NYU Shanghai celebrated the recipients of the 2024-2025 Teaching Excellence Award (TEA) on May 9, honoring three outstanding faculty members — Assistant Professor of Finance Christina Wang, Assistant Professor of Practice in Finance Jingyuan Mo, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Writing Program Fernando Romero — for their innovative, impactful, and student-centered teaching.
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This summer, he will join the Department of Neurochemistry at the University of Tokyo. After that, Nguyen looks forward to studying away at NYU, advancing research on neurodegenerative diseases, and volunteering at state hospitals and psychiatric wards.
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Student tour guides led experiential tours of Shanghai as part of two classes at NYU Shanghai taught by Associate Arts Professor of Interactive Media Business (IMB) Emily Tsiang and Associate Professor of Global China Studies Lena Scheen. The culmination of semester-long research projects, the student-led tours helped deepen students' knowledge of Shanghai’s history and culture.
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Fireflies flickering in unison—glowing and dimming as if on cue—that’s synchronization, a process of adjusting rhythms to align with one another. A new study by NYU Shanghai Assistant Professor of Data Science Ling Shuyang, published in Foundations of Computational Mathematics, offers a deeper understanding of the synchronization problem.
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Over his four years at NYU Shanghai, Travis Liu Tanruizhi ’25 seamlessly moved between the classroom and the boardroom, completing high-profile internships at Nike, L’Oréal, L.E.K, Bain, and Mastercard. After graduation, Travis will return to Mastercard, this time as an employee.
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Hailing from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, a small city surrounded by endless plains, Charlie Howes ’25 found unexpected echoes of home in China's smaller towns. With an itch to see more of China's lesser-visited regions, he and seven friends from around the world traveled to China’s Northwest for an epic road trip.
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Quicktakes • The End-of-Semester Concert on May 14 featured the NYU Shanghai Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, Fasta Choir and Student Chorale, with special guest world-renowned pianist Kong Xiangdong. Kong collaborated with the orchestra and the choir to perform the classic “Warsaw Concerto” and the popular song “Pianist of Love,” bringing a passion for music to the enthusiastic audience.
• On May 8th and 9th, four classrooms of E4 were transformed into a stage for Silence After 2-Minute Countdown, an original bilingual immersive theater production created and performed by NYU Shanghai students. Drawing inspiration from the two-minute “get to class” bell in many Chinese high schools, the three-act performance invited audiences into a deeply personal yet universally relatable exploration of the emotional struggles of pre-adulthood, including anxiety, identity, and the pressures of an uncertain future. By incorporating movement, monologue, and immersive storytelling, the performance deeply resonated with audiences, who described feeling connected and moved, and encouraged them to be certain about finding their own path forward.
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Come explore how AI is reshaping education from more than 130 educational institutions in the Yangtze Delta and beyond at the Shanghai Education Expo from May 16-18. Swing by the NYU Shanghai booth at Area G17 (Higher Education section) and say hi to representatives from CSDSE, Library, IMA, UC, and student volunteers. Register on "上海教育博览会" WeChat mini program in advance for free admission.
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Heard on Campus
“While Chinese companies are under pressure to ‘do as the Romans do’ in the US, they also carry with them the legal norms, habits, and constraints of their home institutions. They are dealing with a dual institutional framework."
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As the Spring 2025 semester came to a close, NYU Shanghai lit up with creativity, talent, and celebration—from dance, orchestra and a cappella concerts to a special appearance by world-renowned pianist Kong Xiangdong and visual arts exhibitions—students showcased months of dedication and artistic growth.
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| From the NYU Global Network
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New York University scientists are using artificial intelligence to determine which genes collectively govern nitrogen use efficiency in plants such as corn, with the goal of helping farmers improve their crop yields and minimize the cost of nitrogen fertilizers. The study was published in the journal The Plant Cell.
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