{"id":13367,"date":"2013-09-18T10:10:41","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T14:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=13367"},"modified":"2022-01-30T04:34:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T09:34:45","slug":"professor-profiles-william-silber-nyu-stern-school-of-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/professor-profiles-william-silber-nyu-stern-school-of-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Profiles: William Silber, NYU Stern School of Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Many MBA applicants feel that they are purchasing a brand when they choose a business school at attend, but the educational experience itself is crucial to your future, and no one will affect your education more than your professors. Each Wednesday, we profile a standout professor as identified by students. Today, we profile\u00a0<strong>William Silber<\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0<\/em><em>New York University\u2019s (NYU\u2019s) Leonard N. Stern School of Business<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/William-Silber.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13459\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" alt=\"William Silber, NYU Stern\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/William-Silber.jpg\" width=\"164\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><\/strong>The Marcus Nadler Professor of Finance and Economics and director of the Glucksman Institute for Research in Securities Markets, <strong>William Silber<\/strong> has been awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award (1980) and was twice voted Professor of the Year at NYU (1990, 1997). In addition, Silber received the university\u2019s Distinguished Teaching Medal in 1999. In a November 2012 post on Stern\u2019s Full-time MBA Blog, a student referred to Silber as \u201ca Stern legend who consistently finds a way to make \u2018Foundations of Finance\u2019 both entertaining and insightful.\u201d Students with whom mbaMission spoke commented that Silber\u2019s class is \u201calmost like a performance,\u201d because he keeps students engaged with stories of real-world situations from his background in industry. Silber was formerly a trader and frequently relies on anecdotes from his experiences at the New York Mercantile Exchange and Lehman Brothers to illustrate complex financial issues for his students.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information about NYU Stern and 15 other top-ranked business schools, check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.mbamission.com\/collections\/insider-s-guides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mbaMission Insider\u2019s Guides<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many MBA applicants feel that they are purchasing a brand when they choose a business school at attend, but the educational experience itself is crucial to your future, and no one will affect your education more than your professors. Each Wednesday, we profile a standout professor as identified by students. 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