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Academic Announcements

Take a J-Term Online Course at NYU Shanghai!

You still have a chance to take a 3-week J-term online course! Check out Albert for course offerings and enroll as soon as possible. To get your J-term hold release, view this registration guidance. Contact shanghai.january@nyu.edu with any questions.

Creative Writing Minor Info Session

Tuesday, November 8 | 11:30 AM-12:30 PM | Room 202 or Zoom | RSVP with lunch!

Curious about the future of Creative Writing? Come hear about the new Creative Writing and Creative Writing-adjacent courses! Contact Creative Writing Coordinator Professor David Perry at dp102@nyu.edu with questions.

Science, Technology, and Society Info Session

Friday, November 11 | 2:30-3:30 PM | Room 309 | RSVP (Free pizza will be provided!)

Come to this STS info session and discover more exciting Humanities courses that will fulfill your STS course requirements!

Apply for Writing & Speaking Learning Assistants!

Application Deadline: Sunday, November 13 | Job Description & Appy Now!

Want to be a Writing & Speaking Learning Assistant (WSLA) and work for ARC? WSLAs provide individual writing, speaking, reading, and listening consultations, and you will hone your writing abilities and develop your professional skills.

Neo Library: AI Art Open Call

We invite you to create art using the latest text-to-image generative AI art engines! Learn more about Neo-Library AI Art Open Call: Choose your AI tools (Stable Diffusion & Disco Diffusion) and upload your work by December 23.

Join the Humanities Book Club!

Event Date: In the week of December 5 | Email Professor Alice Wang for more details.

Women explorers in the Sahara is the theme of this semester's Humanities Book Club. We will read stories by Sanmao (三毛) and Isabelle Eberhardt, two fearless nomads who roamed the North African desert in the late 19th and 20th centuries.

NYU Shanghai Poetry Post

Call for submissions! Intended to create a reading pleasure with the goal of providing a common cultural experience for everyone on campus.

Major Exploration Weeks

We are halfway done with the major-specific info sessions! Come and join this week’s events to know more about different majors and explore your academic path!

Major Specific Info Sessions

Computer Science/Data Science | RSVP
IMA/IMB | RSVP
Business | RSVP
Humanities | In-Person: RSVP & Online: RSVP
Global China Studies | RSVP
Economics | RSVP

APA-Led Major Exploration Workshop

Odyssey Plan: Sailing on a Journey to Your Academic Interest | Online | RSVP

Academic Opportunities

RESCHEDULED: Horror Flash Fiction Workshop

Tuesday, November 8 | 8-9:30 PM | Room 609 | RSVP

Professor Marcos Martínez's after-dark workshop is designed to help you explore your own capacity to draw forth thrills from the darkness in short stories. Flash fiction is really short, but has all the key elements of a good story!

Engagement Hours with ECON Faculty!

Tuesday, November 15 | 12:45-1:45 PM | RSVP with free lunch!

Are you eager to receive academic guidance from economics faculty about graduate school, research opportunities, and career development? Do you have any questions of interest that you would like to discuss with them face-to-face? Come join us!

Community Engaged Learning

Walk Slowly, Look Deeply

An NYU Shanghai | Out of Eden Walk Community Event
November 16 | 8-9:30 PM | Online | RSVP by November 15!

Over this past summer, our students documented stories about their homes under the guidance of Professor Don Belt during the pilot of Home Stories - A Slow Storytelling Program. Join us for a presentation of three fascinating storytelling projects: Yanrui Linda Shao ’25: Chengdu Teahouse, Doris Zhang ‘25: The Third Bank, and Ken Wu ’24: The Craftsman.

The student projects were inspired by Paul Salopek, Pulitzer Prize winner, and his epic Out of Eden Walk. Now in the midst of his walk across China, Paul will join this event live and share the latest updates from the trail!

CEL Immersive Learning Day Trips

Saturday, November 12: Want to experience a rural oasis within the city limits of Shanghai? Join a day trip to Cenbu Village in Qingpu District! We will go on a guided ecology tour and end with kayaking. Apply by TODAY for limited spots!

Saturday, November 19: Cross the Yangtze river to Chongming Island, we will learn about the story and design of Heartland farm and immerse ourselves in nature. Bring spare ingredients from your kitchen for a cooking challenge. Apply by this Sunday!

Academic Resource Center

GPS Workshop Series

How to Read Across Texts: Prepare for Your Final Essay!

Join us tonight at 5 PM! | Room 611 or Zoom

It's an essential skill for your upcoming assignments! Come to discuss how different authors from GPS readings relate to one another.

GPS Bubble Tea Write-In

Next Monday, November 14 | 5-6 PM | Room 611 | RSVP | Mark it to your calendar!

Come write your GPS outline and/or short assignment draft with your friends over bubble tea and snacks! First come first serve.

Research Paper Workshop

Join us this afternoon at 4:30 PM! | Room 204

Want to learn how to get started with research writing? Come to discuss how to refine topics, develop a research question, and determine the scope of your paper!

Academic Habit-Forming Workshop: 21-Day Challenge!

Wednesday, November 9 | 6-7 PM | Room 309 | RSVP

Do you find there is too much reading right before the deadline? Are you experiencing a situation where you have been thinking about learning something new for so long but keep on postponing the plan? Come to this workshop and join our 21-day challenge!

How to Prepare for Presentations

Thursday, November 10 | 6-7 PM | Room 610A | RSVP

We will discuss some topics related to preparation for presentations, including 1) how to use slides, flashcards, and other tools to aid preparation and 2) how to practice presentation skills, such as projecting and pacing.

Global Awards

Charting Your Path Info Session TODAY!

Join the info session at 5 PM in Room 203 or Zoom!
Apply by 11:59 PM, Friday, November 11 (Open to sophomores and juniors)

Charting Your Path is a retreat on December 3 to 4 at Chongming Island designed for highly motivated sophomores and juniors to envision future plans, develop skills, and set goals. Join us TODAY to learn more about the retreat!

Global Awards Upcoming Applications:

November 15: Critical Language Scholarship (Open to all U.S. students)
December 1/Janaury 5: Gates Cambridge Scholarships (Open to all seniors)

Check out more upcoming Global Awards events and deadlines!

Upcoming Events

IT Updates

The Shanghai Virtual Computer Lab (VCL) enables remote access to powerful machines running a wide variety of academic software. You can It is accessible from your own device by installing Citrix Workspace.

Quick Links:
Academic Calendar Make an Appointment with ARC Graduate School Advising

Academic Events & Library Workshops:
NYUSH Reads: Create and Reflect Essential Skills for Primary Source Research

NYU Shanghai Academic Affairs
Email: shanghai.academicaffairs@nyu.edu