| Abstraction Encourages Procrastination, Psychology Study Finds We are more likely to procrastinate when the task before us is seen as abstract rather than as concrete, a team of psychologists, which includes NYU’s Yaacov Trope, has found. |
| Big Apple Circus Trains Nursing Students in ‘Clown Care’ To Bring Joy to Sick Children For the Big Apple Circus, caring for sick children is much more than fun and games. For 22 years, the nonprofit circus has run a Clown Care program, bringing entertainers to 19 pediatric facilities across the United States. |
| Bringing Farms Back to Greenwich Village On Feb. 4, the group Community Agriculture at NYU hosted an evening of dialogue on urban agriculture possibilities at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study’s Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre. |
| Dental Student Helps Upstate Woman Regain Her Smile One of Jennifer Frangos’s most challenging and rewarding experiences as a student in the College of Dentistry occurred far from the NYU campus in Manhattan. |
| NYUAD Institute and Steinhardt Host Inaugural Academic In January, the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development organized the first academic conference at the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, NYU’s current home for scholarly programming in Abu Dhabi. The conference, which drew participants from North America and the Middle East, convened around the topics of education, media, and human development. |
| NYU’s Antón, Calhoun, and Stein Named Fellows of the AAAS The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has awarded NYU’s Susan Antón, an anthropologist, Craig Calhoun, a sociologist, and Daniel Stein, a physicist, the distinction of Fellow. Election as a Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. |
| Stars Turn Out for Tisch Gala Celebration The Tisch School of the Arts can count among its alumni and students some of the most gifted people in the arts and entertainment, and every year many come out for one night to be a part of the school’s annual benefit gala. |
| Steinhardt Partners with Yeshiva University to Promote Math and Science Education In an effort to increase the number of highly qualified teachers of math and science in middle and high schools, the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and Yeshiva University have created a partnership... |
| Steinhardt’s Study Abroad Programs Bring Global Opportunities to Graduate Students NYU remains the top American university in sending students to study abroad, according to a recent report by the Institute of International Education (IIE). |
| Test Tube Families: Why the Fertility Market Needs Legal Regulation NYU remains the top American university in sending students to study abroad, according to a recent report by the Institute of International Education (IIE). |
| Tisch Senior Wins First Collyer Memorial WGA Screenwriting Award for StudentsTisch Senior Wins First Collyer Memorial WGA Screenwriting Award for Stud The Tisch School of the Arts’s Sara Van Acker, a senior in the Rita and Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing, is the recipient of the first Michael Coll¬yer Memorial Fellowship in Screenwriting from the Writers Guild of America, East Foundation. |
| Wagner Students Tackle Public Service Projects Across the Globe as Part of Capstone Program The historic African American community of Soria City, Mississippi, was the destination for a team of Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service students who set out to reverse the town’s economic decline |
| A Green Grants Update In May 2008, the NYU Sustainability Task Force announced its 2008-09 Green Grants, awarding $160,000 in grant monies to 23 projects, an increase of over 40 percent from 2007 |
| Kanbar Institute’s Cary Fukunaga Wins Sundance 2009 Directing Award Cary Joji Fukunaga, a student in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television’s Graduate Film Division in the Tisch School of the Arts, took home the 2009 Sundance Film Festival’s Directing Award in the U.S. Dramatic competition for his film Sin Nombre, which also received the Excellence in Cinematography Award. |
| NYU Faculty Capture National Jewish Book Award Honors K.E. Fleming’s Greece—A Jewish History (Princeton, 2008) won the 2008 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Sephardic Culture |
| NYU Program to Provide Outreach to Families of Military Reservists NYU’s Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis has launched a local initiative supporting Strategic Outreach to Families of All Reservists (SOFAR). |
| NYU Snags Eight Oscar Nominations Alumni of the Tisch School of the Arts (TSOA), the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, and the Gallatin School of Individualized Study are among the nominees of the 81st Academy Awards. |
| Saluting L. Jay Oliva’s 50 Years at NYU Alumni of the Tisch School of the Arts (TSOA), the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, and the Gallatin School of Individualized Study are among the nominees of the 81st Academy Awards. |
| SCPS Offers New Dual Degree Program in Fast-Growing Field of HR Management SCPS has launched its first dual degree program, involving the Paul McGhee Division and the graduate human resource management program within the Division of Programs in Business. |
| Steven Soderbergh Gives Graduate Film Master Class Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh visited NYU on Jan. 28, to give a master class as part of the weekly Chair’s Workshop series in the Graduate Film program. |
| Two Kanbar Freshmen Named Finalists in mtvU Oscars Correspondent Contest Two freshman film students from the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television in the Tisch School of the Arts, Diana Snyder (anchor) and Mike Ren (videographer), were named one of the top 10 finalist teams in the first-ever Oscar Correspondent Contest... |
| Stern School of Business Students Spread Social Mission Across the Globe Using business to affect positive change is part of the training for students in the Stern School of Business. But M.B.A. student Priya Pandya, who brought her business expertise to the health care sectors in Africa and South Asia last summer, and undergraduate Rohun Pai, who volunteered in a Tanzanian orphanage over the winter break, have already put that training to work. |
| Elsewhere, USA Using business to affect positive change is part of the training for students in the Stern School of Business. But M.B.A. student Priya Pandya, who brought her business expertise to the health care sectors in Africa and South Asia last summer, and undergraduate Rohun Pai, who volunteered in a Tanzanian orphanage over the winter break, have already put that training to work. |
| Invisible Hands: The Making of the Conservative Movement from the New Deal to Reagan Using business to affect positive change is part of the training for students in the Stern School of Business. But M.B.A. student Priya Pandya, who brought her business expertise to the health care sectors in Africa and South Asia last summer, and undergraduate Rohun Pai, who volunteered in a Tanzanian orphanage over the winter break, have already put that training to work. |
| Letters from Black America Using business to affect positive change is part of the training for students in the Stern School of Business. But M.B.A. student Priya Pandya, who brought her business expertise to the health care sectors in Africa and South Asia last summer, and undergraduate Rohun Pai, who volunteered in a Tanzanian orphanage over the winter break, have already put that training to work. |
| Organized Crime in History Using business to affect positive change is part of the training for students in the Stern School of Business. But M.B.A. student Priya Pandya, who brought her business expertise to the health care sectors in Africa and South Asia last summer, and undergraduate Rohun Pai, who volunteered in a Tanzanian orphanage over the winter break, have already put that training to work. |
| “HAUNTINGS: MEMORY, PATRIMONY, AND THE CONTESTED PAST” LECTURE SERIES AT NYU IN MARCH AND APRIL Using business to affect positive change is part of the training for students in the Stern School of Business. But M.B.A. student Priya Pandya, who brought her business expertise to the health care sectors in Africa and South Asia last summer, and undergraduate Rohun Pai, who volunteered in a Tanzanian orphanage over the winter break, have already put that training to work. |
| Calendar: February 25 – March 18, 2009 Using business to affect positive change is part of the training for students in the Stern School of Business. But M.B.A. student Priya Pandya, who brought her business expertise to the health care sectors in Africa and South Asia last summer, and undergraduate Rohun Pai, who volunteered in a Tanzanian orphanage over the winter break, have already put that training to work. |
| Department of Photography and Imaging Exhibits Variety of Using business to affect positive change is part of the training for students in the Stern School of Business. But M.B.A. student Priya Pandya, who brought her business expertise to the health care sectors in Africa and South Asia last summer, and undergraduate Rohun Pai, who volunteered in a Tanzanian orphanage over the winter break, have already put that training to work. |
| Faculty Gather for Spring Reception Using business to affect positive change is part of the training for students in the Stern School of Business. But M.B.A. student Priya Pandya, who brought her business expertise to the health care sectors in Africa and South Asia last summer, and undergraduate Rohun Pai, who volunteered in a Tanzanian orphanage over the winter break, have already put that training to work. |
| Four Professors Receive NYU’s 2009 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Faculty Award Using business to affect positive change is part of the training for students in the Stern School of Business. But M.B.A. student Priya Pandya, who brought her business expertise to the health care sectors in Africa and South Asia last summer, and undergraduate Rohun Pai, who volunteered in a Tanzanian orphanage over the winter break, have already put that training to work. |
| Gallatin Scholars Explore Politics and Education in Venezuela Using business to affect positive change is part of the training for students in the Stern School of Business. But M.B.A. student Priya Pandya, who brought her business expertise to the health care sectors in Africa and South Asia last summer, and undergraduate Rohun Pai, who volunteered in a Tanzanian orphanage over the winter break, have already put that training to work. |
| NY Times Managing Editor Delivers Spring 2009 Albert Gallatin Lecture Using business to affect positive change is part of the training for students in the Stern School of Business. But M.B.A. student Priya Pandya, who brought her business expertise to the health care sectors in Africa and South Asia last summer, and undergraduate Rohun Pai, who volunteered in a Tanzanian orphanage over the winter break, have already put that training to work. |
| Public Enemy Founder Chuck D Speaks at Skirball Using business to affect positive change is part of the training for students in the Stern School of Business. But M.B.A. student Priya Pandya, who brought her business expertise to the health care sectors in Africa and South Asia last summer, and undergraduate Rohun Pai, who volunteered in a Tanzanian orphanage over the winter break, have already put that training to work. |
| Rushdie and Manji Discuss Moral Courage Using business to affect positive change is part of the training for students in the Stern School of Business. But M.B.A. student Priya Pandya, who brought her business expertise to the health care sectors in Africa and South Asia last summer, and undergraduate Rohun Pai, who volunteered in a Tanzanian orphanage over the winter break, have already put that training to work. |
| Steinhardt’s Washington Square East Galleries Presents 32nd Annual Small Works Exhibition Using business to affect positive change is part of the training for students in the Stern School of Business. But M.B.A. student Priya Pandya, who brought her business expertise to the health care sectors in Africa and South Asia last summer, and undergraduate Rohun Pai, who volunteered in a Tanzanian orphanage over the winter break, have already put that training to work. |
| Wagner Students, Alumni, and Scholars Gather to Discuss Social Innovation Using business to affect positive change is part of the training for students in the Stern School of Business. But M.B.A. student Priya Pandya, who brought her business expertise to the health care sectors in Africa and South Asia last summer, and undergraduate Rohun Pai, who volunteered in a Tanzanian orphanage over the winter break, have already put that training to work. |
| Sixth Annual Fusion Film Festival Runs Feb. 26-28 Using business to affect positive change is part of the training for students in the Stern School of Business. But M.B.A. student Priya Pandya, who brought her business expertise to the health care sectors in Africa and South Asia last summer, and undergraduate Rohun Pai, who volunteered in a Tanzanian orphanage over the winter break, have already put that training to work. |
| TSOA Asia Student Wins 2009 Slamdance Film Festival Award Frank R. Rinaldi, Tisch School of the Arts Asia second year M.F.A. film candidate, received the Grand Jury Award for Best Experimental Short at the 2009 Slamdance Film Festival for his short film... |
| TSOA’s André Lepecki Wins AICA’s 2007 Best Performance Award André Lepecki, associate professor in the Department of Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts, has won, along with Stephanie Rosenthal, currently chief curator of the Hayward Gallery in London, the International Art Critics Association award for Best Performance of 2007 for the New York “redoing” of Allan Kaprow’s seminal performance piece 18 Happenings in 6 Acts (1959). |
