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Research News (read all posts)

  • NYU Awarded $4.96 Million Grant from Jim Joseph Foundation

    New York University will receive a grant of $4.96 million over six years for scholarships to support masters and doctoral students in Jewish education. The grant was awarded by the Jim Joseph Foundation, addressing a need to invest in training...

    Published: Wednesday, June 25th 2008 08:58 PM
  • Selling War to America, by Steinhardt's Terence P. Moran and Eugene Secunda

    In Selling War to America, Steinhardt's Terence P. Moran and Eugene Secunda examine the history of presidential administrations' use of propaganda to sell the idea of war to the American public. Read more . . ....

    Published: Tuesday, June 17th 2008 06:19 PM
  • Burde Begins Major Research on Schooling in Afghanistan

    Recognizing the importance of education to reconstruction efforts in regions torn by war and conflict, international aid agencies have in recent years increased their focus on education-related projects. Yet very little empirical data exist to help guide the design...

    Published: Tuesday, June 17th 2008 11:17 PM

Steinhardt Spotlights (read all posts)

  • Surprise Kiss Immortalizes Steinhardt Alum in Photo

    Edith Shain (Steinhardt '47) was unexpectedly captured in one of history's most iconic photographs on August 14, 1945, the day the Japanese surrendered and World War II was officially over. Read about Edith Shain's appearance in this famous photo....

    Published: Wednesday, June 18th 2008 08:10 PM
  • Jeremijenko Profiled in NYU Alumni Magazine

    NYU Alumni Magazine offers a profile of Natalie Jeremijenko, assistant professor of visual art at NYU Steinhardt. Jeremijenko is the founder of NYU's Environmental Health Clinic, which combines conceptual art with social activism. Read the Profile of Natalie Jeremijenko...

    Published: Monday, June 16th 2008 09:38 PM
  • Steinhardt Researchers Make Case for Keeping Children at Forefront of Immigration Debate

      The recent book Learning a New Land: Immigrant Students in American Society (Harvard University Press) is the culmination of a five-year interdisciplinary study-the largest of its kind ever funded by the National Science Foundation's cultural anthropology division. Co-authors Carola...

    Published: Wednesday, June 18th 2008 08:12 PM

Steinhardt Commentaries (read all posts)

  • Dean Mary Brabeck: Putting Clinical Findings to Work in the Classroom

    Since it now appears that the federal Higher Education Act will finally be reauthorized, it will soon be time to examine the reauthorization of the Institute of Education Sciences. Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst, who has transformed this grantmaking office...

    Published: Monday, June 16th 2008 09:49 PM
  • Charlton McIlwain: Clinton Veering Close to Racial Stereotypes

    Many suspected that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's recent substance-over-mere-words attacks against Sen. Barack Obama smacked of desperation. Some expected these attacks to come to an end once Wisconsin had come and gone, giving the Clinton campaign its expected defeat there....

    Published: Monday, June 16th 2008 09:45 PM
  • Mitchell Stevens: An Admissions Race That's Already Won

    Last month thousands of our best and brightest high-school students found out whether they had been accepted by early decision to the colleges of their choice. Each had spent weeks poring over application forms, polishing essays, and agonizing over where...

    Published: Monday, June 16th 2008 09:46 PM

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