NYU Medical Center Changes Name to Honor Chairman of Board & Wife
New York, April 16, 2008- NYU Medical Center today announced it will be renamed the NYU Elaine A. and Kenneth G. Langone Medical Center, in honor of the chairman of its board of trustees and his wife, whose unrestricted $200 million gift is the largest in the Medical Center’s history. Read more »
Film Content, Editing, and Directing Style Affect Brain Activity, NYU Neuroscientists Show
Using advanced functional imaging methods, New York University neuroscientists have found that certain motion pictures can exert considerable control over brain activity. Moreover, the impact of films varies according to movie content, editing, and directing style. Because the study, which appears in Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind, offers a quantitative neuroscientific assessment of the impact of different styles of filmmaking on viewers’ brains, it may serve as a valuable method for the film industry to better assess its products and offer a new method for exploring how the brain works. Read more »
James and Marjorie Kuhn Endow $1 Million Program at NYU’s Real Estate Institute to Increase Access and Diversity in Real Estate Industry
Newmark Knight Frank President James D. “Jimmy” Kuhn and his wife Marjorie have given a $1 million endowment to the Real Estate Institute (NYU-REI) at New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies-one of the largest gifts ever received by the Institute-to fund a permanent initiative to promote greater diversity in the real estate industry. Read more »
NYU Faculty to Lecture-and Perform-at “TalkingScience Cabaret,” May 20
New York University Professor Marion Nestle and the Amygdaloids, a band of NYU neuroscientists, will participate in Ira Flatow’s “TalkingScience Cabaret” on Tues., May 20, 7-9 p.m., at Kenny’s Castaways (157 Bleecker Street at the corner of Sullivan Street). Flatow is host of NPR’s “Talk of the Nation: Science Friday,” a live news/talk show about science. Read more »
NYU Symposium On Cultural Significance of Comics Draws Spiegelman and Others, June 6
The symposium, which includes Art Spiegelman, Gary Panter, Lynda Barry, the New Yorker’s Françoise Mouly, and others, is free and open to the public. For more information, call 212.998.2100. Subway Lines: A, B, C, D, E, F, V (West 4th Street); N, R, W (8th Street); 6 (Astor Place). The event is taking place in conjunction with the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Arts and its MoCCA Art Festival, June 7 and 8, at the Puck Building at Houston and Lafayette in Lower Manhattan. Read more »
New York University Holds 176th Commencement in Yankee Stadium
University Bestows Honorary Degrees on Constitution Scholar Laurence Tribe, Int’l Jurist Thomas Buergenthal, Actor Michael J. Fox, Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi, and Kenyan Author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Read more »
Laurence H. Tribe Receives Honorary Doctorate From NYU
New York University President John Sexton today bestowed an honorary doctorate on constitutional scholar and Harvard Law professor Laurence H. Tribe at NYU’s 176th Commencement Exercises in Yankee Stadium. Over 25,000 graduates, faculty, staff, and guests attended the morning ceremony. Read more »
Michael J. Fox Receives Honorary Doctorate From NYU
New York University President John Sexton today bestowed an honorary doctorate on the actor Michael J. Fox at NYU’s 176th Commencement Exercises in Yankee Stadium. Over 25,000 graduates, faculty, staff, and guests attended the morning ceremony. Read more »
Thomas Buergenthal Receives Honorary Doctorate From NYU
New York University President John Sexton today bestowed an honorary doctorate on the Hon. Thomas Buergenthal, a judge on the International Court of Justice at NYU’s 176th Commencement Exercises in Yankee Stadium. Over 25,000 graduates, faculty, staff, and guests attended the morning ceremony. Read more »
Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi Receives Honorary Doctorate From NYU
New York University President John Sexton today bestowed an honorary doctorate on the PepsiCo Inc. chair and CEO Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi at NYU’s 176th Commencement Exercises in Yankee Stadium. Over 25,000 graduates, faculty, staff, and guests attended the morning ceremony. Read more »
Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o Receives Honorary Doctorate From NYU
New York University President John Sexton today bestowed an honorary doctorate on Kenyan author and cultural critic Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o at NYU’s 176th Commencement Exercises in Yankee Stadium. Over 25,000 graduates, faculty, staff, and guests attended the morning ceremony. Read more »
NYU Response to Senators Baucus and Grassley
For the full text of the report, click here (pdf). Read more »
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