Behind every moment in the spotlight are the hours of rehearsals, rounds of editing, and collaborative discussions with classmates. Student creators who took part in dance, music, visual arts, and interactive media arts end of semester shows on campus share stories of their creative process and what it takes to create meaningful works across disciplines.
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NYU Shanghai alumna Mahder Takele Teshome '22 has been awarded the prestigious Knight-Hennessy Scholarship, and becomes the second graduate to win the award. The scholarship will fund her PhD studies in anthropology at Stanford University.
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When Sharon Zhao Hanyu ’23 was a high school senior she was faced with a decision: take the familiar path or head off on the path untraveled. “Going to NYU Shanghai really was an adventure for me and a life path that was full of uncertainties, but also opportunities.” After graduation, Zhao will join J.P. Morgan as a global corporate banking analyst.
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It wasn't until Carter Christensen '23 went on a high school music trip to New York City that he began to consider attending university in a big city far away from his small Utah hometown. At NYU Shanghai, he's taken a range of classes, including music, Chinese, and chemistry. After graduation, he will pursue a masters in forensic science at the University of Strathclyde.
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When Lawrence Lim '25 left home in New Jersey and flew to Shanghai to start his university life, he didn’t expect that his mom, Adele, would soon become his schoolmate. Lim is a second-year Computer Science major, while Mao is a first-year MSW graduate student.
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• Congratulations to Associate Professor of Practice of Economics Weng Weiwei and Clinical Associate Professor of English for Academic Purposes Steven Iams for winning this year’s NYU Shanghai Teaching Excellence Award (TEA). Launched in 2021-2022, the award is given annually to selected outstanding faculty members who best exemplify NYU Shanghai’s commitment to teaching excellence. Assistant Professor of Global China Studies Lena Scheen was the recipient of the inaugural TEA in 2022.
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• Congratulations to Xu Wenhao '24, Zhang Yiwen '24 and Jiang Yifei '24, whose team was named a Finalist in the MCM/ICM math modeling contest organized by the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications. The team of Dai Linyi '25, Xiao Yao '24, and Luo Kehan '26 was awarded a Meritorious award and the team of Deng Kexin '24, Zou Xinqi '24, and Shi Baichen '24 won an Honorable Mention.
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• A Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Luncheon hosted by NYU Shanghai Chief Diversity Officer Winnie Wilson welcomed students, staff, and faculty to share their perspectives. Wilson shared her vision for DEI at NYU Shanghai and leadership’s plans for community building on campus. Stephanie Anderson '23, Li Peirong '24, and Carson Decker '26 presented student government diversity initiatives.
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• The Creative Learning Spaces exhibition is on display at Library N509 till May 15 and will then move to Jumingxin Center, a community space near the New Bund Campus. The exhibition showcases 37 photos of diverse learning settings around the world, by 15 students based in Shanghai, Abu Dhabi, and New York. This event is co-organized by Program on Creativity+Innovation (PCI), ViewFinder Club, and supported by Community Engaged Learning (CEL). "The photos brought to mind different aspects of the experiential learning cycle and highlighted students' engagement with the communities and environment around them," said CEL Director Diane Geng, one of the judges.
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• A student-led pop-up exhibition called Fantasy Market at New Bund 31 is open until May 23. Organized by Joe Croskey '23 as his capstone project, the art show features 17 artworks by 13 IMA, IMB, and Business and Finance students, including oil paintings, photographs, handicrafts, and interactive installations. Croskey said his idea was to give students more opportunities to show their artworks in an off-campus setting. "Part of what we are trying to do particularly in our program Creativity + Innovation is to build partnership with our community, to develop classes that get our students outside our classrooms, into the real world, into the city, and getting the city into our campus," said Associate Professor Music Education/Technology Alex Ruthmann. Guided tours are available from 12:30 to 1pm on May 12, 16, and 19.
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• This week, the cafeteria held its official opening featuring an updated menu. Find salads, sushi, and healthy sides on B1 Level, while B2 features pizza and pasta, dumplings and noodles, and American-style dishes. Some highlights are a three-flavor siu mei with dry pot rice, "cowboy" burgers, and handmade Thai prawn cakes. The Magnolia Hall cafe will open around commencement and a Manner Coffee is scheduled to open in the Fall semester.
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CEL Launched Searching for the 'GOOD LIFE' in Keikai Village Exhibition
The exhibition Searching for the 'GOOD LIFE' in Keikai Village, curated by Tang Jiapeng '25, Wen Huiwei '25, and Zhu Ziyi '25, will be on show in the quad pavilion till May 19. The works are the results of a CEL ethnographic field trip over the spring break, in which 18 students visited an eco-village in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, and immersed themselves in interactions with villagers and nature. The exhibition features first-hand findings in various media, including installations, videos and essays. This Immersive Learning trip was led by Dr. Zhang Liangliang and organized by the Academic Affairs Office for Community Engaged Learning (CEL). Natasha Xiao '23 led an improv movement activity at the opening to evoke the sense of conscious engagement with oneself and their surroundings.
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"The best way of understanding different cultures is through storytelling. What do humans do best when they talk to each other? Storytelling."
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| From the NYU Global Network
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A team of researchers led by NYU Abu Dhabi Assistant Professor of Psychology Andrea Vial has published an article that may offer an explanation to the reasons behind the underrepresentation of women in fields that are perceived to prize raw intellectual talent or "brilliance."
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People's Daily, Wenhui Daily, and Chinanews.com were among the media that covered the annual conference on Future City & Healthy City held by the University’s first provincial and ministerial-level Key Laboratory of Urban Design and Urban Science (LOUD) last week.
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Pudong TV visited the University's new campus, which combines east and west, and is well-integrated into the development of the up-and-coming New Bund neighborhood.
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May 15, 17, 19, 23
Math Mini-Course | Introduction to the Donsker-Varadhan Theory of Large Deviations
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Room N401 & Hosted via Zoom
The goal of this course is to give a self-contained introduction to the theory of large deviations, with a special emphasis on Donsker-Varadhan type asymptotics for Markov processes. We shall begin with some generalities on large deviations and present various classical results, such as the contraction principle, Varadhan’s lemma, and large deviation compactness.
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Sunday, May 21
Black Tent Meeting #4: Source (in conjunction with the ICA exhibition)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Institute of Contemporary Arts at NYU Shanghai
A gathering hosted by artists Cao Minghao and Chen Jianjun with their collaborators - architects Chi Xin'an and Wan Li, sociologist Li Jing, ecologist Zhu Dan, and writer Paul Salopek. Based on their new series of work at the headwaters of the water system, the artists Cao Minghao and Chen Jianjun explore how to reactivate existing resources, especially those in "ruins," through the lens of walking, architecture, ecology, sociology, and research-based art.
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