Jun 19, 2013
A team of NYU biologists has found that a series of genes sequentially expressed in brain stem cells control the generation of neural diversity in visual system of fruit flies.
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Arts and Science, Research, Faculty |
Press Release
Jun 18, 2013
Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Chair of the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force, will make an announcement related to promoting innovation and resilient design in Sandy rebuilding on Thursday, June 20, 9:15 a.m., at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.
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Research, Arts and Science |
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by James Devitt
Jun 18, 2013
As anti-government protests in Istanbul’s Taksim Square intensified in May and as demonstrators increasingly grew impatient with Turkey’s traditional media coverage of their movement, they turned heavily to social media channels to draw attention to their cause.
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Arts and Science, Research, Faculty |
Article
Jun 18, 2013
Verbal abuse against nurses in the workplace, including abuse by other nurses, is both common and well-documented. The negative effects of that abuse and the adverse impact on patient care are also well-documented. Now, a study of newly licensed registered nurses (NLRNs) finds that nurses who are verbally abused by nursing colleagues report lower job satisfaction, unfavorable perceptions of their work environment, and greater intent to leave their current job.
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Research News, Research, Sponsored Research |
Press Release
Jun 17, 2013
Funded by the US Department of State, the Program aims to strengthen the academic research capacity in the healthcare professions and to improve the use of evidence in health policy development.
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College of Nursing, Research, Sponsored Research |
Press Release
Jun 13, 2013
Fei Li, an assistant professor in NYU’s Department of Biology, has been selected as a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
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Arts and Science, Research, Faculty |
Press Release
Jun 6, 2013
Conservatives are more likely than liberals to identify mixed-race individuals as Black, according to a series of new studies by NYU researchers. Their findings, which appear in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, suggest that there is a link between political ideology and racial categorization.
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Arts and Science, Research, Faculty |
Press Release
Jun 3, 2013
Glen M. de Vries, co-founder and president of Medidata, a New York-based life sciences technology company, has endowed the first student fellowship at New York University’s Center for Data Science.
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Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Arts and Science, Research, NYUToday-feature |
Press Release
May 31, 2013
In "Light without Fire: The Making of America's First Muslim College," Gallatin's Scott Korb chronicles the 2010-11 year at the Berkeley, Calif. institution, Zaytuna College, which employs a single, unified curriculum based on the Great Books model.
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Gallatin School of Individualized Study, Research |
Article
May 30, 2013
A multi-national team of researchers has identified genetic markers that predict educational attainment by pooling data from more than 125,000 individuals in the United States, Australia, and 13 western European countries.
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Arts and Science, Research, NYUToday-feature, Faculty |
Press Release
May 30, 2013
On June 3rd, NYU kicks off the NYU Summer Launchpad—a 10-week accelerator program that will provide graduating NYU student-entrepreneurs with the skills, space, funding, and mentoring needed to help them launch commercially viable startup ventures.
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Research, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, College of Arts and Science, Tisch School of the Arts, Research, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service |
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May 21, 2013
The American Philosophical Society (APS) has awarded NYU neuroscientist J. Anthony Movshon its 2013 Karl Spencer Lashley Award in recognition of his “pioneering work on the neuroscience of vision.”
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Arts and Science, Research, NYUToday-feature, Faculty |
Press Release
May 17, 2013
NYU will host “Love and Let Lie”—an all-day symposium on longevity, quality of life, and the brewing inter-generational conflict—on Saturday, June 1, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Cantor Film Center.
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College of Nursing, Arts and Science, Research |
Press Release
May 16, 2013
New York University will host “Vermeer’s Daughter?”—an all-day symposium on how the Academy processes renegade scholarly theories in the art world—on Saturday, May 18.
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Research, Arts and Science |
Press Release
May 16, 2013
The best and brightest minds in science will descend on New York City for the 2013 World Science Festival, May 29-June 2. NYU will be among the hosts for the highest-profile event of its kind in the United States.
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Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Tisch School of the Arts, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, NYUToday-feature, Research, Arts and Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service |
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Read these and other stories in the Spring 2013 NYU Research Digest.
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