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“NYU has had this uncanny ability throughout its history to be in the right place at the right time,” says Lynne Brown, senior vice president for university relations and public affairs. She chalks up NYU’s presence in Brooklyn to “either strategic serendipity or serendipitous strategy.” Check out the cover of this issue here.

Brooklyn

NYU’s downtown Brooklyn campus is at the heart of what has become the East Coast’s version of Silicon Valley

Brooklyn Stories

Interesting people, places, and things from the great borough of Brooklyn

Changemakers

Meet the inaugural class of visionaries who are working to build a better world

Culture

Something wicked this way comes
Alumni Spotlight

Joan Furey (MEYERS ’75) helped pioneer a PTSD treatment program to aid traumatized veterans

Square

Syrian refugee families get some help from “Sesame Street”
Wizards of the Great White Way

The Tisch alumni who created set design magic on Broadway
Research

SMaPP lab studies how to ID a social media bot
Dining Out

Check out this guide to some of New York City’s best restaurants started by your fellow graduates

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