NYU London Students Support the City’s Homeless Youth

NYU London’s Richard Twiddle, who works in student life, tells us about a new initiative enabling students to give back just as they are arriving in their new city. 1. How long have you been at NYU London and what is your role? I have been with NYU since April 2017 and work as part […]

NYU London Student Reflects on Volunteering in Calais Refugee Camp

Austin Basallo, a Gallatin senior studying philosophy, studied abroad in Spring 2016 as a sophomore. While there, he participated in a volunteer trip to the Calais refugee camp. The trip involved students from both NYU London and NYU Paris and was both illuminating and intense for all involve. Austin reflects upon his experience for us: […]

NYU London Professor Philip Woods Publishes New Book on Media Covering the British Retreat from Burma

Today we hear directly from an NYU London Professor, Dr. Philip Woods. Professor Woods teaches two classes at NYU London: Britain and Slavery 1492-1865 and Cultures and Contexts: Multinational Britain. He has been teaching at NYU London for more than fifteen years and says “it has been a really good experience.” Professor Woods also enjoys teaching American […]

How January Term is Redefining Education

This is a post from NYU Abu Dhabi. Although January Term originated with NYU Abu Dhabi, now other students in NYU’s global network, notably those from NYU Shanghai, have the opportunity to experience a January Term. Education at NYU Abu Dhabi is not just about learning facts from textbooks and passing multiple choice exams. It’s […]

Gary Slapper, NYU London Site Director, 1958-2016

Gary Slapper, NYU London’s beloved Site Director, and an NYU Global Professor, passed away on Sunday after a brief and sudden illness. “Gary was one of the first members of the NYU community I came to know, and we have not only lost a great site director, but also someone of great humanity,” said NYU […]

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 London Professor Sophie Von Stumm Launches New iPhone App

NYU London Professor Dr Sophie Von Stumm, who teaches Personality, has launched a new iPhone application with her laboratory (The Hungry Mind Lab) that allows people to track their mood and brainpower over time. The app – ‘moo-Q’ – can monitor your cognitive function throughout the day (you can set how often it sends you alerts) […]

Global Student Dialogue on Europe’s Migration Crisis – Live Stream Program involving students across NYU’s global network

On April 22, NYU Florence will host a global student dialogue on Europe’s migration crisis. Europe’s migration crisis has become one of the most urgent policy challenges of our time. This Global Dialogue brings students from NYU sites around the world together to look at the overall structure of the migration crisis; the responses of national […]