February

Concert Readings of the 2010 Goldberg Prize Play at the Tisch School of the Arts, Feb. 11 & 12

Feb 1, 2010
The Rita and Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing in the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts has announced that it will hold two concert readings of May the Devil Be Kinder by Alex Davidson, winner of the 2010 Rita and Burton Goldberg Prize Play Award for his play.
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Tisch School of the Arts, Events and Traditions | Press Release
New Book by NYU's Nissenbaum Offers Framework for Understanding Privacy in the Digital Age

Feb 1, 2010
Privacy is one of the most urgent issues associated with information technologies and digital media. In her new book, Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life (Stanford UP), Helen Nissenbaum argues that what people really care about is not that information about them is shared - this is crucial for social life — but that it is shared inappropriately. Her book develops a theory of appropriate sharing and explains some of the ways digital technologies have threatened this.
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Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development | Press Release
NYU Dining Services Pilots Reusable "Meals-2-Go" Container for Hayden Dining Hall

Feb 1, 2010
NYU Dining Services has just launched a reusable Meals-2-Go container program to decrease the number of disposable containers used in campus dining facilities. The program is being piloted in Hayden Dining in the Spring 2010 semester. NYU Dining Services is giving out 300 reusable containers to students, faculty, or administrators willing to participate in the pilot.
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All University | Press Release
Tisch School Alums Win Big at Sundance

Feb 1, 2010
The 26th Sundance Film Festival presented the 2010 Jury and Audience Awards on Saturday (Jan. 30) in Park City, Utah. Four alumni for the Tisch School of the Arts-three from the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television and one from the Graduate Acting Program-were big winners when they walked away with awards. In all, there were six winning films that had alumni and students from the Tisch School attached.
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Tisch School of the Arts, NYUToday-feature, Awards | Press Release
Development Research Institute Recognized

Feb 1, 2010
New York Universitys Development Research Institute (DRI) has been recognized by Spains BBVA Foundation for its innovative scholarship on the impact of foreign aid. In selecting DRI for its 2009 Frontiers of Knowledge Award, which carries a cash prize of 400,000 (approximately $560,000), the foundation also noted the institutes challenge to the conventional wisdom in development assistance.
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Research, All University, Graduate School of Arts and Science, Awards | Press Release
NYU College of Dentistry Joins the ADA’s Eighth Annual “Give Kids a Smile Day,” Feb. 5

Feb 1, 2010
The New York University College of Dentistry, in conjunction with the New York County Dental Society and the American Dental Association (ADA), are joining forces on a volunteer initiative to Give Kids a Smile by providing free educational, preventive, and restorative services to children, Friday, February 5, 2010. The services are part of a larger nation-wide initiative to raise awareness and access to dental care for all children.
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College of Dentistry, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU Alumni Snag Six Oscar Nominations

Feb 2, 2010
Five alumni of New York University’s Kanbar Institute of Film & Television at the Tisch School of the Arts are among the nominees of the 82st Academy Awards. The alumni are nominated in the categories of Best Motion Picture, Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay, Achievement in Film Editing, Achievement in Sound Editing, and Foreign Language Film.
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Tisch School of the Arts, NYUToday-feature | Article
“Art or Archive? What Matters to Artists’ Estates” a Panel Discussion at NYU Fales Library, Feb. 16

Feb 5, 2010
New York University’s Fales Library presents “Art or Archive? What Matters To Artists’ Estates?,” Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 6:30 -8:30 p.m., in the Fales Library, third floor of the Bobst Library at New York University, 70 Washington Square South, NYC.
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Division of Libraries | Press Release
“The Best and Worst of Aid,” Hosted by NYU’s Development Research Institute

Feb 5, 2010
New York University’s Development Research Institute will host “The Best and Worst of Aid,” a one-day conference with the leading thinkers in development economics that will address how to best hold aid agencies accountable for effective solutions to global poverty and highlight which organizations are the best and worst in aid spending.
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Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU Nursing Students Volunteer during Winter Break, 2010

Feb 8, 2010
Two Week Program at the Adirondack Medical Center Offers Insight into Providing Care in Rural Setting
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College of Nursing, student | Press Release
NYU’s King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center Hosts Poetry Reading Series

Feb 10, 2010
A series of three poetry readings will be hosted this spring by New York University’s King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square South. The readings are free and open to the public. For more information, call 212.998.3650 or visit www.nyu.edu/kjc.
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international houses, kjc, events | Article
NYU’s Creative Writing Program Announces March Events

Feb 10, 2010
The New York University Creative Writing Program’s Spring 2010 Reading Series continues in March with events featuring author Sharon Olds (March 4), Lewis Lapham (March 24), who leads a roundtable discussion on creativity, and poet Elizabeth Alexander, who composed and recited “Praise Song for the Day” at the inauguration of President Barack Obama (March 31). Events are held in the program’s Greenwich Village home, the Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House at 58 W. 10th Street, unless otherwise noted. Subways: F, L, V (6th Avenue); 1 (Christopher Street); A, B, C, D, E, F, V (West 4th Street). All events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 212.998.8816 or visit www.cwp.fas.nyu.edu.
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James Devitt, Arts and Science, creative writing | Press Release
LinkEducation Hosts K-12 Education Expo, Sat. Feb. 20

Feb 10, 2010
Students, teachers, parents, and education administrators will come together on Sat., Feb. 20, 2010 for LinkEducation’s K-12 Education Expo, held at New York University’s Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South (at LaGuardia Place). The Expo runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m..
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Events, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development | Press Release
NYU Announces Sustainability 'Green Grant' Recipients for 2010

Feb 11, 2010
Projects Developed by Students, Faculty and Staff Reduce Environmental Impacts and Contribute to Public Engagement on Sustainability Issues
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Sustainability | Press Release
Political consultant Bob Shrum and Geoffrey Cowan Debate the Public’s Right to Know—Feb. 25

Feb 11, 2010
Immediately after a performance of the show “Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers” at the New York Theater Workshop in lower Manhattan on Thursday, February 25, the Democratic political consultant and NYU Wagner senior fellow Bob Shrum will take to the stage to discuss national security and the public’s right to know with the playwright, Geoffrey Cowan.
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Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU Wagner Hosts Iranian Pro-Democracy Leader on Feb. 22

Feb 11, 2010
Mohsen Sazegara, prominent co-founder of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a former Deputy Prime Minister in the Islamic Republic of Iran, will deliver a lunchtime lecture at NYU Wagner on Monday, February 22.
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Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Events and Traditions | Press Release
Studying Abroad is Most Popular at NYU, says IIE Report

Feb 12, 2010
NYU remains one of the top American universities in both attracting international students and in students who study abroad, according to a study released this fall by the Institute of International Education (IIE).
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Article
Discover Magazine Names NYU Physics Finding One of Top Stories of 2009

Feb 12, 2010
Discover magazine has named a research finding by New York University physicists one of the top 100 stories of 2009. In the study, which first appeared in the journal Nature, NYU scientists determined how to count different-sized spheres packed in a container.
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Press Release
Scientists Identify Park As One of the Most Biodiverse Places on Earth

Feb 12, 2010
Yasuní National Park, located in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon, shatters a range of world biodiversity records—from trees to amphibians to insects to mammals—according to new research from U.S. and Ecuadorian scientists.
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Article
John Brennan—“A Dialogue on Our Nation’s Security”—Feb. 13

Feb 12, 2010
John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, will be the featured speaker in “A Dialogue on Our Nation’s Security,” co-sponsored by the Islamic Center at New York University, the Islamic Law Students Association at NYU, and the White House Office of Public Engagement.
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Islamic Center, Events and Traditions | Press Release
Photographic Works by 10 Graduating Seniors in Tisch to Go on View Feb 18th

Feb 12, 2010
An exhibition featuring approximately 50 works in photography, digital imaging, and multimedia by 10 graduating seniors from the class of 2010 in the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television will open February 18. It will remain on view at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts through March 13, 2010.
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Tisch School of the Arts, student | Press Release
Risk Magazine Names Courant Institute’s Avellaneda “Quant of the Year”

Feb 12, 2010
Readers of Risk magazine have voted Marco Avellaneda, a professor at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, “Quant of the Year” for 2010 for his ground-breaking work on the effect of short-selling restrictions on stock prices. Quantitative analysts, or “quants,” employ numerical techniques to gauge financial markets.
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NYUToday-feature, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty | Press Release
NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge Panel Considers Merits of Stimulus Act’s “Build America Bond”—Feb. 17

Feb 16, 2010
New York University’s Institute for Public Knowledge will host a panel discussion, “Growing Our Way Out of Crisis: Private Perspectives on Public Works,” which will consider the merits of the “Build America Bond,” on Wednesday, February 17, 4-6 p.m. at 20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor Conference Room (between 5th and 6th Streets). Subways: 6 (Astor Place); R, W (8th Street). The event comes on the one-year anniversary of the signing of the U.S. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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Institute for Public Knowledge, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU Reynolds Program Hosts Christopher Jordan – March 3

Feb 16, 2010
Christopher Jordan, a former corporate attorney turned internationally acclaimed photographic artist and cultural activist, will deliver a talk at New York University on Wednesday, March 3 about his exploration of the frightening volume of waste generated by American consumerism.
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Entrepreneurship, Events and Traditions, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service | Press Release
World Premiere of “FINN” Opening March 4 at Skirball

Feb 16, 2010
Internationally acclaimed theater ensemble Mabou Mines celebrates 40 years of creating groundbreaking theater with the world premiere of FINN, a digital and live-action adventure based on the ancient Celtic legend of Finn McCool opening on Thursday, March 4 at 8 p.m. at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Place).
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Skirball Center | Press Release
Global Mental Health: A Discipline Comes of Age – March 5

Feb 16, 2010
The NYU Master’s Program in Global Public Health will hold a panel discussion on “Global Mental Health: A Discipline Comes of Age” on Friday, March 5, including a keynote presentation by Vikram Patel, professor of international mental health at the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
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Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Events and Traditions | Press Release
National Endowment for The Humanities Chair Jim Leach – March 4 at NYU

Feb 17, 2010
The John Brademas Center for the Study of Congress at New York University will host a timely lecture by Jim Leach, chairman of The National Endowment for the Humanities, on the need to foster public civility in American politics and public life.
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Brademas Center, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU Steinhardt Presents Master Class with Songwriter Hal David, Mon. Feb 22

Feb 17, 2010
Acclaimed lyricist and songwriter Hal David will present a master class at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development on Monday, February 22 at 6:45 p.m. in the Frederick Loewe Theatre, 35 West 4th Street. Admission is free. Reservations can be made by emaling steinhardt.boxoffice@nyu.edu.
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Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU Courant’s Tygert Wins Sloan Foundation Fellowship

Feb 18, 2010
Mark Tygert, an assistant professor at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, has won a fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to continue his research in applying computing methods to advance science and engineering.
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Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Full-Time | Press Release
Concert for UNICEF’s Haiti Relief Fund to Feature Nyle, Katia Cadet, and Blitz the Ambassador —Feb. 23

Feb 18, 2010
Nyle, Katia Cadet, and Blitz the Ambassador will be among the featured performers at a benefit concert presented by New York University’s Student Senators Council on Tuesday, February 23, 8 p.m. at NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South). Proceeds from the event will go to UNICEF’s “Haiti Relief Fund.”
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Current, Skirball Center, Events and Traditions | Press Release
Good News from 2009 Grads

Feb 18, 2010
Despite the ongoing recession, 90 percent of students from the Class of 2009 report that they are either employed or in graduate school
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Article
Brennan Discusses Muslim Americans’ Role in National Security

Feb 22, 2010
Counterterrorism expert outlines how the work of Muslim Americans can "help keep our nation safe."
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Events | Article
UC San Diego, NYU, & University of Illinois Libraries to Collaborate on Next-Generation Archival ManagEment Tool

Feb 22, 2010
The University of California, San Diego; New York University; and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Libraries are teaming up to develop a next-generation archival management tool, thanks to a grant in the amount of $539,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Division of Libraries | Press Release
“Rediscovering the Inscriptions of Campa (Vietnam)” Will Be Topic of Lecture at NYU’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, Mar. 8

Feb 22, 2010
The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at New York University will present a lecture entitled Rediscovering the Inscriptions of Campa (Vietnam) to be given by Arlo Griffiths, professor of Southeast Asian history at the French School of Asian Studies [École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO)]. The talk will take place Monday, March 8, 2010 at 6 p.m.
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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, Events and Traditions | Press Release
New York Times, Carter Journalism Institute Team Up to Create East Village News Site

Feb 22, 2010
The New York Times and New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute have formed a collaborative agreement to cover New York City’s East Village under The Local, The Times’s network of community web sites. The site will be the first devoted exclusively to covering a Manhattan neighborhood.
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Arts and Science, NYUToday-feature | Press Release
Lalia Rach, NYU Tisch Center Divisional Dean, to Step Down and Become Full-Time Faculty at the End of Academic Year

Feb 22, 2010
Lalia Rach, divisional dean and HVS professor of the NYU Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management, will step down from the dean’s role at the end of the 2009-10 academic year and return to teaching full-time, conducting research, and mentoring students at the Tisch Center.
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School of Continuing and Professional Studies | Press Release
NYU’s Maison Française Hosts Special Events This March

Feb 22, 2010
La Maison Française of New York University, located at 16 Washington Mews (at University Place), will host several special events in March, including a preview of New York City Opera’s production of Chabrier’s “L’Etoile,” on Tues., March 2 at 7 p.m. All events are free and take place at La Maison Française, unless otherwise noted. For further information, call 212.998.8750 or visit www.nyu.edu/maisonfrancaise.
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Events and Traditions, International Houses | Press Release
5th Annual NYC Oral Cancer Walk on April 24

Feb 23, 2010
NYU and Columbia Dental Students, Harlem Hospital Center, Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, and Renaissance Health Care Network Team Up to Stamp Out Oral Cancer
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College of Dentistry, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU Silver School of Social Work Dean Lynn Videka to Speak on ‘Women and Leadership’ – Feb. 24

Feb 23, 2010
Lynn Videka, dean of the Silver School of Social Work at New York University, will deliver a talk on Wednesday, February 24 entitled “Women and Leadership: Science Findings and Personal Choices.”
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Silver School of Social Work | Press Release
UK’s Business Secretary Mandelson to Discuss Globalization’s Impact on Current Banking Crisis—March 3 at NYU

Feb 23, 2010
Peter Mandelson, the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, and Skills, will discuss “Is the Banking Crisis a Failure of Globalization?” on Wednesday, March 3, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., at New York University’s D’Agostino Hall-Lipton Hall, 108 West 3rd Street (between MacDougal and Sullivan Streets). Subways: A, B, C, D, E, F, V (West 4th Street).
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All University, Events and Traditions | Press Release
Creative Writing Program to Feature Perrotta, Aciman, and Others in April

Feb 23, 2010
The New York University Creative Writing Program’s Spring 2010 Reading Series continues in April with events featuring André Aciman (April 1) and Tom Perrotta (April 23). Events are held in the program’s Greenwich Village home, the Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House at 58 W. 10th Street, unless otherwise noted. Subways: F, L, V (6th Avenue); 1 (Christopher Street); A, B, C, D, E, F, V (West 4th Street). All events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 212.998.8816 or visit www.cwp.fas.nyu.edu.
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Arts and Science, Events and Traditions | Press Release
UC San Diego, NYU, & University of Illinois Libraries to Collaborate on Next-Generation Archival ManagEment Tool

Feb 23, 2010
The University of California, San Diego; New York University; and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Libraries are teaming up to develop a next-generation archival management tool, thanks to a grant in the amount of $539,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Division of Libraries | Press Release
College of Dentistry and Polytechnic Institute Share Grant to Develop New Weapon Against Harmful Oral Bacteria

Feb 23, 2010
Researchers from the College of Dentistry and the Polytechnic Institute of NYU have been awarded a one-year NYU-Polytechnic Institute Seed Grant for Collaborative Research to develop a new weapon against oral bacteria that cause dental caries and adhere to dental restorations, causing them to fail.
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Research, Research News, College of Dentistry | Press Release
Henry Louis Gates to Deliver Gallatin Lecture

Feb 23, 2010
Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. will deliver the Spring 2010 Albert Gallatin Lecture, “Genealogy, Genetics, and African American History,” on Tues., March 2, at 6 p.m. in NYU’s Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts
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Article
City Board Approves Variance for NYU Center for Academic and Spiritual Life

Feb 23, 2010
The New York City Board of Standards and Appeals has approved NYU’s proposed variance for its new Center for Academic and Spiritual Life, which will be built at 58 Washington Square South, at the corner of Thompson Street.
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NYUToday-feature, Center for Academic and Spiritual Life, Planning & Construction | Press Release
Psychiatrists’ Primary Method to Prevent Mistaken Diagnoses of Depression Doesn’t Work, NYU Study Finds

Feb 24, 2010
A study in the March edition of the American Journal of Psychiatry senior-authored by Jerome C. Wakefield, a professor at the Silver School of Social Work at New York University with Mark Schmitz of Temple University and Judith Baer of Rutgers University, empirically challenges the effectiveness of psychiatrists’ official diagnostic manual in preventing mistaken, false-positive diagnoses of depression.
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NYUToday-feature, Research, Research News, Silver School of Social Work | Press Release
College of Dentistry, ABC-7 Celebrate 25 Years of Free Health Screenings

Feb 24, 2010
Free dental screenings will be available on March 30th, March 31st, and April 1st, at the NYU College of Dentistry, 345 E. 24th Street (corner of First Avenue) from 8:30 am - 7:00 pm.
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College of Dentistry, Events and Traditions | Press Release
Second Avenue Dance Company/2010 Spring Concert, March 31- April 5

Feb 24, 2010
The Second Avenue Dance Company/2010 (SADC) will present its spring concert series March 31- April 5 and feature the work of four noted guest choreographers— Diane Coburn Bruning, Alwin Nikolais, Stacy Spence, and Doug Varone. The series will also include work in rotating repertory by five student choreographers (four dances of which one is a co-choreographed duet).
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Tisch School of the Arts, dance, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU Abu Dhabi Announces Lead-Off Research Grants

Feb 25, 2010
The three projects, spanning the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering, will be based in Abu Dhabi and will cumulatively receive some $20 million over five years.
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Research News, Research | Press Release
NYU Named to National Honor Roll For Community Service Efforts

Feb 25, 2010
The Corporation for National and Community Service today named NYU to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction.
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All University, Awards | Press Release

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