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Vice Provost Elise Cappella Named Willner Family Professor in Psychology and Public Policy
Cappella’s research seeks to enable more educational settings to support positive development for students with diverse strengths and needs.
Community Partnerships, Lasting Impact: Meet the IHDSC Partnership Development Seed Awardees
Funded projects support diverse groups such as New York City’s Black LGBTQ+ community, K–12 immigrant students across the United States, and children on Bantayan Island in the Philippines.
NYU Steinhardt’s Hirokazu Yoshikawa Elected British Academy Fellow
Hirokazu Yoshikawa, the Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education, is a community and developmental psychologist who conducts research on immigration, early childhood development, and poverty reduction.
Ask the Intern: Dhruv Shah at Catholic Health Mercy Hospital
The master’s student in mental health counseling at NYU Steinhardt is building his clinical experience in the psychiatric unit.
Cool Course: Mind Playing Tricks on Me—Mental Health in Contemporary Music
Students analyze and critique songs from diverse artists and genres to explore mental health topics and related stigmas.
Third-Grade Impulses Linked to Lower Academic Achievement and Education into Adulthood
Children who showed larger spikes in activity by the end of the school day were found to have lower math and reading scores in school and fewer years of education as adults.
NYU Steinhardt Co-Hosts Workshop on Trauma-Informed Care for Asian American Communities
Steinhardt faculty and students—alongside researchers, clinicians, educators, and community leaders—discussed ways to strengthen culturally responsive care.
From Research to Resonance: Applied Psychology at PhD Live!
What happens when research steps off the page? Natalie May shares how PhD Live helped her turn complex ideas into stories that connect.
NYU Steinhardt, Global TIES Host Global Education Symposium
The symposium preceded the finals of the International Public Policy Forum high school debate competition, founded and managed by the Brewer Foundation.
NYU PEP, DE-CRUIT Make Advances for Incarcerated Individuals
These NYU Steinhardt initiatives recognize higher learning as a transformative tool for personal growth and social mobility.
Excessive Heat Harms Young Children’s Development, Study Suggests
Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology Jorge Cuartas’s research on three- and four-year-olds in different countries examined the impact of temperature on childhood milestones.
Hirokazu Yoshikawa Awarded the 2025 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize
The award recognizes his pioneering research on the ways public policies and programs, particularly in early childhood and immigration, shape human development.
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