Health

Accessible Music and Creative Code

For Music Technology alum Willie Payne (PhD ’23), music and code go hand in hand. While at NYU Steinhardt, Payne partnered with The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School to help people pursue their study of music while addressing the challenges posed by vision loss.

NYU Steinhardt Hosts UN SDG2 Event with Advocacy Hub

“Good Food For All: Breaking the Cycle of Food Crises and Accelerating Progress on SDG2” was held in the Fall at Pless Hall and focused on solutions to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal #2.

NYU Libraries Opens Low-Sensory Room for Neurodiverse Students and Others Who Benefit from a Calming Environment

The specially designed study room, first suggested by a graduate student in Steinhardt's Occupational Therapy program, is on the first floor of Bobst Library. Two more rooms will open in the spring.

Sonja Molfenter Awarded $3.77M for Proactive Pharyngeal Swallowing Exercises

Molfenter's study seeks to build muscular reserve in pre-frail older adults to improve health outcomes.

NYU Steinhardt Joins Launch of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab/Lancet Global Series on Health Benefits of the Arts

The Jameel Arts & Health Lab will lead the "Lancet" Global Series in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO).

NYU Steinhardt Awards Inaugural Dean’s Innovation Grants

Congratulations to Tara McAllister and Anat Lubetzky, who received the inaugural NYU Steinhardt Dean’s Innovation Grants to support their work in communicative sciences and disorders and physical therapy.

Rehabilitation Sciences Research Featured at Rusk Rehabilitation 75th Anniversary Research Symposium

Core faculty, as well as current and former students representing the PhD program in Rehabilitation Sciences, presented recent research at the NYU Rusk Rehabilitation 75th Anniversary Research Symposium on September 22, 2023.

Graduate Art Therapy Program Expands Collaboration with the Rubin Museum

Based on past success, the Graduate Art Therapy program has expanded programming at the Rubin Museum, offering free art therapy sessions for the public.

Covid Pandemic May Have Changed the Gut Bacteria of Infants, Research Finds

Findings by Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology Natalie H. Brito have implications for physical and mental health at life’s early stages.

Rehabilitation Sciences PhD Candidate among 2023 Recipients of Saffran Student Scholar Award

Farha Najah Hussain has received a Saffran Student Scholar Award for the 17th Annual Eleanor M. Saffran Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience and Rehabilitation of Communication Disorders, to be hosted by Temple University on September 28-30, 2023.