New York University

NYU Tisch School of the Arts announces the opening of applications for its new Master’s of Professional Studies degree in Virtual Production, a one-year, intensive course of study that blends cutting edge technology, science, and…

NYU President Linda G. Mills and Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) President Kwang Hyung Lee were joined by Sung Bae Jun, president of the Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning &…

The Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University (CBA) and National Sawdust, with continued support from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, announce the 2023-24 Fellows: composers Erica “Twelve45” Blunt and Wang Lu and…

Research on long-term memories has largely focused on the role of neurons—the brain’s nerve cells. However, in recent years, scientists are discovering that other cell types are also vital in memory formation and storage.A new study,…

“The Queen’s Gambit” miniseries portrayed the life of a fictional chess prodigy, Beth Harmon, who is continuously underestimated in male-dominated competitions. A team of New York University psychology researchers has now found some…

Researchers have used CRISPR gene editing, stem cells and human neurons to understand the role of a gene that is commonly mutated in autism. This new study, published today in The American Journal of Human Genetics, ties mutations in the…

A team of New York University computer scientists has created a neural network that can explain how it reaches its predictions. The work reveals what accounts for the functionality of neural networks—the engines that drive artificial…

limate change that has occurred over the past 260 million years and brought about mass extinctions of life during these periods was due to massive volcanic eruptions and subsequent environmental crises, concludes a team of scientists.Its…

Debra Furr-Holden, dean of the NYU School of Global Public Health and professor of epidemiology, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. She is recognized for her community-partnered research that has spurred policy change,…

Interim Provost Georgina Dopico today announced that NYU will establish a Center for Indigenous Studies and has recruited Eve Tuck—a prominent Indigenous Studies scholar at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in…