News and notes from across NYU's Campuses and Sites
Last spring, NYU students from 12 cities across the world signed into Zoom for Around the Globe, NYU’s first-ever global conversation. NYU In Dialogue and the Student Government Assembly (SGA) partnered to organize this event, bridging the divide between students in different countries—and on different continents—for 45 minutes of connection. “We attend NYU, a 60,000-student […]
Last fall at NYU Florence, Luca Campigotto, a photographer known for his evocative images of urban landscapes, shared his photographic journey and artistic vision in a conversation with faculty member Alessandra Capodacqua. Students studying away in Florence filled the audience to listen and learn from the insightful discussion titled “Silence and Sound: Visual Echoes in […]
While it is impossible to fully capture the breadth of the NYU global network, we rounded up some fast facts about the academic sites and cities where NYU students can study away. Whether they land at one of our three degree-granting campuses in New York City, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai or at our sites in […]
For Professor Rogan Kersh, becoming the academic director of NYU Florence and the vice chancellor for Global Programs is the culmination of a lifelong interest in world cultures—and a full-circle moment in his history with NYU. From 2006 to 2012, Kersh was the associate dean of the NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public […]
Inspired by the first NYU Bookstore display collaboration between the Office of Marketing Communications and the Office of Global Programs, this list of books representing NYU’s global locations promises to broaden your perspective and enrich your knowledge. NYU Abu Dhabi Temporary People By Deepak Unnikrishnan The skylines of Abu Dhabi and Dubai are recognizable around […]
One of the many benefits students gain from homestays is the opportunity to fully immerse themselves in the local language. Here, a few students share their experiences learning, growing, and perfecting their language skills with their host families. Fiona Cantorna, an Environmental Studies and Spanish dual major at the College of Arts and Science (CAS), […]
A newly found signed confession alters what historians thought they knew about one of history’s greatest conspiracies Had Antonio Maffei da Volterra successfully assassinated Lorenzo de’ Medici, the course of Italian history would have been altered immensely. The roots of the infamous Pazzi conspiracy to oust the Medici family as rulers of Florence ran deep—everyone […]
Through internships, volunteer opportunities, and class projects, NYU study away students can make a positive impact on the children in their local communities while also gaining valuable, real-world experience they can apply to their future careers. While studying at NYU Prague last spring, Joey Duke, a junior majoring in Music Education at the NYU Steinhardt […]
One marker of success when spending extended time in a new place (especially as a student) is how comprehensively one engages with the local culture. At NYU Florence, students are immersed in Italian and, specifically, Florentine culture through a range of courses and activities. And for over six years, Global Lecturer Justin Randolph Thompson has […]
One of the many benefits of studying abroad is students learning from world-class faculty while also gaining a new perspective on the world around them. The space where learning happens isn’t limited to the classroom, but expanded to a specific site, with courses planned to both inform and immerse. As they connect their learning to […]