NYU Nationally Recognized for Commitment to Sustainability
New York University has 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. The award will be presented at the “Greening of the Campus VIII Conference,” Sept. 21 in Indianapolis. Read more »
NYU Schack Speakers Breakfast Series - "Real Estate: A Local Business with Global Concerns," Tuesday, Feb. 23 @ 8am
“Real Estate: A Local Business with Global Concerns,” gathers some of the most prominent leaders in real estate today to discuss how major factors such as shifting demographics, technology, environmentally responsible design and politics will shape New York City’s built environment over the coming decade. Read more »
Winners Named in Hallmark Movie Channel's Student Short Film Competition Co-Sponsored by NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
Hallmark Movie Channel to Showcase Winners In “Film Positive,” Original Special Premiering March 19; Judges Included Tisch School Alumni Alec Baldwin, Billy Crystal & Marcia Gay Harden Read more »
NYU Courant Director Greengard Receives National Security Fellowship to Improve Development of Electromagnetic Devices
Leslie Greengard, director of New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense for a National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship (NSSEFF). Greengard, whose areas of expertise include scientific computing and electromagnetics, was one of 11 university faculty scientists and engineers selected by the Department of Defense (DoD). Read more »
“The Best and Worst of Aid,” Hosted by NYU’s Development Research Institute, Weighs Effectiveness of Support to Developing World-March 5
New York University’s Development Research Institute will host “The Best and Worst of Aid,” a one-day conference with the leading thinkers in development economics that will address how to best hold aid agencies accountable for effective solutions to global poverty and highlight which organizations are the best and worst in aid spending, on Friday, March 5, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at NYU’s Kimmel Center for University Life, Eisner and Lubin Auditorium (60 Washington Square South, 4th Floor [at LaGuardia Place]). Read more »
NYU Nursing Students Volunteer During Winter Break, 2010
Two Week Program at the Adirondack Medical Center Offers Insight into Providing Care in Rural Setting Read more »
“Art or Archive? What Matters to Artists’ Estates” a Panel Discussion at NYU Fales Library, Feb. 16
New York University’s Fales Library presents “Art or Archive? What Matters To Artists’ Estates?,” Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 6:30 -8:30 p.m., in the Fales Library, third floor of the Bobst Library at New York University, 70 Washington Square South, NYC. Read more »
Anthony E. Malkin to Speak NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate’s Center for Sustainable Built Environment (SBE@Schack), Feb. 24
Malkin to talk about best-practices, emerging trends, and economic opportunities in commercial energy retrofits; the event is free and open to the public. For more information call (212) 998-7200. Read more »
Sarah Baartman is Topic of Symposium to be Held at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Mar. 27
Sarah (Saartjie) Baartman is the subject of Venus 2010: They Called Her “Hottentot,” an Interdisciplinary Symposium, an event co-hosted by the Department of Photography & Imaging in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with NYU’s Africana Studies and the Institute for African American Affairs. It will take place at the Tisch School at 721 Broadway (at Waverly Place) on Saturday, March 27, 2010. Read more »
Discover Magazine Names NYU Physics Finding One of Top Stories of 2009
Discover magazine has named a research finding by New York University physicists one of the top 100 stories of 2009. In the study, which first appeared in the journal Nature, NYU scientists determined how to count different-sized spheres packed in a container. Read more »
"Wallace Stevens, New York, and Modernism" Conference-March 4-6 at NYU's Gallatin School
“Wallace Stevens, New York, and Modernism,” March 4-6 at New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study (Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts, 1 Washington Place [at Broadway]), will feature presentations, discussions, and readings that consider Stevens’ early work in New York in relation to the time period and how his continuous relationship to the city shaped his later poetry. Read more »
“Charities on Trial”: Do Nonprofit Boards Need More Government Oversight or is Self-Regulation Sufficient?
NYU Heyman Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising Conference Will Focus on Accountability and Transparency in the Nonprofit Sector, February 17, 2010 Read more »
“Strength and Balance,” Images of Women in Ghana by Photographer Elizabeth Jordan, on Display at NYU’s Gallatin School, March 9-12
Photographer Elizabeth Jordan’s newest exhibition, “Strength and Balance,” which spotlights the achievements and challenges of Africa, will be on display at New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualize Study (1Washington Place [at Broadway]) from March 9 through March 12 (hours: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.). Subways: 6 (Astor Place); R, W (8th Street). Read more »
NYU's Deutsches Haus Hosts Special Events in February
Deutsches Haus at New York University, located at 42 Washington Mews (at University Place), will host several special events in February, including the opening of a new exhibition, “Gedichte fürs Auge - Poems for the Eye/Bodoni Blätter,” which remains on view through March 5, 2010. The events are free and open to the public and take place at Deutsches Haus, unless otherwise noted. For further information, call 212.998.8663. Read more »
Darwin the Dinosaur at NYU Skirball Center March 13, 2:00 P.M.
The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University will present the children’s theatrical experience Darwin the Dinosaur, an original, poignant tale of a dinosaur that discovers the true meaning of love. The performance, part of the Skirball Center’s Big Red Chair Family Series, will take place March 13, at 2:00 p.m. Read more »
NYU Alumni Snag Six Oscar Nominations
Five alumni of New York University’s Kanbar Institute of Film & Television at the Tisch School of the Arts are among the nominees of the 82st Academy Awards. The alumni are nominated in the categories of Best Motion Picture, Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay, Achievement in Film Editing, Achievement in Sound Editing, and Foreign Language Film. Read more »
NYU Dining Services Pilots Reusable "Meals-2-Go" Container for Hayden Dining Hall
NYU Dining Services has just launched a reusable Meals-2-Go container program to decrease the number of disposable containers used in campus dining facilities. The program is being piloted in Hayden Dining in the Spring 2010 semester. NYU Dining Services is giving out 300 reusable containers to students, faculty, or administrators willing to participate in the pilot. Read more »
NYU College of Dentistry Joins the ADA’s Eighth Annual “Give Kids a Smile Day,” Feb. 5
The New York University College of Dentistry, in conjunction with the New York County Dental Society and the American Dental Association (ADA), are joining forces on a volunteer initiative to “Give Kids a Smile” by providing free educational, preventive, and restorative services to children, Friday, February 5, 2010. The services are part of a larger nation-wide initiative to raise awareness and access to dental care for all children. Read more »
NYU Response to Senators Baucus and Grassley
For the full text of the report, click here (pdf). Read more »
NYU’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Offers a Rare Look at Some of Europe’s Earliest Civilizations in a New Exhibition
Lost World of Old Europe is on view from November 11, 2009 - April 25, 2010 at ISAW, located 15 East 84th Street in Manhattan. Exhibition hours are: Tuesday - Sunday, 11 am - 6 pm; Friday 11 am - 8 pm. Closed Monday. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Read more »
- Discover Magazine Names NYU Physics Finding One of Top Stories of 2009. Read more »
- NYU’s Development Research Institute Recognized for Scholarship on Impact of Foreign Aid . Read more »
- A Mind at Rest Strengthens Memories, NYU Researchers Find. Read more »
- Do Children Need Both a Mother and a Father? New Study Examines if the Gender of Parents Matter . Read more »
- Scientists Identify Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park as one of the Most Biodiverse Places on Earth . Read more »
- Free Speech Movement Leader Savio Fueled by "Religious Sensibility" Despite Rejection of Catholicism, Biography by NYU Historian Finds. Read more »
- NYU’S Gerson Available for Comment On Forces Affecting New Generations of Parents and Workers . Read more »
- NYU’s Institute for Education and Social Policy Issues Report on NYC Leadership Academy . Read more »
- NYU's Easterly, Roubini Among Top 100 Twitter Users in International Affairs. Read more »
Diane Birch to Perform at NYU Skirball Center
February 13 @ 8:00 PM
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