News and notes from across NYU's Campuses and Sites
As the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution approaches, NYU Prague took the opportunity to bring together academics, politicians, journalists, diplomats and students to reflect on the friendship between the Czech Republic and America. Gathered in a stunning Baroque Hall that is part of the Dominican Monastery in Prague’s Old Town, speakers were nostalgic, hopeful, […]
Oyetunde “Oye” Olubowale is a junior at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. She is pursuing an individualized concentration in Global Marketing, Media, and Propaganda. She is also working towards a Minor in Francophone Studies. Oye owes her exposure to diversity and various cultures to her travels to Switzerland, Kenya, Myanmar, Côte d’Ivoire, Rwanda, and […]
Brian is a rising junior and HEOP student at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study pursuing a concentration on Prison Abolition. Brian wants to focus on how the Prison Industrial Complex affects marginalized communities and groups of color in New York City. In particular, he is interested in the ways in which he can utilize […]
NYU Madrid will breathe some new life into the academic space with the launch of the MADart project. The project brings together four local artists – two photographers and two graffiti artists. These artists will, over a month, guide groups of three to five NYU Madrid students in creating pieces of art that will hang on […]
NYU Prague student Lachlan Hyatt recently interviewed former political prisoner Mirek Kopt. With the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of communism in the Czech Republic approaching, his piece reminds us of the importance of remembering these histories. The Czech Republic’s Forgotten Prisoners By Lachlan Hyatt PRAGUE – On a cold spring day in 1945, Mirek […]
In a special edition of NYU Sydney’s Conversations Podcast from last term, the then semester host and current Gallatin junior Duncan Lemieux sat down with Dr. Adam Gall, NYU Sydney’s instructor of Environmental History. Dr. Gall’s background is in cultural studies, having been awarded a PhD from the University of Sydney department of gender studies. Gall says […]
Alanis is a fourth year student at Gallatin where she studies power, identity and Black feminist ideology, with a minor in Web Programming and Applications. She is a New York native of Caribbean descent who will be studying in Accra, Ghana in Fall of 2019, where she hopes to gain an enriched experience that will […]
Maya Vargas is a rising second year undergraduate student in Liberal Studies. She is very excited to take on the role of Global Equity Fellow for Washington, D.C. as a part of the Global Leadership Scholars. She is committed to fostering an environment at this NYU Study abroad site where all can feel welcomed, safe, […]
From Shanghai to New York to the Netherlands, NYU Shanghai students were busy this summer filling internships in everything from fintech, marketing, robotics/AI, environmental conservation, international relations, law and connecting charities with local businesses. The Career Development Center Summer Service Grant supported several students who chose to work for non-for-profit organizations. Shanghai: Yiming, Arjun, Josh, Daisy, […]