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In the midst of an economic meltdown, Stern faculty explain how we got here and how to escape the morass
> WHITE PAPER BRIEFS
Here’s a peek at a few key recommendations
> WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?
Scientists pursue neurological and behavioral explanations for financial decision-making
Photographer Rian Dundon discovers an underground scene of sex, drugs, and disaffection in China
Scholars argue that we must change the conversation to make America truly “postracial”
With a new and unparalleled campus opening in Abu Dhabi in 2010, NYU continues to advance education opportunities overseas
> WUNDERKIND IN THE CLASSROOM
Novelist Jonathan Safran Foer discusses fiction—and how to teach it
> WHAT CAME BEFORE
Following an acclaimed memoir and film adaption, James McBride pens a
Harriet Tubman-inspired slave narrative
> AMERICANS ABROAD
In Daphne Beal’s debut novel, an adventurous young woman comes of age in Nepal
> BRIGHTENING NEGLECTED SMILES
Robert Renner (WSC '64)
> THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN
Andrew D. Hamingson (STEINHARDT '08)
> LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT
Since January, our new commander-in-chief has famously lent an ear to
both critics and allies. Here’s advice
from some of NYU’s own experts
> THE ART OF WAR
Veterans find storytelling
offers catharsis and community
> CUTTING–EDGE RESEARCH
Forging a new path
to treat autism, cracking
Malaria’s code, and the mouth reveals an Alzheimer’s clue
> BEST OF NEW YORK
NYU faculty, staff, and alumni offer up their favorites
> OUT OF THE CLINIC
With HIV cases soaring, researchers bring
facts—and free screenings—to the gay hookup scene
> COMING OF AGE
A crowd-pleasing festival marks its new place in the film industry
> A HOUSE REUNITED
A new film follows the move of a Southern
plantation—and reckons with its complicated past
> CREDITS
NYU stars light up
red carpets and
the silver screen