of Business hopes to create something positive. When Professor Charles Priolo’s son Ben passed away unexpectedly last summer, he and his wife wanted to honor his memory. Together, they created the Benedict C. Priolo Memorial Scholarship in Human Resource Management.

Dorian Lubonja is one of those people who inspires envy in mere mortals: He is focused, industrious and relentlessly optimistic. While many others may have curled into fetal positions of fear and dread in the first year of the COVID pandemic, Lubonja completed Touro’s Graduate School of Business (GSB), earning an MBA in half the usual time.

The journey of a Touro graduate often involves a fusion of passion, perseverance, and a commitment to personal and professional growth. Meet the inspiring Jonathan Z. Cohen, a graduate of the Touro Law Center and Graduate School of Business's (GSB) joint J.D./MBA program.

Touro MBA Nadine Elmasri discovered her passion for marketing while working as a Zumba fitness trainer who was tasked with promoting her own programs. A creative thinker, Elmasri embraces the challenge of delivering the right message to the right audience on the right platform. The former Performance Manager at Dow Jones, who is now Director of Ad Impact at NBC Universal, leads a team that analyzes the impact of advertising on brand awareness. She shares her professional journey, advice for others looking to enter the field and what marketing and psychology have in common.

Esther Elkouss had too many plans to accept being the baby of her family. “I wanted to be the oldest,” she says, “and acted like I was.” At 10, she started a family newspaper, charming and cajoling far-flung relatives from Israel, Argentina, Barcelona, USA and other spots to contribute photos, features and engaging short stories to her publication. Raised near Valencia in Spain, she graduated from Complutense University of Madrid, with a degree in journalism, then went on to Paris University for a master’s degree in communications and culture.

The Touro University Graduate School of Business was privileged to host a presentation on March 31 by Mr. Thomas Modero, Chief Human Resources Officer for Touro University worldwide.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Carver Federal Savings Bank (Carver or the Bank), a certified Minority Depository Institution ("MDI"), and the Touro Graduate School of Business (GSB) announced today an innovative partnership for Carver employees to participate in a fully-paid scholarship program for all graduate certificate and degree programs at GSB. Under the terms of the partnership, GSB will provide Carver employees with a discounted tuition rate. The Bank will reimburse its employees following the successful completion of their graduate degrees or certificate programs.

Born in the Democratic Republic of Con­go and growing up in both Nigeria and Togo, Manyong, 33, was surrounded by people who made a difference in the world. “I was fortunate to grow up in an international community and many of my classmates were the children of prominent African leaders,” says Manyong, whose father has a Ph.D. in agricul­tural economics, and was the regional director of East Africa for the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) before retiring. “We all grew up around people who had made a tremendous impact on the con­tinent, and we shared an expectation that we could and should give back someday.”