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Posted February 22nd, 2012

The plan behind open-plan

A little while ago, I had a chance to visit New York’s City Hall, where Michael Bloomberg – the former trader-turned-financial-information-mogul – now works as mayor. As I entered...

Posted February 17th, 2012

The U.S. in Fifty Dates

R. Luke Dubois, artist and Assistant Professor of Integrated Digital Media, analyzed 21 dating websites by looking through 19 million dating profiles across the U.S., to pull out the words that...

Posted February 17th, 2012

Student Engineers Paying it Forward

During National Engineering Week and a February-long celebration of Black History Month, NYU-Poly highlights the legacy of its alumni and the continued impact of the African-American community on the...

Posted February 14th, 2012

Knowledge is Power: Peter Jordan on the Value of Education

During a February-long celebration of Black History Month, NYU-Poly highlights the legacy of its alumni and the continued impact of the African-American community on the Institute.  Just last...

Posted February 13th, 2012

On the CUSP: Show Your Support for the Center for Urban Science and Progress

Last fall, NYU announced a proposal to build the Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) at the site of the former MTA building in Downtown Brooklyn. Bringing momentum to an already burgeoning...

Posted February 13th, 2012

Decoding the Deep: Juliana Freire and Claudio Silva Join NYU-Poly

Every day the Internet grows to include at least 150,000 new URLs or websites. While generic search engines such as Google and Bing cover a substantial portion of the Web, they have important...

Posted February 8th, 2012

NYU-Poly Students Makes it Through Preliminary Round in Stern Competition

SunCulture, a company that seeks to change farming in rural East Africa through the deployment of solar powered irrigation systems, has made it through the preliminary round of NYU's Stern Social...

Posted February 3rd, 2012

Want Consensus? Look to Fish

A flock of birds. A school of fish. An army of ants. Glance at these groupings and they appear to move in unison effortlessly. Take a closer look and you’ll see an intricate symphony of leaders...

Posted February 1st, 2012

A Perfect Circle: NYU-Poly Opens Its Doors at 2 MetroTech Center

“In many ways this ribbon cutting fulfills a dream that began 30 years ago with Forest City Ratner and George Bugliarello,” said Jerry Hultin, President of the Polytechnic Institute of...

Posted January 27th, 2012

NYUAD Sophomore Presents University's First Peer-Reviewed Paper

For most NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) students, winter break was a time to relax, visit with friends and family, and prepare for J-Term courses. For sophomore Songyishu Yang, however, it also included a...