| CIC Report Finds Over-Reliance on Private Security Is Harming Stabilization Efforts in Afghanistan The Public Cost of Private Security in Afghanistan, a new report authored by NYU’s Center on International Cooperation (CIC), concludes that over-reliance on private security – above all, on local militia groups – by international military forces is harming stabilization efforts... |
| Museum of Chinese in America, Co-Founded by NYU's Jack Tchen, Opens New Facility The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA), co-founded by NYU professor John Kuo Wei Tchen in 1980, opened in its new location, 215 Centre Street—on the cusp of Chinatown and SoHo—in late September... |
| Steinhardt Department Renamed to Reflect Broader Areas of Study A new name recently greeted students in the former Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. In September, name was officially changed to the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders... |
| Americans for Social Change: See Matt Damon and Howard Zinn Speak on Nov. 12 “The People Speak- Live” comes to NYU on Thurs, Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. at Cooper Union Great Hall |
| Ancient Studies is Focus in 2009-10 Lecture Series Each year, the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at NYU invites a number of research scholars to take up residence at the institute and join in the intellectual life of the community. The ISAW Visiting Research Scholars program comprises individuals of scholarly distinction who also have a history of interdisciplinary academic exchange in the relevant fields of ancient studies.... |
| Anthropology Student Named One Of “5 Under 35” Top Young Fiction Writers Ceridwen Dovey, an anthropology doctoral candidate in the Graduate School of Arts and Science, was selected by the National Book Foundation as one of its “5 Under 35” young fiction writers for her inaugural novel, Blood Kin (Viking, 2008).... |
| College of Nursing Establishes Doctor of Nursing Practice Program The College of Nursing recently announced the opening of a Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) program that responds to the growing complexity of health care delivery systems, increasing educational challenges for advanced practice nurses, and burgeoning demand for clinical leaders. The D.N.P., the highest level of academic preparation for practicing nurses, is nursing’s equivalent to professional doctorates in other disciplines such as medicine (M.D.), dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.), and pharmacy (PharmD.)... |
| College of Nursing Faculty Members Receive Research Awards Two faculty members in the College of Nursing were recently awarded for their innovative research and leadership. Gail D’Eramo Melkus, the Florence and William Downs Professorship in Nursing Research received the 2009 Distinguished Nurse Researcher Award from the Foundation of the New York State Nurses Association. Mary Rosedale, assistant professor in the college, who also has a faculty appointment in the Department of Psychiatry, received the Novice Nurse Researcher from the Foundation of the New York State Nurses Association... |
| Faculty From Stern, Wagner, Steinhardt, and NYU-Poly Receive $2 Million NSF Grant to Study Security and Privacy Issues Five professors—Anindya Ghose of the Stern School of Business, Nasir Menon and Ramesh Karri of NYU-Poly, Helen Nissenbaum of the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, and Rae Zimmerman of the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service—were recently awarded a $2.12 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) based on the Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship For Service (SFS) program for research and teaching of security and privacy issues on the Internet and other critical information infrastructure... |
| ISAW’s Third Annual Leon Levy Lecture To Be Held Nov. 5 The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) will present the third annual Leon Levy Lecture on Nov. 5, featuring speaker Nicola Di Cosmo, Henry Luce Foundation Professor of East Asian Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study. Di Cosmo will lecture on “The Historian in the Future of the Ancient World: A View from Central Eurasia..." |
| Men’s Cross Country Captures Fourth Consecutive UAA Title For the fourth consecutive season, the NYU men's cross country team has captured the University Athletic Association Championship. The Violets now prepare for the NCAA Atlantic Region Championship in Geneseo, N.Y., on Saturday, Nov. 14, with another entry to the NCAA Division III Championship at stake... |
| New B.S. Degree in Public Health Launched at Steinhardt Responding to increasing demand from undergraduates, the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development will launch a new B.S. degree in public health beginning in 2010-11... |
| NYU Nationally Recognized for Commitment to Sustainability NYU recently won the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s (AASHE) annual Campus Sustainability Leadership Award in the four-year and graduate institutions over 15,000 full-time student category. The award recognized NYU as having made the greatest overall commitment to sustainability as demonstrated in its education and research, campus operations, and administration and finance, and was presented at the “Greening of the Campus VIII Conference” on Sept. 21 in Indianapolis... |
| Steinhardt Jazz Partners with Barnes & Noble for Weekly Music Series When Dave Schroeder, director of jazz studies at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, learned last spring that the soon-to-open Barnes & Noble flagship store on Manhattan’s Upper East Side (86th Street and Lexington Avenue) would include a large performance space, he saw an unique opportunity to create a forum for jazz artists to interact with their audiences in a personal setting... |
| Steinhardt’s Kirch Wins NSF Grant to Study Elementary Science Education Despite a recent emphasis on providing elementary school students with stimulating STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) content, educators and curriculum designers often miss one essential aspect of science: approaching evidence with skepticism and dealing with conflicting, incomplete data... |
| Stern Professor Dolly Chugh Selected as Aspen Institute Faculty Pioneer Finalist Dolly Chugh, assistant professor of management and organizations in the Stern School of Business, was recently chosen as a finalist in the 2009 Faculty Pioneer Awards by the Center for Business Education at the Aspen Institute. This annual recognition, dubbed the “Oscars of the business school world” by the Financial Times, awards business school instructors who have demonstrated leadership and risk-taking through integrating ethical, environmental, and social issues into the MBA curriculum. She was one of eight finalists out of more than 125 nominations submitted by academics and business executives. Finalists were selected by Aspen Institute staff in consultation with prominent academics, and winners were selected by a panel of corporate judges... |
| Anthropologist to Examine How Human Rights Rankings Are Created Under NSF Grant NYU anthropology professor Sally Engle Merry will examine how rankings of human rights are created under a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation. The resulting research is designed to help the public as well as international decision-makers develop a fuller understanding of the kinds of knowledge these rankings provide... |
| Biologist Rockman to Study How Genetic Variation Contributes to Aging Scientists have long known that genetic variation contributes to differences in aging among individuals, populations, and species. Less clear are the specific genes that drive the aging process. NYU biologist Matthew Rockman aims to uncover these genes with the help of a $400,000 New Scholar award from the Ellison Medical Foundation... |
| College of Dentistry Professor Awarded NYU School of Medicine Grant for Bladder Cancer Research The NYU School of Medicine has awarded a one-year Center of Excellence grant to an NYU College of Dentistry professor to study how bladder tumors progress to invasive cancer.... |
| College of Dentistry Shares $2.8 million NIH Award to Advance Study of 3-D Bone Tissue Scaffolds Two NYU College of Dentistry professors are partnering with researchers from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and Rutgers University on a $2.8 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, part of the National Institutes of Health, to assess the effectiveness of anti-inflammatory, three-dimensional bone tissue scaffolds in regenerating missing sections of skull. The study is being led by Patrick O’Connor, an assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at UMDNJ... |
| Eric Klann Receives Research Grant from Angelman Syndrome Foundation Eric Klann, a professor in NYU’s Center for Neural Science, recently received a research grant from the Angelman Syndrome Foundation. More than $988,000 in grants were awarded to six principle investigators whose work will focus on Angelman Syndrome (AS), a neuro-genetic disorder that occurs in 1 in 15,000 live births... |
| Global Public Health Research Challenge Fund Grant Awarded to Dentistry’s Dasanayake NYU College of Dentistry professor Ananda P. Dasanayake has been awarded a one-year NYU Global Public Health Research Challenge Fund grant to continue his study of how periodontal disease can contribute to gestational diabetes mellitus.... |
| NYU Researchers Show that Education Primes the Pipeline of Innovative Entrepreneurs A team of NYU researchers recently reported on the first phase of their study on effective approaches to the training of innovative entrepreneurs, who aim to use new methods to produce or deliver existing goods and services at a lower cost... |
| Partridge Awarded $1.5 Million NIH Grant for Craniofacial Bone Research Nicola Partridge, chair of the Department of Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology at the NYU College of Dentistry, was recently awarded a two-year, $1.5 million NIH grant to expand research on craniofacial bone biology. Partridge is an international authority on molecular endocrinology and an expert in bone and mineral research... |
| Psychology and Stern Marketing Professors Receive $1.1 Million Grant from NIH to Study the Efficacy of Anti-Drug Ads David Heeger, a professor in the Department of Psychology and the Center for Neural Science, and Stern School of Business marketing professors Eric Greenleaf, Geeta Menon, Tom Meyvis, and Vicki Morwitz, with Uri Hasson, an assistant professor of psychology at Princeton, were awarded a two-year, $1.1 million grant by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse. The grant supports their research project entitled, “The Neural Correlates of Effective Drug Prevention Messages...” |
| Psychology’s David Amodio Explores Neurological Activity that Fuels Racial Bias Overt expressions of bigotry are relatively infrequent, but current psychological research finds that racial biases often lurk in the unconscious mind, influencing behavior in subtle ways despite a lack of intent. Under a five-year, $834,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, David Amodio is examining the dynamics of such unconscious, or “implicit,” racial associations through research that aims to advance our understanding of how neural mechanisms of learning and memory function in social behavior. The award is funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)... |
| Recent 'Momentum' Influences Choices of Baby Names, NYU, Indiana Psychology Professors Find How do people choose a name for their child? Researchers have long noted that the popularity of a name exerts a strong influence on people’s preferences—more popular names, such as Robert or Susan, are more frequent and, by their sheer ubiquity, drive more parents to adopt a similar choice. However, new research by psychologists at NYU and Indiana University, Bloomington suggests that the change in popularity of a name over time increasingly influences naming decisions in the United States. Like momentum traders in the stock market, parents today appear to favor names that have recently risen in popularity relative to names that are on the decline... |
| Steinhardt Research Identifies Best Programs to Help New Immigrants There are now between 190 and 200 million transnational migrants working, living, and moving across every region of the world, according to the U.N. Global Commission on International Migration. A new web-based report by researchers at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development identifies an array of innovative programs facilitating the adaptation of immigrant children, youth, and families to new countries... |
| Abydos: Egypt's First Pharaohs and the Cult of Osiris Abydos: Egypt’s First Pharaohs and the Cult of Osiris, by David O’Connor, Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Ancient Egyptian Art at NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts, co-director, Yale University-University of Pennsylvania-Institute of Fine Arts, NYU Excavations at Abydos, marks the first in-depth book on one of Egypt's most important yet mysterious archaeological sites... |
| E.O. Wilson and B.F Skinner: A Dialogue Between Sociobiology and Radical Behaviorism David Sloan Wilson, author of Darwin’s Cathedral writes: "E.O. Wilson and B.F. Skinner agreed that the human capacity for change is both a product of genetic evolution and an evolutionary process in its own right... |
| Mapping the Territory Chris Bram’s Mapping the Territory includes essays, articles, and reviews he has written over the past three decades... |
| Marx’s Philosophy of Nature, Action, and Society: A New Analysis Justin Holt, an adjunct instructor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, examines Karl Marx’s philosophy of nature and reveals how it is the basis for his practical philosophy in Marx’s Philosophy of Nature, Action, and Society: A New Analysis... |
| Open Secret: Postmessianic Messianism and the Mystical Revision of Menahem Mendel Schneerson Menahem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994) was the seventh and seemingly last Rebbe of the Habad-Lubavitch dynasty... |
| The Guantánamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison Outside the Law The 750 men imprisoned at Guantánamo following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, ranged in age from teenage boys to elderly men and came from over 40 countries... |
| Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America Nathaniel Frank, an adjunct faculty member in the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, draws on decades of research on gay service and hundreds of interviews with policymakers, government officials, academics, and service members in his latest work, Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America... |
| Third Watch producer John Ridley Speaks to Gallatin Students on Careers in Entertainment John Ridley (GAL’87), producer of NBC’s Third Watch and writer of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and the feature film Three Kings, was the distinguished speaker at Gallatin’s recent Dean’s Roundtable conversation... |
| Albert Gallatin Lecture Features RFK, Jr. on 'Our Environmental Destiny' Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., president of Waterkeeper Alliance, delivered the Fall 2009 Albert Gallatin Lecture, “Our Environmental Destiny,” on Oct. 12, in the school’s Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts... |
| Alumni Honored at 2009 Awards Luncheon Nearly 150 alumni came out to the Metropolitan Club in midtown Manhattan on Oct. 2 for the 2009 NYU Alumni Awards Luncheon, hosted by Alumni Association President Steven Miller (LAW ’70) and NYU Trustee Constance Silver (SSSW ’78, ’79)... |
| Former Ghana President Speaks on African Economic Development Former President of Ghana Jerry John Rawlings recently delivered a public lecture, “Mobilizing African People for Economic Development,” at NYU’s Eisner and Lubin Auditorium in late September... |
| ITP Celebrates 30th Anniversary The Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) marked its 30th anniversary earlier this month with a four-day-long benefit celebration... |
| Wagner Gallery Features Images of Interaction with Technology The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, in partnership with the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, recently launched “Longing for Certain Things,” the inaugural exhibition for their 2009-10 season of exhibits at the Gallery Space at Wagner (The Puck Building, 295 Lafayette, 2nd Floor)... |
| Works from Photography and Imaging On View through Nov. 21 An exhibition of approximately 70 works created by the faculty and staff of the Department of Photography and Imaging in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television is now on view through Nov. 21. The show comprises a wide range of perspectives and media, including traditional black-and-white and color photographs, publications, net art, video, painting, and multi-media installations... |
| Steinhardt’s Darts Curates Conflux Art and Technology Festival For one weekend last month, the streets of New York City became a canvas for artists, performers, urban planners, architects, environmentalists, and activists interested in urban space. David Darts, assistant professor of art and art education at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, co-chaired the three-day Conflux festival... |
| Annual Mercer Street Features Most ‘Captivating’ Student Essays Mercer Street, an annual publication from the College of Arts and Science’s (CAS) Expository Writing Program (EWP), features essays written by students from nearly all of NYU’s undergraduate schools. Published essays were chosen by lecturers and directors in the writing program for their mastery of “fundamental thinking, writing, and imagining,” notes Pat C. Hoy, director of EWP and professor of English in CAS... |
| Newark Mayor Cory Booker Discusses Political Challenges and Victories at Wagner Event In a public conversation on Oct. 8 at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker offered hard-won insight, progress reports, and humor in describing how his administration's strategies to reduce recidivism are contributing to broad civic improvement. |
| Nominations Now Being Accepted for 2009-10 Distinguished Teaching Award The NYU Office of Faculty Resources announces that nominations are now are being accepted for the 2009-10 Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA). The DTA highlights NYU's commitment to teaching excellence and is given annually to outstanding members of the faculty... |
| Wagner Event Examines Health Risks for Students in Public School About 140 people attended a discussion entitled “Students at Risk: Nutrition, Obesity and Public Schools” at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service on Oct. 13... |
| Wife of Japanese P.M. Visits Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy The Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy recently hosted a visit from Miyuki Hatoyama, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. A music enthusiast and a strong supporter of music therapy, Hatoyama was given a tour of the center by staff members including associate professor Barbara Hesser, director of the graduate music therapy program; Clive Robbins, founding director of the center; Kaoru Robbins, senior music therapist; and Alan Turry, managing director... |
| Writer Adler and Biologist Leibowitz Honored at Annual Alumni Day Luncheons Two noted alumni were honored on Oct. 3 during NYU’s annual Alumni Day luncheons... |
