| Collage of Events Welcomes the Class of 2012 to NYC and NYU From Move-In Day to finding the best local cup of coffee to touring the U.N., new students quickly became New Yorkers thanks to the numerous programs and events designed to acclimate them to the city. |
| College of Dentistry Researchers Discover New Mode of HIV Replication Weak HIV viruses piggyback onto stronger ones, raising the possibility that the human body may harbor many more HIV viruses capable of replicating and contributing to the development of AIDS than previously thought, a College of Dentistry AIDS research team has found. |
| NYU Faculty, GSAS Student Selected as Fulbright Fellows NYU’s Ann Morning, an assistant professor of sociology, and Jacqueline Bishop, a master teacher in the Faculty of Arts and Science’s Liberal Studies Program, have received Fulbright Fellowships for the 2008-09 academic year. |
| NYU’s Sustainability Task Force Offers New ‘Green’ Recommendations NYU’s Sustainability Task Force recently released its annual report highlighting major successes for 2007-08 and submitting to the administration new recommendations to improve campus environmental performance and to further advance NYU along the path toward sustainability. |
| Prospective Candidates for City Posts to Speak at Wagner It may be a presidential election year, but it’s never too early to consider the local elected officials who are setting their sights on what has been called the second-toughest job in America, mayor of New York, and other citywide posts. |
| Science Coalition Honors Senator Lamar Alexander The Science Coalition recently gave Senator Lamar Alexander (Law ’65) its “Champion of Science” award in recognition of his strong and continued advocacy for basic research funding. |
| Steinhardt Team Investigates Recent Spike in HIV Infection Among Young Men Earlier this year, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) released a sobering report about an increase in HIV infection rates among young men, ages 13-29, who have sex with men. |
| Steinhardt/GSAS Awarded $4.96 Million Grant for Graduate Scholarships in Jewish Education NYU will receive a grant of $4.96 million over six years for scholarships to support masters and doctoral students in Jewish education. |
| David Irving Named Chair of Tisch Asia’s Graduate Film Department David K. Irving, associate professor in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at the Tisch School of the Arts, was appointed chair of Tisch Asia’s Graduate Film Department in June. |
| First Group Selected as Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed University Scholars Seventeen men and women have been named as the inaugural class of the Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed University Scholars Program, which recognizes outstanding students in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and provides them with special academic and leadership opportunities. |
| NYU Historians Receive Federal Grants to Enhance Curriculum, Continue Book Series NYU’s Archives and Public History Program and the University’s Margaret Sanger Papers Project have both received grants from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. |
| Richard Sennett Wins International Prize for Scholarship in Historical Humanities Professor Richard Sennett has been named the winner of the 2008 Gerda Henkel Prize, which recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement in the historical humanities. |
| Wagner School’s Schall and Zimmerman Named to Posts Two individuals at the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service were recently named to public policy advisory panels at the state and city levels of government. |
| Biologists Show How Eye’s Neurons Switch Functions During Metamorphosis Researchers at NYU’s Center for Developmental Genetics have found that the photoreceptors in an insect’s eye can change their traditional functions during metamorphosis. The study appeared this summer in the journal Nature. |
| NYU, Rutgers Study Shows How Being Strategic Can Alter the Brain’s Reward Circuitry The cognitive strategies humans use to regulate emotions can determine both neurological and physiological responses to potential rewards, a team of NYU and Rutgers University neuroscientists has discovered. |
| A Government Ill Executed: The Decline of the Federal Service and How to Reverse It The cognitive strategies humans use to regulate emotions can determine both neurological and physiological responses to potential rewards, a team of NYU and Rutgers University neuroscientists has discovered. |
| All One Horse The cognitive strategies humans use to regulate emotions can determine both neurological and physiological responses to potential rewards, a team of NYU and Rutgers University neuroscientists has discovered. |
| Chameleon The cognitive strategies humans use to regulate emotions can determine both neurological and physiological responses to potential rewards, a team of NYU and Rutgers University neuroscientists has discovered. |
| Global Bollywood The cognitive strategies humans use to regulate emotions can determine both neurological and physiological responses to potential rewards, a team of NYU and Rutgers University neuroscientists has discovered. |
| One Secret Thing The cognitive strategies humans use to regulate emotions can determine both neurological and physiological responses to potential rewards, a team of NYU and Rutgers University neuroscientists has discovered. |
| TSOA’s Deborah Willis to Edit Photo Book on Obama Campaign Deborah Willis, University Professor and chair of the Department of Photography and Imagining in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at the Tisch School of the Arts, has been chosen to select and edit the photos for the book Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photos. |
| Calendar: September 15-October 1, 2008 Deborah Willis, University Professor and chair of the Department of Photography and Imagining in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at the Tisch School of the Arts, has been chosen to select and edit the photos for the book Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photos. |
| Experimental Theatre Students Perform in London Festival Last spring, the Experimental Theatre Wing (ETW), a professional studio in the Department of Drama at the Tisch School of the Arts, was invited to London to take part in the third annual Accidental Festival, which is produced by students of the Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, and hosted by the Institute for Contemporary Art. |
| Martha Graham Dance Company Takes Residence at Skirball Center The Martha Graham Dance Company will be in residency at NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts from Sept. 14-19. While there, the company will reconstruct the Graham classic Clytemnestra and give an exclusive preview performance for members of the NYU community only. |
| New York City Hip-Hop Theater Festival Comes to NYU The Hip-Hop Theater Festival has partnered with NYU and its Center for Multicultural Education and Programs to bring three weeks of hip-hop theater (Sept. 23–Oct. 11) to the NYU community and New York City. In addition to the on-stage programming, this year’s highlights will include teacher trainings, educational panels, and workshops. |
| Partners in Health Offers View of Its Communities A photo exhibition on view through Oct. 12 at the Kimmel Center for University Life depicts poor communities and clinics where the renowned Partners in Health has forged partnerships to provide high-quality medical care |
| Photo Exhibition Parallels 1968 and 2008 The Department of Photography & Imaging in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at the Tisch School of the Arts displays 75 works by 56 artists in the new show 1968: Then and Now. The exhibition includes letters, photographs, paintings, prints, video, and installation pieces, and is on view through Nov. 22. |
| Skirball Center for the Performing Arts Announces 2008-09 Season NYU’s Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts recently announced its programming for its 2008-09 season with executive producer L. Jay Oliva and director Michael Harrington introducing four new thematic series at the center, now in its fifth year as the premier venue for cultural and performing arts events for NYU and lower Manhattan. |
| ARCHIVISTS’ TOOLKIT RECEIVES AWARD The Archivists’ Toolkit (AT), an innovative open-source archival data management system developed through a collaboration among the NYU Division of Libraries, University of California, San Diego Libraries, and the Five Colleges, Inc. Libraries, has received the C.F.W. Coker Award from the Society of American Archivists. |
| NYU REACHES ‘FINAL FOUR’ OF COLLEGE CHESS Last spring, NYU competed in the 2008 President’s Cup, also known as the “Final Four of College Chess,” on the campus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). |
| STEINHARDT ANNOUNCES NEW ENDOWED FACULTY CHAIR IN PIANO STUDIES The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development recently announced the creation of the Sascha Gorodnitzki Faculty Chair in Piano Studies. Gorodnitzki (1905-1986) was an internationally acclaimed concert pianist and one of the most sought-after piano teachers in the world. |
| TWO A&P PUBLICATIONS WIN CASE AWARDS NYU’s Office of Advertising and Publications received two awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), an organization that supports education institutions around the world by “enhancing the effectiveness of alumni relations, communications, marketing, fund raising, and other advancement professionals who serve them.” |
| Two Wagner School RCLA Summer Events Focus on Nonprofit Development How do investments in talent management and development help nonprofits achieve their organizational goals? This question was the focus of two in-depth learning sessions, sponsored by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and hosted by the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service’s Research Center for Leadership in Action (RCLA) for 15 leading youth development nonprofits in late July and early August. |
| University Holds Groundbreaking for New Co-Generation Plant NYU broke ground in mid August at the site of its new, environmentally friendly co-generation plant in a ceremony attended by elected officials, local leaders, and University representatives. The facility will be located underground on Mercer Street between West 3rd and West 4th Streets. |
