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63 unusual facts about New York University


'Tis

He then decides to return to the US, where he attends New York University – despite never having graduated from high school.

2010 IQA World Cup

On August 15, 2010; the IQA announced that New York University would be hosting the tournament, making it the first time the World Cup was played in a major city.

9930 Billburrows

It was later renamed "Billburrows" after William E. Burrows, a professor at New York University who founded the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting school there.

A. F. K. Organski

After World War II, he settled in New York City, where he became an American citizen in 1944 and earned his B.A. (1947), M.A. (1948), and Ph.D. (1951) degrees from New York University.

Andrew Levitas

Graduation In 2000, he had a degree from New York University and a hugely successful acting career spanning across both television and film platforms.

Bassey Ewa-Henshaw

He attended New York University (1968–1974), obtaining a B.Sc and an M.Sc in Business.

Beam-index tube

Another solution to the indexing problem was introduced by David Goodman of New York University.

Bill Goichberg

After graduating from New York University in 1963, Goichberg worked as USCF Rating Statistician from 1964 to 1967.

Biodontics

The ABS has chapters developed or developing at New York University (NYU), Howard University, UConn, and Marquette University.

Cake Like

The band came together in 1993 when Kenney-Silver and Hellman met at New York University's Experimental Theater Wing, decided to form a band, and were joined by Hellman's roommate Seifert.

Canada national cricket team

As already mentioned, Canada played its first international against the USA in 1844 in New York at St George's Cricket Club, now the site of the New York University medical centre.

Charles Kalme

Kalme received a Ph.D. degree in mathematics from New York University in 1967, and became a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley.

College of the City of New York

The College of the City of New York is the former name of New York University's undergraduate college when the university was named "University of the City of New York".

Cynthia Villar

Two years later, in 1972, she obtained a Master's Degree in Business Administration at the New York University.

Dan Humphrey

Dan joins Blair, Vanessa and Georgina at New York University and instantly fits in among its many aspiring writers.

David Jay Brown

At New York University in 1986, Brown earned a masters degree in psychobiology.

Day Without Art

In the spring of 1985, Thomas Sokolowski, then head of New York University’s Grey Art Gallery, was showing the work of a promising 29-year-old artist.

Debbie Matenopoulos

Matenopoulos went to John Randolph Tucker High School, and then attended Virginia Commonwealth University for one year before transferring to the Journalism Department at New York University.

Dina Richardson

Richardson continued her studies of music and drama at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and the Royal Court Theatre Young People's Theatre in London.

Eugene Katchalov

Katchalov, a graduate with a business degree from NYU, is the winner of the largest payout for a non-championship event in the World Poker Tour (WPT), earning $2,482,605 with a win at the 2007 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic.

Eva Norvind

In 1970, Eva gave birth to her daughter Nailea Norvind in Mexico City and returned to New York City in 1980 to study film at New York University (NYU), graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree.

Frank Rosenthal

Despite his frequent arrests for illegal gambling and bookmaking, Rosenthal was convicted only once, after pleading no contest in 1963, for allegedly bribing a New York University player to shave points for a college basketball game in North Carolina.

Garry M. Gaber

He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from New York University and worked in the engineering field before being hired by LucasArts in 1994.

Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies

He has gained international recognition during his 20 years in higher education for his development and implementation of novel academic programming, including graduate and online learning strategies at both Georgetown and New York University (NYU).

Grigore Gafencu

In 1947 he was invited by Yale University Press to the United States for a series of conferences; at that time, he lectured at New York University.

Harry C. Bentley

He sold the school and enrolled at New York University as part of the initial class at NYU's School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, but Bentley was not given his degree in 1903 because he did not have a high school diploma.

Hebrew High School of New England

Virtually all students go on to four-year colleges after graduation, and HHNE students have been accepted to top schools such as Cooper Union, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Barnard College, Brandeis University, Boston University, New York University (NYU), Columbia University, Sarah Lawrence College, and Yeshiva University.

Herman Slater

An educated man, Slater studied business administration at New York University, liberal arts at Hunter College and traffic management at the Traffic Management Institute in New York.

Hugh Blumenfeld

He was active in the Greenwich Village music scene in the 1980s, attending the Cornelia Street Songwriters Exchange and performing at Folk City and Speak Easy while working on a PhD in Poetics from New York University.

J. McVicker Hunt

Before that he taught at a number of universities, including Brown University, Columbia University, the University of Nebraska, and New York University.

Jamie Owens

She studied at New York University at the time of 9-11, watched the World Trade Center being destroyed, and subsequently took refuge in her apartment during the aftermath.

Jennifer Fox

Jennifer has taught filmmaking for over ten years at New York University's School of Film and Television and Film Video Arts in New York.

Jordana Mendelson

Dr. Mendelson currently serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literature at New York University.

Joseph Laban

He also attended New York University on a Fulbright Scholarship for his Master’s degree in Journalism with a concentration in News and Documentary.

Lawrence Ritter

Ritter was a professor of economics and finance, and chairman of the Department of Finance at the Graduate School of Business Administration of New York University.

Leo Gershoy

Leo Gershoy was a history professor at New York University 1940-1975.

Lewis Henry Haney

Professor Haney lectured at New York University in 1908, afterwards teaching at the universities of Iowa and Michigan, and was a professor of economics at the University of Texas.

Louis Siciliano

In 1999 he took a masters degree course in composition at New York University.

Mark Sadan

Later, he was awarded a full scholarship to study at the Graduate Film and Television Institute of New York University.

Mary J. Hickman

She has been Visiting Professor at: New York University, Columbia University and Victoria University, Melbourne.

Michelle Patron

She was at the same time an adjunct professor at New York University's Center for Global

Monica Penders

Penders graduated from Griffith University, Australia with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in film and media studies and studied film at New York University and the New School.

Mounir Farah

Before that, he taught history and social science at New York University and Western Connecticut State University, as well as being a lecturer at international teacher's conferences and has a Ph.D. A strong advocate for history for, by, and about the Middle East, he served as a consultant for the Ministry of Education in Jordan and as a board member and past president of the Middle East Outreach Council.

Nancy Dolman

Dolman had three children: Katherine Elizabeth (born 1983), a graduate of New York University; Oliver Patrick (born 1986), a graduate of the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business; and Henry (born 1989), who also graduated from the University of Notre Dame in May, 2012.

Nicholas Bamforth

In 2003-4, he was a Hauser Global Research Fellow at New York University.

Nim Chimpsky

When Terrace ended the experiment, Nim was transferred back to the Institute for Primate Studies in Oklahoma, who later sold him to the Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates, a pharmaceutical animal testing laboratory managed by NYU.

Paolo Costa

Before entering politics he held numerous posts in Planning and Economics at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, University of Reading, U.K., and New York University.

Patrick Cousot

As of March 2008, Cousot is a Professor of Computer Science at New York University.

Prefoldin

Prefoldin was found by the laboratory of Nicholas J. Cowan from the Department of Biochemistry at the New York University Medical Center.

Raymond Wacks

His major works include: The Protection of Privacy published in 1980 by Sweet & Maxwell, Personal Information: Privacy and the Law, published in 1989 by Oxford University Press, Privacy, a two-volume collection of essays published in 1993 by Dartmouth, London and New York University Press, and Privacy and Press Freedom published by Blackstone Press, London in 1995.

Reuben Hersh

In 1962, he was awarded a Ph.D. in mathematics from New York University; his advisor was P.D. Lax.

Robert Sklar

He was a history professor at the University of Michigan and since 1977 was a professor of cinema in the Department of Cinema Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.

Roberto Aguire

Aguire was born in Los Angeles to Mexican parents and was subsequently raised in Switzerland before going on to study at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

Sergio Osmeña, Jr.

He graduated Associate of Arts cum laude at Ateneo de Manila on 1935 and Bachelor of Science in Commerce summa cum laude, New York University in 1938.

SETL

David Bacon, who was previously a PhD student in NYU with Jack Schwartz still actively maintains the compiler for SETL and its website.

Stanley Diamond

He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and then New York University, graduating from the latter with a B.A. degree in English and philosophy.

Summer and the City

Joining her along the way, she meets Samantha Jones, a true Manhattan fashionistas who's determined on the path of fame and fortune, and the opinionated feminist Miranda Hobbes who is a freshman at NYU.

The Last Days of Frankie the Fly

Frankie goes to the set of a porno one day, directed by his friend Joey (Sutherland), a NYU film school graduate who owes Sal money.

The Phantom Public

Today, this exchange between Lippmann and Dewey continues to be important for the critique of contemporary journalism, and press critics such as New York University's Jay Rosen invoke it to support moves toward civic journalism.

Theodore Gaillard Thomas

He was a lecturer in New York University (1855-63), and professor in the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City (1863-1889, wherehe held the chair of gynæcology when he retired.

Trish Goff

After returning to the United States, Goff received her real estate license from New York University and now works as a broker for Douglas Elliman in New York.

Vincent Tchenguiz

A master’s degree in business administration from New York University followed two years later.

Yukari Sato

A native of Setagaya, Tokyo, Satō received a bachelor's degree from Sophia University, a master's degree in international relations from Columbia University, and a Ph.D in economics from the New York University.


Adena Halpern

After graduating from Harriton High School outside Philadelphia, she attended New York University, graduating with a Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree in dramatic writing.

Alfred Kern

During World War II he served in the U.S. Army Air Forces (1942–46) and graduated from Allegheny College (1948) and New York University (1954).

Anna Balakian

Anna Balakian (14 July 1915 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey) – 12 August 1997 in New York City, United States), former chair of the Department of Comparative Literature at New York University, was internationally recognized as an authority on symbolism and surrealism.

Ashley Bell

Ashley attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree.

Biodontics

The first class was made up of nine students from UConn; while the 2006 class was made up of 24 students from the Howard University, Marquette University, UConn, and New York University (NYU) dental schools.

Connecticut's 4th congressional district election, 2008

Shays grew up in Darien, Connecticut, attended Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, and received an MBA and MPA from New York University.

Dennis Shasha

Dennis Elliot Shasha is a professor of computer science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, a division of New York University.

DNA machine

Research into DNA machines was pioneered in the late 1980s by Nadrian Seeman and co-workers from New York University.

Don Armando

After completing a tour of duty with the United States Air Force, he graduated from New York University with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, and later he acquired a Master's Degree from Columbia University.

Dorothy Nelkin

She rose to the rank of University Professor at the New York University (NYU) despite holding no advanced degrees.

Enid A. Haupt Glass Garden

The Enid A. Haupt Glass Garden was built in 1958 as part of the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine at New York University Medical Center.

Enver Gjokaj

Gjokaj graduated with an MFA from New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts.

Erzsébet Földi

In 1989, as a third-year student at New York University, she performed Paul Taylor's Esplanade with the Second Avenue Dance Company at the Tisch School of the Arts theater.

Festering Season

At the same time, Paul Whythe, a cultural anthropology professor at New York University is asked to consult with the NYPD’s Cult Related Task Force on dead body unearthed in Brooklyn Heights.

Frank Karel

He graduated from the University of Florida in 1961 and later received a master’s degree in public administration from New York University in 1983.

George Hughes Kirby

Kirby served as a professor of psychiatry at several medical schools in New York: from 1914 to1919, he was Adjunct Professor of Mental Diseases at New York University and Bellevue Medical College; from 1917 to 1932, he was professor of psychiatry at Cornell University Medical College; and from 1927 to 1932 he was professor of psychiatry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University.

Granville Sharp Pattison

He was appointed professor of anatomy at New York University on the reorganisation of its medical department in 1840, a post he retained till his death on 12 November 1851.

John Sabini

Sabini holds a degree from New York University's College of Business and Public Administration, now known as the Stern School, and attended its Graduate School of Public Administration, now known as the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.

Mehryar Mohri

Mehryar Mohri is a professor of computer science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University known for his work in machine learning, automata theory and algorithms, speech recognition and natural language processing.

Morris County School of Technology

Students from this academy have been accepted into Johns Hopkins University, Boston College, New York University and other colleges with medical facilities.

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

In 1992, Ngũgĩ became a professor of Comparative Literature and Performance Studies at New York University, where he held the Erich Maria Remarque Chair.

Patti D'Arbanville

D'Arbanville acted in her first film in 1960 at age 8; a New York University student film about a girl and her cat, titled Tuesday and Blue Silk.

Paul Moskowitz

Moskowitz is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School in New York City, received a Ph.D. in Physics from New York University, and has held research and teaching positions at the University of Grenoble, France, the University of Mainz, Germany, and the University of Colorado.

Ramon Magsaysay, Jr.

He pursued post-graduate studies in 1962 at Harvard School of Business Administration in Boston, Massachusetts, and spent another year in New York University Graduate School of Business Administration.

Ransohoff

Joseph Ransohoff (1915–2001), an American neurosurgeon, inventor, and former chairman of the New York University School of Medicine.

Richard Hendler

Richard Michael Hendler is an American attorney and Clinical Associate Professor of Law in Business at New York University Stern School of Business where he teaches commercial law, entertainment law, and entrepreneurial law at the undergraduate and graduate levels and Law for the Management Executive for the EMBA program.

Robert Bondi

Previous positions held include Assistant Dean of Iona College and Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Business of New York University.

Ross Global Academy

The school was developed in collaboration with New York University's Steinhardt School and Ross School in East Hampton, which follows a spiral curriculum designed by William Thompson and Ralph Abraham.

Sarah Charlesworth

Throughout her career, Charlesworth held various teaching positions at New York University, the School of Visual Arts (NY), Hartford University (CT), and before her death taught Master Critique in the MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Program and The School of Visual Arts.

Stephen Glicker

During that time, he also taught courses in interactive design, game design, 3D animation, and related tools at New York University, The New School, and Carnegie Mellon University.

Teeswater, Ontario

His paper "The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction" is now mandatory reading for art history students at New York University.

Toby Martin

Toby Martin (born 5 August 1975), is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, academic, and lecturer at New York University Sydney.

Toby Miller

Preceding his professorship at UCR, Miller was a professor at New York University, and held previous appointments at Murdoch University, Griffith University, and the University of New South Wales.

William Alexander Levy

At New York University's new School of Architecture, he studied under Raymond Bossange and Ely Jacques Kahn.