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NYU Steinhardt News

NYU Metro Center Receives Major Grant

Metro's Center for Community Organizing and Engagement (COE) Director Richard Gray recently recieved a Hewlett Foundation Grant for COE component, the Education Justice Research and Organizing Collaborative (EJ-ROC).

NYU Metro Center Features International Autism Activist

Metro's ASD Nest Support Team recently hosted Eustacia Cutler at NYU's Kimmel Center. Ms. Cutler is an internationally recognized autism activist and the mother of Temple Grandin, an American professor of animal science at...

NYU Metro Center's College Planning Workshops Yield Positive Results

Metro's College Preparatory Academy (CPA), functions on the premise that persistent parental involvement is crucial to the academic and personal success of students.

Lifting As You Climb: An Interview with Jemar Bather (MS ’18), Applied Statistics

Jemar Bather is a biostatistics doctoral student and a HIV/AIDS Training Grant Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. After earning a master’s degree from NYU Steinhardt’s Program in Applied Statistics for Social Science Research, he served as a research assistant in the Department of Biostatistics at the NYU College of Global Public Health, where he built statistical models to address health disparities in breast cancer, obesity, health literacy, and patient decision-making.
Areas of Study: Education

NYU Metro Center's Liberty Partnership Program Continues

Metro Center's Liberty Partnerships Program has been housed within Metro since its first award in 1995. LPP provides comprehensive services designed to meet the academic, psychological, social & other developmental needs....

NYU Metro Center Highlights Juvenile Justice Issues

NYU Metro Center Highlights Juvenile Justice Issues

Metro's ROSES Highlights Juvenile Justice Issues

Metro's ROSES project has been effectively working to highlight issues impacting girls who are pushed into involvement with the juvenile justice system.

NYU Metro Center Partners with SFUSD's Rooftop School

NYU Metro Center Partners with SFUSD's Rooftop School

NYC Elementary Schools Adopt Mindfulness

An article written in the Uptowner has featured Metro's Mindful Education Lab (MEL). A growing number of NYC Elementary schools are adopting meditation and mindfulness programs for their students and teachers.

NYC Elementary Schools Adopt Mindfulness

A growing number of NYC Elementary schools are adopting meditation and mindfulness programs for their students and teachers.

Ed Theatre Alum Receives Prestigious Jonathan Larson Grant

Educational Theatre alumna Emily Kaczmarek works as a playwright, bookwriter, screenwriter, performer, and teacher.
Areas of Study: The Arts

NYU Steinhardt Hosts A Conversation with Richard Carranza, NYC Schools Chancellor

Richard Carranza, chancellor of the New York City Department of Education (DOE), was the guest speaker at NYU Steinhardt’s Leadership Lens Series on October 17th. In a conversation with Lisette Nieves, the chancellor answered questions that ranged from information about the songs on his playlist (“mostly Mariachi”), to what he likes to see in a classroom (“curiosity and inspiration, rather than law and order“).
Areas of Study: Education

Voices of the Healing Arts: Three Therapists

At NYU Steinhardt, programs in art, music, and drama therapy teach students how to integrate psychotherapy and the arts into their practices and engage the creative power of art for clinical assessment and treatment. Here are the voices of three therapists in our community.
Areas of Study: Health

Helping Kids Learn and Lead: An Interview with Kaya Henderson; Former Chancellor, DC Schools

NYU Steinhardt kicked off its Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series, with ‘What Will It Take?’, a talk by Kaya Henderson. Best known for the her role as former chancellor of the Washington, D.C. public schools, Henderson has worked for three decades in schools, school districts, and international communities.
Areas of Study: Education

Message from Dr. Stella M. Flores, Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Diversity

I am pleased to showcase the diversity, knowledge base, and educational programming by and for Steinhardt faculty and staff on issues related to creating an institutional climate that values diversity, equity, inclusion, and professional development. As Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Diversity, I hope you will find our combined faculty, school and scholarly community efforts of interest and useful to creating more inclusive climates in your own contexts.

Questions for Letisha Smith (MS '17), Award-winning Statistician

A graduate of NYU Steinhardt's program in applied statistics for social science research, Letisha Smith put her education to work at the Institute for Innovations in Medical Education at NYU Langone Hospital.

Flutist Victoria Santospago Wins Position with Navy Fleet Bands

A student of Robert Dick, Victoria is currently matriculating in the Artist Diploma program, having completed the MM degree in flute performance.

NYU Steinhardt Launches New 24-Month Technology Enhanced EdD in Leadership and Innovation

The challenges facing organizations and communities are increasingly complex, requiring solutions that are not confined to one discipline, sector, or industry. Successful leaders look for inspiration in a variety of areas and across sectors to make needed changes.
Areas of Study: Education

What We Are Learning: The Science of Human Connection

The Science of Human Connection meets twice a week and teaches students how the natural and social sciences tell a five-part story about who we are as human beings, and what gets in the way of our humanity.
Areas of Study: Health

Researchers Identify New Tool to Help Transgender Women Find Their Voices

For transgender women, developing a voice that matches how they choose to present their gender identities can be a challenge. CSD alum Deanna Kawitzky and Associate Professor Tara McAllister identified a new avenue for conducting voice modification therapy for transgender women.
Areas of Study: Health