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Duo-Lin Peng, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Music and Music Professions, is an award-winning musician, who plays the cello and French horn. During his college years Peng developed wrist pain, and like many young musicians, he ignored it and continued to play until his symptoms got so severe that he had to stop.
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Despite a recent emphasis on science in elementary schools, educators often miss one essential aspect: approaching evidence with skepticism. Susan Kirch, associate professor of teaching and learning, has been awarded a grant to study how third- and fourth-grade students understand the nature of scientific evidence.
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Dean Mary Brabeck discusses the new book by Jonathan Zimmerman Small Wonder, The Little Red Schoolhouse in History and in Memory: As students and teachers across the country settle in to the familiar routines of another school year, we as educators would do well to reflect on where our education system comes from.
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The Washington Square News reviews the grandiose Steinhardt production of the Kander and Ebb musical Kiss of the Spider Woman. Director John Simpkins said his play is an ideal opportunity for students to watch a show about escaping reality. "It is about a man trying to figure himself out - what better place than at NYU?"
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When Dave Schroeder, director of jazz studies at NYU Steinhardt, learned that the soon-to-open Barnes & Noble flagship store on Manhattan's Upper East Side would include a large performance space, he saw an unique opportunity to create a forum for jazz artists to interact with their audiences in a personal setting.
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Art in America reviews the exhibition of artist, performer, filmmaker and writer Stuart Sherman currently on display at NYU Steinhardt's 80WSE Galleries. The seven gallery spaces hold a variegated body of work. There are drawings and collages, poetry, journal entries, one-act plays, and even a wall of public art proposals.
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Professor Pedro Noguera, in a commentary for CNN, offers his opinion on the Obama administration's commitment to education as a high priority. "Instead of choosing sides, it would be wise for the administration to do all it can to find common ground between the opposing camps as it formulates new policy initiatives."
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The 2009 Euguene J. Keogh Award for Distinguished Public Service was presented to Steinhardt alumna Ambassador Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, 1980, Early Childhood and Primary Education. The Award is bestowed upon an NYU alum who has clearly demonstrated a record of outstanding public service in professional, vocational, social, and cultural endeavors.
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