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 »
Gallatin School to Host Ellen Mclaughlin's "Penelope," Oct. 29-Nov. 1
NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study will host “Penelope,” a workshop presentation of a new play by actress and playwright Ellen McLaughlin, for five performances (Oct. 29-31 at 7 p.m.; Nov. 1 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.) at its Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts (715 Broadway at Washington Place/entrance on 1 Washington Place). The event is free and open to the NYU community ($10 for the general public), but tickets are required for entry. Read more »
NYU Tisch School of the Arts Holds 11th Annual Day of Community, Oct. 20
The Center for Art and Public Policy at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts (TSOA) will host a symposium entitled The Uses of 1968: Legacies of Art and Activism. The event is the highlight of TSOA’s 11th Annual Day of Community and features, as well as the public panel discussion, an open forum for students and the companion exhibition 1968: Then and Now. Read more »
NYU's Business and Economics Faculty Head Roundtable, "What's Next? The Global Financial Crisis and Future Impact," Oct. 20
The panel will include: Thomas Cooley, dean of NYU’s Stern School of Business; Mark Gertler, professor, NYU’s Department of Economics; Thomas J. Sargent, professor, NYU’s Stern School of Business and Department of Economics; and Jess Benhabib (moderator), professor, NYU’s Department of Economics. Read more »
Leading Takeover Bankers, Financiers, and Lawyers to Discuss M&A at NYU School of Law, Oct. 23
Key players in Wall Street’s mergers and acquisitions industry will engage in a panel discussion on M&A at New York University School of Law on Thursday, October 23, 2008. Space is limited. General public: RSVP to 212.998.0565 or e-mail CLBEvents@stern.nyu.edu Read more »
The Human Brain: It's a Wonder It Works, Oct. 23
Gary Marcus, director of NYU’s Center for Child Language, will discuss at an Oct. 23 lecture how evolution has produced a complex, but overloaded, neurological system that utilizes “contextual memory”-that is, we retrieve material out of our memories by using context or clues that hint at what we are looking for. Read more »
Funding for After-School Programs Shows Big Increase Since 1998, NYU Study Finds
New York University’s Institute for Education and Social Policy (IESP) today released a policy brief, “Public Funding for Comprehensive After-School Programs, 1998-2008,” showing that since 1998, city, state, and federal support of after-school programming in New York City has steadily increased, from about $23 million in 1998 to nearly $300 million this year. Read more »
NYU's Linda Mills Discusses New Book, "Violent Partners" - a Radical New Look at Domestic Violence, Oct. 28
On Tuesday, October 28, at 6 p.m., at NYU Law School’s Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South (at MacDougal St.), Mills will discuss Violent Partners. She challenges assumptions, tears down myths, and offers solutions while also telling riveting stories of couples who have conquered violence in their relationships. Read more »
NYU Steinhardt to Produce Alan Menken and Tim Rice’s King David at Skirball Center, Nov. 13 and 14
New York University will present a tenth anniversary production of King David, a modern oratorio by musical theater legends Alan Menken and Tim Rice, at NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Place (at Washington Square South) on Thursday, Nov. 13 and Fri. Nov. 14 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 ($5 with a valid NYU ID). Read more »
“A Conversation On Joan Miró” with His Grandson Joan Punyet Miró at NYU, Oct. 30
In celebration of the major museum exhibition “Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927-1937,” the Catalan Center at New York University will host “A Conversation with Joan Punyet Miró”. This special event takes place on Thursday, October 30, at 7 p.m., at NYU’s King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square South. It is free and open to the public. For further information, call 212.998.8255. Read more »
Professor Paul C. Light Delivers Lecture at Library of Congress, Oct. 20
Paul C. Light, Goddard Professor of Public Service at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, will deliver The Third Annual Bernard & Irene Schwartz Lecture on Congress on Monday, October 20, 2008, at The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Read more »
NYU Steinhardt Produces The Class Project, Oct. 24 Thru Nov. 2 at Black Box Theatre
The Program in Educational Theatre at New York University will present an original interview theatre production, The Class Project, from October 24 through November 2 at the Black Box Theatre, 82 Washington Square East. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8 p.m.; Sunday performances begin at 3 p.m. Tickets are $10 general admission and $5 with valid NYU ID. The public can call 212.998.5281 to make ticket reservations. Read more »
Teach for America's Wendy Kopp Explains the Keys to Successful Philanthropic Entrepreneurship
Wendy Kopp, chief executive officer and founder of Teach For America, in a conversation with Professor Claire Gaudiani of the NYU Heyman Center for Philanthropy, October 24th - 2:00pm, at Hemmerdinger Hall, NYU Silver Center, 100 Washington Square East, in NYC’s Greenwich Village. As space is limited, RSVPs to attend this event are required. Read more »
The Gallery Space at Wagner Presents 'Identity Declassified: Consumerism, Security & Sexuality'
The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, in partnership with the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, is pleased to announce the opening of Identity Declassified: Consumerism, Security & Sexuality, the schools’ first joint exhibition of the 2008-09 season. Read more »
"Image and Imagination: The Science, Engineering, and Aesthetics of Imaging," at Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Oct. 24
Polytechnic Institute of NYU will host a day-long forum, “Image and Imagination: The Science, Engineering, and Aesthetics of Imaging,” on Fri., Oct. 24, 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., at the institute’s Brooklyn campus (Wunsch Building, Six MetroTech Center). Subways: A, C, F (Jay St.-Borough Hall); 2, 3, 4, 5 (Borough Hall); M, R (Lawrence Street-MetroTech); Q, B (DeKalb Ave.) The forum is free and open to the public. To RSVP or to request additional information, please contact Rania Assas at Rania.Assas@med.nyu.edu or 212.263.3970. Read more »
NYU School of Law’s Center On Law and Security Hosts “Afghanistan Today: Drugs, Detention, and Counterinsurgency,” Oct. 17
New York University School of Law’s Center on Law and Security will host a conference called “Afghanistan Today: Drugs, Detention, and Counterinsurgency” on Friday, October 17, 2008, at NYU School of Law, Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd Street (between Macdougal and Sullivan Streets). The event is free and open to the public. To RSVP, please call 212.992.8854 or e-mail cls@juris.law.nyu.edu Read more »
NYUCN Receives Robert Wood Johnson Scholarship Grant for Underrepresented Students
In the 2009 spring semester, NYU College of Nursing will grant $10,000 scholarships to 15 accelerated program baccalaureate students. In accordance with the RWJ award selection criteria, these students will be chosen from five underrepresented groups: African-American males or females, Hispanic/Latino males or females, Native American males or females, Caucasian males, and individuals from financially disadvantaged backgrounds. Read more »
NYU SCPS Holds Its 67th Institute On Federal Taxation, Oct 19-24
IRS Chief Counsel Donald Karb, U.S. Tax Judge Court Judge Juan Vasquez Key Speakers at NYC Session; For a complete agenda and speaker list, please visit www.scps.nyu.edu/ift Read more »
NYU Response to Senators Baucus and Grassley
For the full text of the report, click here (pdf). Read more »
- Funding for After-School Programs Shows Big Increase Since 1998, NYU Study Finds. 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 »
- 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 »
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