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Graduate of HSE University and UniLu Dual Degree Master programs Tobi Oladiran from Nigeria reflects on his experience and takeaway from the HSE University Master program Strategic Corporate Finance with Aigerim Omarbekova from Kazakhstan, also a first-year international student of the Strategic Corporate Finance program.

Nadia Kotova, Joint HSE/NES undergraduate program in economics '2016 alumna about her past in Russia and PhD program experience at Stanford GSB

Zaruhi Hakobyan earned her Bachelor’s degree in Yerevan, her Master’s from HSE University, and her PhD from both HSE University and the University of Luxembourg. She spoke to the HSE News Service about the differences in academic approaches at various universities.

Anton Urbanas graduated in 2012 from the Faculty of Economic Sciences at HSE University. Worked at McKinsey from 2012 until 2017. Launched his first startup in fintech with a business partner in 2014. In 2016, began developing an AI platform that generates PowerPoint slides. After moving to the U.S. in 2018, launched the DeckRobot startup that reduces the time required for making presentations to a minimum, saving time for office staff. In 2020, the DeckRobot project attracted $1.5 million of the $2.5 million total investment received to date.

Elena Sidorova, a teacher at Moscow campus, talks about her professional interests and career path at HSE.

Virtual PhD Thesis Defense By Zaruhi Hakobyan at HSE University Moscow and Univeristy of Luxembourg

The new article on topic "Gender differences in pay among university faculty in Russia" by Victor Rudakov, CInSt research fellow, and Ilya Prakhov, CInSt senior research fellow, was published in Higher Education Quarterly.

Equity investors are increasingly seeking to deliver private-equity-like returns in the public markets, but it may not be possible to replicate some of the drivers of leveraged buyout performance outside of private equity, according to the study, by PhD candidate Alexander Belyakov, HSE/NES Programme in Economics 2016 alum.