| Innovative Scholarship Provides Students with Financial Aid and Social Opportunities The College of Arts and Science has received a unique gift that will provide undergraduates with scholarships and social programming to help them form bonds with one another and the University. |
| Oscar-Winning Director Barry Levinson Talks with Kanbar Filmmakers The College of Arts and Science has received a unique gift that will provide undergraduates with scholarships and social programming to help them form bonds with one another and the University. |
| Steinhardt Alum Hamingson Named Executive Director of The Public Theater Andrew Hamingson, who graduated in September from the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development master’s program in performing arts administration, concedes that his student journey was unorthodox. |
| Steinhardt Dean Brabeck Leads Capitol Hill Briefing on Research in Education Mary Brabeck, dean of the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, recently visited Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to lead a briefing for congressional staff about the importance of educational research in developing highly qualified teachers. |
| The Crusade for Children: The Children’s Aid Society’s Early Years to Present Mary Brabeck, dean of the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, recently visited Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to lead a briefing for congressional staff about the importance of educational research in developing highly qualified teachers. |
| The NYU Sustainability Report: An ongoing look at NYU’s “greening” progress Mary Brabeck, dean of the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, recently visited Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to lead a briefing for congressional staff about the importance of educational research in developing highly qualified teachers. |
| Tisch Gala to Feature Stars of Stage and Screen The annual gala for the Tisch School of the Arts, “Tisch on Stage,” will be held on Nov. 17 for the first time at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, the home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. |
| Tisch School Holds 11th Annual Day of Community Each year, the Center for Art and Public Policy at the Tisch School of the Arts (TSOA) hosts a “Day of Community” symposium on a social issue of vital concern to artists and scholars. |
| Two Wagner Students Hone Public Service Skills as Oprah Winfrey Scholars Her home is a dusty community in Capetown, South Africa. Its name, Uitsig, means “look at the view” in Afrikaans. But as first-year Wagner Graduate School of Public Service student Chesray L. Dolpha explains, there is no grand vista, only cramped, airless residences topped by tin roofs. |
| Aquila Theatre Receives NEH Grant to Bring Homer to Public Libraries The Aquila Theatre, the professional company in residence at NYU’s Center for Ancient Studies since 1999, has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to bring the works of Homer and other classics to public libraries across the United States. |
| Calendar: October 20 – November 21, 2008 The Aquila Theatre, the professional company in residence at NYU’s Center for Ancient Studies since 1999, has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to bring the works of Homer and other classics to public libraries across the United States. |
| International Figures Come to NYU in Fall 2008 The Aquila Theatre, the professional company in residence at NYU’s Center for Ancient Studies since 1999, has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to bring the works of Homer and other classics to public libraries across the United States. |
| College of Dentistry Receives $600,000 Grant from Susan G. Komen Foundation The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation has recently awarded an NYU dental research team a three-year, $600,000 grant to study whether nutrients and antioxidants found in broccoli, grapes, and other naturally occurring compounds could prevent breast cancer. |
| Courant Receives $500,000 NSF Grant to Discover the Learning Algorithm of the Brain NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and its institutional partners—Stanford University, MIT, and the University of California, Berkeley—have each received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the “learning algorithm of the brain.” |
| Spacing, Not Size, Matters in Visual Recognition, NYU Researchers Find You might think that the farthest distance at which you can hold a book and still read it quickly is determined by the size of the letters. However, NYU neuroscientists have concluded that it’s the spacing between letters, not their size, which matters. |
| Ballroom, Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake: A Social and Popular Dance Reader You might think that the farthest distance at which you can hold a book and still read it quickly is determined by the size of the letters. However, NYU neuroscientists have concluded that it’s the spacing between letters, not their size, which matters. |
| Environmental Studies Program Faculty Pen Two New Books Dale Jamieson, who directs NYU’s Environmental Studies Program, and Tyler Volk, who is the program’s science director, have each recently published books on the environment. |
| Intelligence Work: The Politics of American Documentary Dale Jamieson, who directs NYU’s Environmental Studies Program, and Tyler Volk, who is the program’s science director, have each recently published books on the environment. |
| Latino Spin: Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race Dale Jamieson, who directs NYU’s Environmental Studies Program, and Tyler Volk, who is the program’s science director, have each recently published books on the environment. |
| Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain Dale Jamieson, who directs NYU’s Environmental Studies Program, and Tyler Volk, who is the program’s science director, have each recently published books on the environment. |
| New from NYU Press: After the Cure: The Untold Stories of Breast Cancer Survivors Dale Jamieson, who directs NYU’s Environmental Studies Program, and Tyler Volk, who is the program’s science director, have each recently published books on the environment. |
| Personal Days Dale Jamieson, who directs NYU’s Environmental Studies Program, and Tyler Volk, who is the program’s science director, have each recently published books on the environment. |
| Chatting with a Financier Dale Jamieson, who directs NYU’s Environmental Studies Program, and Tyler Volk, who is the program’s science director, have each recently published books on the environment. |
| Chris Columbus Views Tisch Student Films Dale Jamieson, who directs NYU’s Environmental Studies Program, and Tyler Volk, who is the program’s science director, have each recently published books on the environment. |
| Four Professors Presented with NYU’s 2007-08 Distinguished Teaching Award Four NYU faculty members were recently awarded the 2007-08 Distinguished Teaching Award, an annual honor that highlights NYU’s commitment to teaching excellence. |
| JOHN BRADEMAS RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE AND EDUCATION MEDAL On Sept. 27, president emeritus and former U.S. Representative John Brademas was awarded his 53rd honorary degree, by Westfield State College in Massachusetts. |
| Screen Stars Gather at Tisch East Alumni Speakers Series Event The Tisch East Alumni Council held its first event of the fall last month when some 40 alumni turned out to hear a talented trio of Tisch School of the Arts alums tell their story. |
| STEINHARDT’S PAREKH RECEIVES GRANT TO STUDY OBESITY AND CANCER MORTALITY Niyati Parekh, assistant professor of nutrition and public health at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, was recently awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute to study the links between obesity and cancer mortality. |
| Tisch School Partners with U.S. Department of State to Help Launch Democracy Video Challenge Mary Schmidt Campbell, dean of the Tisch School of the Arts (middle), and Sheril Antonio, associate dean of film, television and new media at Tisch and chair of the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music, recently joined James Glassman, undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, to announce the Democracy Video Challenge. |
| Toni Morrison Helps Celebrate Clyde Taylor’s 45 Years of Teaching NYU’s Institute of African American Affairs (IAAA), the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, and Africana Studies at NYU recently honored Gallatin professor Clyde Taylor on his retirement from 45 years of teaching as a professor of social and cultural analysis... |
| Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò Hosts Exhibition of Giorgio Morandi Etchings through Oct. 31 An exhibition of etchings by one of the most influential contributors to minimalism Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) is on exhibit through Oct. 31 at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, 24 W. 12th Street. |
| Landmark Exhibition of African Art Comes to Grey Art Gallery NYU’s Grey Art Gallery has opened a landmark exhibition of some 60 contemporary paintings, sculptures, videos, and photographs alongside a selection of mid-20th century and recent African textiles by 16 artists living in Africa and abroad. |
| New Wagner Exhibit Examines ‘Identity Declassified’ The Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, in partnership with the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, presents “Identity Declassified: Consumerism, Security & Sexuality,” a new art exhibition curated by Steinhardt professor Ann Chwatsky, with curatorial assistance by Wagner’s Frank Crescioni-Santoni and the Gallery Space at Wagner Committee. |
| New York Philharmonic Premieres Work Composed by Department of Music’s Beckerman The New York Philharmonic premiered “Hiawatha Melodrama,” created by Michael Beckerman, chair of NYU’s Department of Music, as part of its multi-media series, “Inside the Music,” earlier this month. |
