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• Joe Salvatore and Pedro Noguera Awarded NYU’s MLK Faculty Award

  Joe Salvatore and Pedro Noguera have been awarded NYU’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Faculty Award. The award is presented annually to five faculty members at NYU who exemplify King’s spirit through their teaching, public service, leadership, and community-building activities. Salvatore, … Continue reading →
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• Gran Fury’s AIDS Activist Art Opens at Steinhardt’s 80WSE Galleries

  NYU Steinhardt is proud to announce the opening of “Gran Fury: Read My Lips,” the first comprehensive exhibition documenting the work of Gran Fury, the influential AIDS activist arts collective. Gran Fury’s work raised public awareness of AIDS, put pressure … Continue reading →
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• Institute for Human Development and Social Change Awarded $828,000 MacArthur Grant to Study Digital Learning

  Organizations that have implemented such programs include cultural institutions and two schools—one each in New York City and Chicago—that use innovative curricula such as game design and digital learning to enhance young people’s interests, community awareness, and attempt to shape their educational outcomes. ... “Both the schools and out-of-school programs have developed innovative ways for students to learn and hope to develop competencies, skills, and dispositions aligned with educational achievement and future success in an increasingly globalized and technology-based society.” Continue reading →
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