June

'Gotham: Graphic New York' Opens June 10 at NYU Wagner's Gallery Space

Jun 2, 2010
NYU Wagner will unveil "Gotham: Graphic New York" on June 10 at the free, publicly accessible Gallery Space at Wagner. This summer exhibit features visually arresting photographs and typographical posters by graphic designer Jeffrey Garofalo, a Wagner alumnus. It will run through September 3, in partnership with NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education & Human Development.
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Around the Square, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service | Press Release
NYU Chemist Seeman Wins Kavli Prize in Nanoscience

Jun 3, 2010
New York University Chemist Nadrian Seeman has been awarded the 2010 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience for his creation of robotic devices that have the potential to create new materials a billionth of a meter in size.
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Arts and Science, Research, Sponsored Awards, Faculty, Awards | Press Release
NYU-SCPS Certificate in Global Philanthropy Launches Fall 2010

Jun 3, 2010
The New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies today announced a new professional Certificate in Global Philanthropy, designed to deliver a focused education in fundraising and global affairs to NGO programming and development professionals. The program will begin in the fall 2010 semester.
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Around the Square | Press Release
“Secret Gardens: Powerful Plots in Surprising Places,”a Panel Discussion, June 17 at NYU’s Fales Library

Jun 3, 2010
New York University’s Fales Library, the home of one of the nation’s largest and prestigious archives in food studies, will host a panel discussion entitled “Secret Gardens: Powerful Plots in Surprising Places,” on Thursday, June 17, 2010 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. at the Fales Library, third floor, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, (at LaGuardia Place). [Subways: A, B, C, D, E, F (West 4th Street)]
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NYUToday-feature, Division of Libraries, Around the Square, Events and Traditions | Press Release
NYU and Magnum Foundation Present Panel Discussion on Photography and Human Rights, June 21

Jun 3, 2010
The Department of Photography & Imaging in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts will host a panel discussion entitled Photography & Human Rights: What Works? The panel is presented in collaboration with the Magnum Foundation as a part of a summer program designed to explore strategies to create effective documentary projects linked with issues of human rights.
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Tisch School of the Arts, Around the Square | Press Release
Bjorn Hanson—Renowned Hospitality and Travel Industry Researcher and Senior Executive—Appointed New Head of NYU-SCPS Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management

Jun 7, 2010
Dean Robert Lapiner of the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS) has announced the appointment of Bjorn Hanson as the new divisional dean of the School’s Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management, beginning with the fall 2010 academic semester.
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School of Continuing and Professional Studies | Press Release
NCBS, NYU Neuroscientists Identify Synaptic Defect in Brain Area Involved in Fragile X Syndrome

Jun 7, 2010
Researchers at India’s National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) and New York University’s Center for Neural Science have identified novel synaptic defects in an area of the brain that is involved in the debilitating emotional symptoms of Fragile X Syndrome (FXS).
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Research, Arts and Science, NYUToday-feature, Faculty | Press Release
Introduction to Gerontology Course Material Added to Online NICHE Knowledge Center

Jun 8, 2010
NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders), the national program designed to help improve care of hospitalized older adult patients, announces the addition of Introduction to Gerontology educational modules to the new, online NICHE Knowledge Center.
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College of Nursing, NICHE | Press Release
Biologists Isolate Genes that Regulate the Sleep-Feeding Conflict

Jun 10, 2010
A team of biologists has isolated genes that regulate the sleep-feeding conflict. The study, which...
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Research, Arts and Science, NYUToday-feature, Faculty | Press Release
Courant Graduate Student Selected for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Internship

Jun 11, 2010
Jihun Yu, a doctoral candidate in the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, has been selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to participate in a summer internship program.
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Research, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Science, Students | Press Release
NYU’s Movshon Receives Champalimaud Vision Award

Jun 11, 2010
J. Anthony Movshon, director of NYU’s Center for Neural Science, has been named the recipient of the 2010 António Champalimaud Vision Award for his work on how the brain reconstructs images.
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Arts and Science, Research, Sponsored Awards, Faculty, Awards | Press Release
Two Recent Kanbar Alums Win Student Academy Awards

Jun 14, 2010
Two recent alumni from NYU's Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, Graduate Division, at the Tisch School of the Arts won the Gold and Silver awards in the Narrative category at the 37th Annual Student Academy Awards competition.
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Tisch School of the Arts, NYUToday-feature | Press Release
Harnessing Federal Investment in High-Speed Rail -- June 16th

Jun 14, 2010
The Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management at NYU Wagner will present a forum Wednesday, June 16, about federal funding for the development of high-speed rail systems -- and how local regions can leverage those investments strategically. The event, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at NYU Kimmel Center (60 Washington Square South, New York, N.Y.), is ttled “Leveraging Federal Investment Locally.” It includes a keynote address by Polly Trottenberg, assistant secretary for policy at U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Around the Square | Press Release
Children Living in Areas Where Homicides Committed Have Lower Reading, Verbal Test Scores

Jun 14, 2010
Children living in areas where homicides are committed have lower reading and verbal test scores, a study by NYU Sociology Professor Patrick Sharkey shows.
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Arts and Science, Research, Faculty | Press Release
NYU’s Courant Institute to Host Conference on Developments in Derivatives Pricing—June 19-20

Jun 15, 2010
New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences will host “Recent Developments in Derivatives Pricing” on Saturday, June 19 and Sunday, June 20 (251 Mercer Street [at West 4th Street], Room 109).
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Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Around the Square, Events and Traditions | Press Release
Jewish Foundation for Education of Women (JFEW) Awards a Grant to NYU College of Nursing

Jun 15, 2010
The New York University College of Nursing today announced a $78,000 grant to the College to support the JFEW Palliative Care Scholars Program. The grant period will run from September 2010 through June 2013.
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College of Nursing, Sponsored Awards | Press Release
Campaigns on Same-Sex Marriage Ballot Measures Fail to Move Voters

Jun 15, 2010
Campaigns on ballot measures pertaining to the legal status of same-sex couples, including gay marriage, have minimal impact on voters, a study conducted by NYU's Patrick Egan has found.
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Research, Arts and Science, NYUToday-feature, Faculty | Press Release
NYU Wagner Study Asks: Will Baby Boomers Retire?

Jun 16, 2010
Public service organizations have an unprecedented opportunity to harness the experience and expertise of Baby Boomers, as great numbers envision themselves working in paid or voluntary public service positions between the age of 60 and 80, according to a study by researchers at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University. But the just-completed report, entitled “Baby Boomers, Public Service, and Minority Communities,” also finds that there is scant understanding of this impending influx of aging Americans into the labor force – or of what ethnic and religious communities and voluntary institutions can do to mobilize, train, and absorb them.
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NYUToday-feature, Research, map, Research News, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service | Press Release
NYU Shares Proposal for New Building on Silver Towers Site as It Readies Submission to Landmarks Preservation Commission

Jun 17, 2010
NYU today shared its design plans for a new building for faculty residential and university hotel space to be added to the University Village (Silver Towers) complex.
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NYU 2031 | Press Release
Anna Mendieta at Fales Aug. 1

Jun 18, 2010
The New York University Fales Library and Special Collections presents “Where is Ana Mendieta? Donde esta Ana Mendieta? 25 Years Later - An Exhibition and Symposium,” opening August 1, 2010, and running through October 8, 2010 at NYU Bobst Library, 3rd Floor, 70 Washington Square South, NYC. The Symposium will take place on October 7, 2010 at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
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Around the Square, Division of Libraries | Press Release
NYU Abu Dhabi Announces Inaugural Class

Jun 21, 2010
NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) announced today that 150 students from 39 countries on six continents are expected to make up its first freshman class, which will begin studies this fall. The admissions process was highly competitive, and yielded a class with exceptional academic qualifications, with SAT scores that rank the school in the top six of US Universities.
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NYUToday-feature | Press Release
Dr. Tara Cortes Appointed Executive Director of the NYUCD Hartford Institute

Jun 22, 2010
New York University College of Nursing is pleased to announce the appointment of Tara Cortes, PhD, RN, FAAN, as executive director of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing. Now in its 14th year, the Hartford Institute has become a global resource for best practices in nursing care of older adults. Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN, director since the Hartford Institute’s inception in 1996, will oversee national initiatives to improve geriatric nursing education and long term care. Professor Elizabeth C. Capezuti will direct practice and research initiatives. College of Nursing Dean Terry Fulmer will direct interdisciplinary initiatives.
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College of Nursing | Press Release
The Galveston Archive Project

by CourteneyRae J Palis Jun 22, 2010
NYU students spend a week in the classrooms working with the freshmen class of Ball Prep to help them move past the tragic experiences of Hurricane Ike and use the lessons learned to better themselves and their community.
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Students, Community Service | Article
“GOALIE” Algorithm Explains How Biological Processes are Coordinated Over Time

Jun 23, 2010
Researchers at Virginia Tech, New York University, and Italy’s University of Milan have created a data mining algorithm they call GOALIE that can automatically reveal how biological processes are coordinated in time.
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NYUToday-feature, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Arts and Science, Research, Faculty, School of Medicine | Press Release
Fulmer Addresses UCLA Nursing Graduation

Jun 24, 2010
On Saturday June 12, 2010, Terry Fulmer, Dean of NYU College of Nursing was the Keynote speaker at the UCLA School of Nursing’s graduation ceremony. Dean Fulmer addressed 240 students, proud families and friends. For 61 years, the UCLA School of Nursing has been educating nurses to care for patients in a variety of settings and specialties“These graduates are the leaders of tomorrow and the future of healthcare; I, along with the NYU College of Nursing, know they will exceed our expectations,” said Terry Fulmer, Dean of the NYU College of Nursing.
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College of Nursing | Press Release
W.H.O. Collaborating Center at NYU College of Nursing Celebrates 5-Year Partnership

Jun 24, 2010
The New York University College of Nursing celebrated the 5 year anniversary of its World Health Organization (W.H.O.) Collaborating Center with a symposium at the Manhattan Penthouse.
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College of Nursing | Press Release
NYU Signs Letter of Intent to Launch Affiliation with Universidade Federal da Bahia

Jun 24, 2010
New York University has signed a letter of intent with Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) to create a formal affiliation between the two institutions.
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College of Nursing, College of Dentistry, School of Medicine, Research, NYUToday-feature, Teaching and Learning, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service | Press Release
NYU to Launch Venture Fund to Spur Commercialization of Innovations and Discoveries

Jun 28, 2010
NYU has announced its plans to create a $20 million venture fund to spur the commercialization of select technologies developed at NYU and to provide “seed” funding for startup companies based on those technologies.
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Research, NYUToday-feature, New York City, Around the Square, Entrepreneurship | Press Release
NYU Researchers Identify a Key Mechanism in the Brain’s Computation of Sound Location

Jun 29, 2010
NYU researchers have identified a mechanism the brain uses to help process sound localization. Their findings focus on how the brain computes the different arrival times of sound into each ear to estimate the location of its source.
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Research, Arts and Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty | Press Release
NYU Study Eyes Pay-for-Performance for Hospitals

Jun 30, 2010
The planned nationwide implementation of institutional bonuses mandated under federal health care reform threatens to act as a “reverse Robin Hood,” potentially causing hospitals in less-advantaged regions to lose funds to health care facilities in more affluent areas of the country, according to a study published in the academic journal PLoS Medicine.
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Research, NYUToday-feature, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, School of Medicine | Press Release

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