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Blind Activist Finally Headed To U.S.

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 05.19.2012

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NEW YORK — A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the United States on Saturday, ending a nearl...

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A Freshman All Over Again

Jada Alexander | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Getting Into College, Nyu, Mission Accepted, College Acceptance, College Admissions, College Applications, Teen News
Jada Alexander

I think I knew all along that NYU was my top choice, but I needed to experience the environment, people and campus in person to be sure. Now, I'm proud to call myself a freshman in the Class of 2016.

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Activist Inches Closer To Departure For U.S.

AP | DIDI TANG | Posted 05.17.2012

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BEIJING -- A blind Chinese activist who sparked a diplomatic crisis by fleeing into the U.S. Embassy last month filled out a Chinese passport applicat...

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Activist Inches Closer To Departure For U.S.

AP | DIDI TANG | Posted 05.17.2012

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BEIJING — A blind Chinese activist who sparked a diplomatic crisis by fleeing into the U.S. Embassy last month filled out a Chinese passport app...

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Second is the Best

Jennifer Islam | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: College Admissions Process, Stony Brook University, College Rejection, Nyu, Mission Accepted, Minds Matter, College Acceptance, Teen News
Jennifer Islam

I was so depressed when I didn't get into NYU that I Googled "how to deal with a college rejection." But then I realized that I didn't get accepted because it wasn't the right fit for me, and I'm OK with that.

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5 College Students Work To Bring Solar Power To 1 Million Homes In Africa

Neil Parmar | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Nyu, Hult Global Case Challenge, Africa, Habitat for Humanity, One Laptop Per Child, Solaraid, Muhammad Yunus, Hult International Business School, New York University Abu Dhabi, Uae, Impact News
Neil Parmar

"How will you change the world?" That was the question posed at the launch of the third annual Hult Global Case Challenge, which tackles global pover...

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LOOK: Tisch Gala Hosts Film Heavyweights

Posted 04.20.2012

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New York University hosted the 2012 Tisch Gala on Thursday, where some of the school's most notable alumni Alec Baldwin, Martin Scorsese, and Spike Le...

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The Physicist and the Porn Star

Max Raskin | Posted 04.18.2012

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Max Raskin

The trouble with creative writing classes in the modern university is they do not teach writing. Pop-cultural analysis, pop-psychology, and pop-philosophy are discussed, while how to write a compelling sentence is not.

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The Illusion of Religious Choice

Joseph Rauch | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Birth Control Mandate, Catholic Church Contraception, Nyu, Atheism, Barack Obama, Obamacare, Catholicism, Rollo May, Religious Freedom, New York University, Christianity, Contraception Debate, Raising Religious Children, Obama Contraception, Agnosticism, College News
Joseph Rauch

I do not think raising a child without religious values bears more merit than raising a child with religious values, but the development is certainly worth looking into.

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WATCH: NYU Athletics Produces Poignant 'It Gets Better' Clip

Posted 04.10.2012

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Coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) in the world of sports still presents significant challenges for athletes, but the captain ...

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There Are Few Places Like New York

Greg Jacobs | Posted 05.29.2012

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Greg Jacobs

Going to school in New York lays a foundation that is four years stronger than even the most ambitious college grad could hope for.

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One Texas Reporter Is Finding An Exotic Way To Make An Extra Buck

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.30.2012

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It seems that one Texas-based reporter wasn't getting enough excitement from her day job. Sarah Tressler, who covers society events for the Housto...

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Prime Minster Cameron's In Town

AP | SAMANTHA HENRY and CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 05.15.2012

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NEW YORK — British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife visited the memorial at the World Trade Center on Thursday after touring businesses...

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Mastering the Language of Buildings

J. Michael Welton | Posted 05.07.2012

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J. Michael Welton

Alexandra Lange's Writing About Architecture: Mastering the Language of Buildings and Cities is an instructive treatise on how great criticism comes to be.

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As Facebook IPO Nears, Universities Take Aim at Student Startups

Dylan Reid | Posted 05.08.2012

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Dylan Reid

While Stanford's gain from Google is unusual, technology-transfer agreements have long been the primary means by which universities support and profit from startups. However, as Facebook illustrates, more student-founded companies are bootstrapping without university technology, leaving schools without any profit -- though that may be changing.

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Israeli Filmmaker Joseph Cedar Talks About His Footnote

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.07.2012

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Marshall Fine

Footnote, Joseph Cedar's fourth film, won the award for best screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2011 and was one of the nominees for this y...

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Tyler Kingkade

NYU Freshman Gets 10K Signatures To Remove Chick-fil-A

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.02.2012

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NEW YORK -- Hillary Dworkoski thinks it's ridiculous that there's a Chick-fil-A located on New York University's campus. Dworkoski, a freshman at N...

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Saki Knafo

Occupy's Second Wave Spreads To Campuses With Protests Against Student Debt

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 03.02.2012

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Students from colleges and high schools around the country gathered Thursday for protests and rallies called the National Day of Action for Education....

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NYU Protests The NYPD

AP | Posted 05.01.2012

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NEW YORK — New York University students are calling for more support from school officials in light of revelations that the New York Police Departme...

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Northeastern Scraps Planned Chick-Fil-A Franchise After Students Object To Chain's 'Anti-Gay' Support

Posted 02.29.2012

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Northeastern University may be the latest in a series of colleges to raise concerns over Chick-fil-A's reported support of "anti-gay" groups, but scho...

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'Gran Fury: Read My Lips' Exhibit Documents AIDS Activist Art Collective's Work

Posted 01.30.2012

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The the first comprehensive survey documenting the work of AIDS activist art collective Gran Fury from 1987 to 1995 will be on display at 80WSE Galler...

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Bridging the Divide

James Zogby | Posted 03.29.2012

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James Zogby

There were times I felt as though this were a sort of Hogwart's Castle. But I came to realize that this wasn't the case. The students weren't magical, nor was the place. It was the opportunity for meeting and learning from each other that was the magic.

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Why Is the Women Entrepreneurs Festival So Different?

Nancy Hechinger | Posted 03.22.2012

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Nancy Hechinger

The Women Entrepreneurs Festival was held this week at ITP, the two-year graduate program at NYU where students earn a masters in the imaginative uses of technology.

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How to Ace the College Interview

Jada Alexander | Posted 03.17.2012

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Jada Alexander

"So tell me, why the University of Chicago?" My interviewer, an alumni of the school, asked me toward the end of our conversation. Here's my answer to the million-dollar question.

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Educating for Democracy: All About Jobs

Joel Shatzky | Posted 03.11.2012

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Joel Shatzky

There is no evidence that No Child Left Behind, with its reliance on standardized tests and the incalculable damage it has done to the teaching profession, has made math more accessible to our students in the decade since its inception.

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