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"
NYU Shanghai leadership team sees "rare opportunity" as inaugural class takes shape
February 16th, 2013 | by Evelyn Cheng | published in Features, News & Opinion
"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 […]
Shanghai architecture: Three closeups
March 15th, 2012 | by Sophie Elias | published in Arts & Culture, Creative takes, Photography, zS Blogs
Sophie Elias' photos of Jing'an Temple, the ECNU front gate and the Oriental Pearl Tower address China's twin obsessions with futuristic modernism and traditional forms
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…
Students raise concerns amidst optimism as NYU adds Shanghai to global network
April 1st, 2011 | by Charlotte H. Evans | published in Features, News & Opinion
The NYU brand extends to China in a big way, and amidst the celebrations and optimism, NYU students voice both excitement and concern
President Sexton on NYU Shanghai: A warm symbolic embrace (and a few actual bear hugs)
March 29th, 2011 | by Ijeoma Anyanwu | published in Features, News & Opinion
Ijeoma Anyanwu reports on NYU President Sexton's address to a small gathering of NYU and ECNU students, faculty and administrators, and shares her enthusiasm for the NYU Shanghai project.
NYU Shanghai: Breaking new ground in global education
March 28th, 2011 | by Casey S. Kwon | published in Features, News & Opinion, Photography
NYU President John Sexton joined Chinese and American students, educators, administrators and officials to celebrate the beginning of a new chapter in NYU history, dedicating the site of the future NYU Shanghai campus in Lujiazui, Pudong. NYU Shanghai's Casey Kwon was on hand to document it…
1 in 70 Million: Being a student Party member in China
October 1st, 2010 | by Hyejin Kim | published in Arts & Culture, Features, Magazine
Hyejin Kim examines the attitudes of Chinese college students toward membership in the Communist Party. The results? Just don't look for ideological fervor…
CNNGo gets a Back Gate "education in Shanghai street food"
September 30th, 2010 | by zaiShanghai | published in Eat & drink, zS Blogs
CNNGo discovers what NYU students learn within minutes of arriving on the campus of ECNU: The street eats are cheap and tasty just beyond the Back Gate…
Through the Back Gate: A taste of "the dream of Shanghai"
May 3rd, 2009 | by Brianna Paolicelli | published in Eat & drink, zS Blogs
Shortly after arriving in Shanghai, Brianna Paolicelli found that beneath the chaotic surface of life on the notoriously clamorous streets outside ECNU's back gate, a young migrant's steady ambition, dedication and good cheer shed light on "the dream of Shanghai" held by many Chinese newcomers to the city.