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NYU Steinhardt News

Anne Washington Testifies Before Congress about Artificial Intelligence and the Financial Industry

Anne Washington, assistant professor of data policy at NYU Steinhardt, shared her research on artificial intelligence at a congressional hearing.

Nathaniel Mary Quinn (MFA) featured in The Wall Street Journal

Nathaniel Mary Quinn (MFA) is the subject of the article entitled "The Deadpan World of Nathaniel Mary Quinn" in the Wall Street Journal.
Areas of Study: The Arts

Dr. Zitsi Mirakhur to Present at Symposium on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Dr. Zitsi Mirakhur to Present at Symposium on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Janet Njelesani and a Team of Abu Dhabi Students Study Disability Abuse in Zambian Schools

This past summer, students from NYU's Abu Dhabi campus travelled to Zambia to assist OT Assistant Professor Janet Njelesani on a project looking at violence against students with disability in schools.

Nutrition PhDs Explore Nutrition and Weight-Related Factors Among Overweight/Obese College Students

Two PhD candidates from the NYU Steinhardt Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, Rachel Ryan and Miriam Mahmood, were selected to share their research with the nutrition community at the Nutrition 2019 conference.
Areas of Study: Health

Transitions to School: What Helps Children Succeed? Essentials for Success in Preschool and Beyond

A child who repeats the first grade is more likely than any others to drop out of school. The most effective way to prevent this is to intervene early, and to ensure that the child is ready and able to cope with the transition into elementary school. We also have to be sure that the school is ready for the children as that run through the school doors for the first time. The setting needs to be prepared to meet the developmental needs of children who come there to learn.

Citizen Scientists Can Help Mitigate Noise Pollution

The Sounds of New York City (SONYC)—a first-of-its-kind research project addressing urban noise pollution—has launched a citizen science initiative to help artificial intelligence (AI) technology understand exactly which sounds are contributing to unhealthy levels of noise in New York City. Citizen scientists are members of the public who collaborate with researchers by collecting and analyzing data.
Areas of Study: Health , The Arts

Education is the Most Powerful Tool We Have: A Profile of Dogon Nshimiyimana (MA ’19)

Dogon and his family fled to a refugee camp in Rwanda to escape the escalating violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Though much in his life has changed since he fled his home with his family, Dogon’s love of the written word has remained a constant.

Areas of Study: Education

Steinhardt Student Makes a Difference: Mary Morris (MA ’20), Drama Therapy

Mary interned as a drama therapist at Girl Be Heard, an organization that promotes the voices of young women through socially-conscious theatre-making
Areas of Study: The Arts

Steinhardt Student Makes a Difference: YiLin Lee (BS ’20), Applied Psychology

YiLin is working as a Program Assistant with the GO Project, a nonprofit educational organization that provides academic and social support to children performing under the state grade level.
Areas of Study: Education

Exposure to Aggression Between Parents Can Interfere with a Child’s Ability to Regulate Emotions

Exposure to Aggression Between Parents Can Interfere with a Child’s Ability to Regulate Emotions, Finds NYU Steinhardt Study
Areas of Study: Health

Teaching and Learning Professor Okhee Lee Receives KAERA Distinguished Researcher Award

Okhee Lee, professor of childhood education, has been received the Korean-American Educational Researchers Association Distinguished Researcher Award. The award recognize her positive impact on educational research.
Areas of Study: Education

Kristie Patten Koenig and Colleagues Awarded NSF Grant to Expand Autism Inclusion Programming

The new grant will expand inclusive maker programming to local high schools and elementary schools.
Areas of Study: Health

Hirokazu Yoshikawa Elected American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow

Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education in the Department of Applied Psychology, has been elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Bloomberg Surveillance Interviews Prof. Lawrence Ferrara

Bloomberg News' Tom Keene and Paul Sweeney interviewed NYU Steinhardt Professor of Music Lawrence Ferrara on June 28 during their nationally broadcast radio show, Bloomberg Surveillance.

NYU Ability Project Explores Inclusive Creativity

Creatability — a collaboration between the NYU Ability Project and Google that promotes accessibly creative expression — recently won the prestigious Design Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity.
Areas of Study: Health

An “Eye-Opening” Application of Virtual Reality Technology

We sat down with Dr. Anat Lubetzky to discuss her work and the benefits of incorporating VR technology into physical therapy.
Areas of Study: Health

NYU NSSLHA Receives 2019 Gold Chapter Honors

Congratulations to the entire NYU National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) chapter on receiving 2019 Gold Chapter Honors — the highest level of recognition awarded by National NSSLHA.
Areas of Study: Health

Steinhardt Student Makes a Difference: Ece Yuceland (BS ’20), Media, Culture, and Communication

Ece served as a summer marketing intern at Beam Impact, an app that allows users to donate part of their everyday purchases to support social issues that matter to them.
Areas of Study: Media Studies

Steinhardt Student Makes a Difference: Sanan Panossian (MA ’19), International Education

To achieve her goal of building and sustaining a link between her homeland and the diaspora, Sanan worked as a Diaspora Outreach Coordinator for the Admissions Department of the American University of Armenia (AUA) this summer.
Areas of Study: Education