Health

From Apple to Zucchini: An Interview with Victoria Stein Feltman (MS ’10) and Natalya Murakhver (MA ’07)

Read a Q&A with two Nutrition and Food Studies alums who created their own healthy food consultancy based on lessons learned during their time in the department.

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.

Voices of the Healing Arts: Three Therapists

At NYU Steinhardt, programs in art, music, and drama therapy teach students how to integrate psychotherapy and the arts into their practices and engage the creative power of art for clinical assessment and treatment. Here are the voices of three therapists in our community.

Faces of Food Safety: Joseph Ndungu (MA ’12)

Department alum Joseph Ndungu was selected from approximately 10,000 US Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service employees to be honored with a feature in the agency’s monthly newsletter.

Student Spotlight: Future SLP Supports Son’s Paralympic Dreams

Jayna moved across the country to help her son turn his Paralympic table tennis dreams into reality — all while working toward her master’s in speech-language pathology.

What We Know (And Don’t Know) about Stuttering: An Interview with Dr. Eric S. Jackson

We sat down with Dr. Eric S. Jackson to discuss his latest research on stuttering – including two recently published papers on the subject and a new grant.

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.

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.

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