Oct 1, 2010
The first episode of “Jazz Master Class Series from NYU,” which features legends from the jazz world, will air on Mon., Oct. 4 at 10 p.m. on NYC life (Channel 25), the flagship station of NYC Media.
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Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, musician |
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Oct 1, 2010
In late September, international dignitaries led discussions and answered questions during events across campus and beyond.
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Oct 4, 2010
American Jewish women in the 1950s found ways to negotiate the domestic pressures of Postwar America, making their mark as social activists, intellectuals, artists, businesswomen, and religious leaders, a group of historians conclude in a new book, A Jewish Feminine Mystique? Jewish Women in Postwar America.
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Research, Arts and Science, Graduate School of Arts and Science, Faculty |
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Oct 4, 2010
Renowned pianist and author Alfred Brendel will deliver the 12th annual Irving H. Jurow Lecture, a set of three talks on music’s performance, interpretation, and character, on Monday, October 18, Wednesday, October 20, and Thursday, October 21 in NYU’s Hemmerdinger Hall, Silver Center.
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Arts and Science, College of Arts and Science, Around the Square, Events, Events and Traditions |
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Oct 4, 2010
Join the Women of Color Policy Network at NYU Wagner on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, for the release of “At Rope’s End: Single Women Mothers, Wealth and Asset Accumulation in the U.S.,” and a moderated conversation by two leading experts.
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Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Events and Traditions |
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Oct 4, 2010
New York University Libraries is pleased to announce it has received a gift from the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) of its Albert Sussman Library’s print collection. The Library comprises more than 1,600 print items, including directories of shopping centers and retailers, as well as other books and reports covering the global shopping center industry.
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Division of Libraries |
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Oct 4, 2010
While researchers have noted the deleterious effects of foreclosure on surrounding properties and neighborhoods, little is known about the effects of foreclosure on children. A new report, Kids and Foreclosure: New York City, released today by researchers at the Institute for Education and Social Policy (IESP) and Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy begins to address the issue by estimating the number of students in New York City affected by the current foreclosure crisis.
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Research, School of Law, Research News, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development |
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Oct 5, 2010
In Foundations of Neuroeconomic Analysis, NYU's Paul Glimcher outlines how neuroeconomics, a relatively new academic field, can provide insight into many of the fundamental features of decision making that have previously eluded scholars working exclusively within neuroscience, psychology, and economics.
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Research, Arts and Science, Faculty |
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Oct 5, 2010
NYU will host “Altneuland: Israeli Queer Cinema Festival,” on Saturday, October 23 and Sunday, October 24, at New York University’s King Juan Carlos Center [screening room] (53 Washington Square South, between Sullivan and Thompson Streets).
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Arts and Science, Around the Square, Events and Traditions |
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Oct 6, 2010
The New York University Fales Library and Special Collections presents A Sanctuary for the Arts: Judson Memorial Church and the Avant-Garde, 1954-1977, opening October 28, 2010, and running through January 7, 2011 at NYU Bobst Library, 3rd Floor, 70 Washington Square South, NYC. Exhibition hours are Monday through Friday, 10am to 5pm. The exhibition’s opening weekend features a roundtable discussion and dance performances—details below. The exhibition is free and open to the public. For more information, the public should visit http://www.judson.org/falesexhibition, or contact Joanna Steinberg at jrs358@nyu.edu. Subways: A, B, C, D, E, F (West 4th Street).
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Division of Libraries |
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Oct 6, 2010
Publishing students’ visit leads to input into cover design for current issue
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School of Continuing and Professional Studies |
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Oct 6, 2010
The NYU Creative Writing Program’s Fall 2010 Reading Series continues in November and December with events featuring Pulitzer Prize winners Junot Diaz (Nov. 11), who won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, and Charles Wright (Nov. 18), who captured the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.
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Arts and Science, Around the Square, Events, Events and Traditions |
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Oct 6, 2010
Poet, novelist, and war hero, Gabriele d’Annunzio was a central figure in the Italian cultural and political life of the early 20th century. A new exhibition, “Gabriele d’Annunzio: Living Life as a Work of Art,” provides a striking glimpse into the life of the artist.
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New York City, International Houses |
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Oct 7, 2010
NYU is today filing an application with the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to seek approval to introduce a new tower within the landmarked University Village (Silver Towers) site. The proposal has emerged from an extensive design and planning process and is considered a preferable option to building on a site immediately adjacent to the landmarked area, currently occupied by a Morton Williams supermarket.
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NYUToday-feature, Planning & Construction, NYU 2031 |
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Oct 7, 2010
Canceled: Mark Gelber, a professor at Israel’s Ben Gurion University of the Negev, will deliver “Kafka, Zionism, and the Trial in Tel Aviv,” on Wednesday, November 10, 6 p.m., at New York University’s Edgar M. Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life.
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Oct 8, 2010
The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service welcomes Ed Koch on Thursday, October 14 for a discussion about his legacy with NYU Polytechnic Institute historian Jonathan Soffer, author of a new book on the former mayor.
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Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Events and Traditions |
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Oct 8, 2010
He has been called the dean of American documentary filmmakers, the Johnny Appleseed of documentary, and the father of public access television.
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Tisch School of the Arts |
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Oct 11, 2010
The Graduate Film Program at New York University’s Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at the Tisch School of the Arts has announced the addition of four new faculty members to the producing side of the curriculum beginning in fall 2010.
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Tisch School of the Arts |
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Oct 11, 2010
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) announced the names of new members and foreign associates at its 40th annual meeting today. Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, the Erline Perkins McGriff Professor and Dean of the New York University College of Nursing, was among this year’s inductees.
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College of Nursing |
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Oct 12, 2010
NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders), announces the launch of the “Solutions” Winter Webinars that profile innovations in geriatric care at NICHE designated hospitals. These new webinars, part of the “Online Connect” series, are based on the NICHE “Solutions” success story sheets. The presentations are geared to the NICHE community and other audiences to help health care professionals improve the care of hospitalized older adults.
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NICHE, College of Nursing |
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Oct 12, 2010
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a joint, five-year, $1.25 million grant to Dr. Brian L. Schmidt, a Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the NYU College of Dentistry, and Dr. Markus Hardt, a protein chemist at the Boston Biomedical Research Institute, for a study of the molecular mechanisms of oral cancer pain.
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NYUToday-feature, College of Dentistry, Sponsored Research |
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Oct 12, 2010
A multimillion grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to the J. Craig Venter Institute, in collaboration with the NYU College of Dentistry, is underwriting a four-year study that utilizes a new genetic sequencing technique to speed the process of identifying those remaining bacteria that play the most important role in tooth decay.
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College of Dentistry, Sponsored Research |
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Oct 12, 2010
“Las Muertes Chiquitas/Little Deaths” is a multimedia documentary project focused on the lives of more than 30 Mexican women from different regions of the country: women of diverse ages, social backgrounds, professions, and religions. The Catalan Center is a co-sponsor of the film's NYC debut.
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International Houses |
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Oct 12, 2010
NYU celebrated the 250th anniversary of the birth of Albert Gallatin, a founding father of both the United States of America and NYU, on Sept. 23 at the school bearing his name, NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study.
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Oct 12, 2010
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò will launch a new speaker series devoted to issues of fashion and design. Called “AdDRESSing Style: Conversations on the Visual Arts,” the series kicks off with an inaugural event, “Fashion in the Global Age,” on Thurs., Oct. 21 at 6:30 p.m
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The Global Network, Casa Italiana, International Houses |
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Oct 13, 2010
Smoking Cessation Specialists On-Hand from 11:30am to 3:30pm Providing Information and Referrals
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College of Dentistry |
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Oct 13, 2010
On Oct. 27 and 28, 2010, the Silver School of Social Work at NYU hosts a conference that combines cutting edge approaches and new ways of thinking to advance the promise and possibilities of mental health recovery.
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Research, Silver School of Social Work, Events and Traditions |
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Oct 13, 2010
Amartya Sen, the 1998 Nobel Laureate in Economics, will deliver New York University’s Annual Lewis Burke Frumkes Lecture on Thursday, November 4, 7:30 p.m. at NYU’s Hemmerdinger Hall, Silver Center. Sen’s lecture is titled “Global Justice and Political Philosophy.”
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Arts and Science, Graduate School of Arts and Science, Around the Square, Events, Events and Traditions |
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Oct 13, 2010
The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University will present two cutting-edge performances of comedy and music back to back—Oct. 21 & 22—with the appearances of comedienne, actress, and writer Kristen Schaal (Flight of the Conchords) and the musical homage to Andy Warhol by Brooklyn-based musicians Dean & Britta.
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Oct 14, 2010
Researchers have developed a method for curbing the growth of crystals that form cystine kidney stones. Their findings, which appear in the latest issue of the journal Science, may offer a pathway to a new method for the prevention of kidney stones.
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Research, Arts and Science, Faculty, Sponsored Research |
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Oct 14, 2010
A gene’s location on a chromosome plays a significant role in shaping how an organism’s traits vary and evolve, according to findings by genome biologists at NYU and Princeton University.
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Oct 14, 2010
Professor Vitaly Naumkin, president of Moscow’s Institute of Oriental Studies, will deliver a public lecture, “Islam in Russia,” on Thursday, October 28, 6-8 p.m. at New York University’s Hagop Kevorkian Center, Richard Ettinghausen Library, 50 Washington Square South (enter at 255 Sullivan Street).
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Arts and Science, Events, Around the Square, Events and Traditions |
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Oct 14, 2010
An exhibition of approximately 80 works created by the faculty and staff of the Department of Photography & Imaging in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts will open October 21 and run through November 20, 2010.
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Tisch School of the Arts |
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Oct 14, 2010
Joe Sacco, a comic artist, journalist, author, and illustrator, will be featured in “Primary Sources: Coverage in Context,” a series of conversations focused on the media and the Middle East, at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute (20 Cooper Square, between 5th and 6th Streets, 7th Floor), on Wednesday, November 3, 5:30-7 p.m.
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Oct 15, 2010
NYU has received a $1.6 million National Science Foundation grant to upgrade its Structural DNA Nanotechnology facility. Structural DNA nanotechnology uses synthetic DNA molecules to create new materials a billionth of a meter in size.
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Arts and Science, Research, Science, Faculty, Sponsored Research |
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Oct 18, 2010
La Maison Française, located at 16 Washington Mews (at University Place), will host a number of special events in November and December, including the opening of a new exhibition of drawings and prints by Henri Matisse on Nov. 2; a three-day conference on Jean Genet from Nov. 11-13; and a talk on Dec. 2 by Kenneth Silver, professor of modern art and curator of the Guggenheim exhibition, Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy, and Germany, 1918-1936.
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Oct 18, 2010
An exhibition of approximately 40 works created by alumni of the Department of Photography & Imaging in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts will open October 21 and run through November 20, 2010.
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Tisch School of the Arts |
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Oct 18, 2010
NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study will host “1001,” Jason Grote’s postmodern re-telling of One Thousand and One Arabian Nights, on November 4, 5, 11, and 12 (7 p.m.), November 6 and 13 (8 p.m.), and November 7 and 14 (2 p.m.).
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Gallatin School of Individualized Study, Events, Around the Square, Events and Traditions |
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Oct 19, 2010
Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy, and Germany, 1918–1936, an exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum guest curated by New York University Art History Professor Kenneth Silver, is the first exhibition in the United States to explore the classicizing aesthetic that followed the immense destruction of World War I.
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Oct 19, 2010
The commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Silver School of Social Work this year will culminate with the Fiftieth Anniversary Benefit Celebration on November 10, featuring a conversation with NYU President John Sexton, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Carol Gilligan, followed by cocktails and dinner, with CBS Early Show anchor Harry Smith.
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NYUToday-feature, Around the Square, Graduate, Silver School of Social Work, Events and Traditions |
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Oct 20, 2010
The ancient Greek myth Jason and the Argonauts is brought to life as a comedic tale of heroism and adventure when Visible Fictions brings its theatrical production to New York University’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts on November 6 at 2:00 p.m.
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Oct 20, 2010
More than 200 researchers, practitioners and business leaders will convene in New York City for a first look at new research results on the impact of microfinance. The Microfinance Impact and Innovation Conference 2010, co-hosted by the Financial Access Initiative (FAI) at NYU Wagner and other leading research and financial institutions, will be held Thursday, October 21 through Saturday, October 23.
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Research, partner-university, Social Science, global-academic-center, Events and Traditions, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service |
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Oct 20, 2010
New York University’s Program in Music Business has named Chris Stanchak, founder and CEO of TicketLeap.com, as Entrepreneur-in-Residence for the fall semester, 2010. Stanchak’s residency is supported by the Aronson Family Guest Speaker Fund and the Steinhardt School for Culture, Education and Human Development.
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Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development |
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Oct 20, 2010
NYU Press and NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) have announced the establishment of the Library of Arabic Literature (LAL). This new long-term project, funded by a grant from NYUAD’s research center, the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, will initially publish 35 English translations of the great works of classical Arabic literature.
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The Global Network, Research, Division of Libraries |
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Oct 21, 2010
John W. Rowe, MD, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University lectured on “The Future of Nursing” at New York University’s Helen & Martin Kimmel Center for University Life on Wednesday, October 12th. The guest lecture was presented by NYU College of Nursing.
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College of Nursing, Events and Traditions |
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Oct 21, 2010
New York University and Manhattan Community Board 2 will host hundreds of children, moms, and dads at the 20th Annual Greenwich Village Children’s Halloween Parade. Led by the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corps. Marching Band, children and families will march around Washington Square Park. Following the parade, the children will be treated to candy, face-painting, rides and live entertainment, including a special performance by the NYC based children’s music band, Jeremy Plays Guitar.
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All University, Community Service |
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Oct 21, 2010
“Social, Ethical, Political, and Policy Implications of Interpretations of Islam’s Foundational Text: The Qur’an,” a symposium sponsored by New York University’s Center for Dialogues, will bring together some of the foremost Muslim scholars to discuss and debate the meaning of the text and the larger significance of how he Qur’an is viewed by Muslims and non-Muslims around the globe.
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Arts and Science, Events, Around the Square, Events and Traditions |
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Oct 25, 2010
New York University’s Tamiment Library has acquired the papers of Philip Agee, former CIA operative and author of Inside the Company: CIA Diary (1974). The papers document Agee’s life and work after his 1969 CIA defection. They contain valuable research files assembled for his books which document CIA practices world-wide.
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Division of Libraries, Sponsored Research |
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Oct 25, 2010
New York University has established the Center on U.S.-China Relations, a research institute that will focus on the rapidly changing dynamic between the two countries. The Center will be directed by David Denoon, an NYU professor of politics and economics, who has served in senior policy-making positions in the U.S. government.
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Arts and Science, Research, Faculty |
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Oct 25, 2010
Otto Neugebauer (1899-1990), more than any other scholar of recent times, shaped the way we perceive and study ancient science.
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The Global Network, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World |
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Oct 25, 2010
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $3.75 million grant to a team of New York research and educational institutions to further develop BigPlant v1.0.
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Federal Grants, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Arts and Science, Research, Faculty, Sponsored Research |
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Oct 26, 2010
Henri Matisse–Writers on Paper: Selected Drawings and Prints from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation is the first exhibition dedicated exclusively to Matisse’s little-known drawings of men. The exhibition, on view at New York University’s Maison Française from Nov. 2 through Dec. 21, includes a selection of intimate drawings and prints of writers.
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artwork, International Houses |
Press Release
Oct 26, 2010
Red Burns, founder of the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) in the Tisch School of the Arts, and Evan Korth, a clinical associate professor in the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, have been named to the “Silicon Alley 100: New York’s Coolest Tech People in 2010.”
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Tisch School of the Arts, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Research |
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Oct 27, 2010
From DIY butchery to home cheese making, pulling freshness from a rooftop Great Recession Victory Garden to gathering for Farmers Market - canning classes - Americans of all ages seem to be storming back into the home kitchen with renewed intensity and focus. Cookbook sales are up even while recipe sharing blogs go viral. Something big is going on out there in the American Home Kitchen.
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NYUToday-feature, Division of Libraries, Events and Traditions |
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Oct 27, 2010
The conference, "Jean Genet in the USA," will feature discussions and roundtables about Genet’s influence on the political, social, and artistic scenes in the U.S. during the 1960s and 70s. All events are free and open to the public, and take place at La Maison Française.
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NYUToday-feature, International Houses, event, conference |
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Oct 28, 2010
New York University’s Avery Fisher Center for Music and Media (AFC) in Bobst Library will celebrate and honor the pioneering career of legendary documentary filmmaker and NYU’s own George C. Stoney with a retrospective screening of some of his films on Nov. 3, 9, 10, 16, & 17. The screenings are free and open to the public.
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Tisch School of the Arts, Division of Libraries |
Press Release
Oct 28, 2010
The education policy breakfast series at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development returns on Fri., Nov. 12 with a discussion on education and economic growth. The breakfast takes place from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at NYU’s Kimmel Center for University Life, 60 Washington Square South.
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Press Release
Oct 28, 2010
The Kanbar Institute of Film & Television at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts has announced the winners of the 2010 Chris Columbus/Richard Vague Film Production Fund awards for alumni filmmaking. The Production Fund supports annual awards to recent alumni of the Kanbar Institute’s Graduate and Undergraduate divisions to direct their first feature film, either narrative or documentary.
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Tisch School of the Arts |
Press Release
Oct 28, 2010
Poets Matt Donovan and LB Thompson, graduates of New York University’s Creative Writing Program, were among the 10 recipients of the 2010 Writing Writers’ Awards, which are given annually to writers of exceptional talent and promise early in their careers.
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Arts and Science, Alumni, Sponsored Awards, Awards |
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Oct 29, 2010
New York University’s Fales Library and Special Collections presents “At Moments Like These He Feels Furthest Away,” a new series of paintings by painter Philip Monaghan at NYU’s Bobst Library, 3rd Floor, 70 Washington Square South, (at LaGuardia Place). The exhibition opens January 26, 2011, and runs through April 29, 2011. [Subways A,C,E, B,D,M to West 4th Street; 6 line to Astor Place; R train to 8th Street.].
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Division of Libraries, Fales |
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Oct 29, 2010
Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Carol Gilligan will join a conversation and gala event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Silver School of Social Work at New York University on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.
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New York City, Alumni, Silver School of Social Work, Events and Traditions |
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