What started as an eco-challenge to get NYU Shanghai students to give up meat is now a week-long roster of environmental talks and events held on three continents. Read on to hear from the organizers who put GoGreen Week on NYU’s global calendar.  >> Read more

Unlike many of her peers who equate “global leaders” with glamorous politicians, financiers or celebrities, Zhang Haiyan ‘19 explores leadership in a more aesthetic way. She seeks to “enhance people’s happiness through the experience of beauty.” Her unique aspiration has landed her one of this year's 20 Future Global Leaders Fellowships, a highly selective program for the most exceptional first-generation college students from around the world. >> Read more

Is it possible to grasp how the vast and diverse Internet works? Yes, says NYU Shanghai Dean of Engineering and Computer Science Keith Ross, who recently published the 7th edition of Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, known worldwide as the most popular textbook in the field of Computer Science. You can also study it in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, or Turkish, if you want. >> Read more 

People’s Daily published an opinion piece by Jeff Lehman. >> Read the article 

China Daily carried a story about the first Harvard Business Review public lecture in Beijing that quotes Dean Chen Yuxin on doing business in the digital era. >> Read the article

This week's Trash Fashion show, a highlight of GoGreen Week, has been featured on the nightly news on ICS and Pudong TV.

In Search of Knowing 
Kat Austen
18:00 ~ AB Room 1505  (more)

Art, Finance, Play
Pedro Erber
17:00 ~ AB Room 1505  (more)

Literary Reading Series
Jian Yang + Austin Werner + Xianoni Wang + Eleanor Goodman
19:00 ~ AB Room 604  (more)   

Center for Global Asia Lecture Series
Gungwu Wang
17:30 ~ AB Room 101  (more)

Expected Subjective Value Theory
Agnieszka Tymula, The University of Sydney
16:00 ~ AB Room 102  (more)

COMING UP -- Don’t miss Sustainable Conference this Saturday >> SIGN UP NOW | Come enjoy Ally Week’s opening picnic this Sunday at Biyun Park >> RSVP & follow on FACEBOOK | FUN Olympics come to NYUSH APR 25 >> JOIN THE FUN (deadline APR 18) | Experience life as coral with artist Kat Austen >> FIND OUT MORE | Explore tropical conservation in workshop with Prof Guttman @ Duke Kunshan MAY 7-8 >> COUNT ME IN .  
AWARDS -- Big Congrats to Mateusz Móscicki ’17 on winning Humanity in Action Fellowship and Gong Xiaoyue ’17 and her team on receiving Venture Well E-Team Grant of $5,000 to develop Aeolian air purifier >> FULL REPORT NEXT WEEK .
NEW FACES -- Please welcome Scout Chou 周聪颖, Director of Laboratory Animal Resources and Clinical Assistant Professor | Emily Xiong 熊心怡, Associate, Academic Affairs | Nikki Xiao 肖岚, Associate, Academic Affairs.
MISSED IT? -- Traditional tea workshop >> SEE PHOTOS | Prof Arkarapraserkul publishes article on Shanghai car culture >> READ ARTICLE .

"For China, high-speed rail has become a huge strategic move both domestically and internationally. The US market for high speed rail however is uncertain; the question being asked is not whether the US can build high speed rail, but whether it should at all. This question turns on whether these projects actually deliver the economic benefits they promise." 
John Foote, Executive Director, Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy, during a recent talk, entitled Horses for Courses.

The NYU Shanghai Chorale

Mark your calendars and plan to come to the Chorale's concert on May 6th!