Communications
On this page, you will find John Sexton's major communications from his tenure as president of New York University, including messages to the NYU community during the current academic year, key university announcements and speeches, selected reports and short essays, and a series of writings called "reflections" — major essays on the nature and possibilities of research universities and education in the 21st century, many of which included extensive input from faculty and other members of the NYU Community.
Reflections
- Access that Matters: Quality Education for All | November 2014
- Global Network University Reflection | December 2010
- Fire and Ice: The Knowledge Century and the Urban University | August 2007
- Dogmatism and Complexity: Civil Discourse and the Research University | August 2005
- The Common Enterprise University and the Teaching Mission | November 2004
- The University as Sanctuary | November 2004
- Graduate and Professional Education in the Research University | November 2004
- The Research University in a Global Context | September 2004
Major University Announcements and Speeches
- 2016 Commonweal Conversations Address | October 2016
- 2013 Commencement Address | May 2013
- Completing the Steps to Make NYU-Poly the University's School of Engineering | October 2012
- City Hall's Selection of NYU's Center for Urban Science and Progress as an Applied Science Center, and the Announcement of its Director | April 2012
- The Center for Urban Science & Progress - NYU's Proposal to the City of New York The Creation of NYU Shanghai | March 2011
- An Important Step Towards Creating a New Campus in Shanghai | January 2011
- A Message on the Economy and University Priorities | January 2009
- NYU Abu Dhabi, and Our Global Future | Fall 2007
- A Major Step Forward for NYU: Announcement of Campaign for NYU and Partners Plan | Fall 2004
- Installation Address | September 2002
Reports, Op-Eds, and Other Writings
- American Council on Education Report of Blue Ribbon Panel on Global Engagement (PDF) | November 2011
- Report of US/UK Study Group on Higher Education and Collaboration in Global Context (PDF) | July 2009
- NYU Framework 2031 (PDF) | June 2008
- Final Report of the Transition Team | March 2002
- In Remembrance of 9/11: Sustaining the Moral Surge | October 2001
- In Memoriam: For Lisa Ellen Goldberg