April

NYU to Host Panel, Book Signing On Spanish Judge Garzón’s a World Without Fear, April 13

Apr 1, 2005
Other panelists include James Fernández, director of the King Juan Carlos Center, and New York Times reporter Tim Golden, who covered the March 11, 2004 train bombings in Madrid. The discussion will focus on the main topics of the book: justice on a global scale, the Spanish terrorist group ETA, Islamist terrorism, Pinochet, and more.
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NYU’s Brademas Cites Adlai Stevenson, Reinhold Niebuhr, and King Juan Carlos I of Spain As “Heroes”

Apr 1, 2005
Dr. Brademas is one of more than two dozen Americans interviewed by Robert L. Dilenschneider, in his new book, A Time for Heroes, who said he wrote the book “about a group of truly remarkable human beings because we have too few genuine heroes today.
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Revolutionizing Healthcare Delivery--Annual Kovner/Behrman Lecture Brings Together Researchers, Practitioners

Apr 1, 2005
Each year, the Kovner/Behrman Event, hosted by NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, brings together some of the leading researchers and practitioners in the nation for a dialogue on ways to improve the delivery of healthcare services. The event is sponsored by Duane Morris.
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Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka Headlines "Africa & the World: The Writer's Role" at NYU, Apr. 19

Apr 1, 2005
The event, which is free and open to the public, takes place at NYU’s Vanderbilt Hall, Tishman Auditorium, 40 Washington Square South. Also taking part in the event are: Breyten Breytenbach, Nuruddin Farah, Uwe Timm, Zakes Mda, Achmat Dangor, Elizabeth Alexander, Tsitisi Dangarembga, Pedro Rosa Mendes, and Nguigi wa Thiong’o.
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NYU Dental College Receives $26.7 Million Grant to Sponsor Research Based in Dentists’ Offices

Apr 1, 2005
NYU College of Dentistry has received a $26.7 million award from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to establish a regional “practice-based” research network (PBRN) over the next seven years.
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College of Dentistry, Research | Press Release
NYU Faculty Available for Comment On Vatican, John Paul Ii

Apr 3, 2005
Stefano Albertini, director of NYU’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, and Lawrence Schiffman, chair of the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, are available for comment on Pope John Paul II and the Vatican.
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NYU to Host "1929: Mapping the Jewish World"

Apr 4, 2005
Panel topics include culture, literature, and diaspora politics. Speakers for the event include the following: NYU’s Ronald Zweig and Hasia Diner; Yaron Tsur, Tel Aviv University; Jeffrey Lesser, Emory University; and others.
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"Shadowplay" -- An Evening of Short Films & Live Music -- Alfresco at NYU's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, Apr. 22

Apr 4, 2005
The film/live performance project has been created by the award-winning Spanish filmmaker Andrés Sanz collaborating with music composer Michael Arenella. The evening features a silent film show with original scores performed by Arenella’s orchestra.
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NYU Professor Available for Comment On Papal Succession

Apr 4, 2005
New York University’s Stewart Stehlin, a professor in history, is available for comment on the issue of papal succession.
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Study by NYUS Center for Comparative Functional Genomics, Rockefeller Researchers Finds Staggering Complexity of Gene Regulation Executed by Microrna Genes

Apr 4, 2005
Researchers at New York University and Rockefeller University have discovered that microRNA genes can team up and regulate target genes in mammals. The paper, published in the journal Nature Genetics, found that a microRNA gene regulates, on average, 200 different human gene transcripts and that many microRNAs can coordinate their activities to regulate specific target genes.
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Poet Jean Valentine to Receive Jean Kennedy Smith NYU Creative Writing Award On Apr. 21

Apr 5, 2005
Evening Benefits the NYU/Goldwater Hospital Writing Project
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Latin American & Spanish Photography Highlighted in One-Day Workshop at NYU’s King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, Apr. 23

Apr 5, 2005
The event is free and open to the public; for further information call 212.998.3650 or visit www.nyu.edu/kjc. It will be in English and Spanish (with simultaneous translation into English).
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NYU to Host “The End of French History?” April 22

Apr 7, 2005
In two scintillating articles, British historian Perry Anderson laments the “neo-liberal normalization” of French politics and intellectual life since the collapse of Gaullist grandeur. Is France now a country no different from all the rest?
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Graduate School of Arts and Science, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU’s Haykel and Feldman Named 2005 Carnegie Scholars

Apr 8, 2005
This year’s scholars will all study themes focusing on Islam and the modern world.
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Graduate School of Arts and Science, School of Law | Press Release
"Frontlines of Social Change: Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade" -- Photo Exhibit at NYU, Apr. 30-May 31

Apr 11, 2005
The exhibition features 40 documentary photographs and archival collages by Richard Bermack, highlighting surviving members of the Brigade’s volunteers.
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NYU Book Launch of Bourdieu and the Journalistic Field, April 14

Apr 11, 2005
New York University’s Department of Culture and Communication in the Steinhardt School will host a book launch for Bourdieu and the Journalistic Field, edited by Rodney Benson, assistant professor. The event is free and open to the public.
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Graduate School of Arts and Science, Events and Traditions, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development | Press Release
Statement by NYU Spokesman John Beckman On RIAA Suit

Apr 12, 2005

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NYU Announces Honorees for 2005 Commencement

Apr 12, 2005
Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman To Speak at NYU’s 173rd Commencement
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Close to the Floor: NYU Hosts Conference On Percussive Dance, Apr. 29-30

Apr 13, 2005
Celebrating the tenth anniversary of the dazzling emergence of Riverdance: The Show onto the world stage, a distinguished cast of dance historians and ethnochoreologists will convene along with renowned dancers, dance teachers, and choreographers to discuss and reflect upon a variety of topics in the world of percussive dance.
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"Torture, Truth, and Survival" Focus of NYU Panel

Apr 13, 2005
NYU will host “Torture, Truth, and Survival,” a panel discussion that includes NYU law professor Karen Greenberg, co-editor of The Torture Papers (Cambridge, 2005), a documented record of how the Bush Administration’s policy of torture in the questioning of prisoners evolved, on Wed., April 20 at 7 p.m.
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Benefit Reading for "Washington Square" Literary Journal at NYU Apr. 29

Apr 14, 2005
The event celebrates the upcoming release of the Summer 2005 issue of Washignton Square. The new issue includes the work of Elisa Albert, Rafael Campo, Marian Crotty, Brenda Hillman, Tim Mullaney, D.A. Powell, and Tom Sleigh.
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NYU Presents Symposium On Nuclear Disarmament and Artists, April 15

Apr 14, 2005
Event to Commemorate 60th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings
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NYU Chemist Wins Watson Young Investigator Award

Apr 14, 2005
New York University’s Yingkai Zhang, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been awarded a $200,000 James D. Watson Young Investigator Award from the New York State Office of Science, Technology, and Academic Research.
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Graduate School of Arts and Science, Research | Press Release
Two NYU Professors Win Guggenheim Fellowships

Apr 14, 2005
Diana Taylor and Deborah Willis, who both have appointments in New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and its Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS), have been awarded fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
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Tisch School of the Arts, Graduate School of Arts and Science, Research | Press Release
NYU to Host "Democracy, Education, and the Classics"

Apr 14, 2005
This year’s annual Rose-Marie Lewent Conference on Ancient Studies topic, “Democracy, Education, and the Classics,” focuses on the value of the classics in a democratic society, especially for disadvantaged communities.
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Gallatin School of Individualized Study, Graduate School of Arts and Science, Events and Traditions | Press Release
Coordinating Counterterrorism to Be Explored by Top Experts at NYU Global Conference

Apr 14, 2005
The world’s top experts in counterterrorism—judges, prosecutors, legal experts, scholars, policymakers, journalists, and law enforcement officials—will convene for three days of intense policy discussions in Florence, Italy.
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Author Antonio Muñoz Molina at NYU, Apr. 29

Apr 18, 2005
Noted Spanish author Antonio Muñoz Molina will deliver the annual Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives/Bill Susman Lecture at NYU’s King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center. He will speak on the importance of the Spanish Civil War in his own literary and political formation.
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NYU School of Law Presents Ground-Breaking Conference On National and International Accountability Mechanisms

Apr 18, 2005
Attendees include South African Justice Richard Goldstone (Oil-for-Food inquiry), Prince Zeid, Jordanian Ambassador to the UN and author of a recent report for the Secretary-General on sexual abuse by peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Gala Benefit for NYU’s Maison Française Features Excerpts From Jean-Claude van Itallie’s new play Light

Apr 18, 2005
The original L.A. cast will perform, introduced by van Itallie. The play is directed by Jessica Kubzansky and stars Lenny Von Dohlen, Jeanie Hackett, and John Hansen.
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Washington Sq. Park Gets an “Earth Day” Spring Cleaning, Courtesy of NYU

Apr 20, 2005
Hundreds of NYU Volunteers to Paint, Plant and Clean Up the Park; Local School Kids to Plant Spring Flowers
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NYU Hosts "the Arts in Greenwich Village" Lecture Series in May

Apr 20, 2005
New York University will host “The Arts in Greenwich Village,” a free lecture series that will run once a week throughout the month of May.
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How Immigration Is Changing NYC Neighborhoods

Apr 20, 2005
New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service will explore the topic at this year’s annual Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy Forum, featuring Joseph Salvo, director of the population division of the New York City Department of City Planning, on Tuesday, April 26, at 6:15pm.
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NYU to Host "Genomes in Action" On April 25

Apr 20, 2005
The final hour of the symposium will be dedicated to the official opening of the Center for Comparative Functional Genomics, with remarks by NYU President John Sexton.
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NYU Statement On Graduate Assistant Unionization

Apr 21, 2005

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NYU's Center for Religion and Media to Host "Mediating Anne Frank: A Colloquium"

Apr 22, 2005
This colloquium will offer a series of presentations on Anne Frank’s diary and the various mediations it has inspired as an exemplar of Holocaust representation and as a test case for understanding the intersection of Jews, media, and religion
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Graduate School of Arts and Science, Events and Traditions | Press Release
New From NYU Press “The End of The Hamptons” Provides a Peek at One of America’s Most Exclusive Communities

Apr 22, 2005
Author Corey Dolgon, a former Hamptons resident and now associate professor of sociology at Worcester State College in Massachusetts, goes beyond the celebrity headlines to tell the story of this complex and contentious place.
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Final Group Show for Class of 2005 in the Department of Photography and Imaging Goes On View

Apr 22, 2005
Entitled Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition 2005, the exhibition—fourth and final following a series of smaller group shows—will open on April 26 and be on view through May 15, 2005. **Media are invited to a reception and awards ceremony on May 9 from 2-4 pm**
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Tisch School of the Arts, Events and Traditions | Press Release
Gary Hart to Discuss "National Security and the American Agenda"

Apr 22, 2005
Tuesday, April 26, 4:30 to 5:30 PM at NYU Law
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School of Law, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU's Center for Religion and Media Receives Pew Renewal Grant

Apr 25, 2005
NYU’s Center for Religion and Media, which seeks to develop and broaden interdisciplinary and cross-cultural scholarship, pedagogy, and public knowledge of religion and media, has received a renewal grant of $1.5 million from the Pew Charitable Trusts. The center is one of 10 U.S. Centers of Excellence funded by Pew.
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Graduate School of Arts and Science, Research | Press Release
Homeland Security Secretary to Deliver Address at NYU On Private Sector Involvement in Preparedness and Planning

Apr 25, 2005
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff delivers address to business leaders on importance of private sector in emergency preparedness and planning, hosted by New York University’s Center for Catastrophic Preparedness and Response (CCPR) and its International Center for Enterprise Preparedness (InterCEP)
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The Department of Design for Stage and Film Announces Dates for Annual Showcase of Work by Graduating Students

Apr 28, 2005
Exhibition Dates: May 3-11
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Tisch School of the Arts, Events and Traditions | Press Release
The Kanbar Institute's Interactive Telecommunications Program Announces Spring Show, May 10 & 11

Apr 29, 2005
Over 80 Fascinating Projects in Interactive Sight, Sound, and Technology on Display
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Tisch School of the Arts, Events and Traditions | Press Release
“Inverted Histories: On Display at NYU’s Fales Collection Thru Sept. 15

Apr 29, 2005
The exhibition entitled “Inverted Histories: 150 Years of Queer Culture” focuses on primary research materials available in New York University’s Bobst Library for the study of gender and sexuality in English and American culture.
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New NYU Press Book Discusses “Breaking the Color Barrier” — How the African American Community Battled the Naval Academy’s Legacy of Racism

Apr 29, 2005
Breaking the Color Barrier: The U.S. Naval Academy’s First Black Midshipmen and the Struggle for Racial Equality, recently published by NYU Press, examines the black community’s efforts to integrate the Naval Academy, as well as the experiences that black midshipmen encountered at Annapolis.
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