May

AAAS Elects Five NYU Faculty, Along with Gore, O’Connor, and Bloomberg

May 1, 2007
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) has elected five New York University faculty as fellows: School of Medicine Professor Alexandra Leigh Joyner; filmmaker Spike Lee, the artistic director of the Kanbar Institute’s Graduate Film Division at the Tisch School of the Arts; Richard Revesz, dean of the School of Law; Stephen Schiffer, chair of the Philosophy Department; and Richard Sieburth, a professor of French and Comparative Literature.
Read More
School of Law, Graduate School of Arts and Science, Tisch School of the Arts, School of Medicine | Press Release
NYU's May 4 "Genomes to Systems" Draws Nobel Laureate Wieschaus

May 1, 2007
New York University’s Center for Comparative Functional Genomics will host a day-long symposium, “Genomes to Systems,” on Fri., May 4, 9:15 a.m.-5:30 p.m., at NYU’s Jurow Lecture Hall (Silver Center, 100 Washington Square East, First Floor). This NYU Genomics symposium, now in its sixth year, will center on work using systems approaches to understand genome function.
Read More
Graduate School of Arts and Science, Events and Traditions | Press Release
Expanding Banking Access to the Poor: Leading Researchers Explore New Approaches with Funding From the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Major Research Initiative Is Based at NYU Wagner

May 1, 2007
Director and Principal Investigator Jonathan Morduch said: “The Financial Access Initiative will systematically address important knowledge gaps and contribute to a much stronger understanding of the issues hindering access to good financial services.” The Initiative is based at NYU’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and is co-directed by professors of economics Sendhil Mullainathan of Harvard and Dean Karlan of Yale. Christina Barrineau, who formerly headed the International Year of Microcredit for the United Nations, will lead the Initiative as Managing Director.
Read More
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service | Press Release
NYU Conference On Muslims in the West to Be Held in Salzburg, May 15-17

May 2, 2007
New York University’s Dialogues: Islamic World-U.S.-The West has organized the conference, with the financial support of the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs. The conference will explore the challenges of and to Muslim communities in the West through the lens of youth and women, who have emerged from traditional roles and are forging new identities for themselves, and, in some instances, are becoming leading agents of change.
Read More
Graduate School of Arts and Science, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU's Graduate Art Therapy Program Exhibits Work of 17 Elder Artists

May 2, 2007
The New York University Creative Aging Therapeutic Services Program (NYU-CATS) will present drawings and paintings of 17 elder artists in a new exhibition, “What Were We Thinking?” in the Commons Gallery, 34 Stuyvesant Street, from May 14 through June 3, 2007. Admission is free. A welcome reception, open to the public, will be held on Tuesday, May 15, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Read More
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Events and Traditions | Press Release
$2.6 Million Grant Awarded to New York University College of Nursing, in Collaboration with the American Journal of Nursing, From the John A. Hartford Foundation

May 3, 2007
Grant Will Sponsor Expansion, Distribution, and Teaching of the Try This Series of Geriatric Health Assessment Tools
Read More
College of Nursing, Research | Press Release
NYU's 175th Commencement Includes Graduates Thriving Despite Facing Hardships in Chernobyl, Rwanda, and the Middle East

May 3, 2007
New York University’s 175th Commencement will take place Thurs., May 10, 10:30 a.m. in Washington Square Park. Among this year’s graduates are students who have overcome personal hardship and have thrived during their years at NYU.
Read More
Press Release
NYU Names Dr. Charles Bertolami Dean of Nation’s Largest Dental School

May 4, 2007
Charles N. Bertolami, D.D.S., D.Med.Sc. a leader in the dental research, education, and clinical communities - has been named the 14th Dean of the 142-year-old New York University College of Dentistry. He will assume the post at NYU’s College of Dentistry on September 1, 2007.
Read More
College of Dentistry | Press Release
Documentary Filmmaking and Human Rights Focus of NYU's Center for Religion and Media Conference, May 17-19

May 4, 2007
“Signs of Crisis: Religious Conflict, Human Rights, and the New Documentary Film in Southern Asia,” is a conference that brings together documentary filmmakers from Indonesia and South Asia, legal scholars, anthropologists, and others, May 17-19. For more information about the event, which is free and open to the public, call 212.998.3759. RSVP (required) by calling 212.998.7608.
Read More
Graduate School of Arts and Science, Events and Traditions | Press Release
"Episodes of the City: New York As a Source Book" Works by Joyce Cutler-Shaw On Display at NYU May 30-Aug. 16

May 7, 2007
Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; and photo ID is required for admission. In addition to the Tracy/Barry exhibition, Cutler-Shaw’s “Waters of the Nations/Messages from the World” project will be on display at Kimmel Windows on La Guardia Place and W. Third Street. For more information, call 212.992.9980.
Read More
Press Release
NYU Reynolds Program Announces Live Webcasts of "Social Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century" Speaker Series

May 7, 2007
The NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship is launching live webcasts of its “Social Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century” speaker series, effective Tuesday, May 8, 2007, with a 12 p.m. presentation by the influential global public health expert and advocate Dr. Paul Farmer.
Read More
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU's Center On Law and Security Fellow Sidney Blumenthal Produces Tribeca Film Festival's 2007 Best Documentary, <I>Taxi to the Dark Side</I>

May 7, 2007
The unflinching look at the Bush administration’s policy on torture was produced by Sidney Blumenthal, a fellow at New York University’s Center on Law and Security, a columnist, and a former aide to President Clinton, and the film’s director, Alex Gibney. Gibney, who also made Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room, takes us from a village in Afghanistan to Guantanamo and straight to the White House.
Read More
School of Law | Press Release
NYU Announces Sustainability Fund Grant Recipients for 2007

May 7, 2007
Innovative, “Green” Projects Designed by Students, Faculty and Administrative Staff
Read More
Press Release
NYU Holds Annual "Grad Alley" Event for Graduating Seniors

May 8, 2007
Streets Around NYU’s Washington Square Campus To Be Closed for Celebration
Read More
Press Release
NYU's "New Plays for Young Audiences" Announces Its 10th Season of Family Fare

May 8, 2007
Three New Plays Debut This June at Provincetown Playhouse
Read More
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU Steinhardt, NYC Dept. Of Health and Mental Hygiene Host Conference On Early Intervention

May 8, 2007
“Families as Partners” Focus of Town Hall Meeting and Conference, May 22 & 23
Read More
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Events and Traditions | Press Release
Wynton Marsalis Receives Honorary Doctorate From NYU

May 9, 2007

Read More
Press Release
Mamphela Aletta Ramphele Receives Honorary Doctorate From NYU

May 9, 2007

Read More
Press Release
Cathleen Synge Morawetz Receives Honorary Doctorate From NYU

May 9, 2007

Read More
Press Release
Phillipe de Montebello Receives Honorary Doctorate From NYU

May 9, 2007

Read More
Press Release
TRAFFIC ADVISORY—NYU to Hold 175th Commencement in Washington Square Park

May 9, 2007
Streets Around Park to Be Closed for Commencement and Procession
Read More
Press Release
Congressman Charles Rangel Receives NYU’s Rudin Award

May 9, 2007

Read More
Press Release
Baltasar Garzón Real Receives Honorary Doctorate From NYU

May 9, 2007

Read More
Press Release
Lester Pollack Receives NYU’s Albert Gallatin Medal

May 9, 2007

Read More
Press Release
New York University Holds 175th Commencement

May 10, 2007
Some 19,000 Graduates and Guests Attend in Washington Square Park
University Bestows Honorary Degrees on Jazz Artist Wynton Marsalis, Spanish Jurist Baltasar Garzón Real, Met Museum Head Phillipe de Montebello, NYU Mathematician Cathleen Synge Morawetz, and Anti-Apartheid Leader Mamphela Aletta Ramphele
Read More
Press Release
Laurel Hart Named Outstanding Student Among NYU Master's in Public Relations and Corporate Communications Class of 2007

May 10, 2007
Laurel Hart, who will receive her Master’s Degree in public relations and corporate communications today at New York University’s 175th Commencement, was awarded the MS&L Outstanding Student Award. Manning, Selvage & Lee made a $2,500 grant in her name to the school’s public relations club, The Public Relations League, for continuing education activities.
Read More
School of Continuing and Professional Studies | Press Release
NYU Lecture Explores Potential for Germ Cells in Stem Cell Research, May 22

May 11, 2007
New York University will host a lecture, “Germ Cells are Forever,” to be delivered by Ruth Lehmann, a professor of developmental genetics at NYU’s School of Medicine, on Tues., May 22, 7 p.m. The event, sponsored by NYU’s Dean for Science, is the inaugural lecture in a series bringing NYU School of Medicine researchers for talks to NYU’s Washington Square campus. For more information, call the Dean for Science office at 212.998.3800.
Read More
Graduate School of Arts and Science, Events and Traditions, School of Medicine | Press Release
Bam!!! Chef Emeril Lagasse to Speak at NYU's 2007 Hospitality Industry Conference

May 14, 2007
Renowned Restaurateur and TV Personality Shares Secrets of “Brand Success” at Largest Annual Gathering of Hotel and Tourism Executives
Read More
School of Continuing and Professional Studies | Press Release
New York University Orchestrates a Wall Street/Hollywood Merger

May 14, 2007
NYU’s Stern School of Business and Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at the Tisch School of the Arts To Offer New Joint MBA/MFA Degree for Producers
Read More
Tisch School of the Arts, Leonard N. Stern School of Business | Press Release
Arthur Miller, Renowned Legal Scholar and Commentator, Named NYU University Professor

May 14, 2007
Arthur R. Miller has been appointed as a University Professor to the faculty of the NYU School of Law and the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies. He will begin teaching courses on civil procedure and complex litigation at the School of Law in fall 2007, and he will work with the School of Continuing and Professional Studies in developing a series of public programs as the Director of Dialogues on Law, Society, and the Future.
Read More
School of Law, School of Continuing and Professional Studies | Press Release
NYU’s Center for Comparative Functional Genomics Selected by NIH Genome Institute As Part of $57 Million MOD-ENCODE Consortium

May 15, 2007
RESEARCHERS SEEK TO UNDERSTAND EVERY PART OF THE GENOME NEEDED FOR ORGANISMS TO DEVELOP AND THRIVE
Read More
Graduate School of Arts and Science, Research | Press Release
CANCELLED: NYU’s Center On Law and Security Hosts Ambassador Said Jawad of Afghanistan, June 19

May 15, 2007
New York University’s Center on Law and Security will host a conversation with Ambassador Said Jawad of Afghanistan on Tues., June 19, 12-1:30 p.m. at NYU Law School’s Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd Street (between Sullivan and Macdougal Sts.). The event is free and open to the public. Please call 212.992.8854 for more information.
Read More
School of Law, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU School of Law Launches Supreme Court Litigation Clinic

May 16, 2007
The Clinic will allow students to work with faculty and experienced Supreme Court litigators to obtain Supreme Court review, write briefs in merits cases, and moot court other lawyers who are preparing their Supreme Court arguments. The Clinic will provide pro-bono representation of prisoners (both prisoner appeals and civil action seeking affirmative relief) and others bringing immigration, environment, civil rights, and other claims against federal, state, and local governments.
Read More
School of Law | Press Release
Endodontics Celebrates 80 Years at NYU College of Dentistry

May 16, 2007
First Formal Department of Endodontics in the U.S.
Read More
College of Dentistry, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU Wagner's Bob Shrum Discusses His New Book On His Three-Decade Career in Politics, "No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner," June 12

May 16, 2007
This history of Robert Shrum’s professional experiences in American politics covers three decades, from his time as a speechwriter for John Lindsay to his work as a campaign strategist for John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. Shrum will discuss the book and field questions from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Read More
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Events and Traditions | Press Release
"Building a Food Professional Pedigree: New Roads to Knowledge & Success" at NYU, June 14

May 16, 2007
The event, part of the 2007 Critical Topics in Food Series, will take place at the Fales Collection (3rd floor of the NYU Bobst Library), 70 Washington Square South. It is free for those with an NYU I.D.; for the public, a $10 donation is suggested. Reservations are required: call 212.998.9018.
Read More
Press Release
NYU@NUS: A Ground-Breaking Law Program for the Globally Minded

May 16, 2007
Unique dual graduate degree program between two leading law schools officially launched in Singapore
Read More
School of Law | Press Release
New Perspectives On the Dead Sea Scrolls Focus of NYU-Notre Dame Roundtable, May 30

May 16, 2007
New York University’s Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies will host “The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Perspective,” Wed., May 30, 4-7 p.m. at NYU’s Silver Center (100 Washington Square East at Washington Place). The event is free and open to the public. Call 212.998.8981 to RSVP. The event is co-sponsored with the University of Notre Dame.
Read More
Graduate School of Arts and Science, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU Selects Strategic Planning Consultant

May 17, 2007
Team Led by SMWM Will Guide the University’s Physical Development Over the Next 25 Years
Read More
Press Release
“Building a Food Professional Pedigree: New Roads to Knowledge & Success” at NYU, June 14

May 18, 2007
New York University’s Fales Collection will host a panel discussion entitled “Building a Food Professional Pedigree: New Roads to Knowledge and Success” on Thursday, June 14, at 4 p.m. The event will take place at the Fales Collection (3rd floor of the NYU Bobst Library), 70 Washington Square South. It is free for those with an NYU I.D.; for the public, a $10 donation is suggested. Reservations are required: call 212.992.9018.
Read More
Events and Traditions, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development | Press Release
NYU College of Nursing's Susan Gennaro Is Named Editor of the Journal of Nursing Scholarship

May 18, 2007
New York University College of Nursing’s Florence and William Downs Professor in Nursing Research Susan Gennaro, DSN, RN, FAAN, FACCE has been named by the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, the new editor of its official journal, the Journal of Nursing Scholarship (JNS).
Read More
College of Nursing, Research | Press Release
Claire Gaudiani-Philanthropy Expert, Former College President-Joins Faculty of NYU’s Heyman Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising

May 21, 2007
A scholar of the history and economics of philanthropy, Dr. Gaudiani will teach within the M.S. in Fundraising program as well as in the Center’s non-degree and professional certificate programs.
Read More
School of Continuing and Professional Studies | Press Release
Delivering the Goods: The Freight Needs of the Growing NY Metropolitan Region, June 6

May 21, 2007
This conference, sponsored by the NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management and others, will be held at New York University’s Kimmel Center, 4th Floor, Eisner & Lubin Auditorium, 60 Washington Square South, Manhattan, from 8 a.m. to 12:35 p.m. The keynote speaker will be Astrid C. Glynn, Commissioner, New York State Department of Transportation.
Read More
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Events and Traditions | Press Release
All-Star Line Up for “CEO Check In” Panel at 29th Annual NYU International Hospitality Investment Conference

May 21, 2007
The CEOs Check In panel is led by Lalia Rach, associate dean and HVS International Chair of New York University’s Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management, the host of the conference. The panel captures the financial tone of the industry and launches the first full day of the conference, Monday June 4th at 8:30 am.
Read More
School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU's Kanbar Institute Announces the Winners of 2007 Richard Vague Film Production Fund Award

May 21, 2007
Three Recent Graduates to Share $175,000 to Make First Feature Film
Read More
Tisch School of the Arts | Press Release
NYU College of Nursing Holds 2007 Graduation Ceremonies, May 7. 2007

May 21, 2007
More than 350 Students Received Degrees; Dr. J Taylor Harden Honored as a Leader on Aging and Public Health
Read More
College of Nursing, Events and Traditions | Press Release
Martha Stewart to Speak at NYU's 2007 Hospitality Industry Conference

May 21, 2007
Lifestyle, Marketing Guru Will Address Largest Annual Gathering of Hotel and Tourism Executives
Read More
School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU Mathematician Varadhan Awarded Abel Prize in Oslo, May 22

May 22, 2007
Probability Theorist Received “Nobel Prize” of Mathematics
Read More
Graduate School of Arts and Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences | Press Release
NYU Center for Dialogues Maps Out New Program for Islam-U.S.-Europe Talks

May 22, 2007
On the heels of a successful conference in Austria on Muslim youth and women in Europe and North America, New York University’s “Center for Dialogues: Islamic World-U.S.-The West” today announced its next program, “Iraq for All Iraqis,” a conference to be held at the United Nations to advance a much-needed dialogue and cooperation within Iraqi civil society and to build bridges with the international community.
Read More
Press Release
NYU Launches Molecular Design Institute with Lecture by National Medal of Science Winner, May 30

May 23, 2007
NYU launches its Molecular Design Institute (MDI), which will pursue research in supramolecular materials chemistry, on Wed., May 30 at 4 p.m. The opening will be preceded by a lecture, “Chemistry: From Molecules to Complexity,” delivered by George Whitesides, a National Medal of Science winner and a professor of chemistry at Harvard University.
Read More
Graduate School of Arts and Science, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU Symposium On Methamphetamine Use and HIV Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men, June 1

May 24, 2007
NYU’s Center for Health, Identity, Behavior & Prevention Studies (CHIBPS) will hold a symposium on Fri., June 1 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to discuss the findings of a recent study, “Project Hope,” into methamphetamine use and HIV among Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) in New York City. CHIBPS, located within Steinhardt’s department of applied psychology, conducts cutting-edge behavioral research in the synergistic areas of HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, and mental health.
Read More
Research, Events and Traditions, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development | Press Release
Center On Law and Security’s Fourth Annual Global Conference in Italy to Focus On Creative Public Policy Thinking and Formulation

May 24, 2007
Attendees include Judges Baltasar Garzón, Jean-Louis Bruguière, Armando Spataro, and Michael Sheehan, Paul Clement, Peter Clarke, Yosri Fouda, Nir Rosen, Richard Churchhouse, and Peter Bergen
Read More
School of Law, Events and Traditions | Press Release
Record Attendance Set for This Year's NYU Hospitality Investment Conference

May 29, 2007
Preliminary figures indicate that the 2007 New York University International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference will set another annual attendance record. The event will be held on June 3-5 at the New York Marriott Marquis Times Square Hotel.
Read More
School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Events and Traditions | Press Release
An Exhibition of Photographs by Alumna Samantha Contis to Go On View at NYU's Department of Photography and Imaging

May 29, 2007
Exhibition Dates: June 1 - July 2, 2007
Read More
Tisch School of the Arts, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU Studies Find Small High Schools in New York City Produce Better Student Outcomes Than Citywide Average

May 31, 2007
Institute for Education and Social Policy (IESP) Study Funded by New Visions for Public Schools Analyzed 67 Small and Medium Schools in New York City
Read More
Research, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development | Press Release
Delivering the Goods: The Freight Needs of the Growing NY Metropolitan Region, June 6

May 31, 2007
This conference, sponsored by the NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management and others, will be held at New York University’s Kimmel Center, 4th Floor, Eisner & Lubin Auditorium, 60 Washington Square South, Manhattan, from 8 a.m. to 12:35 p.m. The keynote speaker will be Astrid C. Glynn, Commissioner, New York State Department of Transportation.
Read More
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Events and Traditions | Press Release

Main Navigation

Bread Crumbs

May

NYU Footer