Dogon Nshimiyimana started his education in a makeshift classroom under the trees in the Gihembe Refugee Camp. He graduated from NYU with a master’s degree in international education.
Category: Awards
An Interview with Baccalaureate Speaker Khirad Siddiqui
Baccalaureate speaker, Khirad Siddiqui, is a graduating senior in the Department of Applied Psychology. She has served as a juvenile justice advocate, a position that sparked the topic of her honors thesis.
Hirokazu Yoshikawa Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education in the Department of Applied Psychology, has been elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Yoshikawa is a community and developmental psychologist who studies the effects of public policies and programs related to immigration, early childhood, poverty reduction, and sexuality on children’s development.
Alexander Galloway Named 2019 Guggenheim Fellow
Alexander Galloway, professor of media, culture, and communication, has been awarded a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship. The Guggenheim Foundation awards fellowships to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or creative ability in the arts.
NYU Steinhardt Faculty Honored with Prestigious Martin Luther King, Jr. Faculty Award
Steinhardt faculty members, Carol Anne Spreen, Jasmine Ma, Teboho Moja, and David Kirkland, have been awarded NYU’s prestigious Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Award. The award is presented annually to faculty members at NYU who exemplify King’s spirit through their teaching, public service, leadership, and community-building activities. David Kirkland David E. Kirkland, a recipient of […]
Five Members of NYU Steinhardt Community Win Grammy Awards
Five members of the NYU Steinhardt community were among the honorees when the Recording Academy announced its winners at the 61st Grammy Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 10, 2019. Grammy Awards are selected annually to honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency, and overall excellence in the recording industry. Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Emily Lazar (STEINHARDT ’96), Mastering Engineer, Colors […]
NYU Steinhardt Celebrates 2019 Grammy Award Nominees
NYU Steinhardt congratulations our alumni who received 2019 Grammy awards and nominations. We will be rooting for them during the 61st Annual Grammy Award telecast on February 10th, 2019. Kudos go to: Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Emily Lazar (STEINHARDT ’96), Mastering Engineer, Colors Best Alternative Music Album Alex Epton (STEINHARDT ’02), Recording Engineer, American Utopia Emily Lazar (STEINHARDT ’96), Mastering […]
Building a Beloved Community: A Profile of Associate Dean Patricia Carey (PhD ’82)
During a career spanning nearly five decades, Patricia Carey built a community of inclusion and belonging at NYU. It’s a crisp November day, a touch of winter is in the air, and Patricia Carey, Steinhardt’s associate dean for student affairs, is meeting with the Administrators of Color Network at NYU’s Kimmel Center. It’s a standing […]
Two Steinhardt Alumnae Nominated for 2018 Emmy Awards
NYU Steinhardt congratulates Erin Doyle and Ali Feindstein, two alumnae nominated for 2018 Emmy Awards for their work on television shows. Erin Doyle (BS ’07), who graduated from with a degree in communication studies, was nominated for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series as a producer for NBC’s Creating Saturday Night Live. Ali Feinstein, (BS ’11), a […]
Selcuk Şirin Receives 2018 Klaus J. Jacobs Prize for Project Hope, an Online Videogame Platform for Refugee Children
Selcuk Şirin, professor of applied psychology at NYU Steinhardt, has been awarded the Jacobs Foundation’s 2018 Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize for Project Hope, an online platform that allows children to play videogames anywhere in the world with an internet connection. Şirin, one of ten researchers to be honored by the foundation, will receive […]
