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NYU Around the World
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- Arts and Science College of Dentistry Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Gallatin School of Individualized Study Grossman School of Medicine Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Institute of Fine Arts Leonard N. Stern School of Business Long Island School of Medicine Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Rory Meyers College of Nursing School of Global Public Health School of Law School of Professional Studies Silver School of Social Work Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development Tandon School of Engineering Tisch School of the Arts
On March 29, NYU Shanghai hosted the final round of its fifth Digital Innovation Challenge.
A new seminar series has been launched—STEM Seminars (or STEMinars).
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Maotou Zhou MSOMS ’26: Making Connections, Leading Together
“I’d say my career path hasn’t been linear,” he reflected. “I wanted to have my own focus and specialty, but I also wanted to go abroad and pick up a variety of new skills along the way.”
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Raquel Jimenez ’26: Choose the Harder Path and Make it Your Own
It's been a tough road since she took a 180-degree turn and switched major in her late sophomore year. But passion and perseverance helped her get through.
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Cao Yijia ’26: Pursuing Curiosity Over Certainty
Looking back on her college career, Yijia doesn’t hesitate with her rating: a perfect 10. “Because if I could travel back in time,” she says, “I would still make the same choices.”
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Emily Tsiang on Cities, Agency, and Experiential Learning
Emily Tsiang exemplifies how life design extends beyond the classroom, emphasizing the importance of the questions we ask ourselves in the places we inhabit.
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Yan Dengfeng on Decoding Consumer Behavior
Professor Yan embodies a simple belief: the most meaningful research begins and ends with people.
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Stanley Virgint ’23 on Asking for What You Want
As a travel-loving teenager, Stanley Virgint '23 found himself flying off to Shenzhen—despite knowing no Chinese—after landing a summer internship at DJI, the world’s largest drone company. Now as the founder of Soar, a smart travel app startup, he f
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Addison Zhang NYU '26 on Studying Away to Connect With Home
What brought Addison Zhang '26 to Shanghai was the call of home and family.
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Jun Zhang on His Winding Path in Science
NYU Shanghai Professor of Physics and Mathematics Jun Zhang is the Co-Director of the NYU-ECNU Institute of Physics. He’s also someone who thinks deeply about the connections between art and science. Here he talks about how those connections have car
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Shi Jiamin ’23 on Learning by Doing
Growing up between two vastly different cities—Harare and Shanghai—Shi Jiamin ’23 learned to embrace complexity and value diversity. Majoring in Interactive Media Arts at NYU Shanghai, she thrived in a collaborative, supportive community where self-e
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242 Study Away Students Kick off 2026 Spring Semester
NYU Shanghai welcomed a record 242 study away students from 29 countries for the Spring 2026 semester.
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