Nov 5, 2012
NYU and the University of California, Berkeley have released a comprehensive computerized study of the body language of the major-party U.S. presidential candidates, using expertise of computer scientists and body language experts at both universities.
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Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Research, NYUToday-feature, Faculty |
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Nov 5, 2012
NYU will host “Solitary: Wry Fancies and Stark Realities,” an all-day affair featuring playwright Tony Kushner, monologist Mike Daisey, author Joshua Foer (“Moonwalking with Einstein), and more, on Sat., Nov. 17, 10:45 a.m.-8:30 p.m. at NYU’s Cantor Film Center.
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NYUToday-feature, Arts and Science, Around the Square |
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Nov 6, 2012
NYU’s Taub Center for Israel Studies will host “Integrating the Israeli Arab Community: Army and National Service,” a lecture by Reuven Gal, the former chief psychologist of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), on Thursday, November 8.
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Arts and Science, Around the Square |
Press Release
Nov 7, 2012
"Sangre en el Ojo", a novel by Lina Meruane, who teaches Latin American Cultures in NYU’s Liberal Studies Program, was recently awarded the prestigious Guadalajara International Book Fair’s Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize.
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Liberal Studies Program, NYUToday-feature, Faculty, Around the Square |
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Nov 8, 2012
Gallatin School of Individualized Study Professor Mitchell Joachim and a team of students captured a bronze medal at the International Genetic Engineering Machine (iGEM) competition for creating a full-scale synthetic biological chair.
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Gallatin School of Individualized Study, Research, Faculty |
Article
Nov 8, 2012
NYU’s School of Law will host Nazi hunter and author Serge Klarsfeld for “Militant of Memory,” a discussion with journalist Peter Hellman, on Monday, November 26, 7:30 p.m.
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School of Law, Arts and Science, Around the Square |
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Nov 9, 2012
The American Mathematical Society (AMS) has named 25 faculty or emeritus faculty from NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Polytechnic Institute of NYU as AMS fellows for 2013.
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NYUToday-feature, Research, Arts and Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Faculty |
Article
Nov 9, 2012
NYU alum and Twitter sensation Rob Delaney will perform in a second show on Saturday night in which 100 percent of the proceeds will go towards Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts.
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Article
Nov 9, 2012
Iran is on the verge of a breakout nuclear capability; the Eurozone is in deep distress; Syria is facing a humanitarian crisis; China and North Korea are undergoing a leadership transitions; and turbulence continues in Egypt and throughout North Africa.
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School of Law, NYUToday-feature |
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Nov 12, 2012
NYU has again been listed among the top American universities in both attracting international students and in the number of American students who study abroad, according to a new study by the Institute of International Education (IIE).
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NYUToday-feature, Around the Square |
Press Release
Nov 12, 2012
The NYU Bookstore has rescheduled two events that were postponed in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy: poet Bhisham Bherwani (originally scheduled for Nov. 12; now scheduled for Nov. 19) and Zadie Smith (originally scheduled for Oct. 30; now scheduled for Dec. 3).
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Around the Square |
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Nov 12, 2012
NYU's Taub Center for Israel Studies will host film scholar Raz Yosef for a public lecture, “Identity of the Victim: Trauma and Ethics in Current Israeli Cinema,” on Tuesday, November 27.
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Arts and Science, Around the Square |
Press Release
Nov 12, 2012
Erosion caused by flowing water does not only smooth out objects, but can also form distinct shapes with sharp points and edges, a team of NYU researchers has found. Their findings reveal the unexpected ways that erosion can affect landscapes and artificial materials.
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Research, Arts and Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYUToday-feature, Faculty |
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Nov 13, 2012
NYU today launched its annual Bickel & Brewer – NYU Global Debate Competition for academic year 2012-13. Student teams from all 14 NYU global sites will compete for $37,000 in prizes. The topic for the 2012-13 competition is: "Resolved: Increased taxes on the wealthy will not improve the global economy.” The competition is made possible through a gift from The Bickel & Brewer Foundation.
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The Global Network, Office of Global Programs |
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by James Devitt
Nov 14, 2012
NYU physicists have created a tractor beam capable of pulling particles micrometers in size. This so-called optical conveyor tractor beam has a range of potential applications, from microfluidics in the near term to far-out applications like collecting dust samples from comet tails.
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Arts and Science, Research, Faculty |
Article
by James Devitt
Nov 14, 2012
Samuel Marateck, a senior lecturer at NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Science, unpacks scholarship dating back to the era following World War II that provided the scientific foundation for the search.
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Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Research, Faculty |
Article
Nov 16, 2012
The New York University Sports & Society Program will host the 2nd Annual Sports in America Series: The Arthur Miller Dialogues. The event, titled “Young Athletes: The Costs, Sacrifices, and Consequences,” will be held on November 19, 2012 and will take the form of a panel discussion that will be moderated by Arthur Miller, NYU University Professor and NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS) director of Public Dialogues.
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School of Continuing and Professional Studies |
Press Release
Nov 16, 2012
Under the direction faculty members Phil Galdston, Ron Sadoff, and Glenn Frey, co-founder of the Eagles, Steinhardt student songwriters, Tiger Darrow, A.J. Smith, and Peter Wise, opened for the famous act at the first NYU Steinhardt Vision Award Gala. The inaugural event raised more than $1 million. Funds will be used for Steinhardt student scholarships.
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Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development |
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Nov 16, 2012
The Environmental Studies Program will host “Carbon, Climate Change, and Natural Disaster: What Should We Learn from Sandy?” on Thursday, Nov. 29, 7-8:30 p.m. at NYU’s School of Law.
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Arts and Science, NYUToday-feature, Faculty, Around the Square |
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Nov 16, 2012
The Taub Center for Israel Studies will host “100 Years of Hashomer Hatzair: Assessing the Significance of a Political Movement,” a one-day conference on the Zionist youth movement that began in Austria-Hungary, on Sunday, December 2, 2-7 p.m. at NYU’s King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center.
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Arts and Science, Around the Square |
Press Release
Nov 16, 2012
Health Care Professionals to Gather in Philadelphia and Discuss Hospital Innovations in the Care of Older Adult Patients
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College of Nursing, NICHE, Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing |
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Nov 19, 2012
The Marshall Commission names up to 40 Marshall Scholars from the United States annually, and this year selected recent New York University graduate Jessica Mason as one of them.
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NYUToday-feature, Alumni, Reynolds Foundation, Students, Undergraduate, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service |
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Nov 19, 2012
NYU's Taub Center for Israel Studies will host “The Two-State Solution,” a panel discussion, on Tuesday, December 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at NYU’s King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center.
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NYUToday-feature, Arts and Science, Around the Square |
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Nov 19, 2012
NYU chemists have discovered a family of anti-freeze molecules that prevent ice formation when water temperatures drop below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Their findings may lead to new methods for improving food storage and industrial products.
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Arts and Science, Research, Faculty |
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Nov 20, 2012
The Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), a pioneering graduate center for the design and study of alternative media forms and applications in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, has announced its 2012 winter exhibition of recent works by graduate student artists and innovators will take place on Sunday and Monday, December 16 and 17.
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Tisch School of the Arts |
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Nov 20, 2012
“Las Otras: (Re)Imaging Queer Latin@s” is an exhibition of naturally lit, medium-format portraits by Lupe Salinas, the 2012 Constantiner Fellowship award winner in the Department of Photography & Imaging at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
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Tisch School of the Arts |
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Nov 21, 2012
An evening of music, poetry, literature, and painting on Tuesday, Nov. 27.
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Around the Square, International Houses |
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Nov 26, 2012
Chelsea Clinton, a special correspondent for NBC News, will moderate a public forum on “Climate Change, Sandy, and the Future of New York City,” on Wednesday, December 5, 6-7:30 p.m. at NYU’s Global Center Concourse.
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NYUToday-feature, Arts and Science, Around the Square |
Press Release
Nov 27, 2012
NYU Steinhardt’s 80WSE is pleased to announce the opening of the gallery’s second annual invitational exhibition “80WSE Presents.” Curated by 80WSE staff members, the exhibit highlights some of the favorite artists of the 80WSE staff.
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NYUToday-feature, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development |
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Nov 27, 2012
NYU's Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) today announced that it will launch its inaugural programs and host its first class of 50 students at MetroTech in Downtown Brooklyn next fall. With construction beginning now on approximately 26,000 square feet of space in 1 MetroTech Center, CUSP will occupy the MetroTech space, leased to the University by Forest City Ratner Companies, in February 2013 as NYU continues to transform the former Metropolitan Transit Authority facility at 370 Jay Street into its permanent home.
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NYUToday-feature, New York City, MetroTech, Brooklyn, Center for Urban Science and Progress |
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Nov 27, 2012
A newly published roster spotlights the "global marketplace of ideas," and the thinkers behind them, including more than a few New York University scholars.
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NYUToday-feature, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service |
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Nov 28, 2012
“Cloud Over the Campus: MOOCs, Online Degrees, and Other 21st Century Expectations,” a public forum hosted by The Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy, explores the actual experience of taking a technology-enabled course.
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Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development |
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Nov 28, 2012
Judgments we make with a moral underpinning are made more quickly and are more extreme than those same judgments based on practical considerations, a new set of studies finds. However, the findings also show that judgments based on morality can be readily shifted and made with other considerations in mind.
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Research, Arts and Science, Faculty |
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Nov 29, 2012
Meeting the critical challenge of our times - quality care of older adults
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College of Nursing, NICHE, Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing |
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Nov 29, 2012
Over the course of three sessions, the 2012-2013 NYU Steinhardt Education Policy Breakfast Series will examine the Common Core Standards, looking closely at implementation and challenges that may arise in assessing achievement.
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Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development |
Press Release
Nov 29, 2012
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a joint administrative supplement grant to Dr. Brian Schmidt, professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery and director of the Bluestone Center for Clinical Research at the NYU College of Dentistry (NYUCD), and Dr. Markus Hardt, a protein chemist at the Boston Biomedical Research Institute, to collaborate with informationists at the NYU Health Sciences Libraries in their study of the role of the molecular mechanisms of cancer pain in general and oral cancer pain in particular.
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Faculty, College of Dentistry, Research |
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Nov 29, 2012
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has awarded four NYU professors the distinction of AAAS Fellow: Jane Carlton, a professor of biology; Nicholas Geacintov, a professor of chemistry; Laurence Maloney, a professor of psychology and neural science; and Xiao-Jing Wang, a professor of neural science.
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Research, Arts and Science, NYUToday-feature, Faculty |
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Nov 29, 2012
According to the study—part of the RN Work Project, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation— there are a variety of motivators, from desire for advancement to job dissatisfaction, that influence registered nurses (RNs) to pursue a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) degree or higher. The study was published in the November/December issue of the Journal of Professional Nursing.
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NYUToday-feature, Research, College of Nursing, Faculty |
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