What does it feel like to be truly present? We’re about to find out with the launch of a new NYU initiative across all campuses and study away sites. NYU In Real Life promotes phone-free spaces, gatherings, and practices that invite community members to look up, connect, and be fully present in the moment. So put down that phone and connect with those around you!
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Disentangling Entanglement Opens at ICA
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) at NYU Shanghai opened its spring exhibition, Disentangling Entanglement: In Memory of Intimacy, Vulnerability, and Action, running from February 26 through May 23. The show brings together 14 non-professional artist creators working in social work, journalism, and nonprofit sectors.
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Data Science Convenes Academic Committee MeetingOn February 9, the NYU Shanghai Center for Data Science convened its third Academic Committee Meeting, bringing together faculty, researchers, and advisory committee members to review the center’s progress over the past year, exchange perspectives on ongoing research, and discuss strategic priorities for the years ahead.
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POV: First Time Going Home for Spring FestivalWhat does it mean “to go home” to a place your parents are from, but you’ve never visited yourself? That was the experience of four American NYU students studying away at NYU Shanghai as they traveled to their parent’s hometowns to celebrate Spring Festival for the first time in China. Along the way, they learned more about their families — and themselves.Â
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• On Wednesday, Associate Professor of Practice in Political Science Ivan Rasmussen hosted a talk by Duke Kunshan University Associate Professor of International Relations Andrew Cheon on national oil companies in Brazil, India, China, Norway, and Russia and their investments in foreign oil and gas assets.Â
• Shanghai Key Laboratory of Urban Design and Urban Science (LOUD) hosted two talks this week. The first talk was by Craig Miller, partner and studio head of Heatherwick Studio, the studio behind such iconic buildings as the 2010 Shanghai World Expo’s UK Pavilion and 1000 Trees, a shopping complex in Shanghai. The second talk was given by Harvard University Professor Richard Peiser, an urban planner and entrepreneur-developer who spoke on global town development.
• At a Life Skills Lab workshop held by the Center for Student Belonging, community members learned three science backed techniques to boost happiness, including savoring, acts of kindness, and time confetti. Led by Ali Motamedzadeh, MSW ’27, the workshop was a way for students and staff to connect and share strategies. Â
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“What makes NYU Shanghai special is that it serves as a connection point between Chinese and US academia. The strength of the US-China relationship over the past decades has come from people continuing to talk to one another. As long as scholars remain in dialogue and maintain friendship, many misunderstandings — and even conflicts — can be avoided.”
— Assistant Professor of Economics at the National School of Development at Peking University Dr. Sifan Xue speaking on US-China trade relationsÂ
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Dumpling FestivalStudy away students Katrina Gee, NYU ’27, Kaitlin Lam, NYU ’27, and Keerthi Vijay, NYU ’27 show off their plates at last night’s annual Dumpling Festival, featuring dumplings from around the globe—from Thai kanom jeeb and Malaysian karipap to Latin American empanadas, Armenian sinimanti, Chinese xiaolongbao, Japanese gyoza, East African curry potato samosa, Italian tortellini, Philippine lumpia, and Afghani mantu. Students also made Chinese dumplings by hand in a dumpling-making workshop.
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| From the NYU Global Network
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• Celebrating Chinese New Year in ShanghaiNYU Shanghai students shared (in Mandarin, Shanghainese, and Cantonese) their knowledge of Chinese New Year traditions and how to celebrate it in the city of Shanghai, Shanghai TV and Shanghai Fabu reported.
• Dragon TV’s Year of the Horse Spring Festival Gala Airs
After watching the 2026 Spring Festival Gala by Dragon TV, Chancellor Tong Shijun praised it for honoring traditions in a tech-forward, modern, and youthful way, People’s Daily reported.Â
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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 no later than the Thursday before the Monday newsletter.
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