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CBA Fellow Deborah Damast to Study Dance and Leadership

As a 2024–2025 Resident Fellow at the Center for Ballet and the Arts, Damast will study how movement can be employed to enhance leadership skills in young women.

Award Highlights Impact on Disability and Communication

Media, Culture, and Communication Associate Professor Mara Mills was recognized by the National Communication Association for outstanding achievement and enduring impact in disability and communication studies.

Judy Tint Helps Lead Inaugural American Music Mentorship Program

This collaboration between the U.S. Department of State and the Recording Academy uses music to bridge gaps between people, cultures, and nations.

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Research Alliance 2024 Year in Review

2024 at the Research Alliance saw ongoing and growing collaboration, findings that actively informed education policy and practice, and the launch of critically important new lines of work. Here are a few highlights from our year.

Cool Course: Critical Making

Students in this hands-on course engage with software and hardware to create a technological device—no engineering or coding experience required.

Celebrating a Half Century of Electronic Art and Media History

Open Circuits Revisited, sponsored by NYU Media, Culture, and Communication, Electronic Arts Intermix, and the NYU Center for Disability Studies, explored accessibility and video art on the 50 year anniversary of the groundbreaking conference.
Areas of Study: Media Studies The Arts

Creating Her Unique Journey: PAA Alumna Chiaoyi Chang (’23)

Chiaoyi found her voice at NYU, embracing the challenges of being an international student. Now leading development efforts in Taiwan, she reflects on her growth and mentorship.
Areas of Study: The Arts

Connecting with Alumni at the New York Philharmonic

As part of the "Backstage Pass" Series, PAA students visited the renovated David Geffen Hall, home to the New York Philharmonic, to connect with alumni and gain behind-the-scenes insights and career advice.
Areas of Study: The Arts

PAA Faculty Share Research at International Alliance of Arts Management Conference

Dr. Richard Maloney and Dr. Ruby Yu engaged with global experts and scholars at IAAM 2024, presenting research on resilience, innovation, and educational opportunities that can shape the future of arts and cultural leadership.
Areas of Study: The Arts

Two PAA Alumni Make “2024 Arts & Culture Power 100” List

Cathy Hung ('92) and Andrew Hamingson ('08) earn spots on City & State New York’s 2024 Arts & Culture Power 100, celebrating their leadership in shaping NYC's cultural landscape.
Areas of Study: The Arts

Ed Theatre's Catherine Russell Talks Career and Sundays with NYT

How Catherine Russell, of ‘Perfect Crime,’ Spends Her Sundays - The New York Times
Areas of Study: The Arts

Alum Named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 List for Media

Media, Culture, and Communication alum Chloe Xiang (BS '22) works at The New Yorker and founded Keke Magazine.
Areas of Study: Media Studies The Arts

NYU Steinhardt Program Bolsters Underrepresented Groups in Academia

Steinhardt's Faculty First-Look serves as a model across NYU to help minoritized groups learn the unwritten rules of careers in academia.

Teaching and Learning Student Amanda Najib Wins Palestine Book Award

“Lana Makes Purple Pizza” is the first children’s book to ever receive this award.

NYU Prison Education Program Celebrates Graduation of 18 Students

This cross-university program offers free college courses to incarcerated students and helps them complete their NYU degree after release.

Dr. Cheri Fancsali Featured in CSforALL Article on Broadening Participation in Computer Science

Hear how the Research Alliance’s work is informing more inclusive computer science education. In this new article, Dr. Fancsali shares strategies for fostering school-wide support, empowering teachers, and implementing culturally responsive practices to broaden participation in computing.

Benjamin Westphalen Composes Score for Award Winning Documentary

Congratulations to Benjamin Westphalen, masters student in the Program in Screen Scoring, for composing the score for A Dream Called Khushi (Happiness), which won the 2024 Student Academy Award Bronze in Best Documentary category.
Areas of Study: The Arts

NYU Metro Center Researchers Share New Equity-Focused Approach to Summer School at National Education Conference

The Center for Policy, Research, and Evaluation (PRE) at NYU Metro Center presents findings from systems-level equity methodology for summer learning at K-12 schools at 2024 Summer Learning Summit in Washington, DC.

Two Remain, the Story of Two Auschwitz Survivors

Two Remain is an opera based, in part, on two survivors of Auschwitz: Krystyna Zywulska, a Polish dissident, author and lyricist, and Gad Beck, a Jewish homosexual.
Areas of Study: The Arts

Elisabeth King Publishes Article on Intersection of Food and Peacebuilding

The vice dean for faculty affairs and professor of international education and politics wrote “Hypotheses on Food and Peace: Five Ways to Use Social Gastronomy for Peacebuilding.”

Joseph Cimpian Finds Most Selective Universities Reduce STEM Gender Gap

Research from the professor of economics and education policy shows that more selective U.S. universities approach gender parity in physics, engineering, and computer science—while less selective ones see widening gaps.

An Alum's Journey From the MCC MediaLab to Market Research and Video Game Production

Of the biggest driver of her work, Media, Culture, and Communication alum Adelaide Han (BS '22) says, “I’m trying to search for something that is in between data and humanity.” 

New Assessment Tool Available to Measure Computational Thinking for Elementary Students

As K-12 computer science education expands, so does the need for tools to assess students' computational thinking (CT) skills. The Computational Thinking Assessment for Elementary Students (CTAES) was developed to evaluate CT abilities in elementary students. This new tool is available for educators, students, and practitioners to use!