| Campus News E-commerce Pioneer Peggy Yu (俞渝) to serve as Commencement SpeakerThe founder and chair of e-commerce company Dangdang (当当网), Peggy Yu Yu (俞渝), will deliver the keynote address at NYU Shanghai’s third commencement on May 30. Read moreYann LeCun Wins A.M Turing Award, Computing’s Highest HonorYann LeCun, NYU professor and a familiar face at NYU Shanghai, was named a 2018 AM Turing Award winner by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) on March 27. Read moreFaculty to Build On-Campus "Re-makerspace"NYU Shanghai art professor Monika Lin and instructor Marcela Godoy have won an NYU Green Grant to create a “Re-makerspace” in the Academic Building. The Re-makerspace will serve as an on-campus hub for community members to take plastic garbage and transform it into practical objects such as coin purses, jewelry or art objects. Read more
| | Quick Takes “We wouldn’t have sold as many copies if it was titled ‘Wisconsin by the Book.’” Liam Callanan talked about the challenges and rewards of tackling a well-known city like Paris in his latest novel Paris by the Book at the March 26 Literary Reading Series. NYU Shanghai’s “Young Entrepreneurs” series welcomed Jian Lili, the founder of 简单心理 (translation: simple psychology), an online platform that helps connect patients with professional counselors and other mental health resources on March 27. Named in 2016 to the Forbes’ Asia 30 Under 30 list, Jian shared her journey of entrepreneurship. “When I started, I had expected to face problems maybe once every six months,” she said. "But now, every day, there is a problem to deal with." Nevertheless, running and building a business has been worth it, she said. "It's fun. You're creating new things, seeing new things at such a young age."
| PerspectivesAlumni Voices: Liu Lingyi ’18Liu shares how an interdisciplinary liberal arts curriculum helped her uncover her true interests and choose a major and research focus. She also gives us a glimpse of her new life in London, studying and surrounding herself with art. Read more
| Notice Board - Seniors: Take the Class of 2019 First Destination Survey to let us know what adventures are coming up for you after graduation. Whether you’ll be studying, working, or taking some time off in this exciting new chapter of your life, this information will help us understand where our students are going, and help inspire prospective students and lower classes. Let’s build the legacy of NYU Shanghai together!
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- Students: This is the last call for the annual NYU Shanghai Undergraduate Research Symposium on May 18. This year, Academic Affairs invites students from every year to join a university-wide celebration of undergraduate research. This is a great opportunity to share your research achievements with the NYU Shanghai community. The Symposium will feature honors and capstone projects and thesis papers, as well as creative work that students have completed for the Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund (DURF), Independent Study Courses, International Conferences, and the Dean’s Service Scholars Program (DSS). Apply now!
| In the Media | | Photo of the Week All hands on deck! The NYU Shanghai Urban Garden, sponsored by an NYU Green Grant, is calling workers to help build a new raised bed from noon to 1:00 PM on Monday, April 1. Assistant Professor of Practice in Political Science Ivan Rasmussen has wooden boards, hammers, and nails at the ready. Join us in the “backyard” of NYU Shanghai, and help us prepare a place for home-grown veggies to “spring” through the soil. | Featured EventsMonday, April 1
Talk | Italy and China: New Chapter of Economic Ties
Italy and China are strengthening ties and exploring economic opportunities. Join us for a talk with Michele Geraci, Undersecretary of State at the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, to find out more about President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Italy and Italy’s involvement in the Belt and Road Initiative. Introduction and moderation by Jeff Lehman, Vice Chancellor and Professor of Law.
Room 1505 / 17:00-18:30 Tuesday, April 2 How Does AI-Powered Adaptive Learning Upgrade The Education Industry? Derek Haoyang Li, founder of Squirrel AI Learning, will share how “AI + education” can revolutionize the education space by providing high-quality instruction and meeting different students’ learning needs. Room 1505 / 12:00-13:30
Our China Event No.1: China’s One-Child/Two-Child Policy
This panel series is a student-led, interactive platform for NYU Shanghai community members both from within the Global China Studies major and from other academic disciplines to share their own encounters and experiences about and in China.
Room 309 / 17:45-19:00 Monday, April 8
Talk | “If even the Chinese grow wings and fly”: Mapping Martial Arts Genealogies on the Swahili Coast
Derek Sheridan, an Assistant Research Fellow with the Institute of Ethnology at Academia Sinica, presents the case of BAFIMA, a Karate Dojo in Bagamoyo, Tanzania and its founder, Sempai Ally, who views his life as a debt to reveal the “real pasts” of the martial arts. Sheridan will trace how a particular set of practices/aesthetics have come together which can neither be considered derivative of East Asia nor glossed simply as “African appropriation,” but are rather mapped within Islamic geographies which defy continental categories. Room 1505 / 12:00-13:30 Talk | Rare Earth Geopolitics: A Case of Economic Statecraft? In an increasingly globalized world, how might world powers respond to growing resource competition? How does the use of economic statecraft impact power relations in a time of renewed global power competition and trade disputes? Sophia Kalantzakos, Global Distinguished Professor in Environmental Studies and Public Policy at New York University will talk about her latest research on rare earth geopolitics. Room 1505 / 17:15-18:30
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