Alfred Bloom, President of Swarthmore, to Lead NYU Abu Dhabi
On September 29, 2008, NYU announced the appointment of Alfred H. Bloom, the highly respected president of Swarthmore College, as Vice Chancellor of NYU Abu Dhabi. While completing his term as Swarthmore’s president, he will serve as a consultant; he will assume full-time leadership of NYU Abu Dhabi in August 2009. NYU Abu Dhabi’s first students will arrive in fall 2010. Read more »
Oct. 7: Microsoft Top Strategist Mundie at NYU to Announce New Partnership with University & Other Area Schools
Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer, will be at NYU on Tues., Oct. 7, 12:30-1:30 p.m., to announce a new partnership with New York University and a consortia of other area universities. The event takes place at Tischman Auditorium, Vanderbilt Hall (40 Washington Square South). The event is open to the NYU community. Valid NYU ID required for entry. Read more »
Microsoft Research, NYU, and Consortium of University Partners Create First Scientific-Based Game Research Alliance to Transform Learning
Games for Learning Institute to study how games can boost student interest in math and sciences Read more »
Hope, Not Fear: A Conversation with Irshad Manji and Edgar M. Bronfman
Two visionary leaders, one Muslim and the other Jewish, will meet for a provocative discussion about moral courage on Wednesday, October 29, 6:30-8:00 p.m., at The Great Hall at Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street, New York, NY. [Subways: #6 to Astor, N and R to 8th Street and Broadway] Read more »
“Mercè Rodoreda, Seen From a Distant Shore” Symposium On Catalan Writer Hosted by NYU’s Catalan Center Oct. 24
The conference opens on Friday, October 24, at 10:30 a.m. with a session titled “Mercè Rodoreda, Views from the Periphery” followed by “Mercè Rodoreda between Catalonia and Spain: War and Exile” at 2 p.m. The closing session, “Mercè Rodoreda: Writing and Translation,” begins at 4 p.m. All sessions take place at NYU’s King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square South. Read more »
NYU School of Law and Migration Policy Institute Announce New Database Demonstrating That Immigration Bills Expanding Immigrants’ Rights Have Higher Passage Rate
New York University School of Law and the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), a non-partisan think tank dedicated to the study of global migration, today launched a comprehensive online searchable database of all immigration bills introduced in 2007. The database was compiled by NYU School of Law students under the supervision of Assistant Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez, who is also a non-resident MPI fellow, and Muzaffar Chisti, director of MPI’s office at NYU School of Law. Read more »
Rethinking HIV Strategy: Debating What Works, Oct. 24
On Friday, October 24, 2008, the NYU Master’s Program in Global Public Health will host three noted experts for a provocative discussion entitled “Rethinking HIV Strategy: Debating What Works.” Daniel Halperin, William Easterly and Helen Epstein will convene at 7:00 p.m. at New York University’s Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South, New York, N.Y., following a pre-event reception at 6:30 p.m. Read more »
Health as a Human Right: The Partners in Health Approach, Oct. 14
On Tuesday, October 14, 2008, the NYU Master’s Program in Global Public Health presents “Health as a Human Right: The Partners in Health Approach,” featuring Joia Mukherjee, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Director, Partners In Health and Edward M. Cardoza, M.A., Vice President for Development, Partners In Health. The discussion will take place in the NYU Kimmel Center Solarium, 4th Floor, 60 Washington Square South, New York, N.Y. Read more »
NYU’s Courant Institute Receives $500,000 NSF Grant to Discover the Learning Algorithm of the Brain
New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and its institutional partners-Stanford University, MIT, and the University of California, Berkeley-have each received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the “learning algorithm of the brain.” The four-year, $2 million project seeks to develop new computational models of how the visual system learns to recognize objects. Read more »
NYU Abu Dhabi Institute Announces First Year’s Event Schedule
U.S. Political Strategist Bob Shrum, Prize-winning Novelist Elias Khoury and Others Scheduled to Speak at Institute; The first event, “On the Art of the Novel,” with Elias Khoury, NYU Global Distinguished Professor, is part of the “Speaker Series I: Conversations with Authors,” on October 7, 2008. Read more »
15th U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Simic Reads at NYU, Oct. 16
Charles Simic, the 15th U.S. Poet Laureate (2007-08) and newly appointed Lillian Vernon Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at the NYU Creative Writing Program, will read from his work on Thursday, October 16, at 7 p.m.; a reception and book signing will follow. The event, held at NYU’s Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 W. 10th Street, is free and open to the public. For further information, call 212.998.8816. Read more »
"Cortocircuito" - Latino Short Film Festival - at NYU's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, Oct. 23-25
Over 50 titles will be presented, with films from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Cuba, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Spain, Venezuela, Uruguay, and the U.S. It is free and open to the pubic, and all films are English-subtitled. For further information and a schedule of all films to be screened, visit www.nyu.edu/kjc/cortocircuito. Read more »
NYU-SCPS Center for Philanthropy Launches New Academy for Grantmaking and Funder Education
On Monday October 6, 2008 at 12:00 - 2:00 p.m., at NYU’s Kimmel Center, Room 905-907, 60 Washington Square South, NYC, Jack Rosenthal, president of The New York Times Company Foundation, and Ariel Zwang, CEO of Safe Horizon, will be speaking about philanthropy from the different perspectives of a funder (NY Times Foundation) and of a non-profit service provider (Safe Horizon). Reporters wishing to cover the event, please contact Christopher James at 212.998.6876. Read more »
NYU’s John Brademas Receives 53rd Honorary Degree From Massachusetts College; Medal From St. John’s University
On Saturday, September 27, New York University president emeritus and former U.S. Representative in Congress John Brademas was awarded his 53rd honorary degree by Westfield State College in Massachusetts, and, in New York City, by St. John’s University, a medal marking the Centennial of its School of Education. Read more »
Researchers Attribute Thinning of Greenland Glacier to Ocean Warming Preceded by Atmospheric Changes
The study, whose lead author was David Holland, director of the Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science, part of New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, suggests that ocean temperatures may be more important for glacier flow than previously thought. Read more »
Public Lecture, “Equitable Solutions of the Carbon and Climate Problem,” at NYU, Sept. 30
The event is free and open to the public. Guests are invited to RSVP online at: http://www.nyu.edu/rsvp/event.php?e_id=1050. For more information, call Regina Drew at 212.998.2424. The lecture is part of NYU’s “Educating for Sustainability” lecture series. Reporters interested in attending should contact James Devitt, NYU’s Office of Public Affairs, at 212.998.6808 or james.devitt@nyu.edu. Read more »
NYU Steinhardt’s Balter on How to Talk to Your Kids About the Financial Crisis
The current economic crisis affecting Wall Street could have a profound impact on families with young children, says Lawrence Balter, professor of applied psychology in NYU’s Steinhardt School. Balter, a parenting expert and author of Not in Front of the Children: How to Talk to Your Child About Tough Family Matters, is available for interview on the subject of how parents affected by the crisis can best talk to their children. Read more »
NYU’s Maison Française Hosts Special Events in October
La Maison Française of New York University, located at 16 Washington Mews (at University Place), will host several special events in October, including a round table discussion, “The 50th Anniversary of the French New Wave: The Crossroads of Film and Politics,” on October 9. All events are free and open to the public, and take place at La Maison Française, unless otherwise noted. For further information, call 212.998.8750. Read more »
NYU Response to Senators Baucus and Grassley
For the full text of the report, click here (pdf). Read more »
- NYU School of Law and Migration Policy Institute Announce New Database Demonstrating That Immigration Bills Expanding Immigrants’ Rights Have Higher Passage Rate . Read more »
- NYU’s Courant Institute Receives $500,000 NSF Grant to Discover the Learning Algorithm of the Brain . Read more »
- Researchers Attribute Thinning of Greenland Glacier to Ocean Warming Preceded by Atmospheric Changes . Read more »
- Brain Imaging Study Provides New Insight Into Why People Pay Too Much in Auctions, NYU Researchers Find. Read more »
- Spacing, Not Size, Matters in Visual Recognition, NYU Researchers Find . Read more »
- NYU Steinhardt’s Balter on How to Talk to Your Kids About the Financial Crisis . Read more »
- CCPR Investigators Available for Comment and Interview on Hurricanes Gustav, Hanna, and Ike. . Read more »
- Ancient Greek Astronomical Mechanism Designed to Record Olympiads, New Study in Nature Reports . Read more »
- NYU School of Law’s Barkow Available for Comment On Supreme Court’s Rejection of Death Penalty for Child Rape . Read more »
NYU to Host "Slave Routes: Resistance, Abolition, and Creative Progress," Oct. 9-11
October 9 @ 7:00 PM
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