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John Sexton, NYU President, One Of 10 Best: TIME

TIME | New York University, New York City | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York


Plenty of university presidents don't teach. John Sexton, however, gives a seminar every few weeks on religion and the U.S. Supreme Court -- a commitm...

Andrew Williamson-Noble Suicide: NYU Student Jumps To Death In Bobst Library

Posted 11.03.2009 | New York


UPDATE 5:15pm EST, 11/3: The full text of NYU President John Sexton's email to the school community is below: The Death of an NYU Student It is w...

Circle Rules Football -- The Road Ahead

Eugene Michael Santiago | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


Eugene Michael Santiago

As a boy, Greg Manley grew up in Oakland California. As a young man Greg invented a sport in New York. That sport? Circle Rules Football. Almost three...

New Yorkers Text With High-Tech Beavers

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.07.2009 | Technology


Are you worried about river wildlife in your area? Want to know if the animals are happy? If the water's clean enough? Then maybe you should text t...

Chamball: Martial Arts Meets Dodgeball

Piers Fawkes | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York


Piers Fawkes

The primary object of ChamBall is depleting your opponent's points by hitting them with the ball anywhere except the elbows to fists and knees to feet. Blocking is essential to survival.

Study: Climate Bill's Benefits Far Outweigh Costs

Wall Street Journal | Keith Johnson | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics


So much of the wailing and gnashing of teeth around the climate bill in Congress revolves around the costs of curbing greenhouse-gas emissions. What a...

Crossing Washington Square: A Chick Lit Author Hits Her Stride

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living


Dr. Irene S. Levine

I was delighted to have the opportunity to interview Joanne Rendell, author of Crossing Washington Square. This is intelligent chick lit, an engaging story beautifully told.

Why Call It Charity Care?

David Jones | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics


David Jones

A 5 percent threshold of free medical care to qualify a nonprofit hospital for tax exemptions and public funding is not unreasonable. Or else, why call it charity care?

NYC's Newest Business Incubator

Alicia Whitaker | Posted 08.28.2009 | New York


Alicia Whitaker

If successful, this venture will generate new jobs and new businesses and a new generation of entrepreneurial New Yorkers.

Li-ann Thio Cancels Visiting Professorship To NYU Law School

New York Times | Posted 08.23.2009 | New York


I am writing to let you know that Professor Li-ann Thio informed me today that she is canceling her Fall visit to NYU Law School as a Global Visiting ...

The Children In The Middle: A Perspective On Human Rights

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 07.30.2009 | World


Chelsea-Lyn Rudder

International parental child abduction is not a new phenomenon but its increasing frequency appears to be a by-product of globalization.

New NYU Graduates Forced To Live In Tents

New York Post | AMBER SUTHERLAND | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business


Two NYU grads and a pal who love living in the Big Apple but don't want to pay its high rents are happy campers -- each shells out $100 a month to pit...

The Bronx: Making News Again... This Time in Science Education with GreenFab

Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green


Linda Cronin-Gross

Today, Kenny Nava, Cathy Jones, Jorge Flores, Samantha Bonilla and about 70 other Bronx high school students will "graduate" from a new, innovative sc...

Chief Economist on Talent and the Economy

Jim Luce | Posted 04.09.2009 | Business


Jim Luce

"Our recovery may take years," the economist concluded over our last cup of coffee, "But smart people who work hard will always find a place." Talent will as always, he believes, find a home.

Scandalous Sex on Campus

Joanne Rendell | Posted 03.06.2009 | Style


Joanne Rendell

Grisham is just the latest in a line of authors who've written university stories featuring sex scandals -- or, at the very least, stories of sexually inappropriate relations on campus.

Snow, Quayle, Feinberg and Merkin: This Is Who Gets Our Bailout Money?

Dennis O'Brien | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business


Dennis O'Brien

As a completely unregulated private equity partnership, Cerberus has no public reporting requirements. In fact, they are now refusing to disclose their finances even after the bailout.

Humbug -- I Wish

Wendy Block | Posted 01.22.2009 | Style


Wendy Block

This year, my normally fruitless efforts to find good fruitcake finally paid off with a sturdy confection whose cherry/pecan/cake ratio is nearly perfect.

Liberian Boy Gets New Face

NY Daily News | SARAH ARMAGHAN and OWEN MORITZ | Posted 01.16.2009 | World


An engaging 7-year-old boy from Liberia got the ultimate Christmas gift Monday: a new face. Laughing and smiling, Samuel Urey walked out of the NYU...

The Professors' Wives' Club: An interview with Joanne Rendell

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.22.2008 | Living


Dr. Irene S. Levine

In this breakout first novel, Joanne Rendell creates powerful characters struggling to define their roles as women and an engaging plot that keeps you glued until the end.

CULTURE ZOHN: Graduation Daze Part Two

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.24.2008 | Living


Patricia Zohn

2008-05-17-nicksgradyankeestadium.jpg.jpg Here's to all graduates of '08. Better late than never, better now than in a year when the job market may even be worse, better with many generations present to cheer you on.