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NYU Steinhardt News

Four NYU Steinhardt Alumni and Faculty Win 2026 Grammy Awards

Four Steinhardt community members took home awards across three categories.

Could You Match Inaugural Address Quotes to the Presidents Who Spoke Them?

An experiment by NYU Steinahrdt’s Verbatim Performance Lab tested how audiences perceive messages from these ceremonial speeches when the speakers’ identities are unknown.

How K-Pop and TikTok Have Globalized the Grammys

This year’s music industry honors reflect the growth of international music and markets that Sam Howard-Spink has been studying for three decades.

Come See Us at AERA and AEFP!

The Research Alliance will be sharing new work at two major national conferences this spring. Join us at AEFP in Chicago and AERA in Los Angeles, where our team will present research on teacher diversity, culturally responsive computer science education, digital learning, and college and career advising.

Percussion Studies Advances Chinese and American Musical Traditions

NYU Steinhardt's Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions welcomed a delegation of approximately 50 students, faculty, and administrators from the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) to the NYU Paulson Center. The visit marked a significant step in expanding artistic collaboration and academic exchange between the two institutions.
Areas of Study: The Arts

Multidisciplinary NYU Steinhardt Team Leads Arts and Technology Workshop in Korea

25 Ganghwa Project was a week-long multimedia arts workshop for middle and high school students in Ganghwa Island, South Korea.

Nutrition’s Angela Trude Awarded $5.2M for Research on Incentivizing Healthier Online Food Shopping

Trude recently received five-year grants from the National Institutes of Health and the American Diabetes Association.

The Barney Arts Digest

Announcements from the Department of Art & Art Professions
Areas of Study: The Arts

A Conversation with Prof. Alexis Riley

Prof. Alexis Riley reflects on her work in science education, discussing Black women teachers’ pedagogical practices and the role of historically relevant approaches in advancing equity and social justice in education.

BFA Thesis Project: A Very Certain Kind of Love

BFA Thesis Project: A Very Certain Kind of Love
Areas of Study: The Arts

BFA Thesis Project: Behind the Curtains

BFA Thesis Project: Behind the Curtains

The Barney Arts Digest

Announcements from the Department of Art & Art Professions
Areas of Study: The Arts

Jackson A. Waters Wins National Cabrillo Festival Prize

Jackson A. Waters (MM ’25), has been named the 2025 recipient of the Emerging Black Composer Project (EBCP) Cabrillo Festival Prize by the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music.
Areas of Study: The Arts

BFA Thesis Project: Undergrowth

Undergrowth visualizes roots, maps, and body parts as they merge and transform, documenting an ongoing cultivation of personal myth.
Areas of Study: The Arts

BFA Thesis Project: Luminous Alliance

The show explores the state of growing and moving away from tradition.
Areas of Study: The Arts

BFA Thesis Project: Windows Left Open

BFA Thesis Project: Windows Left Open

Computer Exercises Improve the Brain’s Pathways After Traumatic Brain Injury

Brain imaging showed changes in white matter associated with processing speed, attention, and working memory.

NYU LA Hosts Second Annual “NYU at the Grammys” Event

Notable industry professionals, alumni, and more came together to celebrate Grammy Week 2026 on NYU Los Angeles’ campus.

NYU and Sony Celebrate the Sony Audio Institute at a Dedication in Brooklyn

President Linda G. Mills and Sony executives unveiled a plaque recognizing the ongoing support from Sony for the initiative.

Alan Turry on Readying the Next Generation of Music Therapists

Alan Turry, Director of NYU Steinhardt’s Program in Music Therapy, highlights unique opportunities—from hands-on training at the Nordoff-Robbins Center to diverse clinical placements across hospitals, schools, and community settings—that prepare students for meaningful, real-world impact. Turry also shares how a focus on improvisation and interdisciplinary collaboration helps students grow artistically and professionally, empowering them to use music as a transformative force in the lives of others.
Areas of Study: The Arts

BFA Thesis Project: Birds, Sky in Places, and Homes Away From Home

The show explores the state of growing and moving away from tradition.

Christina Vassallo ’08: Shaping the Future of Arts Leadership

by Elva Zhang, Visual Arts Administration, MA '25
Areas of Study: The Arts

The Barney Arts Digest

Announcements from the Department of Art & Art Professions
Areas of Study: The Arts