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NYU Steinhardt News

$215K to Support Anti-racism and Educational Justice Awarded to NYU Metro Center

The Hewlett Foundation awarded the NYU Metro Center’s Education Justice Research and Organizing Collaborative (EJ-ROC) a grant of $175K grant to provide educational equity data, policy and research support, and strategic assistance to education justice organizing groups and coalitions.
Areas of Study: Health

Reflecting on 2020 at the Research Alliance

This has been a year like no other for schools and communities in New York City and across the country. Amid the most devastating pandemic in recent history, our nation also struggled to heal wounds from a painful and oppressive legacy of racism. At the Research Alliance for New York City Schools, as in many organizations, these events motivated us to reflect more deeply on our mission, our capacities, and our role in advancing a more just society.

Grammy Nominations for String Faculty and Alumni

Nominees include double bassist Gregg August's "Dialogues on Race" for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.
Areas of Study: The Arts

Congratulations to our Department's Grammy Nominees

Several members of the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions were among the nominees at the 63rd Grammy Awards.
Areas of Study: The Arts

Celebrating New Partnerships

NYU Metro Center's School Transformation subunits–Center for Strategic (CSS) and Innovations in Equity and Systemic Change (IESC)–have continued to build their relationships with several districts within and beyond New York State.

Racial Justice Advocate and NYU Alum on What Keeps Him Hopeful About the Future

Media, Culture, and Communication alum Janerick Holmes (BS '11) is buoyed by the resilient and passionate fellows that pass through the Racial Justice Institute, where he serves as Associate Director.

Dr. Maloney in the News

The director of the Performing Arts Administration program was quoted in the Chicago Reader.
Areas of Study: The Arts

Reaching All Kids Through Music: An Interview with Music Ed Alum Juliana Duenas

Music Ed alum Juliana Duenas Lopez reflects on her time at NYU and her first year teaching.
Areas of Study: The Arts

With ACLS/Mellon Fellowship, Nicholas Mirzoeff Pursues Anti-Racist Visual Activism

A leading figure in the field of Visual Culture, the Media, Culture, and Communication professor is spending the 2020/21 year as a Scholar in Residence at the Magnum Foundation.
Areas of Study: Media Studies

Two Steinhardt Faculty Members Win Major Award in Art Therapy Research

Department of Art and Art Professions professors Ikuko Acosta and Marygrace Berberian received the American Art Therapy Association’s Rawley Silver Research Award for research assessing the rehabilitative potential of art therapy for Parkinson’s disease patients.

Performa (Founded by RoseLee Goldberg) is featured in Vogue

Performa Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary With a Live Art Telethon and Limited-Edition Homewares
Areas of Study: The Arts

Telehealth Teamwork: Educational Theatre Students Act as Patients for Aspiring Health Practitioners Across Steinhardt

With the pandemic restricting in-person fieldwork and internship placements, Steinhardt programs came together to help each other's students gain the experiential skills needed to prepare to enter their respective fields.

International Education Week Marked by Resilience #IEW2020

Read on to learn how NYU is celebrating International Education Week in 2020.

Dean’s Global Honors Seminars Maintain Global Focus

Read on to learn how Steinhardt adapted its Dean's Global Honors Seminars in response to ongoing COVID mobility restrictions.

Graduate Global Courses Continue to Introduce Students to International Perspectives Despite Mobility Restrictions

Learn how Steinhardt is adapting its graduate study abroad programs in response to COVID-19.

Student Spotlight: Grad Go Local Student Leader

Read on to learn about the experiences of one student leader who is participating in the Go Local program at NYU Shanghai in fall 2020.

Metro Center Wins W.K. Kellogg Foundation Grant for Racial Equity Work Among Parent Leadership Organizations

Metro Center awarded $500,000 from the Kellogg Foundation to form a Racial Equity Peer Learning and Inquiry Community with four parent leadership organizations.

Meet New Graduate Nutrition Student Génesis Nayeth Codoni De Juan

Read on to learn what inspired Génesis to become a registered dietitian nutritionist and her desire to use health and nutrition education to address disparities that impact marginalized groups.

Lyle Ashton Harris is featured on CNN

A trove of old Ektachrome slides shows artists, friends and lovers in the 1980s and '90s
Areas of Study: The Arts

Steinhardt Vice Dean Wins Highest Honor in Occupational Therapy

Dr. Kristie Patten is being recognized with the American Occupational Therapy Association’s prestigious Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship Award for her critical work in “Strength-Based and Client-Directed Occupational Therapy Practice.”