Apr 2, 2012
Students from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study and College of Arts and Science are awarded prizes for academic achievement.
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NYUToday-feature |
Article
Apr 3, 2012
Kathleen Bishop, an adjunct assistant professor in NYU’s Liberal Studies Program, has been named by the Princeton Review as one of the nation’s best undergraduate teachers.
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Sponsored Awards, Liberal Studies Program, Awards |
Press Release
Apr 4, 2012
The inaugural Alfred Pisani Corinthia Hotels Scholarship and the Tisch Center/Corinthia Hotels Internship and Management Training Program were formally announced recently at the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS) Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management.
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School of Continuing and Professional Studies |
Press Release
Apr 4, 2012
Just starting to flower now are the Shadbush Serviceberries in the Native Woodland Garden on the east face of Bobst Library. Serviceberries are believed to have been on Manhattan island in 1609 when Henry Hudson arrived in New York Harbor, marking the start of European settlement of the area.
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NYUToday-feature, NYU Garden Shop |
Article
Apr 5, 2012
As part of the 8th Orphan Film Symposium taking place April 11-14, New York University’s Department of Cinema Studies and the Moving Image Archiving & Preservation program jointly with the University of South Carolina and the Nickelodeon Theatre of Columbia will present the 2012 Helen Hill Award to independent filmmakers Jo Dery and Jeanne Liotta.
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Tisch School of the Arts |
Press Release
Apr 5, 2012
Jeffrey S. Lehman, a former president of Cornell University and dean of the University of Michigan Law School, has been named Vice Chancellor of NYU Shanghai, effective this summer.
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The Global Network, Office of Global Programs |
Press Release
Apr 5, 2012
“The Amygdaloids Variety Show: A Night of Mind, Brain, Music, and Magic,” featuring New York University Neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux, his band the Amygdaloids, and magician Mark Mitton, will take place at the Sidewalk Cafe on Wed., May 9, 7 to 9 p.m.
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Arts and Science, Around the Square |
Press Release
Apr 6, 2012
NYU’s Movement Laboratory has reconstructed the motions of Alan Gilbert, music director of the New York Philharmonic, to offer an animated, three-dimensional look at the actions of a conductor.
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Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Research, Faculty |
Press Release
Apr 9, 2012
The Research Findings Document Food and Housing Insecurity, Lack of Adequate Health Care, and the Major Impact of Prior Violence and Current Stigma & Discrimination on their Mental and Physical Healths
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Press Release
Apr 9, 2012
The Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholars at New York College of Nursing (NYUCN) is made possible by a grant from the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence funded by the Jonas Family Fund. This award will support one PhD and two Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students for the coming two years. The annual $5k scholarships from the Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar Program will be matched by NYUCN. The monies will go to help to prepare three NYUCN nurses with doctoral degrees to assist in combatting the national nursing faculty shortage as advocated by the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) 2010 report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.
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College of Nursing |
Press Release
Apr 9, 2012
The Department of Photography & Imaging in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts has announced its year-end show of works by the graduating class of 2012 will open April 24 and remain on view through May 19, 2012.
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Tisch School of the Arts |
Press Release
Apr 9, 2012
New York University’s Department of Photography and Imaging in the Tisch School of the Arts (TSOA) in collaboration with the Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film, TV and New Media, NYU Game Center, TSOA’s Department of Art and Public Policy, and NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge will host Headshots for the Philippines on Thursday, April 19 from 2 to 8 p.m. at the Tisch School of the Arts, 721 Broadway (at Waverly Place).
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Tisch School of the Arts |
Press Release
Apr 9, 2012
The Apr. 19-20 conference will explore the fate of economic governance, the growing diversity within European societies, and relations of Europe to other parts of the world.
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College of Arts and Science, Graduate School of Arts and Science, Around the Square, Events and Traditions |
Press Release
Apr 9, 2012
The exhibition's opening event will beTuesday, April 10, at 6:30 p.m.
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events, Steinhardt, Around the Square, Events and Traditions |
Press Release
Apr 9, 2012
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will be calling for strong equal pay laws and policies at Equal Day NYC with a panel including C. Nicole Mason, Executive Director of the Women of Color Policy Network, Galit-Ben Joseph, Vice President of Wealth Management at Neuberger Berman, and Serena Fong, Director of Government Affairs, Communications & Public Affairs for Catalyst.
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School of Law, Around the Square |
Press Release
Apr 9, 2012
The part of the brain we use when engaging in egalitarian behavior may also be linked to a larger sense of morality, researchers have found. Their conclusions, which offer scientific support for Adam Smith’s theories of morality, are based on experimental research published in the latest issue of the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences".
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Arts and Science, Research, NYUToday-feature, Faculty |
Press Release
Apr 11, 2012
Clothing Swap, Lectures, and a Sustainable Street Fair Top the Week’s Activities
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Earth Day, NYUToday-feature, Sustainability |
Press Release
Apr 11, 2012
The flowers of Virginia Bluebells, in the words of William Cullina, author of Wildflowers, "are the same ethereal blue as a cloudless spring day." You won't have too long to enjoy these woodland plants as they go dormant in the warm months in preparation for the next spring.
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NYUToday-feature, NYU Garden Shop, Sustainability |
Article
Apr 12, 2012
Dean Sullivan-Marx, who is known for her leadership and innovation in caring for older adults, is a Professor of Scholarly Practice and Associate Dean for Practice & Community Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, where she holds the Shearer Endowed Term Chair in Healthy Community Practice. She will assume the deanship of the NYU College of Nursing on July 1, 2012.
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College of Nursing, NYUToday-feature |
Press Release
Apr 12, 2012
"Re: Play 2012,” a one-day conference dedicated to the ever-evolving medium of video games and electronic play, will be hosted by Steinhardt's Department of Media, Culture, and Communications on April 17.
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NYUToday-feature, Events, Activities, Around the Square, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Speakers @ NYU |
Press Release
by James Devitt
Apr 13, 2012
Obstacles in an organism’s path can help it to move faster, not slower, researchers from the Applied Math Lab at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences have found through a series of experiments and computer simulations.
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Research |
Article
Apr 13, 2012
In 1942, with the United States at war and many young men overseas, a labor shortage was threatening...
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Article
Apr 13, 2012
Weeks after a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, human rights groups noted that women and...
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Article
by James Devitt
Apr 13, 2012
Lost in the euphoria of the 2003 announcement that the human genome had been sequenced was a fundamental...
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Article
by Courtney Bowe
Apr 13, 2012
Nineteen-year-old freshman Stacey Ferreira co-founded and co-runs a global company from her NYU dorm...
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Article
Apr 13, 2012
Stress in the second and third months of pregnancy can shorten the process, increase the risk of pre-term...
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Article
by James Devitt
Apr 13, 2012
Peacekeeping operations grew in 2011, but at a slower rate than in previous years, according to a new...
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Article
Apr 13, 2012
NYU Abu Dhabi assistant professor of biology John Burt recently co-authored a report from the United...
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Article
Apr 13, 2012
To address the faculty shortage problem, schools of nursing are reexamining how they provide clinical...
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Article
by James Devitt
Apr 13, 2012
Niyati Parekh, an assistant professor at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development,...
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Article
by Robert Polner
Apr 13, 2012
The obesity epidemic is transforming children’s health care, and providers are increasingly alert to...
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Article
Apr 13, 2012
Scientists at NYU’s Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, the American Museum of Natural History,...
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Article
Apr 13, 2012
For more than 10 years, Silver School of Social Work professor Liliana Goldín has been meeting predominantly...
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Article
by Ami Finkelthal
Apr 13, 2012
Nearly 20 million Americans annually visit a dentist but not a general
health care provider, according...
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Article
by Ami Finkelthal
Apr 13, 2012
Oral blood samples drawn from deep pockets of periodontal inflammation can be used to measure hemoglobin...
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Article
by James Devitt
Apr 13, 2012
Top-heavy structures are more likely to maintain their balance while hovering in the air than are those...
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Article
Apr 13, 2012
Probing the largely unexplored question of what characteristics make a leader among schooling fish, researchers...
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Article
Apr 13, 2012
Researchers in Brooklyn and Michigan are collaborating on a next-generation aluminum composite brake...
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Article
by James Devitt
Apr 13, 2012
There is an ever-increasing need for advanced batteries for portable electronics, such as phones, cameras,...
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Article
by Robert Polner
Apr 13, 2012
Every year, hundreds of thousands of women across the globe die during childbirth as a result of preventable...
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Article
by James Devitt
Apr 13, 2012
We make our eye movements earlier or later in order to coordinate with movements of our arms, NYU neuroscientists...
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Article
Apr 13, 2012
Lara Mahal, an associate professor of chemistry, and her colleagues at the Medical Research Council (MRC)have...
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Article
by Robert Polner
Apr 13, 2012
Matthew, a precocious and sensitive child, was fortunate in at least one important respect during his...
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Article
Apr 13, 2012
On Feb. 22, 2012, the Obama Administration unveiled the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights, articulating...
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Article
Apr 13, 2012
Jonathan Viventi, assistant professor at NYU-Poly and the NYU Center for Neural Science, co-led a team...
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Article
Apr 13, 2012
“Bilingualism and Academic Achievement,” a study by Wen-Jui Han of the Silver School of
Social Work,...
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Article
by Robert Polner
Apr 13, 2012
When organizations or businesses stumble and fall, the search for an explanation often leads back to...
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Article
by James Devitt
Apr 13, 2012
People aren’t always good at making informed decisions that involve risk, but a new study shows that...
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Article
by Robert Polner
Apr 13, 2012
If you thought your commute was too long, you might feel better after hearing about the “super-commuter,”...
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Article
by James Devitt
Apr 13, 2012
Recent research suggests that many students feel alienated from school activities and are at risk for...
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Article
by Robert Calem
Apr 13, 2012
A new method for creating nanofibers made of proteins, developed by researchers at the Polytechnic Institute...
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Article
Apr 13, 2012
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation named NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban...
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Article
by James Devitt
Apr 13, 2012
Children of recent immigrants are more likely to make sick visits to the doctor if their mothers see...
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Article
by Carolyn Ritter and Rebecca Scott
Apr 13, 2012
Having a simple, easy-to-pronounce name is more likely to win you friends and favor in the workplace,...
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Article
by James Devitt
Apr 13, 2012
There is no association between the administration of the death penalty and subsequent murder rates,...
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Article
by Courtney Bowe
Apr 13, 2012
Read together. Stop. Encourage. These are the three rules of Unison Reading, the foundation of the Learning...
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Article
Apr 13, 2012
Updates from the RN Work Project, a 10-year multi-state longitudinal survey of RNs that began in 2006 and is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Article
by James Devitt
Apr 13, 2012
How we perceive motion is a significantly more complex process than previously thought, researchers at...
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Article
Apr 13, 2012
AAAS Selects Two NYU Faculty as Fellows
The American Association for the Advancement of Science...
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Article
by James Devitt
Apr 13, 2012
Can animals’ survival instincts shed additional light on what we know about human emotion? NYU neuroscientist...
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Article
Apr 16, 2012
After almost a year of back and forth, the New York state education Department and state teachers unions...
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Article
Apr 16, 2012
The groundbreaking research conference will be held at New York University on Thursday, April 19 and Friday, April 20 to advance collaboration in social work research and education through the schools’ newly founded Social Work and Social Policy Research Institute.
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Around the Square |
Press Release
Apr 16, 2012
A network of brain regions which is activated during intense aesthetic experience overlaps with the brain network associated with inward contemplation and self-assessment, New York University researchers have found. Their study sheds new light on the nature of the aesthetic experience, which appears to integrate sensory and emotional reactions in a manner linked with their personal relevance.
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Arts and Science, Research, NYUToday-feature, Faculty |
Press Release
Apr 16, 2012
Rosemary Scanlon has been named divisional dean of the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate, a division of the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS). Scanlon, who has served as interim divisional dean since October 2011, will also remain a clinical associate professor of economics.
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School of Continuing and Professional Studies |
Press Release
Apr 16, 2012
The first of a two-part series examines, from a policy perspective, the 2008 Farm Bill, and changes to be implemented to create a healthy food system for everyone.
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Events, Fales, Division of Libraries |
Press Release
Apr 17, 2012
Michele Goldzieher Shedlin, PhD, Professor, NYU College of Nursing, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to research and lecture in Hungary at the University of Szeged of during the 2012-13 academic year.
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College of Nursing, Sponsored Awards |
Press Release
Apr 17, 2012
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) has elected eight New York University faculty as fellows. They join Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Amazon founder Jeffrey Bezos, and actor Clint Eastwood as 2012 AAAS fellows.
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Article
Apr 17, 2012
Schwartz Plaza Native Woodland Garden, 70 Washington Square South, NYC: American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana); Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum); Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
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NYUToday-feature, NYU Garden Shop, Sustainability |
Article
Apr 18, 2012
The NYU Steinhardt School of Culture Education and Human Development’s Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions will host the New York University Jazz Festival 2012 featuring renowned artist and faculty, and students from Steinhardt’s Jazz Studies Program.
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NYUToday-feature, Events, Performances, Around the Square, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development |
Press Release
Apr 18, 2012
White, a recent graduate of NYU Wagner, returns to the school to talk about his current experiences with education reform as Louisiana moves to the most extensive "voucher" system in the U.S.
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Around the Square, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Events and Traditions |
Press Release
Apr 18, 2012
New York University, the University of California San Diego, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lead the Archive Management System’s Creation Effort with Mellon Foundation Support
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Division of Libraries |
Press Release
Apr 18, 2012
The New York University Creative Writing Program’s Spring 2012 Reading Series concludes in May with events featuring Anne Carson (May 10-12), Philip Levine, the Poet Laureate of the United States (May 5), and others.
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Arts and Science, NYUToday-feature, Around the Square, Events and Traditions |
Press Release
Apr 19, 2012
An exhibition of photographs entitled City of Salt, by Nicholas Calcott, the 2011 Tierney Fellowship award recipient from the Department of Photography & Imaging in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at New York University, will go on view May 31 at the Tisch School of the Arts.
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Tisch School of the Arts |
Press Release
Apr 19, 2012
On April 24, NYU Steinhardt’s new interview series will feature personal reflections on the first 20 years of internet history from some of the Internet’s leading personalities.
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Events, Around the Square, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Speakers @ NYU |
Press Release
Apr 20, 2012
How can art serve science? NYU answers this question with the opening of the Neurobiology of Cognition Laboratory, a new Center for Neural Science laboratory featuring an art piece that doubles as the facility’s conference table. The work, “Reconfiguring Memory,” by internationally recognized artist Shuli Sadé, will be the centerpiece of Professor André Fenton’s laboratory, which will be dedicated to research on memory.
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NYUToday-feature, Arts and Science, Research, Around the Square, Faculty |
Press Release
Apr 22, 2012
Researchers from NYU and the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart reveal how protons move in phosphoric acid in a Nature Chemistry study that sheds new light on the workings of a promising fuel cell electrolyte.
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Arts and Science, Research, Faculty |
Press Release
Apr 23, 2012
NYU today named Steven E. Koonin as the Director of the new Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), an applied science and engineering institute created by NYU as a consortium of world-class universities, global technology corporations, and innovative urban designers.
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NYUToday-feature, Around the Square, Center for Urban Science and Progress, NYU 2031 |
Press Release
Apr 23, 2012
Their "Kinvolved" app lets classroom teachers take attendance quickly and easily, and sends an automatic text message to caretakers of students who are late or absent.
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NYUToday-feature, Sponsored Awards, Student Life, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service |
Press Profile
Apr 24, 2012
Dennis Di Lorenzo has been promoted to vice dean of the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS) from associate dean for administration.
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School of Continuing and Professional Studies |
Press Release
Apr 24, 2012
NYU slam poetry team, SLAM! at NYU, captured the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational, out-versing 45 other schools in a national competition held April 18-21 at California’s University of La Verne.
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NYUToday-feature, Around the Square, Events and Traditions, Student Life |
Article
Apr 25, 2012
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a two-year grant to Dr. Brian L. Schmidt, professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the NYU College of Dentistry, and Dr. Donna G. Albertson, professor at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. The grant will fund groundbreaking research to customize treatment for oral cancer patients. Drs. Schmidt and Albertson have identified candidate genomic markers in tumors that predict if an oral cancer is likely to spread (metastasize) to the neck
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Research, Research News, College of Dentistry |
Press Release
Apr 25, 2012
Accredited nursing homes report a stronger resident safety culture than nonaccredited facilities, according to a new study published in the May 2012 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.
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College of Nursing, Research News, Research |
Press Release
Apr 26, 2012
NYU biologists have discovered new mechanisms that control how proteins are expressed in different regions of embryos, while also shedding additional insight into how physical traits are arranged in body plans. Their findings call for reconsideration of a decades-old biological theory, which has been used to explain why a tiger has stripes, among other phenomena.
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Research, Arts and Science, Faculty |
Press Release
Apr 26, 2012
The evening benefit will include a featured talk by Elaine Sciolino, author of "La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life."
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Around the Square, Maison Francaise, Events and Traditions |
Press Release
Apr 27, 2012
Award-Winning Journalist and Former Editor and Editorial Director of Crain’s New York Business to Address Nearly 1,200 Graduating Students
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graduation, School of Continuing and Professional Studies |
Press Release
Apr 27, 2012
In all, 100 writers from 25 countries make up the Festival. A subset of noted authors will speak about their books at NYU international houses and the Holmes Bobst Library on May 2-3 as part of the New York City-wide program.
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NYUToday-feature, International Houses, Around the Square, Events and Traditions |
Press Release
Apr 30, 2012
Jay Walker, founder of Priceline, Walker Digital, and chairman of TEDMED, will be the featured speaker in the next installment of “Inside the Internet Garage,” an interview series on the Internet and its early entrepreneurship, on Tues., May 1, 7 p.m. at 20 Cooper Square, 7th Floor.
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Around the Square, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development |
Press Release