Class of 2017 applicant selections are underway as NYU Shanghai leadership looks to make the most of a "rare opportunity" in international education to "bring cultures together"
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NYU Shanghai leadership team sees "rare opportunity" as inaugural class takes shape
February 16th, 2013 | by Evelyn Cheng | published in Features, News & Opinion
Historical context a must when judging China's leadership transition
November 14th, 2012 | by Charles Cochin de Billy | published in Features, News & Opinion
Charles Cochin de Billy argues that those who would judge China's 18th Party Congress and leadership transition must understand China's complex history first
Stalactites and stalagmites in the spotlight at Shijiazhuang's Qingliang Shan
October 30th, 2012 | by Amy Lu | published in Features, Travel
Amy Lu reports on the fantastical (and fantastically lit) stalactite and stalagmite rock formations found deep inside Hebei Province's Qinglian Shan.
"A pioneer undertaking": NYU Shanghai officially underway
October 22nd, 2012 | by Evelyn Cheng | published in Features, News & Opinion
New York University President John Sexton and various Shanghai education and government dignitaries including a department head from the national Ministry of Education officially announced the opening of NYU Shanghai on Monday, creating the first joint American university in China to offer a degree-granting program in the liberal arts and sciences. "The future relies on understanding each other […]
Population and pollution: US vs. China
May 15th, 2012 | by Sophie Elias | published in Features, News & Opinion
Sophie Elias charts China's "Supergrowth," comparing GDP per capita, urban population, CO2 emissions, making it clear where we've been, where we are, and where we are headed if we don't take action.
Let the Poetry Club serenade you
May 7th, 2012 | by Sarah Brady | published in Creative takes, Features
The NYU Shanghai Poetry Club's freshmen poets, led by Timothy Tomlinson and his wife Deedle, meet weekly to talk and write poetry. Here's a collection of our best work.
Mike Daisey, Rob Schmitz, and Foxconn: what this means for journalism
May 2nd, 2012 | by Kathryn Tam | published in Features, News & Opinion
Last Friday afternoon, the Shanghai Foreign Correspondents Club hosted a talk by Rob Schmitz, the Shanghai correspondent for American Public Media’s Marketplace. Watching him finish the lasts bites of his chicken tikka before he was to give his talk about his recent trip to an iPad assembly line, “Truth and Fiction at Foxconn,” felt a little unreal […]
Where's Hollo?
April 4th, 2012 | by zaiShanghai | published in Features, Travel
Picking a tall white guy out of a billion or so Chinese is harder than we thought. Zach Hollo's going all kinds of places in China and writing about it. Seen him around?
Making the most of your Shanghai internship
February 6th, 2012 | by Caroline Osse | published in Features, Internships, jobs & volunteering
Worried about plunging into the work world in a new city (not to mention a new culture)? Caroline Osse draws on her experience to offer tips for Shanghai internship-hunters.
Why Pudong?
February 4th, 2012 | by J. Zach Hollo | published in Features, News & Opinion
Zach Hollo wonders what might be lost when NYU Shanghai relocates to Pudong, leaving the local charm and grit of Zaoyang behind for Shanghai's gleaming financial district…