| Courant Institute Hosts High School Girls for Computer Science, Engineering Workshops |
| Gallatin’s Foley Recognized by NYC Literacy Nonprofit June Foley, director of the Writing Program at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, has been named a Literacy Recognition Award winner by the Literacy Assistance Center, a non-profit organization that supports and promotes adult literacy services in New York City. |
| Master’s Program in Global Public Health Graduates 16 Students in First Class The Master’s Program in Global Public Health is the first NYU degree program to operate without affiliation, drawing instead upon the collaborative resources of five of NYU’s graduate and professional schools. |
| Neuroscientists Say Film Content, Editing, and Directing Can Affect Brain Activity Using advanced functional imaging methods, NYU neuroscientists have found that certain motion pictures can exert considerable control over brain activity, and the impact of films varies according to movie content, editing, and directing style. |
| Philippe de Montebello to Join IFA Faculty NYU recently announced the appointment of Philippe de Montebello—one of the most prominent, admired, and respected figures in the world of art and museums—as the first Fiske Kimball Professor in the History and Culture of Museums at the Institute of Fine Arts (IFA). |
| Students in Residence Halls Compete to ‘Unplug’ Every year, NYU’s residence halls consume more than 40 million kilowatt hours of electricity, representing 30 percent of the University’s purchased electricity and equivalent to the consumption of 4,000 U.S. homes. |
| Tisch Students and Faculty Toast Benefactor Mel Silverman Every year, NYU’s residence halls consume more than 40 million kilowatt hours of electricity, representing 30 percent of the University’s purchased electricity and equivalent to the consumption of 4,000 U.S. homes. |
| Two Gallatin Students Among Top 100 Collegiate Journalists Alvin Chang and Adam Playford, undergraduates in NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study and editors at NYU’s student newspaper, Washington Square News (WSN), have been named to the inaugural UWIRE 100, which honors the nation’s top collegiate journalists. |
| Kevorkian Center Receives Grant for Middle East Media Info Site NYU’s Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies recently received a $50,000 grant from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) to bolster its Web portal, MiddleEastDesk.org. |
| NYU Announces Sustainability ‘Green Grant’ Recipients for 2008 NYU’s Sustainability Task Force recently announced its 2008 Sustainability “Green Grant” recipients. The task force, now in its second year, received 57 proposal submissions and awarded $160,000 in grants to 23 projects, an increase of over 40 percent from last year. |
| Schack Family Gives SCPS Real Estate Institute $10 Million The Real Estate Institute in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) will be renamed the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate in honor of the Schack family, donors of a $10 million cash gift—the largest in the school’s history—to provide critical support for students, faculty, research, and physical infrastructure for the 40-year-old institute. |
| Stern Launches Open Enrollment Courses for Senior Executives How can senior leaders tackle the business challenges keeping them up at night? By exposure to fresh ideas and best business practices in the new executive education programs at the Stern School of Business. |
| Alzheimer’s Disease May Have a Maternal Link Medical center researchers have found that people with a history of Alzheimer’s disease on their mother’s side may be at increased risk for getting the devastating disease, based on the observation that their brains aren’t utilizing glucose, the brain’s fuel, efficiently. |
| Blood Disease Proves to Protect Against Malaria Children with an inherited blood disorder called alpha thalassemia make unusually small red blood cells that mostly cause a mild form of anemia. According to a new study, researchers propose that these small cells have a benefit—they can protect children against malaria, one of the world’s greatest killers. |
| Dentistry’s Stephanie Russell Finds Link between Pregnancy and Tooth Loss The old wives tale “For every child the mother loses a tooth” has some validity, says Stephanie Russell, a professor in the College of Dentistry. |
| Minimally Invasive Heart Procedure Proves ideal A study published recently in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery shows a 45 percent reduction in operative mortality in high-risk patients requiring aortic valve replacement when Least Invasive Valve (LiV) techniques are used. |
| New Study by NYU Researchers Debunks ‘Model Minority’ Myth Often characterized as a “model minority,” many Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) face hardships and barriers to mobility in U.S. society, according to an impact report prepared by NYU researchers. |
| NYU Researchers Confirm that Melanoma More Likely in Larger Skin Lesions Skin lesions that are about the size of a pencil eraser are more likely than smaller moles to be melanomas, a deadly form of skin cancer, according to a new study led by medical center researchers. |
| Proteins found to Activate Breast Cancer Tumors New treatments for locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) may be on the horizon thanks to research by scientists at the Langone center who have located two proteins that act as a switch, turning on growth factors that promote formation of the blood vessels that feed large tumors. |
| Study Finds Low Income Moms Have Few Interactions with Infants During TV Time Infants who are exposed to television and video in low socio-economic households tend to have limited verbal interactions with their mothers, according to a new study led by Alan L. Mendelsohn, assistant professor of pediatrics and director of clinical research for the divisions of general and developmental-behavioral pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at the NYU School of Medicine. |
| Dreaming in the World’s Religions: A Comparative History From Biblical stories of Joseph interpreting Pharoh’s dreams in Egypt to prayers against bad dreams in the Hindu Rg Veda, cultures all over the world have seen their dreams first and foremost as religiously meaningful experiences. |
| Passion Is the Gale: Emotion and Power on the Eve of the Revolution From Biblical stories of Joseph interpreting Pharoh’s dreams in Egypt to prayers against bad dreams in the Hindu Rg Veda, cultures all over the world have seen their dreams first and foremost as religiously meaningful experiences. |
| Postsocialism and Cultural Politics: China in the Last Decade of the 20th Century From Biblical stories of Joseph interpreting Pharoh’s dreams in Egypt to prayers against bad dreams in the Hindu Rg Veda, cultures all over the world have seen their dreams first and foremost as religiously meaningful experiences. |
| The Foundations of Positive and Normative Economics From Biblical stories of Joseph interpreting Pharoh’s dreams in Egypt to prayers against bad dreams in the Hindu Rg Veda, cultures all over the world have seen their dreams first and foremost as religiously meaningful experiences. |
| The Trouble with Black Boys …And Other Reflections on Race, Equity, and the Future of Public Education From Biblical stories of Joseph interpreting Pharoh’s dreams in Egypt to prayers against bad dreams in the Hindu Rg Veda, cultures all over the world have seen their dreams first and foremost as religiously meaningful experiences. |
| Violent Partners: A Breakthrough Plan for Ending the Cycle of Abuse From Biblical stories of Joseph interpreting Pharoh’s dreams in Egypt to prayers against bad dreams in the Hindu Rg Veda, cultures all over the world have seen their dreams first and foremost as religiously meaningful experiences. |
| Aspiring Entrepreneurs Compete for Seed Money From Biblical stories of Joseph interpreting Pharoh’s dreams in Egypt to prayers against bad dreams in the Hindu Rg Veda, cultures all over the world have seen their dreams first and foremost as religiously meaningful experiences. |
| Educators and Political Leaders Discuss Positive Impact of Humanities in Darfur NYU’s College of Arts and Science hosted a panel discussion, “The Impact of Education on the Quality of Life in Darfur,” in early June. |
| NYU Hosts PEN Festival of International Literature Events NYU’s College of Arts and Science hosted a panel discussion, “The Impact of Education on the Quality of Life in Darfur,” in early June. |
| Phi Beta Kappa at NYU Celebrates 150 Years NYU’s College of Arts and Science hosted a panel discussion, “The Impact of Education on the Quality of Life in Darfur,” in early June. |
| Putting Spitzer’s Last Days Under the Microscope NYU’s College of Arts and Science hosted a panel discussion, “The Impact of Education on the Quality of Life in Darfur,” in early June. |
| Scenes from NYU Alumni Day NYU’s College of Arts and Science hosted a panel discussion, “The Impact of Education on the Quality of Life in Darfur,” in early June. |
| Steinhardt Sponsors 2008 New York State Spanish Spelling Bee NYU’s College of Arts and Science hosted a panel discussion, “The Impact of Education on the Quality of Life in Darfur,” in early June. |
| Stern Professor Emeritus Robert Kavesh Honored NYU’s College of Arts and Science hosted a panel discussion, “The Impact of Education on the Quality of Life in Darfur,” in early June. |
| Taking it to the Streets—for Science The inaugural World Science Festival (May 28-June 1) brought together many of the world’s greatest minds in science, business, public policy, and the arts. |
| Up-And-Coming Photographers Work on View at Tisch The inaugural World Science Festival (May 28-June 1) brought together many of the world’s greatest minds in science, business, public policy, and the arts. |
| Five Tisch Alumni Garner 2008 Tony Nominations On May 13, the American Theatre Wing announced the nominations for the 62nd Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards®. |
| Fran Dresher Addresses Graduating Nurses Donned in cap and gown at the College of Nursing’s graduation ceremony in the New Amsterdam Theater, Fran Drescher, pictured at right with Nursing Dean Terry Fulmer, delivered this year’s keynote address. |
| Podell Distinguished Teaching Awards Given to Three Law Professors School of Law professors Cindy Estlund, Clay Gillette, and Troy McKenzie were honored at the school’s end-of-the-year dinner in May with the Albert Podell Distinguished Teaching Awards. |
| Steinhardt Announces Annual Teacher Excellence Awards The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development recently presented two full-time and two adjunct faculty members with the school’s annual Teaching Excellence Award. |
| Taub Center Conference Examines Israel at 60 NYU’s Taub Center for Israel Studies hosted this year’s Association for Israel Studies conference—“60 Years after 1948: Are the Narratives Converging?”—which was held in mid-May at the Kimmel Center for University Life. |
| Thomas Nagel Wins Swedish Philosophy Prize NYU philosophy professor Thomas Nagel received a 2008 Rolf Schock Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced in mid-May. Nagel, whose research centers on political philosophy, ethics, and philosophy of mind, received the prize in the category of Logic and Philosophy. |
| Wagner School Event to Examine ‘Lessons from Iraq’ The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service will present “Lessons from Iraq: Avoiding the Next War,” on June 17, with Frances FitzGerald. |
