The NYU Reynolds Program invites NYU undergraduate students who want to change the world to participate in the Changemaker Challenge (CmC). The CmC is an opportunity for NYU undergraduate students to fulfill their visions of sustainable and scalable social change. Through a comprehensive array of workshops and resources, students establish non-profits, for-profits or hybrid organizations that bring about positive social impact in communities across the country and around the world. Selected teams are awarded $1,000 seed grants as well as additional support from Reynolds, and one team is awarded a grand prize of up to $10,000, a host of Reynolds-sponsored resources and the title of The NYU Reynolds Best Overall Venture.
TO APPLY: Submit an Executive Summary to reynolds.changemaker@nyu.edu by 11:59pm EST on October 6, 2014. Teams must adhere to the Executive Summary Guidelines which can be found under Executive Summary Deadline here: http://www.nyu.edu/reynolds/changemaker/timeline.html.
For eligibility and details about the CmC, visit: http://www.nyu.edu/reynolds/changemaker. Note: Students who were unable to attend an information session and/or the kickoff event are still welcome to apply.
Questions? Email reynolds.changemaker@nyu.edu for more information.
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AUSA General Assembly Meeting October 9th!
Undergraduates! Are you still interested in joining the Anthropology Undergraduate Student Association (AUSA)? Did you miss the first general assembly meeting? Want to meet some of the most interesting people on campus and eat free food!? Well, AUSA is holding another General Assembly meeting on Thursday October 9th at 7:30pm-8:30pm in Kimmel room 805. There will be free food and the opportunity to brainstorm ideas for AUSA events, including field trips, movie screenings, talks and many others. AUSA advocates for the undergraduate community in the Anthropology Department. They’re an amazing organization, and if you have the time, definitely stop by!
Janet Roitman to Speak: “Anti-Crisis”
Janet Roitman, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the New School, will speak to faculty, colleagues and students on October 16th at 5PM at 194 Mercer Street, room 306. Dr. Roitman will speak about her latest research, which seeks to understand “crisis” as a narrative device. Dr. Roitman’s Anti Crisis, published by Duke University Press in 2013, illuminates the social consequences and meanings of the proliferation of the idea of “crisis” in our contemporary culture.
Read more about Anti Crisis, here.
Read more about Dr. Roitman’s research and teaching, here.
Reception to follow.
James Higham Publishes New Article with NYU Peers
Dr. James Higham has published a collaborative article in The Proceedings of the Royal Society of Biological Sciences with two former NYU postdocs — Will Allen and Constance Dubuc — and a current student, Sandra Winters. The article is titled “Sexually selected skin colour is heritable and related to fecundity in a non-human primate.” Any students interested in primatology or biological Anthropology in general should definitely take a read.
You can find the full article here.
Wasserman Center Internship Grant: Applications Due 9/30
Anthropology students! Have an unpaid internship this fall? Wish that unpaid internship could actually pay you? Look no further than the NYU Wasserman Center Internship Grant! The goal of this program is to help support students pursuing non-paying internships within not-for-profit organizations, the arts, education, public service, and within other industries that do not traditionally pay their interns. This $1,000 grant is available to undergraduate and graduate NYU students in degree-granting programs.
This means you can get 1K for running those coffee errands, doing that data entry, or cleaning up after all that finger painting. If this sounds like a dream come true, make sure to get your applications in! Applications are available via NYU CareerNet – Job ID #927342. The application deadline is Tuesday, September 30th at 11:59PM.
This information is also available for download.
Prof. Bambi Schieffelin named a 2014-15 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar
Congratulations to Dr. Bambi Schieffelin! She has been named a 2014-2015 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar.
The Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholars program offers “undergraduates the opportunity to spend time with some of America’s most distinguished scholars.” To be a PBK Visiting Scholar is an immense achievement. Once again, congratulations Dr. Schieffelin!
Read more about the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholars program, here.
10th Annual Dorothy Nelkin Lecture!
NYU’s Departments of Anthropology and Sociology, Center for Media, Culture, and History, Center for Religion and Media, and Carter Journalism are very pleased to announce this year’s Dorothy Nelkin Lecture and Mellon Sawyer Seminar, entitled “Pain: Race, Identity, and Public Policy in America,” to be presented by Keith Wailoo of Princeton University.
The NYU Sawyer Seminar brings together life scientists, social scientists, and humanities scholars together to find new modes of interaction between the social, cultural, and biological.
If interested in attending this year’s lecture, please RSVP via nyumellonseminar@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing many of you on October 2 at 5pm on the 7th floor of 20 Cooper Square for this exciting lecture!
Download this year’s informational flyer, here.
Paid Internship in Museum & Holocaust Education
Hi Undergraduates! If any of you are interested in museum education, cultural preservation, and/or Jewish history/heritage consider applying for a paid internship in Museum and Holocaust Education through the Museum of Jewish Heritage. This is a fantastic opportunity to build your résumé while participating in an anthropologically centered field!
For more information about the internship, click here.
For the application, click here.
For application FAQs, click here.
First AUSA Meeting Tonight!
The first Anthropology Undergraduate Student Association general meeting will held tonight from 8:30pm-9:30pm in Kimmel, 907!
The Anthropology Undergraduate Student Association (AUSA) is the spokesgroup for undergraduate majors and minors within NYU’s Department of Anthropology. They plan and put on a variety of events throughout the academic year, including film screenings, museum trips, and much more! If you are interested in being a part of AUSA be sure to attend tonight’s meeting and speak to their President!
Find out more about AUSA on their portal on the Department’s website, here.
Noelle Stout Wins 2014 Ruth Benedict Book Prize
Congratulations to our very own Noelle Stout, winner of the 2014 Ruth Benedict Book Prize for her 2014 monograph After Love: Queer Intimacy and Erotic Economies in Post-Soviet Cuba!
The 2014 Ruth Benedict Book Prize is awarded by the American Anthropological Association’s Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA) every year, and recognizes outstanding scholarship written from an anthropological perspective that engages theoretical perspectives relevant to LGBTQ studies.
Read the entire press release here.
Find out more about Professor Stout’s book here.