Members of NYU Shanghai’s Class of 2026 were greeted with sunshine and a bit of rain for this fall semester's Move-In Day. Laughter and excitement echoed throughout the Jinqiao Residence Halls as Orientation Ambassadors, staff volunteers, and even the campus cat welcomed them to their new homes. After waving goodbye to their families, they set down their suitcases, started bonding with roommates and decorating their spaces, and ventured out to explore their new city.
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On September 10, NYU Shanghai welcomed around 450 Chinese and international students from the Class of 2026 to the school’s tenth University Welcome. This was the final one hosted at its campus on Century Avenue before NYU Shanghai moves to its new Qiantan campus later this year. Some 60 other international students along with family and friends joined the ceremony online.
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Xu Yufeng ’26 has just been announced NYU Shanghai’s first Lizhong Achievement Award winner. Xu, who graduated from Suzhou High School in Jiangsu Province, will be the inaugural recipient of the RMB one million full tuition scholarship named for NYU Shanghai’s founding chancellor Yu Lizhong.
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We interviewed six first-year students from different countries about how their diverse life experiences led them to NYU Shanghai. Get to know them and check out the Class of 2026 infographic!
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• Congratulations to former Visiting Professor of Business Hua Jingdong on being appointed International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) Vice-Chair. Mr. Hua will oversee the development and implementation of the ISSB's strategies to support and include stakeholders in emerging and developing economies and small and medium-sized companies. "Sustainability is a defining issue for our generation. I look forward to working with my fellow board members and global partners, especially from the global south, to ensure the creation of a high-quality global baseline for sustainability disclosure," said Hua. Hua Jingdong served as the World Bank’s Vice President and Treasurer from 2019 to 2021 and visited NYU Shanghai in Spring 2022. As a member of the NYU Shanghai community, he will continue working with the Center for Business Education and Research to curate a new dialogue series on women's leadership in finance and development this fall.
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• Congratulations to Lu Hongyu ’23 and Guo Zhiqing ’23 on winning ISTAT global scholarships this summer among 35 students from world-renowned universities including the University of Cambridge. The program, funded by the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading Foundation, will provide Lu and Guo with $15,000 and $5,000 respectively to support them to develop careers in aviation. The students were supervised by Assistant Professor of Practice in Finance David Yu. This is the third consecutive year that NYU Shanghai has had at least one awardee of this scholarship.
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• Congratulations to Joyce Renzong Tan, Senior Specialist, Diversity Initiatives, for being recognized as a finalist in the Women’s Empowerment Council's Innovative Young Woman Leader of the Year award. Nominated by three students she worked closely with, Tan was one of three finalists out of a pool of over 80 nominees for the award. “Joyce has been a mentor and cheerleader for students who are passionate to do something meaningful, something that can impact others. Whether it be supporting students in their initiatives, to creating new opportunities to engage with challenging topics, Joyce is an empowering force in our community,” said E’Jane Li ’22. This semester, Joyce will be transitioning to New York to join the NYU Center of Multicultural Education and Programs.
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“It is critical to understand how China responds to disasters as this sets the stage for future development in the field domestically, and also provides the world a key vantage point to learn from the successful implementation of MHPSS in our country,” said Brian Hall, senior author of the research and a commissioner of the Lancet Commission on Mental Health in China.
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Gender-diverse teams publish papers that are more novel and impactful compared to same-gender teams, according to a recent study that examined 6.6 million medical papers. The study, conducted by NYU Shanghai Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations Tian Yuan with collaborators from Northwestern University, University of Notre Dame, and Michigan State University was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “The findings suggest that gender-diverse teams may have substantial untapped potential for medical research,” said Tian, who was the second author on the study. “In this sense, we hope our research can provide a different perspective on potential gender and teamwork synergies and inform opportunities in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion space.” Read the full story here.
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“NYU Shanghai is one of the cornerstones of the U.S. university presence in China. Many thanks to Chancellor Tong Shijun and Vice Chancellor Jeff Lehman for their leadership and congrats on this future new campus in Shanghai.”
— Ambassador Nicholas Burns, US Ambassador to China.
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After waving goodbye to their families at last week’s Move-In Day, students from the Class of 2026 set down their suitcases, started bonding with roommates, and ventured out to explore their new city. Here are some of the memories we captured in the making.
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| From the NYU Global Network
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The fossil, discovered in the Yuanmou area of Yunnan Province in southwestern China, is of a small gibbon called Yuanmoupithecus xiaoyuan. In the analysis, Terry Harrison, a professor of anthropology at New York University, focuses on the teeth and cranial specimens of Yuanmoupithecus, including an upper jaw of the infant gibbon who was less than 2 years old when it died.
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Eastday.com reported on the school’s tenth University Welcome of the Class of 2026 attended by around 500 Chinese and international students. NYU Shanghai leadership addressed the Class of 2026 on the Orientation theme of “Connect” (承), urging students to step out of their comfort zones and make time to engage with each other meaningfully outside of the classroom.
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International first year students talked about the reasons why they chose to study in Shanghai. The profound Chinese culture, the feeling of home and freedom, and stepping out of the comfort zone and challenging oneself, according to a report in Shanghai Observer.
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Tuesday, September 20
IMA Fabrication Lab Tour
5:00-6:00 PM, Room 823
Come and explore the IMA Fabrication Lab and discover everything we can create! From woodworking to digital fabrication equipment, you will have a clear understanding of the lab's capabilities. At the end of the tour, you will have the opportunity to use the laser cutting machine and design a small object. Whether you are new to it, keen on learning, or you couldn’t use the laser cutter last semester, everyone is welcome to join this event.
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For a complete listing of events at NYU Shanghai, check out the Weekly Events Newsletter, delivered to your inbox every Monday when school is in session. If you wish to highlight your event in the Weekly Events Newsletter, upload your event to Engage to later than the Thursday before the Monday newsletter.
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