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NYU’s Sony Audio Institute Names GRAMMY-Nominated Producer Alissia as Inaugural Artist-in-Residence

NYU’s Sony Audio Institute has announced GRAMMY-nominated producer, writer, and multi-instrumentalist Alissia as its first-ever Artist-in-Residence, launching a new program that brings leading music innovators directly into the classroom.
Areas of Study: The Arts

Larry Miller Receives Mondo Innovator Award in Education

The Mondo Innovator Awards is a testament to exceptional dedication, creativity, and leadership in our industry.
Areas of Study: The Arts

Katherine Dimitropoulou (MA ’00, PhD ’06) Named 2025 Steinhardt Disruptor of the Year

Currently an assistant professor at Columbia University Medical Center and director of the Action Development and Function research lab, Dimitropoulou is a double alum of Steinhardt’s Occupational Therapy program.

Ellen Naomi Zisholtz (MA ’79) Named 2025 Steinhardt Visionary

The Performing Arts Administration alum is the founder, president, and CEO of the Center for Creative Partnerships, which promotes community involvement through the arts and humanities.

L. Trenton S. Marsh (PhD ’17) Named 2025 Steinhardt Ascending Champion

A graduate of NYU Steinhardt’s Teaching and Learning doctoral program, Marsh is now an associate professor at the University of Central Florida working to amplify youth voices.

NYU Metro Center’s 2026 Equity Now Conference Issues Call for Proposals

The Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools is proud to announce that the Call for Submissions for the 2026 Equity Now Conference is officially open. The window for conference submissions proposals will close on Wednesday, November 26th, at 11:59 p.m. EST.

NYU Steinhardt Administrator Amy Fair Makes an Impact on Education Policy

Fair serves on New York City’s Panel for Educational Policy while working at NYU Steinhardt.

Art Therapy Students Expand Their Horizons with Study Abroad in Florence

Graduate students worked with clients including children, the elderly, and adults with disabilities.

Anne Collins Smith (MA ’98) Makes History as First Black American Curator of NOMA

The Visual Arts Administration alum took on a lead role at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

SHARE-CSD Welcomes Third Cohort of Diverse Students for Summer Research

This summer, the third cohort of 12 students from around the country participated in the Summer Health Academic Research Experience in Communicative Sciences and Disorders (SHARE-CSD).

Musician Miguel Is NYU Steinhardt’s Scholar-in-Residence for 2025-26

The multi-platinum and Grammy Award-winning artist will host events that explore creativity, artistic control, and commerce throughout the academic year.

Cool Course: Introduction to Galleries and Museums of NYC

The popular class offered by NYU Steinhardt encourages students to explore one of the visual art capitals of the world.

Tina Kim: the Role of the Art Dealer

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

Learning from NYC’s Expansive CS4All Initiative

Between 2016 and 2024, the Research Alliance conducted an in-depth evaluation of New York City’s Computer Science for All (CS4All) initiative. The study highlighted both successes and challenges, providing crucial information that district leaders used to refine the initiative over time. Read more.

Text Message Reminders for Court Appearances Reduce Warrants and Pretrial Incarceration

Research from Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science Alex Chohlas-Wood suggests that defendants may forget or misunderstand upcoming court dates, and can substantially benefit from low-cost text message reminders.

Weaving Stronger Networks of Support

On June 26th, 2025, the Research Alliance convened a diverse group of educators, scholars, City and district leaders and nonprofit partners to discuss strategies for collaborating more effectively on behalf of NYC youth. The event highlighted two initiatives, Every Child and Family is Known and CUNY CARES, and surfaced important challenges, opportunities, and new directions for both policy and research.

Journeyism: New Release Championing Underrepresented Voices

The recording features four world-premiere compositions by two leading Black American composers: percussionist Timothy Kennedy Adams Jr. and Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer and NYU Jazz adjunct faculty member Lenny White.
Areas of Study: The Arts

MARL Showcases Groundbreaking Research

Members of NYU Steinhardt’s Music and Audio Research Laboratory (MARL) made a major impact at the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) Conference in Daejeon, Korea—the leading global gathering for music technology, machine listening, and music information retrieval.
Areas of Study: The Arts

Dancing Dreams and NYU PT at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Healing Arts Week 2025

NYU Physical Therapy presented a panel and performance at the United Nations General Assembly Healing Arts Week Research Symposium.

A Conversation with Prof. Jorge Cuartas

Prof. Jorge Cuartas shares his journey from growing up in Colombia to becoming a scholar of child development, resilience, and social justice. He reflects on how personal experience and mentorship shaped his path, why climate change must be understood as a developmental challenge, and what it takes to bridge research with policy.