Programs organized by the Student Health Center and Center for Student Belonging are putting the focus on mental health. Activities like handpan and singing bowl workshops, mental health training, and workshops on emotional wellbeing and brain development create more opportunities for the NYU Shanghai community to prioritize mental health.
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The Coming Storm: Why 2026 Looks a Lot Like 1914
The world is not heading for a new Cold War, but is instead repeating the dangerous patterns of the early 20th century, risking a catastrophe on the scale of World War I. That was the stark warning delivered by renowned historian Odd Arne Westad, the Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University, during a lecture at NYU Shanghai on March 11.
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Emily Tsiang on Cities, Agency, and Experiential Learning
Professor of Interactive Media Business Emily Tsiang’s journey to NYU Shanghai was infused with an infectious enthusiasm for life design and the ancestral pull of China. Tsiang exemplifies how life design extends beyond the classroom, emphasizing the importance of the questions we ask ourselves in the cities we inhabit.
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• On Wednesday, Professor Yao Wang from NYU Tandon gave a lecture as part of the Distinguished Women in Computing Speaker Series. She spoke about using AI for video streaming and health, highlighting recent research on deep learning for video streaming and health in the NYU Tandon Video Lab. She showcased AI-driven innovations in health applications including work on decoding speech from intracranial neural signals, with the long-term goal of developing neuroprosthetics for individuals with speech impairments.
• On March 6, Jiahui Health and NYU Shanghai jointly launched a pilot international medical mentorship program. The program connects pre-health students from NYU Shanghai with physicians from Jiahui Health as their mentors, and offers students opportunities to gain hands-on medical experiences. At the launch event, Provost Bei Wu emphasized the value of real-life experiences in the medical field. She said she hopes the program will help students cultivate “the scientific curiosity and the humanistic perspective that great physicians require,” and urged students to approach the experience with “equal measures of curiosity and humility.”
• On Wednesday, a forum on Global Finance in Transition: Talent, Standards, and the Future was held to mark the launch of a partnership between NYU Shanghai and CFA Institute. At the forum, senior leaders engaged in a timely dialogue on how the finance industry is evolving and what this means for universities, employers, and aspiring professionals. The event also gave special recognition to a NYU Shanghai student team which won second place in the Shanghai finals of the 2025–2026 CFA Institute Research Challenge, advancing to the sub-regional round.
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“Wars come from fear. Peace comes from trust. All wars are failures of communication… Before you are Chinese or Indian, capitalist or Muslim or Christian, you are a human being. We must learn to love all human beings.”
— Satish Kumar, 90-year-old peace pilgrim, ecological educator, philosopher, writer, and pioneer of the global ecological movement, speaking following a screening of the documentary film Radical Love, chronicling his lifelong journey for peace.
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The Countdown Begins!For seniors, the excitement of upcoming commencement starts today! As they count down the 88 Days to graduation, seniors will be trying on their grad caps and gowns and will gather for a disco-themed senior gala complete with icebreakers, a buffet dinner, live performances, remarks from leadership, and a toast to the Class of 2026. More details on this year’s 88 Days celebration next week.
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| From the NYU Global Network
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• From Designing for to Designing with: NYU Shanghai Students Rethink Assistive Tech
LA Weekly featured Los Angeles–based screenwriter Yue Luna Wu ’21, whose work spans Chinese television, original screenwriting, and the fast-growing US vertical-drama market.
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Thursday, March 19
Probability Seminar Series | Multi-scale Webs of Coalescing Random Walks
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM / Room W923
Speaker Jan Swart is a research fellow at the Institute of Information Theory and Automation (UTIA) of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague. He regularly teaches at Charles University and has coauthored over forty papers in probability theory with an emphasis on interacting particle systems.
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Friday, March 20
Circle of Care: Family Resale Market [for Staff & Faculty]
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM / Room N202
The Staff Community Connections Committee warmly invites all NYU Shanghai staff and faculty to participate in our Circle of Care: Family Resale Market. This event is designed as a welcoming community space where staff and faculty can buy and sell gently used or new items, promoting sustainability and supporting families in exchanging useful items at affordable prices.
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