"In this age of the information revolution, talents will be key resources, similar to how oil, gold, or agriculture were vital for nations in the past," said world-renowned computer scientist and Turing Award winner John Hopcroft in a talk before a packed NYU Shanghai auditorium on Oct 25. Hopcroft's talk marked the launch of NYU Shanghai's Green Court Distinguished Lecture Series.
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This year's NYU Shanghai Reads book is The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, a collection of Chinese science fiction and fantasy written by female and nonbinary authors. The program has engaged the campus community in conversation about mythology, technology, and translation throughout the semester.
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As one of the most creative and popular majors at NYU Shanghai, Interactive Media Arts (IMA) has expansive spaces spread across both the third and fourth floors of the New Bund Campus. "Collaboration, openness, and creativity – these are what the new IMA spaces are about and what IMA is about," said Professor Marcela Godoy.
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A team of researchers, led by historian Tansen Sen, has received an USD 244,623 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for their research on "China and India in an Age of Decolonization: An Analysis of the Nehru Papers, 1947-1964."
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Every year, an incoming class of first-year students enters NYU Shanghai's campus, diving headfirst into the whirlwind of university life. Behind the scenes, a team of warm-hearted upper level students are on-duty 24/7 at Jingyao Residence Hall to smooth out any kinks and ensure students' needs are taken care of.
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• Check out the New Bund Campus 360 VR website! Featuring over 70 locations, this updated virtual web tour of our new campus takes you on an enthralling journey, allowing you to explore and understand the infrastructure we provide for the community, and to check out Shanghai's fascinating metropolitan environment.
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• Interim Dean of Computer Science, Data Science, and Engineering Nasir Memon delivered a keynote lecture on Oct 21 titled "Seeing is Believing? Trustworthy Media" at the 2023 IEEE Women in Engineering China Leadership Summit. Speaking before over 300 engineers, researchers, innovators, and industry leaders, he discussed the team's efforts to restore the integrity and trustworthiness of digital media while prioritizing diversity.
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• Congratulations to Xu Ziyun '25 for representing NYU Shanghai at the renowned Grace Hopper Celebration, the world's biggest gathering of women and non-binary tech enthusiasts. Xu was selected to travel to Orlando, Florida for the event and is the first NYU Shanghai student to be awarded funding for this by the Computer Science, Data Science, and Engineering department.
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Lifting Their Voices
NYU Shanghai's a cappella Chamber Singers hit all the right notes at Wellington College, bringing the magic of music to the 22nd China Shanghai International Arts Festival Performing Arts Fair!
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"The Chinese legend of Mulan is an accumulation of dramatically conflicting representations of Mulan. Compared to these previous [Chinese] versions, Disney's appropriation of Mulan is nothing special. It is merely a routine continuation of the legend's long history of adaptation, which consistently epitomizes the complex interactions among diverse cultures and ideologies both within China and between the East and the West."
— Wang Zhuoyi, professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures (Chinese) at Hamilton College speaking on " From Mulan (1998) to Mulan (2020): Orientalist Imagination, Feminist Intervention, and a Compromised Progress."
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| From the NYU Global Network
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A team of NYU Abu Dhabi researchers has developed a new kind of self-cleaning, hybrid membrane. Their research, published in Nature Communications, could help make desalination technologies more efficient and could increase the availability of freshwater.
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Affiliated Assistant Professor Jin Minchao spoke with China Philanthropist Magazine about the significance of the "One-Egg Project," which provides one egg a day to students in impoverished regions of China.
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Friday, November 3
Undergraduate Research Symposium
4:30 PM - 7:45 PM
E302: Liberal Arts & Business E303: STEM
This is a university-wide celebration of the research achievements of undergraduate students spanning Arts and Sciences, Business, Computer Science, Data Science, and Engineering. During the event, participants will showcase a research poster, give an in-person presentation, and answer questions afterwards.
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