Gender Bias in Search Algorithms Has Effect on Users, New Study Finds
Gender-neutral internet searches yield results that nonetheless produce male-dominated output--results have an effect on users by promoting gender bias and potentially influencing hiring decisions.
Study comparing urban and migrant parents in Shanghai finds that migrant parents have more effective parenting practices
Three Members of the NYU Community Chosen to Serve on the 'New' New York Blue-Ribbon Panel
NYU Silver School Launches Fentanyl-involved Overdose Prevention Initiative in the Bronx
Two NYU Steinhardt Professors Selected as 2022 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellows

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What Americans Still Want From Government Reform–A Midsummer Update

Jul 18, 2022
In a morning webinar on Wednesday, July 20, New York University professor Paul C. Light will release research showing that public trust in government is at “historic lows.”

Gender Bias in Search Algorithms Has Effect on Users, New Study Finds

Jul 12, 2022
Gender-neutral internet searches yield results that nonetheless produce male-dominated output--results have an effect on users by promoting gender bias and potentially influencing hiring decisions.

New Study Shows Racial, Gender Discrepancies in Special Education Services

Jul 6, 2022
Findings due to differences in how teachers observe and interpret student difficulties

Fabienne Doucet named by the Carnegie Corporation of New York as one of its “Great Immigrants” of 2022

Jun 29, 2022
Doucet is among 34 honorees in the 2022 Class of Great Immigrants

Women in Science Receive Less Credit for Their Contributions

Jun 22, 2022
Study first to use new dataset to show gender differences in scientific attribution

Study comparing urban and migrant parents in Shanghai finds that migrant parents have more effective parenting practices

Jun 17, 2022
When evaluating migrant and urban parents with similar levels of education, migrant parents were found to employ practices linked with better academic outcomes

Three Members of the NYU Community Chosen to Serve on the 'New' New York Blue-Ribbon Panel

Jun 15, 2022
Blue-ribbon panelists represent cross-section of those who call New York home

NYU Silver School Launches Fentanyl-involved Overdose Prevention Initiative in the Bronx

Jun 14, 2022
With support from NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, the project distributes free Fentanyl detection test strips and offers training on how to use them

Two NYU Steinhardt Professors Selected as 2022 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellows

Jun 8, 2022
Professors Alejandro Ganimian and Kongji Qin are among the 25 fellows selected

Wither the Health Savings Account?

Jun 6, 2022
Sherry Glied of NYU finds the two-decade-old HSA may have outlived its usefulness, in research article.