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61 unusual facts about New York University


'Tis

Frank McCourt: The narrator and author of the book and an immigrant from Ireland, he has a deep love for literature and eventually goes on to marry Alberta after attending NYU.

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.

Aarktica

The outfit's debut album, No Solace in Sleep, was recorded on a dying 4-track cassette recorder in various New York University dorm rooms and released on Silber Records in 2000.

Bananadine

Researchers at New York University have found that banana peel contains no intoxicating chemicals, and that smoking it produces only a placebo effect.

Bill Goichberg

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

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.

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.

Carol Heiss

During that time, she attended and graduated from New York University.

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.

Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design

Many of the CIID faculty have been involved in the now defunct Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, Royal College of Art's Interaction Design course, the ITP course at New York University, and the MIT Media Lab and visiting faculty have included people from IDEO, Smart Design, Frog Design, Stamen and The Rockwell Group.

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.

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.

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.

Erwin Marquit

He was blacklisted as an engineer and barred from completing a master's degree dissertation in physics at New York University in 1950 due to his Communist Party affiliation and he emigrated to Poland.

Extremism in America

It was published by New York University Press in 1995 as a 385-page hardcover (ISBN 0-8147-7978-6) and paperback (ISBN 0-8147-8011-3).

Gary Stix

Stix obtained his undergraduate degree in journalism from New York University.

Gloria Votsis

At the age of 17, she studied abroad for her senior year of high school in France and attended New York University upon graduating.

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.

Gujarat National Law University

Instead some of them have taken higher studies in universities like Harvard University , Cornell University , Oxford University ,Cambridge University , New York University among others.

Habib Munzir Al-Musawa

His father also studied in US, where he got his bachelor degree in Journalism at New York University in NYC.

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.

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.

Jacob Ben-Arie

Between 1968 - 1976, Ben-Arie completed a degree in Biology at Tel Aviv University and studied for MA in Psychology and Biomechanics at 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.

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.

Justin Bryant

He is a graduate of the MFA Creative Writing program at New York University, where he did his thesis with E. L. Doctorow.

Karacasu

The city also contains the grave of archaeologist Kenan Erim of New York University who did so much to excavate the site.

Keystone National High School

Keystone graduates have been accepted at many major universities and colleges, including Calvin College, Dartmouth, New York University, Duke, Notre Dame, Rice, Stanford, Yale, and West Point Academy.

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.

Leroy J. Manor

He attended New York University during 1946–47 and received a bachelor of science degree in education.

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.

Mariette DiChristina

She has been an adjunct professor in the graduate Science, Health and Environmental Reporting program at New York University for the past few years.

Mark Sadan

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

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.

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.

Mucoid plaque

In a review of websites promoting products that claim to remove 'mucoid rope' or plaque from consumers' intestines, Howard Hochster of New York University wrote that these websites are "abundant, quasi-scientific, and unfortunately convincing to a biologically uneducated public."

Pantha

It was revealed that Pantha was a vet student at New York University named Rosabelle Mendez who was captured by Maxwell Lord and made into Pantha, then sold to the Wildebeest Society.

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.

Patricia Hogan

Prior to becoming a Professor at Northern Michigan University, Hogan was an Assistant Professor and Assistant Research Scientist at New York University (from 1981–83; then again 1985-91) in New York City, New York.

Patrick Cousot

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

Peter Gollwitzer

Peter Gollwitzer is a professor of psychology in the Psychology Department at New York University.

Pēteris Plakidis

His works have also been performed by the New York University Chamber Music Society who performed "Pastorale".

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.

Robert Bondi

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

SETL

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

Still Life with Crows

The following novel, The Book of the Dead, ends with a letter, purportedly written by Corrie to Preston and Child, telling them that she has graduated Exeter and plans to spend a year in New York City, working and learning, before attending university at NYU.

The GoStation

Singer Doug Levy and guitarist Matt Friedlander met while the latter was a student at New York University.

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.

Toby Martin

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

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.

William Alexander Levy

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

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.


Adam Storch

He received an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business.

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.

Alexander Schmemann

He also served as adjunct professor at Columbia University, New York University, Union Theological Seminary and General Theological Seminary in New York.

Anna Goldfeder

New York City Hospitals Department and the Department of Biology at New York University Washington Square, where she was director of the Cancer and Radiobiology Research Laboratory.

Arvind Raghunathan

For the next three years, Raghunathan was Assistant Professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University and the University of California, Davis, where he accomplished fundamental research on computing.

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.

Bantu Mwaura

Bantu undertook his PhD in Performance Studies at the New York University and also had a Masters degree in Theatre Studies from Leeds University (UK) and another Masters in African-American and African Studies from the Ohio State University (US).

Bonnie Marranca

She is a Guggenheim Fellow, a recipient of the Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship in the UK, and Fulbright Senior Scholar who has taught at Columbia University, Princeton University, NYU, Duke University, the University of California-San Diego, Free University of Berlin, and the Autonomous University of Barcelona Institute for Theatre .

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.

Cynthia Villar

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

Darni M Daud

Then undertook a master's degree in Inter-cultural Communications at New York University, and a Phd in Higher Education at Oregon State 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.

Dorothy Nelkin

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

Eduardus Halim

He is the inaugural holder of the Sascha Gorodnitzki Chair in Piano Studies and a member of the Artist Faculty at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

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.

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.

Kenneth S. Davis

During his varied career, Davis was a journalism instructor at New York University, a war correspondent attached to General Eisenhower's headquarters during World War II, a member of the UNESCO Relations Staff of the Sate Department, and a professor of history at both Kansas State and the University of Kansas.

Leo Herbert Lehmann

During his time in the US, he continued his education at New York University, earning a Master's degree.

Lola Van Wagenen

Van Wagenen received her bachelor’s degree at Vermont College in 1982 and her master’s degree in Public History at New York University in 1984.

Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez

Cortés obtained her undergraduate degree at Hunter College in New York City, and a master's degree at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University.

Mary J. Hickman

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

Mattias Kumm

Mattias Kumm (b. August 15, 1967 in Bremen, Germany) is Inge Rennert Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, as well as holding a Research Professorship on "Globalization and the Rule of Law" at the Social Science Research Center (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, WZB) and Humboldt University in Berlin.

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.

Nicholas Bamforth

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

Otto Nathan

Otto Nathan (1893-1987) was an economist who taught at Princeton University (1933-35), New York University (1935-42), Vassar College (1942-44), and Howard University (1946-52).

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.

Princess Donna

She became interested in photography and the politics of sex and gender equality as a teen, and studied both at New York University and its Tisch School of the Arts.

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.

RAVSAK

Each summer, participants of a given cohort attend a workshop at New York University conducted by leading scholars and educators in the field of Jewish history.

Ronald Sackville

Sackville has held many academic posts, including visiting appointments at McGill University (Montreal), Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University (New York), Cornell University (New York) and 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.

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.

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.

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.

Tyley Ross

Ross is currently an adjunct instructor of voice at NYU’s Tisch and Steinhardt schools.