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Writing Instructor’s Book One of The Times’ Ten Best

November 8, 2011

Adjunct Instructor Matt de la Pena’s book,  A Nation’s Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis, has been named one of the 10 Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2011 by The New York Times Sunday Book Review.

Pena, who teaches Novel Writing, is the author of four other books.

SCPS Extends its Global Reach with Tools for New Diplomats

October 4, 2011

Every third week of September, thousands of diplomats descend on the Turtle Bay section of Manhattan for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly. While they represent the most advanced industrialized countries as well as the least developed ones, those diplomats on first assignment to the General Assembly have something in common: little or no prior exposure to multinational institutions. 

Recognizing that the absence of previous exposure to a complex institutions such as the UN is a challenge to many diplomats, Vera Jelinek, divisional dean of the Center for Global Affairs, launched the “Tools for New Diplomats” preparatory workshops in 2000.

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Career Coach Says, “Take Control of Your Job Search!”

September 28, 2011

Robert Hellmann

The latest employment figures released by the government provided no comfort to the 14 million unemployed Americans, but career and executive coach Robert Hellmann, an adjunct instructor in the Department of Career, Education, and Life Planning says that many of them are unaware of options that may help them find work.

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CGA’s Galeotti comments on Russian spy ring

June 30, 2010

Professor Mark Galeotti of the NYU-SCPS Center for Global Affairs has been interviewed extensively regarding this week’s arrest by the FBI of 10 members of an alleged Russian spy ring.

An expert on espionage and Russian crime syndicates, Galeotti said during this interview on Bloomberg News that the ring was a “massive operation” and evidence of a greater “tempo” in Russian spying activities.

“The Cold War never really ended,” he said.

Links:

“What’s the state of Russian foreign espionage?” In Moscow’s Shadows (Mark Galeotti’s blog)

Career tips for new college grads from NYU-SCPS career expert Hellmann

June 29, 2010

It’s summer, and the Class of 2010 has entered the workforce. NYU-SCPS career expert Rob Hellmann offers these useful, timely career tips for new college grads in a recent interview with ABC News:

  • Before looking for a career, look inward and do some self-assessment.
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NYU-SCPS McGhee alum broke “Runaway General” story

June 23, 2010

The man pundits are saying “turned the American war in Afghanistan upside-down” is an alum of the Paul McGhee Division for adult undergraduate students.

Former NYU-SCPS student Michael Hastings wrote the article “The Runaway General” in Rolling Stone magazine that quoted General Stanley McChrystal (the former U.S. commander in Afghanistan) and aides criticizing the White House and which resulted in the general’s firing by President Obama.

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NYU’s Bjorn Hanson forecasts 2nd year decline in hotel capital expenditures

June 23, 2010

As reported by Reuters today (06/23/10), capital spending by the U.S. lodging industry will decline in 2010, by approximately 10 percent, according to a new report from the Tisch Center’s Bjorn Hanson.

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NYU Publishing Center Heads To Abu Dhabi

June 16, 2010

The Center for Publishing at the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies and KITAB—a joint venture company between the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) and the Frankfurt Book Fair— will collaborate on a new executive training program, to be hosted at the newly opened temporary NYU Abu Dhabi campus, beginning in fall 2010.

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Rosemary Scanlon Named Director of Academic Affairs at NYU Schack

June 16, 2010

Rosemary Scanlon, one of the nation’s leading experts in regional and urban economics, has been named Director of Academic Affairs at the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate.

As NYU Schack’s Director of Academic Affairs, Scanlon will oversee all academic components of the graduate program as well as work with Divisional Dean James Stuckey and the faculty in developing strategic planning initiatives.  Additionally, she will spearhead recruitment, interviewing, evaluation, and promotion of all new faculty members.

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Precision Media’s Bo Sacks keynotes NYU Summer Publishing Institute 2010

June 10, 2010

Bo Sacks — self-described “avid publishing futurist” and owner of  The Precision Media Group — opened this year’s Summer Publishing Institute at NYU-SCPS, telling the gathered class of about 100 future publishing professionals that “print is not dead” but “it will not be the primary way to read in the future.”

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