2011 Summer Institute Lunch Speech and Panel Discussion, July 6th News Portal
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America Reads: Teaching City Children By Words and Example
NYU Steinhardt runs the largest America Reads program in the country. Since 1997, 12,000 students throughout NYU have been employed in work-study jobs assisting public school teachers help students acquire basic literacy skills. Working one-on-one with children from Manhattan, Brooklyn, and … (Read Story)
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Visual Culture is the Topic of May 31st Conference, Registration Still Open
“The definition of visual culture changes all the time,” says Nicholas Mirzoeff, a professor in Steinhardt’s Department of Media, Culture, and Communication. “It has no fixed object of study, but it is interested in the interplays between and among visual … (Read Story)
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Computer Games by Steinhardt’s Jan Plass are Catalyst for Chemistry Learning
Thanks to Jan Plass, kinetic molecular theory can be as easy as making a cup of hot chocolate. Following a four-year study of 357 rural students, 361 students in urban areas, in a total of 25 high school classrooms in … (Read Story)
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With $2.2 Million, Husband and Wife Research Team Study Speech Effects of Parkinson’s Sufferers
For Diana Sidtis, NYU Steinhardt Professor of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, and her husband, John J. Sidtis, research professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine, the mystery of how DBS affected the “low, soft, and … (Read Story)
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New Course By Catharine Stimpson Looks at Good, Bad, and Ugly in Higher Education
“When people think higher education in universities and colleges, what do they see in their minds?” asks University Professor Catharine Stimpson, a senior fellow at The Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy. Stimpson, dean emerita of NYU’s Graduate School of … (Read Story)
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Marion Nestle Talks 2012 Farm Bill and What it Means for Everyone
Later this month, Steinhardt’s own Marion Nestle will be participating in Fales Library’s latest panel, “How Would Julia Child Vote on the 2012 Farm Bill: Culinarian Interests and Obligations.” Professor Nestle explains the complexities of this important piece of legislation … (Read Story)
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We Recognize Steinhardt’s Extraordinary Students
“In this picture, I’m traveling in a Chinook U.S. military helicopter. I had never been in a helicopter before. I had been chosen to serve as “a bridge between Afghans and Americans” on the U.S. ambassador’s diplomatic mission to a … (Read Story)
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Undergraduate Research: Alyssa Deitchman on Economic Shock
Alyssa Deitchman is a graduating senior in Steinhardt’s Department of Applied Psychology. She is a co-editor of Applied Psychology’s online publication, OPUS as well as a recipient of Steinhardt’s John W. Withers award and a President’s Service Award for her … (Read Story)
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