When envisioning the program, NYU President Emeritus John Sexton — a champion debater and debate coach — said, "The key idea of NYU as a global network university is that our students and faculty, regardless of location, are part of one university. While many of our pursuits, both scholarly and extracurricular, will be particular to one campus, as NYU continues to evolve as a global network university, many others will take place across the network." 

 

The NYU Presidential Global Debates tournament competition returned in 2015 with a new home [the Business & society Program within the Stern School of Business] and under new leadership [Will Baker, Director of the Global Debate Fund]. 

 

The intra-school debate competition pits undergraduate debate teams from the entire NYU global network against one another in a contest that will award prizes totaling over $50,000.  In the spring, the top domestic entrants and the top international entrants will form the Sweet 16 and participate in a single-day elimination that will culminate in a final round judged by a VIP Panel that includes key faculty and administrators at NYU. 

 

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