Health

Research Aims to Clarify Swallowing Problems After Elective Spine Surgery

Dr. Sonja Molfenter in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders is collaborating with NYU Langone Health physicians to gather data through a 20-person pilot study.

Building Community around Culturally-Responsive Speech-Language Pathology

"The speech-language-hearing profession needs a different future that more accurately represents the multiply-braided identities of the people we serve."

Broadway Behind the Scenes: Alum Dr. Brittney Mims on Providing Physical Therapy for Performers

"I love the responsibility I have in helping my patients get back to doing what they love."

Steinhardt Faculty Selected for NYU Aging Incubator Fellows Program

Faculty will support the development of interdisciplinary research and educational initiatives to improve the health and well-being of the oldest segment of our human population.

Pandemic Era Sparks Both Anxiety and Activism for Asian Americans

Targeted by discrimination and violence during COVID-19, many grapple with questions of identity and belonging.

NYU Provost Fleming and Associate Professor Tara McAllister on the Challenges of the /r/ Sound

Like the National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, NYU’s provost had her own childhood difficulties with the “r” sound. She spoke with Dr. McAllister about ongoing work on this topic and the development of exciting, accessible technology for visualizing and analyzing speech patterns.

$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.

An Eye-Catching Approach to Supporting Child Language Development

Researchers at Steinhardt's Language Experience and Acquisition Research at NYU (LEARN) Lab collaborated with a local illustrator to create a series of whimsical videos providing research-based advice for caregivers.

Social Justice Practice for Counselors

This course is intended for students who have experiences working in schools or clinical settings and examines interdisciplinary connections to counseling using a postmodern framework. Emphasis is placed on learning practical applications of social justice theory, narrative theory, and trauma-informed interventions as they apply to the sociocultural aspects of counseling. Focus on the utilization of critical thinking skills applicable to intersectional identities, and the effects of intergenerational and historical trauma on communities and families.

Occupational Therapy Students Organize Lunch Deliveries to Future Colleagues on the Front Lines

Occupational therapists (OTs) are providing critical services to patients recovering from COVID-19. Eager to thank their future peers, OT students formed a COVID “OuTreach” Team dedicated to spreading positivity throughout the profession.