Bodega owners and customers were included in a peer-reviewed article on attitudes toward online grocery shopping co-authored by an NYU Steinhardt professor.
NYU Steinhardt's one-of-a-kind integration of education, communication, health, and the arts puts us at the heart of a movement: education for social change.
Our mission is to advance knowledge, creativity, and innovation at the crossroads of culture, education, and human development.
NYU Steinhardt was founded in 1890 as the first school of education at an American university. Its creation was groundbreaking; it allowed female teachers to get a university education at a time when women didn’t yet have the right to vote.
Among the School’s first students were teachers and administrators of all races and ethnicities, who took the ideals of higher education from their classrooms out into New York City’s diverse communities. It was the mission of our founders to give both teachers and students tools for social and economic mobility.
Today, NYU Steinhardt is a diverse, dynamic, uniquely interdisciplinary school devoted to a holistic understanding of people and human development across the lifespan. Here, members of our community study art, music, culture, media and communications, health and wellness, education, and more. Each day, we foster equity by supporting the research, scholarship, and practices that advance the education, health, and well-being of people and communities worldwide.
At its best, education can offer a solution to pressing social problems and enrich the world we live in. We thank you for joining us in this movement and invite you to accompany us as we continue in our mission.
— Jack H. Knott, Gale and Ira Drukier Dean
Social Impact
How Music Can Help Heal Trauma and Connect Communities
As part of the UN’s Healing Arts Week, Steinhardt hosted a symposium exploring the ways music, art, theater, and dance can improve health and well-being. Director of Music Therapy Ken Aigen explains music's healing power.
Nutrition and Food Studies Research Benefits New York Communities
This is the second in a series of articles highlighting how Nutrition and Food Studies faculty are combining research insights and applied expertise to bring positive change to New York City.
Heddy Lahmann Leads International Youth Musicians in Cultural Exchange
700+ students participated in cultural exchange and peacebuilding workshops as part of Carnegie Hall’s World Orchestra Week (WOW!) Festival.
Faculty Thought Leadership
VR Subway Experiment Highlights Role of Sound in Disrupting Balance for People with Inner Ear Disorder
Researchers—including Steinhardt Associate Professor of Physical Therapy Anat Lubetzky—found that, when shown a moving subway scene, the addition of audio increased balance challenges for people with vestibular problems.
Screen Time News Captures Parents’ Attention Using a Combination of Science and Sensationalism
Researchers from NYU Steinhardt's Department of Teaching and Learning found that negative articles and articles on younger children were among the most shared.
NYC Teachers More Likely to Stay at Schools with Principals, Peers of the Same Race/Ethnicity
Led by Luis Rodriguez, assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies at NYU Steinhardt, researchers found less turnover among Black and White teachers when principals and peers share similar demographics.
Recent Outreach
Students, staff, and faculty from across NYU Steinhardt came together to support the New York City community and beyond.
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Evaluation for Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative across New York was co-conducted by NYU Steinhardt and Grossman researchers and funded by two NY foundations.
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NYU Steinhardt students conducted speech-language intervention for patients with Huntington's Disease at an NYU Health Care Center.
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Free counseling sessions offered to food and beverage workers through NYU Steinhardt's Center for Counseling and Community Wellbeing.
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Occupational Therapy Department volunteers acted as guides for a wheelchair skating course at the Wheeling Forward Adaptive Skate Clinic in NYC.
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Older adults at risk for Type 2 diabetes enrolled in a prevention program conducted by NYU Steinhardt and NYU Langone professors.