Can High-Flying CEO’s Cause Company Stock to Plummet?
For chief executives of many major U.S. public companies, use of their
firm’s corporate jet is just another privilege on the long list of
perquisites they may enjoy. But according to new research by David
Yermack, NYU Stern associate professor of finance and an expert in
executive compensation, this seemingly benign benefit can have a
potentially detrimental effect on the company’s stock valuation.
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CAS Students Publish 150 Research Abstracts in Inquiry Journal
“When Einstein Met Kafka: A Louvre Story,” “Neighborhood Risk, Maternal
Mental Health, and Attachment for Homeless Children,” and “What Do
Walkers Learn from Falling?” are just a few of the many research
projects conducted by College of Arts and Science (CAS) students during
the 2003-2004 academic year. Abstracts of more than 150 of these were
published this fall in the College’s annual journal of undergraduate
research, Inquiry, vol. VII.
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Dental Researcher Working to Halt Progression of Degenerative Diseases and Cancer
An NIH-funded study conducted by Kathleen W. Kinnally, a professor of
basic science and craniofacial biology at the NYU College of Dentistry,
has found that certain widely used medications may alter apoptosis (the
process of cell death), thereby offering scientists the hope that by
understanding the effects of these medications, they will be able to
turn the process of cell death on or off, depending on the pathology.
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How Do You Make Artificial Muscles Powered by Laser Beams? Call a Courant Mathematician
Peter Palffy-Muhoray, professor of chemical physics at the Liquid
Crystal Institute at Kent State University, knew he was on to something
when he developed a material whose shape he could change dramatically
simply by shining a laser beam on it.
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Proteins Move to Center Stage in Cancer Research
In the drama that is cancer, genes have long been thought to play a
starring role and proteins only a bit part. But researchers at NYU are
now bolstering the notion that in the development of cancer, proteins
and genes share center stage.
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Social Work’s Deborah Padgett Studies Service Needs of Dual-Diagnosed Homeless Adults
Social Work Professor Deborah Padgett has begun an innovative four-year
study of mentally ill homeless adults who have substance abuse problems
— also known as the “dual diagnosed.”
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Steinhardt Study Finds Father’s Involvement Contributes to Children’s Cognitive Development
In a study focused on approximately 300 racially and ethnically diverse
low-income families nationwide, NYU Professor of Applied Psychology
Catherine Tamis-LeMonda has found a link between fathers’ supportive
interactions and their children’s cognitive development at ages 2 and
3.
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Study Finds Students Who Perceive Prejudice Are Less Certain of Their Academic Abilities
Students who felt they were being racially stereotyped were more likely
to show difficulty in assessing their academic skills and performance
than those who hadn’t felt the stigma, according to two studies
sampling dozens of African American students attending NYU.
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