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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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).
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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.
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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
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