Happy 10th Anniversary, NYU Shanghai!
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Has American democracy fallen into crisis, and what challenges does it face? On October 7, Professor Wang Xi spoke at the online lecture cohosted by the NYU Shanghai-ECNU Center on Global History, Economy, and Culture and the Institute of Socialist History and Literature at East China Normal University.
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Over the summer, five NYU Shanghai students were awarded the Career Development Center’s Social Impact Internship Grant, which provides funding to pursue unpaid internships at nonprofit organizations. This year’s recipients Li Peirong ’24, Yang Yuqing ’24, Chen Kejing ’25, Doris Zhang ’25, and Khayla Black ’23 shared what they learned in their internships.
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"Creative thinking is crucial in every profession," Macarthur Fellowship recipient and NYU Shanghai Distinguished Artist-in-Residence Bright Sheng said. "My objective is that anybody can take this class. If they have enthusiasm and passion, if they love music, and if they want to learn, then they will all get something from the course."
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• NYU Shanghai Assistant Arts Professor of Visual Arts Alice Wang's work is featured in a group exhibition Liquid Ground, which brought together thirteen artists and art collectives to explore land reclamation, the entanglement between built environment and natural elements, and potential responses to planetary ecological calamity. The show is on display at UCCA Dune Art Museum in Beidaihe until February 19, 2023. Wang’s work " Untitled" reveals her observations and reflections on the city's infrastructure and invites viewers to see through mechanisms behind disguises.
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The characters you type out over and over again into your digital devices may impact your mental health more than you’d expect. A new study published in Internet Interventions led by Assistant Professor of Psychology Li Gu has found that written login passwords containing affirmations — such as "MusicCalmsMeDown@123"— can offer a boost to one’s mental health. "One of the biggest challenges in mental health interventions is the fadeouts of the intervention effects — as soon as people complete a session of counseling or training, they start to forget about what they learn either in the counselor’s office or the self-help resources," said Li. "Computer passwords offer a timely option to remind people of these therapeutic messages. Because passwords are simple and have no cost, they can be efficient 'boosters' supplementing mental health interventions. Read the full story here."
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Nearly a decade ago, in an effort to promote more sustainable urbanization, China launched a "townization" strategy to develop the country’s small and medium-sized towns. Assistant Professor of Urban Science and Policy Guan Chenghe and Assistant Professor of Practice in Urban Studies Li Ying, with their collaborators, have studied sixteen Zhejiang towns created under the strategy and found that towns with a single concentrated employment and business center function more efficiently than those with multiple centers.
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"Global higher education is a source of scholarly strength… The flourishing of NYU Shanghai is a reminder to us all of the value and importance of bringing together students and scholars from around the world to learn, think, and study, and it reinforces what great advancements can be made through partnership."
— Andrew Hamilton, New York University President, reviewed the establishment of NYU Shanghai with China Daily.
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Close Your Eyes and You Will Know is an exhibition by Taipei-based artist Yin-Ju Chen and shaman practitioner Li-Chun Lin (Marina). Originally scheduled for the ICA’s Spring 2022 season, the exhibition was closed in early March due to the Omicron outbreak in Shanghai. However, the exhibition evolved further during the lockdown thanks to fruitful online public programs, which took the project in another direction. This fall, the artists will explore the roles AI (artificial intelligence) and language play in unlocking the potential of human consciousness.
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| From the NYU Global Network
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New York University has launched the Wild Animal Welfare Program, which will conduct research in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences and reach out to academics, advocates, policymakers, and the public. The program aims to examine the impact of human activity and environmental change on the well-being of wild animals.
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Shanghai's education reform has entered the fast lane of digital transformation. Oriental Education Times featured NYU Shanghai’s achievements on digital transformation, including the application of "smart" classrooms and mixed-mode teaching, and students’ multimedia artworks combining digital technologies and artistic experiences.
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The Paper interviewed Zhang Zenghui, NYU Shanghai Professor of Chemistry along with other scientists in the field of chemistry, to interpret the academic breakthrough and research significance of the three Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureates.
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Saturday, October 22
Artist Talk by Yin-Ju Chen | The Way to Mandala: The Artistic Practice of Connecting the Self to the Universe
2:00-3:30 PM, Zoom
In this talk, Yin-Ju Chen will discuss her introspective journey, as well as her recent exploration of shamanism — and how these "paths of redemption" have influenced her artistic creation in recent years and have subverted her long-standing conception of linear time. She will also introduce her creative work during this period, including the project Sonic Driving (2018–ongoing), on display at the ICA at NYU Shanghai. Please fill in the Registration to attend.
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