| German Donors Support Literature and Art at NYU Inspired by their dedication to art and culture, two German friends of NYU recently found creative ways to make gifts to the University. Eberhard Berent, professor emeritus of German at NYU, made a commitment to establish the Eberhard Berent Professor of Goethe in the Department of German, and Paul Lott will establish the Paul Lott Lectureship and Fellowship Fund at NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts (IFA). |
| Humanities Initiative Helps Innovative Scholars Expand Personal and Professional Horizons at NYU NYU’s Humanities Initiative was created in 2007 to help scholars find kindred spirits across campus, to support humanities work in the classroom and field, and to articulate the importance of the humanities to the NYU community and beyond. |
| ISAW Holds Initial Conference and Makes First Faculty Appointment The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) has organized a scholarly conference in conjunction with its inaugural exhibition, Wine, Worship, and Sacrifice: The Golden Graves of Ancient Vani (on view through June 1 at 15 E. 84th Street), which offers an unprecedented display of ancient treasures on loan from the Republic of Georgia. |
| Joel Coen Is Third Straight Film Alum to Earn Best Directing Oscar Want to increase the chance of winning your Academy Awards office pool next year? A good bet would be to vote for Tisch School of the Arts (TSOA) alumni in the major categories. The 80th annual Oscar telecast on Feb. 24 featured four wins (best picture, director, supporting actor, and adapted screenplay) for No Country for Old Men, written and directed by Joel Coen, TSOA’78, and his brother Ethan. |
| Scholarship Honors Renowned Publicist and TSOA Alumnus The list of actors Robert Garlock, TSOA ’88, represented during his career as an entertainment publicist reads like a “who’s who” of A-list Hollywood talent: Penelope Cruz, Hugh Grant, Clive Owen, Hilary Swank, Uma Thurman, Sigourney Weaver, and Kate Winslet, to name a few. Garlock also oversaw publicity campaigns for more than 40 feature films, including Pulp Fiction, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The English Patient, and The Hours. |
| Stern School of Business Undergoing $35 Million Renovation Project The Stern School of Business is embarking on the most significant renovation of its facilities since uniting the school’s graduate and undergraduate programs at Washington Square two decades ago. |
| Ten Socially Conscious Students Named Reynolds Scholars Ten NYU undergraduates were recently named scholars in the Catherine B. Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship, which attracted 117 applicants, an increase of 35 percent over last year. |
| Tisch Launches Hemispheric New York Initiative The Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics at the Tisch School of the Arts is a consortium of international institutions, artists, scholars, and activists dedicated to exploring the relationship between expressive behavior (broadly construed as performance) and social and political life in the Americas. |
| 2008 Humanities Festival to Focus on Global Warming Issues In observance of this year’s Earth Day, NYU’s annual Humanities Festival will include New York premiere readings of nine new plays over three days, April 21-23, with all performances addressing this year’s theme, “Climate of Concern.” |
| Alumni Day to Be Held May 17 NYU graduates from all generations are invited to Washington Square on Saturday, May 17 for NYU’s annual Alumni Day. |
| Nanny Diaries Authors Featured in Gallatin Dean’s Mentoring Roundtable Gallatin School of Individualized Study alumnae Nicola Kraus (left) and Emma McLaughlin, co-authors of the best-selling The Nanny Dairies, were featured in February’s Gallatin Dean’s Mentoring Roundtable Series. |
| NYU Alumni, Tuskegee Airmen Archer, Jr. and Brown, Jr. Honored by New York’s CICU Two NYU alumni and former Tuskegee airmen were among the 19 individuals inducted on March 3 into the Alumni Hall of Distinction for New York’s Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities. |
| NYU Gets Sirius about the Reach of Medical Radio NYU recently partnered with Sirius Satellite Radio to launch “Doctor Radio Powered by NYU Medical Center,” a pioneering radio channel devoted exclusively to information on all health, wellness, and medical issues. |
| Faithful to Fenway: Believing in Boston, Baseball, and America’s Most Beloved Ballpark Built in 1912, Fenway Park is America’s oldest major league ballpark still in use. In Faithful to Fenway, author Michael Ian Borer, currently assistant professor of sociology and urban studies at Furman University in South Carolina, takes us out to Fenway where we sit in cramped wooden seats (often with obstructed views of the playing field), where there is a hand-operated scoreboard and an average attendance of 20,000 fewer fans than most stadiums, and where every game has been sold out since May 2003. |
| Conference Imagines ‘Careers Outside the Academy’ Built in 1912, Fenway Park is America’s oldest major league ballpark still in use. In Faithful to Fenway, author Michael Ian Borer, currently assistant professor of sociology and urban studies at Furman University in South Carolina, takes us out to Fenway where we sit in cramped wooden seats (often with obstructed views of the playing field), where there is a hand-operated scoreboard and an average attendance of 20,000 fewer fans than most stadiums, and where every game has been sold out since May 2003. |
| Focus Features Co-founder Discusses Indie Filmmaking in 2008 Albert Gallatin Lecture Built in 1912, Fenway Park is America’s oldest major league ballpark still in use. In Faithful to Fenway, author Michael Ian Borer, currently assistant professor of sociology and urban studies at Furman University in South Carolina, takes us out to Fenway where we sit in cramped wooden seats (often with obstructed views of the playing field), where there is a hand-operated scoreboard and an average attendance of 20,000 fewer fans than most stadiums, and where every game has been sold out since May 2003. |
| Making Changes to Care For Older Adults Built in 1912, Fenway Park is America’s oldest major league ballpark still in use. In Faithful to Fenway, author Michael Ian Borer, currently assistant professor of sociology and urban studies at Furman University in South Carolina, takes us out to Fenway where we sit in cramped wooden seats (often with obstructed views of the playing field), where there is a hand-operated scoreboard and an average attendance of 20,000 fewer fans than most stadiums, and where every game has been sold out since May 2003. |
| Moving African Development Onto the World Stage Built in 1912, Fenway Park is America’s oldest major league ballpark still in use. In Faithful to Fenway, author Michael Ian Borer, currently assistant professor of sociology and urban studies at Furman University in South Carolina, takes us out to Fenway where we sit in cramped wooden seats (often with obstructed views of the playing field), where there is a hand-operated scoreboard and an average attendance of 20,000 fewer fans than most stadiums, and where every game has been sold out since May 2003. |
| NYU Philosophers Celebrate New Think Space Built in 1912, Fenway Park is America’s oldest major league ballpark still in use. In Faithful to Fenway, author Michael Ian Borer, currently assistant professor of sociology and urban studies at Furman University in South Carolina, takes us out to Fenway where we sit in cramped wooden seats (often with obstructed views of the playing field), where there is a hand-operated scoreboard and an average attendance of 20,000 fewer fans than most stadiums, and where every game has been sold out since May 2003. |
| Ranieri Colloquium Examines ‘The Dead Sea Scrolls at 60’ Built in 1912, Fenway Park is America’s oldest major league ballpark still in use. In Faithful to Fenway, author Michael Ian Borer, currently assistant professor of sociology and urban studies at Furman University in South Carolina, takes us out to Fenway where we sit in cramped wooden seats (often with obstructed views of the playing field), where there is a hand-operated scoreboard and an average attendance of 20,000 fewer fans than most stadiums, and where every game has been sold out since May 2003. |
| NYU in the Arts Built in 1912, Fenway Park is America’s oldest major league ballpark still in use. In Faithful to Fenway, author Michael Ian Borer, currently assistant professor of sociology and urban studies at Furman University in South Carolina, takes us out to Fenway where we sit in cramped wooden seats (often with obstructed views of the playing field), where there is a hand-operated scoreboard and an average attendance of 20,000 fewer fans than most stadiums, and where every game has been sold out since May 2003. |
| Faye Ginsburg Named Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar for 2008-09 Faye Ginsburg, professor of anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Science, was recently named a Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar for 2008-09. |
| Former Tisch Dean David J. Oppenheim Dies Faye Ginsburg, professor of anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Science, was recently named a Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar for 2008-09. |
| Kanbar Animation Student Wins College TV Award Stephen Neary, a senior in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at the Tisch School of the Arts, was among the winners of the 29th annual College Television Awards (CTA)... |
| Rona Jaffe Foundation Establishes Graduate Fellowship in Creative Writing The Rona Jaffe Foundation has donated $125,000 to establish and support the Rona Jaffe Foundation Graduate Fellowship for Creative Writing in the Creative Writing Program at the Graduate School of Arts and Science. |
| Three Inducted as NYU Trustees NYU recently inducted three new members onto its Board of Trustees during a special dinner at the Kimmel Center for University Life. |
