NYU Shanghai hosted renowned Chinese artist Xu Bing for an insightful dialogue. Nearly 600 faculty, students, and art enthusiasts attended the event to hear Xu share his unique artistic vision and thoughts on the relationship between art and AI and his latest experiments with art in space.

• Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at NYU Perri Klass spoke on humanity’s triumphs over infant and child mortality in a talk on October 24 titled “Living to Grow Up: How Childhood Death Became ‘Unnatural,’” hosted by Provost Joanna Waley-Cohen. Using diphtheria as an example, Klass highlighted how art, literature, and history capture the grief of parents and physicians. She stressed how collaboration across science, medicine, public health, and social welfare has boosted survival rates and reshaped parenting, pediatrics, and society. “Across numerous countries and fields, we can now confidently say that these deaths are wrong, unnecessary, and preventable,” she said.


• Around 80 English language professionals attended the Fall 2024 TESOL Symposium on Sunday. Themed “Whole Teacher, Whole Learner,” the symposium featured a keynote by Dr. Don Snow from Duke-Kunshan University on how good language teachers are good language learners, eight panel presentations on holistic teacher and learner development, 11 concurrent sessions on diverse topics, and a closing plenary on teacher leadership by TESOL MA Program Director Dr. John Liang.

— BRICS New Development Bank Economist Shreyans Bhaskar speaking at the Economics Society Speaker Series

It was fun for all at NYU Shanghai’s 2nd annual Farnival, bringing together students, staff, faculty, and their families for a day of outdoor games and activities.

• NYU Shanghai chancellor and faculty attended 2024 ESG Global Leaders Conference
Sina.com reported on the third ESG conference advancing sustainable development where Chancellor Tong Shijun delivered a speech on solving global issues through cultivating globally minded graduates with a deep understanding of local culture and Assistant Professor of Sociology Li Angran spoke on how parents’ involvement in children’s education impacts educational equity.

 
• An Assessment of Trump's Housing Platform 
An assessment of Trump’s housing platform Assistant Professor of Urban Studies Tyler Haupert spoke with the Intercept on the feasibility of the former president’s proposal to open up “vacant” federal land for developers to build futuristic “Freedom Cities.”