Dan Rather Heads Panel at NYU’s Carter Journalism Institute
Former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather, New York Times Managing
Editor Jill Abramson, and Tom Curley, president of the Associated
Press, led a panel discussion, “The First Amendment, Freedom of the
Press, and the Future of Journalism,” on Oct. 16, at NYU’s Arthur L.
Carter Journalism Institute.
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DESPLAN ELECTED TO EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY ORGANIZATION
NYU’s Claude Desplan, a Silver Professor of Biology, has been elected
as an associate member of the European Molecular Biology Organization,
whose membership includes 48 Nobel Laureates.
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FILM COMPETITION AIMS TO DISCOURAGE UNDERAGE DRINKING
The Responsibility Campaignrecently announced a competition to create 30-second
“shorts” to be used as public service announcements to combat underage
drinking.
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GRADUATE ACTING'S JOANNA MERLIN HONORED BY RUSSIAN EMIGRE GROUP IN MOSCOW
Joanna Merlin, adjunct teacher in the Graduate Acting Program at the
Tisch School of the Arts, was honored earlier this month in Moscow by
Russians Abroad, an organization founded by the writer Alexander
Solzhenitsyn to honor Russian émigrés who have made significant
contributions to American scientific and cultural life.
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McLaughlin and Snider’s Penelope Draws Capacity Crowds to Gallatin’s Labowitz Theatre
The Gallatin School of Individualized Study recently hosted Penelope, a
workshop production of a new music-theater piece written by playwright
and actor Ellen McLaughlin, at left, and composed by Sarah Kirkland
Snider, for six performances at its Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the
Performing Arts. McLaughlin is best known for originating the role of
the Angel in Tony Kushner’s Angels in America and for a series of
highly successful translations of Greek tragedies.
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The NYU Sustainability Report: An ongoing look at NYU’s “greening” progress
In honor of America Recycles Day, which took place on Nov. 15, the
following is a look at some of NYU’s efforts to reduce, re-use, and
recycle. See www. nyu.edu/recycling for more information and to sign a
“Recycling Pledge.”
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TISCH’S 194 RECORDINGS SHOWCASES SIX ARTISTS AT CMJ MUSIC FESTIVAL
Last month, 194 Recordings, the new record label in the Clive Davis
Department of Recorded Music at the Tisch School of the Arts, showcased
six of its own talented musicians as part of the 2008 CMJ Music
Marathon festival.
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WAGNER’S PAUL LIGHT DELIVERS 2008 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LECTURE
Paul C. Light, the Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at NYU
Wagner, recently delivered the 2008 Library of Congress Lecture.
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