News and Announcements for 2007

• Byelorussian scholar receives NYU's Prins Fellowship for the 2008-2009 academic year.
• Ben- Nun receives the Mitcell Leaska Dissertation Fellowship
• Fang Lai has received the National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship of $55,000 for 2007-2008
• Miller-Idriss receives a major grant from the U.S. Department of Education
• Burde, Visiting Assistant Professor in International Education, received two grants totaling approximately $580,000 from the Spencer Foundation and the National Science Foundation
• Hosay delivered several lectures in May on American studies at the University of Warsaw and Jagiellonian University in Krakow
• Anne-Marie McDermott Joins Piano Faculty
• McIlwain Says Oprah Will Have Significant Impact on Obama Campaign
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• Dr. Larry Taub, M.A. 1976 to Head Pennsylvania School for the Deaf
• Moffat and Robbins Nominated "Most Influential" by Therapy Times
• Robbins Wins AMTA Presidential Award
• Metro Center Receives $1 Million from State Ed. Dept. for Contract on Disproportionality in Special Education
• Leonard Hindell Joins Bassoon Faculty
• Success of American Wars Is All in the Selling, New NYU Book Concludes
• McIlwain on Barack Obama
• Sinnreich on Film Distribution
• Sturken Publishes Tourists of History
• Kwame Anthony Appiah to Speak at NYU Conference on Moral Education, Fri., Nov. 16 at 9:00 a.m.
• McWayne and Melzi Win Head Start Grant
• 5th Annual Anne Cronin Mosey Lectureship Set for March 2008
• Hosay Receives Grant from US Dept of State
• Siskin Wins US DOE Grant to Study International Baccalaureate Education
• Arum's Education and Law Projects Receive Awards
• Disability Council to Begin Work of Community Outreach and Interdisciplinary Collaborations
• A Conversation on Teaching with Steinhardt's 2007 Distinguished Teaching Awardees
• Music Therapists of the World Unite at Steinhardt for Research Symposium
• Alumna Harriet Taub on Refuse, Reuse, and Turning Garbage into Art
• Haggler Wins Dissertation Fellowship Award
• Steinhardt Faculty Receive W. Gabriel Carras Award for Promising Research
• Sirin of Applied Psychology Awarded Griffiths Research Award
• Policy Breakfast Series Examines Central America's Innovations in Attacking Poverty
• Joshua Aronson Appointed to Minority Student Achievement Network
• Dean Mary Brabeck Awarded Honorary Degree
• Food Studies Faculty Propose a Greenhouse of Their Own
• National Science Foundation Grant Awards $750,000 to Steinhardt and FAS for New Scholarship Program
• Morisani (M.A. Visual Arts Admin., '97) Appointed Curator at Cleveland Museum of Art
• Coleman on Googlegangers
• 2007 Frieda J. Behlen Scholarship Award Recipients Announced
• Fourth Annual Anne Cronin Mosey Lecture is a Big Success
• First-Year Class Fundraising Drive for AOTA Conference (Spring 2006)
• Alumni Board Meeting: NYU Occupational Therapy Graduates
• The NYU OT Alumni Board
• Brief Notes on OT Alumni Happenings
• Jamieson Sees Today's Environmental Activism as Urgent as Civil Rights Movement for Earlier Generation
• Recent Jazz Studies alumnus Adam Stoler tours Europe with the Richard Bona Group
• Zimmerman Says Luxury Dorms Teach College Students Wrong Lesson
• Now Accepting Applications for: Asst/Assoc Professor of Nutrition
• Now Accepting Applications for: Asst/Assoc Professor of Public Health
• Now Accepting Applications for: Professor of Public Health
• Jane Bear-Lehman Named New OT Department Chair
• Statement from Dean Mary Brabeck on Racist Incident at Columbia University's Teachers College
• January Intercession in Puebla, Mexico
• Aphasia2008
• Doctor of Professional Studies Degree Program Established
• Arum Helps Create Research Partnership for New York City Schools
• Education Communications and Technology Special Guest Lecture
• Halkitis Calls for Paradigm Shift in HIV Prevention Among Young Gay Men
• Sinnreich on Music Sales
• Jacobs (B.Mus. '05) Stars in Theatrical Production of "High School Musical"
• Zimmerman Named "Top Young Historian" By History News Network
• NYU's Center for Research on Culture, Development, and Education Wins $2.5 Million NSF Grant
• Mediterranean Diet Conference, Oct. 19-20, at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo and James Beard House
• Composition Faculty Dello Joio Wins Composer of the Year Award
• Pinero, Landcaster, and Dixon Receive Contract from NYC Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene
• Dixon Awarded Grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• King Awarded National Science Foundation Grant
• Music Business Grad Kendra Ross (B.Mus. '97) Releases First Album, "New Voice" and wins 'New Artist of the Year'.
• Benson presents at ASA Conference
• McDonald Awarded Grant from Bay and Paul Foundations
• Sinnreich on the Beatles Downloads
• Congratulations to the 2007-2008 CCTOP Scholarship Recipients
• Apply for Spring 2009
• Gift to support Jazz Scholarships
• Application Updates
• Sjerven (B.Mus. '04) Named One of Billboard Magazine's "30 Under Thirty"
• Steinhardt, FAS Awarded Grant from NSF to Fund NYU Noyce Scholarship Program
• Teranishi Describes New Form of School Segregation in Post-Affirmative Action California
• Statement from Dean Mary Brabeck on a Loss to Our Community
• Aram Sinnreich joins MCC
• Tsu-Hsin Howe, Infant Feeding Behaviors Specialist, Joins Department of Occupational Therapy
• Kristie Koenig, Autism Expert, Joins Occupational Therapy Faculty
• Jim Hinojosa Presents Slagle Lecture at AOTA Conference
• KnowledgeWorks Foundation Appoints Dr. Monica Martinez
• Cynthia Kirkpatrick, MA '94, hosts Sister Power's Annual Girls on Stage Talent Showcase
• David Schroeder, EdD '90, appointed President of Somerset Christian College
• Stiefel, Schwartz Win Grant From NJ's Education Law Center
• Noguera Wins Ford, Goldman Sachs Foundation Grants
• Beck and Llosa Win Spencer Foundation Grant
• Aronson Named Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science
• A New Name for the Department of Culture and Communication
• Participate in Political Attitudes Survey
• Osman Competes at Tribeca Film Festival
• Powers Wins Teaching Excellence Award
• Zimmer Appointed Microsoft Fellow at Yale Law School's Information Society Project
• Zimmer joins Yale's Information Society Project
• Moffat to Lead International Physical Therapy Confederation
• Steinhardt Partners with ABT to Offer Master's Degree in Ballet Pedagogy
• Arum Wins Grants from National Science Foundation and Kauffman Foundation
• "Stereotype Threat" Can be Overcome, Says Aronson
• Pinero Attends NIH Practicum on Dietary Supplement Research
• McWayne, Melzi Receive NIH Grant
• Dean Brabeck Awarded an Honorary Degree from St. Joseph's University
• Recent Ph.D. alumnus signs book deal
• Steinhardt Students Named Semi-Finalists of Young Film Composers Competition
• Van Lancker Sidtis to Attend Speech Disorders Symposium, Institute of Neurology, London
• Registration Update
• Nestle Wins 2007 James Beard Foundation Book Award
• Berg, Santlofer Awarded NYU Sustainability Fund Grant
• Schwartz Receives Grant from NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygeine
• Playwright Shanley ('77) Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Aronson Appointed to National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council's Strategic Education Research Plan (SERP)
• Steinhardt Professor Assists With Project Researching California Language-Minority Students
• Orientation to Occupational Therapy: Course Available for Undergraduates
• Steinhardt Doctoral Student Awarded Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
• Steinhardt Student's Documentary, Postcards from Tora Bora, Premieres at Tribeca Film Festival, April 26
• NYU PT Department Announces 80th Anniversary Celebration
• ECT Doctoral Student Awarded National Science Foundation Fellowship
• Alumni Board Reception a Big Success
• NYU Film and Film Music at Lincoln Center
• NYU PT Program Receives 2007 APTA Minority Initiatives Award
• Fourth Annual Anne Cronin Mosey Lectureship a Big Success
• Galloway Wins Fellowship
• Way and Hughes Argue for Making Study of Race and Ethnicity a Part of Middle School Curriculum
• Nestle Says F.D.A. Should Take Closer Look at Pet Food Manufacturers
• Halkitis Warns of Mythologizing The Roxy Nighclub
• Zimmerman Says Both Sides Wrong in Supreme Court Case
• NYU Council for Media and Culture Launch
• Nestle Says Fad Diets Impossible to Sustain
• Halkitis, in New Documentary, Says Crystal Meth Especially Attractive to Gay Men
• Ravitch Fears Public Education Being Ignored in Favor of School Privatization
• Pinero Separates Fruit From Juice in Gauging Nutritional Value
• School Receives $10 Million From Michael and Judy Steinhardt
• Pianists Perform Back-to-Back Bach
• Two Grants for Metro Center for Research and Bi-lingual Services
• Ford Foundation Study on Higher Education Subject of Institute Conference
• Intersession Finds Students Studying Race, Class, and the Arts
• How can research universities be good community citizens?
• Dr. Marilyn Moffat's Age Defying Fitness referenced in New York Times
• Grad Student Leads Research on Handwriting
• Education Policy Breakfast Series Tackles Poverty: The NYC Anti-Poverty Initiative
• M. Suarez-Orozco Predicts "Complexity" Will Mark 21st Century Economy, Workforce
• Darts: Public Art Has Become More Conceptual
• Nestle Says States Filling "Regulatory Gap" in Cracking Down on Trans Fats
• Petrick Links Industrialization of Foods, Rise of Obesity in U.S.
• Noguera Warns Against Stereotyping Asian-American Student Populations as Exceptional in School
• McIlwain on Obama Campaign
• Jazz Studies' Lynch Wins Grammy for "Simpatico"
• Anne Cronin Mosey Named Professor Emeritus
• IESP's Siegel Backs Bloomberg's Fair Student Funding Proposal
• Pinero Explains Trans Fats' Abnormality
• Volunteering Overseas: The Pearls and Pitfalls
• Nestle Talks with the New York Times Magazine about the Problem with the Science of Nutrition
• Ravitch Against Including Social Justice Issues in Mathematics Curriculum
• M. Suarez-Orozco: Home Depot's Bi-Lingual Signage Speaks to Latin American Immigrants' Economic Force
• Steinhardt's Teacher Education Program Receives TEAC Accreditation
• DCC Welcomes Visiting Scholars
• Ravitch: 2010 Closing of School for the Physical City Underscores Theme Schools' Fragility
• Arum Wins Fulbright New Century Scholars Award
• Nestle Applauds Study Linking Nutrition Studies with Beverage Industry
• Welcome Ben Kafka
• The Logic of Privacy
• Noguera Says Non-Education Issues Hindering Public Schools
• Recent Department Alumni On Broadway
• Connecting Students with Media Professionals
• School Receives $10 Million From Michael and Judy Steinhardt