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Month: June 2016
Plans for NYU Shanghai’s First Commencement Ceremony Announced
NYU Shanghai’s inaugural class will celebrate the culmination of their studies next May. Almost four years after New York University and East China Normal University came together to found the first Sino-US joint venture university, the date has been set for NYU Shanghai’s first Commencement. The ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 28, 2017, […]
Capezio Donates Shoes to NYU Steinhardt Dance Program in Uganda
Every year, NYU Steinhardt offers a Dance Education Study Abroad Program in Kampala, Uganda for its graduate students and qualified undergraduate seniors. Participating students have the opportunity to teach, create and perform for locals, as well as take traditional Ugandan dance classes. In January, the program celebrated its 10th year as it once again led […]
Esteemed Food Studies Professor Visits NYU Sydney Global Public Health Class
NYU Sydney Instructor Jane Elkington, who teaches global public health in a class called Environmental Health in Global World, describes a guest lecture by a visiting faculty member from NY, the renowned food studies advocate Marion Nestle. Her description highlights how meaningful collaborations can be between global and NY faculty: I usually ask students at the […]
NYU Steinhardt and NYU Tel Aviv Helping to Organise and Sponsor Sustainable Food Systems Conference
NYU Steinhardt Professor Lisa Sasson is helping to organize a Sustainable Food Systems conference at Tel Aviv University, Israel on 20-21 June. Sponsored by the Manna Center Program for Food Safety and Security at Tel Aviv University, the Israeli Forum for Sustainable Nutrition, and New York University, the conference will unite students and experts to discuss […]
NYU London Professor Clive Bloom Book on Thatcher’s Secret War Nominated for Outstanding Radical Book of 2015
NYU London Professor Dr Clive Bloom’s recently published Thatcher’s Secret War: Subversion, Coercion, Secrecy and Government, 1974-90 has been nominated for the Bread & Roses Award for outstanding radical book of 2015. The book focuses on the rise of the British secret state (a secret bureaucracy) in modern times and the way the state-within-the-state warped the […]
NYU Berlin’s St. Agnes Studio Art Space wins 2016 Berlin Architecture Prize
NYU Berlin’s St. Agnes Studio Art Space has been announced winner of the 2016 Berlin Architecture Prize. Currently in its tenth year, the Berlin Architecture Prize is awarded yearly by an international jury, chaired by Chris Dercon, director of Tate Modern, London. See an announcement of the prize (in German) here.
NYU Shanghai’s Center for Global Asia Awarded Prestigious Grant
NYU Shanghai’s Center for Global Asia, partnered with the Center for Interdisciplinary Area Studies at Martin-Luther University at Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, has received a grant of over €150,000 from the prestigious Volkswagen Foundation(VolkswagenStiftung)–the largest private research funder and one of the major foundations in Germany. The grant will support “The Indian Ocean World and Eurasian Connections”–a […]
Engineering with a Human Impact at NYU Abu Dhabi
This post originally appeared on NYU Abu Dhabi’s Salaam blog. By Matthew Corcoran Innovation & Technology NYU Abu Dhabi is a liberal arts college nested within a research university. At the same time it is a hub of innovation and technology that has produced developments ranging from drones to potential cancer treatments. After visiting Wadi Wurayah […]
NYU Shanghai and NYU Stern Professors Analyze China’s Stock Market
Over the past year, wild swings in the Chinese stock market have drawn worldwide attention. On April 26, Professor Matthew Richardson of the NYU Stern School of Business, together with Dr. Xin Zhou, the Executive Director of NYU Shanghai’s Volatility Institute (VINS), dispelled some of the myths and analyzed the main drivers of Chinese stock […]