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CAMPUS NEWS: VETERANS DAY PARADE 2019

Veterans day parade

The NYU Veteran & Military-Connected Community will be marching in the 2019 NYC Veteran’s Day Parade, on Monday, November 11 (Veterans Day). Join NYU for their annual breakfast from 9:00-10:30am in the Kimmel Center for University Life (60 Washington Square South, 7th Floor). All Veterans and military-connected faculty, staff, students, and family are welcome and encouraged to join. 

If you are interested in joining, please RSVP for the event at the link here.

Thank you to all of our Veteran master’s students and master’s alumni for their commitment, dedication, and service. We are so grateful to you!

2019 NYU Alumni Changemakers

Though there’s no dearth of groundbreaking NYU alumni, it feels especially necessary to honor GSAS alumna Janet Mock for being recognized among the 2019 NYU Changemakers of the Year. NYU Changemakers are a selected group of NYU alumni whose accomplishments help build a better world.

Mock earned her MA in Journalism from NYU in 2006. After graduating from NYU, she immediately solidified herself as a journalistic powerhouse. In 2011, Mock came out publicly as a trans woman – and since, she has used her voice and platform to advocate for and defend trans rights and visibility in media and politics. What makes her accomplishments particularly poignant is an emphasis on intersectionality, inclusion, and justice.

Among Mock’s accomplishments are milestones of firsts for the trans community. In 2014, her novel, Redefining Realness, became a New York Times bestseller. It was the first memoir to chronicle the experience of a young person transitioning (Mock began transitioning as a freshman in high school). She is the first trans woman of color both to write and direct for a major television series, Pose (FX), which features a cast almost entirely made up of trans people of color. Most recently, she is the first openly trans woman to sign a major content deal with Netflix.

NYU Alumni Changemakers - Janet Mock

Mock’s journalism career includes such media giants as People, Marie Claire, and Elle. In addition to her induction as a New York University Changemaker, Mock has received countless awards for her accomplishments as a writer, advocate, and public figure.

Not only is Janet Mock a changemaker – she is a history maker, a testament to the bravery of living one’s unapologetic truth. That she continues to make strides in a world that continually seeks to invalidate trans lives, a world where simply existing as a trans woman of color is a radical act, should remind us all to be courageous, especially when the stakes are high. Her bravery, her brilliance, and her dedication to harnessing the power of truth have impacted the trans community and beyond. 

You can learn more about Jacket Mock online through her full profile. And you can also meet all of the 2019 honorees on the website.

CAMPUS NEWS: THE START OF THE 2019 FALL SEMESTER!

Welcome back, NYU! We want to extend a heartfelt welcome to all of the new master’s students joining the Graduate School of Arts and Science. Whether you are just beginning your graduate students this semester or returning for your last academic year, we will you all a successful week of classes ahead. We can’t wait to see you all at Master’s College events during the year!

SAVE THE DATE: ALUMNI DAY 2019

Save the date, Saturday, October 26, 2019, for the annual MCAA Alumni Day Gathering! The Graduate School of Arts and Science and the Master’s College Alumni Association (MCAA) will be hosting events throughout Alumni Weekend, so be sure to activate your free MCAA membership to receive updates and notifications about event details as the date nears. Don’t miss a special opportunity to come back to campus and reconnect with GSAS and The Master’s College! 

CAMPUS NEWS: COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER ELIZABETH ALEXANDER

Ahead of this year’s University commencement ceremony, get to know the guest of honor, Elizabeth Alexander! She taught poetry at Yale for fifteen years before joining the faculty at Columbia University, where she currently teaches in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, and, she is the president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Alexander also spoke at President Obama’s first inauguration ceremony. To learn more about her life and accomplishments, check out this video.

CAMPUS NEWS: CONVERSATIONS WITH ANDREW HAMILTON

NYU President Andrew Hamilton is getting into the podcasting industry! Check out “Conversations with Andrew Hamilton,” where he will speak with NYU faculty, alumni, and students that are making a difference in the world.

The first episode is a dialogue with Rubén Blades, a musician, politician, and 2018-2019 Scholar-in-Residence at Steinhardt. In 1994, Blades ran for president of the Republic of Panama (coming in third place) and later served as the country’s minister of tourism. He’s also one of the most successful musicians in the history of Latin music, and has won 17 Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards.

Learn more about President Hamilton’s podcast and stay up to date on future episodes!

CAMPUS NEWS: WELCOME PROFESSOR ANTONIO MERLO AS NEW FAS DEAN

Join us in congratulating Antonio Merlo on his appointment as the new Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, effective this coming summer. An alumnus of GSAS (as well as an award-winning coach and founder of NYU’s water polo team), he previously served as the Dean of Social Sciences at Rice University as well as the director of the Rice Initiative for the Study of Economics. A graduate of Bocconi University in Italy (A.B.) and NYU (Ph.D.), Antonio taught at NYU from 1998-2000 as an associate professor of Economics.

Antonio’s research focuses include voting, the economics of crime, career decisions of politicians, and the study of the residential housing market. Among his many awards and honors, Antonio has been elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society; the Pareto Lecture in Economics and Social Sciences; Peden Senior Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge; and the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching. Additionally, he received the Coach of the Year Award for the Collegiate Water Polo Association three times.

Read the official NYU press release for more information.

We look forward to welcoming Antonio Merlo to Arts and Sciences!

CAMPUS NEWS: NYU HAS 56 FULLBRIGHT FINALISTS


Exciting news from the Graduate School of Arts and Science: this year, there are 56 Fulbright US Student Program finalists from NYU, 24 of whom are graduate students, and 7 of whom are from GSAS specifically. Congratulations to the departments of Creative Writing, Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement, International Relations, Journalism, and Near Eastern Studies, and the master’s students from these programs who have successfully applied to this competitive fellowship program. We wish you the best of luck over the next few months! 

CAMPUS NEWS: NYU Celebrates Stonewall at 50

In the early hours of June 28, 1969, a few blocks away from NYU’s Washington Square Campus, the Stonewall riots began. NYU celebrates this pivotal moment for the LGBTQ+ movement and its transformative impact on our own campus through various events, including academic programs, exhibits, and performances. NYU alumni are welcome to participate in marking this historic anniversary!

Learn about the journey from Stonewall and featured events: https://www.nyu.edu/about/university-initiatives/nyu-celebrates-stonewall-at-50/events.html