Courant’s Venkatesh Wins Young Mathematicians Prize for Work in Analysis
Akshay Venkatesh, an associate professor at NYU’s Courant Institute of
Mathematical Sciences, was recently awarded the 2007-2008 Salem Prize.
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Edward Fox Donates $5 Million to Establish the Herman Robert Fox Deanship at College of Dentistry
A $5 million gift from
Edward Fox has created the Herman Robert Fox Deanship at the NYU
College of Dentistry (NYUCD) in memory of Fox’s father, Herman Robert
Fox, who graduated from the college in 1926.
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Event to Examine University’s Initiative for Physical Growth Over the Next 25 Years
As a result of a conscious choice made by the University’s leaders in
the late 1970s, NYU transformed itself from a good regional university
into a prominent and selective national research university.
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Four NYU Filmmakers Win Student Academy Awards
Four filmmakers from NYU were among the winners in this year’s Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 34th Annual Student Academy
Awards® competition.
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Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing Receives $5 Million Grant to Improve Hospital Care of Older Adults
The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, part of the College of
Nursing, has been awarded a $5 million, five-year grant to expand its
widely praised NICHE (Nurses Improving Care to Health-System Elders)
program.
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New Director to Help Guide Research for Wagner Leadership Center
At NYU Wagner’s Research Center for Leadership in Action (RCLA),
leadership is treated as a collective achievement, and the question of
how leadership happens is considered in the context of organizations
and networks of individuals tackling critical public issues.
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NYU Students Launch New Biannual Independent Journal, The Film Review
The
first film studies journal produced and edited by students from NYU’s
Tisch School of the Arts (TSOA) made its unofficial debut in July when
2,000 copies of the slim volume arrived on campus.
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Steinhardt and East China Normal University Forge Partnership Devoted to Language Education
Addressing the huge need in the United States for more teachers of
Mandarin Chinese, the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and
Human Development recently began a working relationship with East China
Normal University (ECNU)—the NYU partner school in Shanghai.
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Steinhardt Partners with American Ballet Theatre to Offer New Master’s Degree
American Ballet Theatre (ABT) and NYU have entered into a
partnership to offer the first-ever Master of Arts in Dance Education,
with a concentration in ballet pedagogy.
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Susan Kinsey Named Dean of McGhee Division at School of Continuing and Professional Studies
Susan Kinsey, former associate vice provost for continuing education at
the University of Pittsburgh, recently became head of the Paul McGhee
Division in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS),
NYU’s undergraduate program for adult students.
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