Oliver Stone Named Artistic Director of Tisch Asia Tisch School of the Arts Asia President Pari Sara Shirazi recently announced that Oliver Stone, three-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker and NYU alumnus, has been named artistic director.

Social Work’s Tuchman Travels to Tanzania to Work Alongside Silver School Students A project involving the building of a rescue center for homeless girls in Tanzania, which has been developed by Silver School of Social Work undergrad Christopher Gates, served as the impetus for social work professor Ellen Tuchman’s visit to that country this summer.

Steinhardt’s Shaw Brings HIV Prevention into the Digital Age Josh is a young gay man living in Manhattan who had unprotected sex. And according to research, his story is startlingly effective in motivating other gay men to have safer sex and to get tested for HIV.

Team Including NYU Scientists Analyzing First Beams in Large Hadron Collider In mid-September, scientists sent the first beam of protons zooming at nearly the speed of light around the 17-mile Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

Center for the U.S. and the Cold War hosts Lecture Series This Fall The Center for the U.S. and the Cold War, a joint project of the Tamiment Library, the University’s archive devoted to research on labor history and the history of progressive and radical political movements, and of the Faculty of Arts and Science, will host a lecture series this fall.

Hartford Institute Launches New Initiative To Help in Care for Geriatric Patients The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at NYU’s College of Nursing recently launched an initiative named REASN, or Resourcefully Enhancing Aging in Specialty Nursing, a continuation of its work with specialty nurses to deepen the involvement of nursing associations in enhancing their members’ competence in caring for older adults.

Howard Gardner to Explore ‘Good Work in the Global Era’ as NYU’s Jacob K. Javits Visiting Professor Howard Gardner, a developmental and cognitive psychologist best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, has been appointed the first Jacob K. Javits Visiting Professor at NYU. Gardner begins his appointment this fall in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, where he will teach two graduate level seminars.

New Minor to Help Prepare the Next Generation in Child and Adolescent Mental Health NYU Child Study Center Offers Only Undergraduate Minor of its Kind in U.S.

U.S. Department of Education Awards NYU $4.2 Million for Training in Education Sciences  The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute for Education Sciences (IES) has awarded NYU a $4.2 million grant to fund a fellowship program designed to train doctoral students of diverse backgrounds to become outstanding researchers in the education sciences.

Thomas Nagel Wins 2008 Balzan Prize for Work in Moral Philosophy Professor Thomas Nagel, whose research centers on political philosophy, ethics, and philosophy of mind, has been awarded a 2008 Balzan Prize for his work in moral philosophy.

American Prophecy: Race and Redemption in American Political Culture (University of Minnesota Press, 2008)

Feminist Theatrical Revisions of Classic Works Sharon Friedman, Editor (McFarland, 2008)

Hays Civil Liberties Program Celebrates 50 Years With Alumni Events, Publication of New Book U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the keynote address last spring at the 50th anniversary celebration of the School of Law’s Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program, noting that she “could hardly resist” the chance to speak at such an occasion.

Hays Civil Liberties Program Celebrates 50 Years With Alumni Events, Publication of New Book U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the keynote address last spring at the 50th anniversary celebration of the School of Law’s Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program, noting that she “could hardly resist” the chance to speak at such an occasion.

New from NYU Press: Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the keynote address last spring at the 50th anniversary celebration of the School of Law’s Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program, noting that she “could hardly resist” the chance to speak at such an occasion.

Understanding the Arts and Creative Sector in the United States: Ruth Ann Stewart, Joni Maya Cherbo, and Margaret Jane Wyszomirski, editors (Rutgers University Press, 2008)

Calendar Ruth Ann Stewart, Joni Maya Cherbo, and Margaret Jane Wyszomirski, editors (Rutgers University Press, 2008)

Bloomberg Declares October ‘German-American Friendship Month’ Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, officially proclaimed the month of September to be “German-American Friendship Month” in New York City during a September reception at NYU’s Deutsches Haus.

Faculty and Staff from the Department of Photography and Imaging Exhibit Works at Kimmel Center An exhibition of 12 photographic and fine art works created by the faculty and staff of the Department of Photography & Imaging in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at the Tisch School of the Arts is on view in the street level windows of the Helen & Martin Kimmel Center for University Life.

NYU Welcomes ‘Solar Taxi’ to Washington Square NYU welcomed Louis Palmer’s “Solar Taxi” to campus on Sept. 12th. Palmer, a Swiss teacher, is driving the solar-powered vehicle around the globe to raise awareness about global climate change.

Second Avenue Dance Company Presents Fall Concert The Second Avenue Dance Company will present its fall concert series featuring previews of one work each by guest choreographers Susan Marshall and Department of Dance alumna Brook Notary, in three performances from Oct. 16-18.

Skirball Center Launches New Series of Programs for Children and Families The Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts has announced a new programming series for the 2008-09 season aimed at children and families.

Tales from the Trains An exhibition entitled “The Other Lado,” a photographic dialogue between passengers on the New York City subway and the Mexico City metro...

Drama Department to Present Two Versions of Cabaret It’s Berlin, New Year’s Eve, 1929.  An American writer in search of adventure takes up with the bohemian Sally Bowles, a performer at a decadent cabaret, on the eve of the Nazis’ rise to power.

Courant's Naor Receives 2008 European Mathematical Society Prize Assaf Naor, an associate professor in the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, has received a 2008 European Mathematical Society (EMS) Prize, which is given every four years at the European Congresses of Mathematics.

iTunes U Helps College of Dentistry Students Record Lectures The College of Dentistry has become the first school at NYU to offer its students the ability to record course lectures in the classroom and automatically upload the audio files to Apple’s iTunes U.

Nursing Faculty PRactice Expands Netowkr of Health Care Plans for NYU Employees The Nursing Faculty Practice, located within the College of Dentistry, recently announced new health care plans now being accepted.

Tisch Student is First Runner-Up in Miss Black USA Safiya Songhai, a graduate film student in the Tisch School of the Arts’s Kanbar Institute of Film and Television and the reigning Miss Black Massachusetts USA, recently placed first runner-up in the Miss Black USA 2008 pageant.

Writing Program and Slate Launch "Open Book" Video Series The Creative Writing Program and the online magazine Slate (www.slate.com) recently launched a new online videocast series, “Open Book: Writers on Writing.”