A record number of 180 students enrolled in one of campus’ most popular extracurriculars—the Language Peer Mentor Program. The program, organized by Study Away, pairs students who want to improve their target language speaking skills. 

  

A new study in Nature Communications by Associate Professor of Physics Chen Hanghui’s team found that the superconducting pairing symmetry of La₃Ni₂O₇ is highly sensitive to subtle variations in its electronic structure, offering new insights into the nature of superconductivity in nickelate materials.

As a child growing up in Canada, Associate Professor of Practice in Business and Associate Dean of Business Raymond Ro was a promising skateboarder and tennis player, but injuries forced him to give up his dreams of being a pro athlete. Turns out, learning how to pivot has been a skill he’s perfected throughout his life, leading him to his current role.

Five NYU alumni won eight awards at the 97th Academy Awards on March 2. Sean Baker TSOA ’98 tied the record for most awards won by one person in one night with four for Anora while Paul Tazewell TSOA ’89 made history as the first Black man to win an Oscar for Best Costume Design. 

Speaker Mingpu Qin is from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research focuses on the strongly correlated quantum many-body systems in condensed matter physics.