New York University
Currency	Perstare and praestare ("Persevere and excel)
Original Name	New York University
Information
Foundation	1831
Type	Private University
Staffing	1.5 billion
Location
City	New York , New York
Country	United States
Direction
President	John Sexton
Key figures
Staff	15 286
Undergraduates	20 965
Postgraduates	19 905
Miscellaneous
Affiliates	AAU
Website	www.nyu.edu/
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The University of New York (in English : New York University: NYU, formerly is a university private U.S. located at New York. Its campus is located in the main district of Greenwich Village in the borough of Manhattan. Founded in 1831 by the American politician Albert Gallatin and a group of New Yorkers, it has become the largest private university in the country's non-profit, with a total number of students exceeds 40 000 . It brings together fifteen institutions (Schools, Colleges and Divisions) on six campuses across Manhattan.

Origins

Daguerreotype of Albert Gallatin.

A group of prominent residents of the City of New York - merchants, bankers and traders - founded the New York University April 18 1831. These New Yorkers thought the city needed a university designed to welcome young men based solely on merit, not on birthright or social class. Albert Gallatin , Secretary of the Treasury under the chairmanship of Thomas Jefferson , described his intentions in a letter to a friend:

"It seems impossible to preserve our democratic institutions and universal suffrage at least we can raise the level of general education and the spirit of the laboring classes to a level close to those born under better auspices. "

According to the founders, the curriculum offered in classic Colonial American universities should be combined with more modern teaching practices. Educators Paris , Vienna and London were just beginning to consider a new form of higher education, where students focused not only on classical studies and religion , but also on modern languages, philosophy , the history , the political economy , the mathematical and physical sciences. In this way, we could train students for careers traders, bankers, lawyers, doctors, architects or engineers. This would be a non-denominational, unlike many universities of the time. Such innovations would make the University of New York a pioneer in the university area.

The University of New York and make education accessible to all young people on their merits, for a reasonable cost and with a system of private financing based on the sale of shares. By creating a corporation , the university itself against any pressure from religious groups or institutions in its management.

The development of the university

Campus Location Washington Square , south of Manhattan , and University Heights , west of the Bronx.

April 21, 1831 , the new facility received its Charter and was incorporated under the name "University of New York City" (University of the City of New York in English) by the State of New York , but n is that in 1896 it was officially renamed. In 1832 , the university held its first classes in rooms rented on four floors at Clinton Hall, near the town hall. In 1835 , Law School, the first professional school of the university, opened its doors.

The Clinton Hall, situated in a noisy shopping area and shaken, remained the only university building for several years, the time for administrators to find more suitable and permanent structures. They particularly sought to locate in the neighborhood of Greenwich Village. They eventually bought the land situated east of Washington Square and the work started in 1833 by the Old University Building. It was a great structure of Gothic Revival style that could accommodate all school services. The university took possession of the premises that two years later and settling in a neighborhood with which it may maintain a tense relationship.

The university continued to grow until they acquire an apartment in University Heights in the Bronx. Indeed, overcrowding of the old campus had become critical and administrators wanted to follow the development of the city further north. The University of New York settled in the Bronx in 1894 , under the leadership of University President Henry MacCracken. The University Heights campus was more spacious than its predecessor and welcomed most of the administrative services of the University and the College of Arts and Science and the School of Engineering (Engineering School). After this important transfer, the Washington Square campus declined. There were only law school, until the Washington Square College s'installt in 1914. This department later became the antenna of Arts and Sciences in the center of the city. In 1900 was founded a school for undergraduate business and finance, the future Leonard N. Stern School of Business. This institution was providing training on professional business. An extension on Long Island was also developed in 1935 before eventually becoming the Hofstra University .

An attempt to ensure equality of entry to university failed in 1871 , when registration became free for the best students. Former students, upper-class Protestants, saw this as an evil eye, because this made the university a charity which was therefore more suitable enough for their children. This measure was therefore quickly abandoned. The university was not open to women in 1888 for studies of ^2nd and ^3rd cycles in 1890 for teaching and law, and in 1914 for ¹ st cycle at Washington Square College. It was not until 1959 that women were finally allowed to enroll in courses in College of Arts and Science on the campus of University Heights.

The main building of the University, Silver Center , on Washington Square Park in 1900.

In the early 1920's , the University of New York attracted the best students that Jews were not allowed at other institutions: indeed, the universities of the Ivy League had established "Jewish quotas" that stigmatized specifically Jewish immigrants first generation living in New York. Despite an attempt to establish it as such quotas , many of the students at the University of New York were Jews. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the financial crisis grippa the operation of the City of New York and several other institutions including the University . Feeling increase the risk of bankruptcy, the future president of NYU, James McNaughton Hester , negotiated the sale of the University Heights campus to the City University of New York (CUNY) in 1973. The campus was losing money which made management very difficult two campuses. According to the Chancellor, Sidney Borowitz:

"There was so much pressure from alumni to keep the campus that only the threat of financial loss could motivate the sale of the campus. Without a second campus, the University of New York could never succeed at this point. "

After the resale of the University Heights campus, the university merged with the Washington Square College. The most significant loss of NYU during this period was the start of the School of Engineering, which integrates the Polytechnic University of Brooklyn .

In the mid-1980s it became increasingly popular with students, even outside New York. To meet the demand for housing and classrooms, the university had to buy old office buildings, hotels and even nightclubs . During that decade, under the direction of John Brademas , NYU launched a campaign to collect back 1 billion dollars to retrofit facilities . In 2003, President John Sexton launched another campaign to 2.5 billion to finance the work and financial assistance .

The University of New York is now one of the largest property owners in the city of New York. However, the return on investment has remained low in recent years .

Organization of the University

The University of New York is an institution that provides teaching in several disciplines: arts , sciences , law , medicine , commerce ... With its 15 faculties, it requires a significant administrative management to organize its teaching and research.

Operation

Building of the University of New York at the campus of Washington Square Park. We see the purple flags of the institution, and the torch which symbolizes.

The internal organization of the university has been defined since 1831, the charter granted by the State of New York. Thus, even if it has been amended several times, the functioning of the administration has been retained since its creation.

The university is governed by a board composed of 50 people, 80% are alumni. It meets several times a year to determine university policy and appoint those who will lead it. So it is they who appoint the Executive Committee, among which we find the university president (currently John Sexton ). Between board meetings, the executive committee has full authority to carry out the decisions of the board. The president is elected among the members of the board of directors. Its role is to oversee and direct all activities of the university. He is also responsible for the conduct of educational policy.

Each faculty is led by a dean in charge of its administrative management and implementation of university policies. This is especially he who oversees the work of faculty members and makes recommendations to the chancellor for promotions and appointments of incumbents. It is also the responsibility of each faculty to determine the modalities of admission in their schools, courses, and the levels required for obtaining diplomas.

The University of New York also has a deliberative body which meets every month: the university council (University Senate). On recommendations of various committees, he deliberates on policy, structure and procedures of the university. It also deals with fiscal and human resources. The College Board is also of proposals to the President. It also has the power to act on educational affairs and to regulate matters that affect the entire university community. It is made up of 80 members as follows: 35 representatives, 15 deans, 22 student representatives and 8 frames of the executive committee. Representation from each faculty there is a function of its size. The work of reflection of the College Board is organized around a system of committees , such as those on academic affairs, public affairs, on budget or on university governance.

Education

Vanderbilt Hall School of Law, University of New York, south-west of Washington Square.

Of the 40,870 students in the University of New York in 2006, nearly 13,942 have graduated during the year. With over 2500 courses, the university awards and nearly 25 different degrees. The two main degrees awarded are master's and bachelor , representing respectively 5773 and 5713 awarded each year. L University shall, in addition, 967 professional degrees (such as doctorates in medicine , in law and dentistry ), 750 degree of associate (equivalent to DEUG ) and 364 doctorates and other academic diplomas or certificates minors.

The University of New York has, moreover, a significant number of teachers (6755, with 3363 full-time Since its inception in 1831, many scholars have taught at the University of New York, many holders of the Nobel Prize , the Pulitzer Prize or members of the National Academy of Sciences American.

The determination to recruit outstanding faculty has been one of the main reasons for the growing prestige of the university. The University of New York has often launched into bidding wars to attract the best teachers and thereby significantly improve the academic environment. She placed great emphasis on its level of teaching and research capabilities . We can also point out that the university has grown to reach almost insolvent to become one of the best U.S. universities in research. Instead of consolidating its capital, the university has invested in building new facilities in the recruitment of teachers or in aid for talented students.

Financing

As stated earlier, since its inception, the University of New York has always sought to maintain its independence vis--vis different groups. This is quite significant with the security of its investments. We observe that a large proportion of its endowment is invested in bonds (about 86%), leaving a tiny place to share (9%), more risky. This investment strategy is quite unusual for a university whose endowment exceeds one billion dollars. This position largely explains the low rate of return on investment of the university (6.8%), where Stanford is 23%.

Besides, the University of New York is very discreet (or secret) on funding and on how its funds are used. However, an independent panel released the budget figures of 2005. Particular, we learn that on a budget of 2.3 billion, nearly 40% of revenues come from university fees for students. This helps explain why the average annual cost of education per person rises to 45 300.

Other major revenue sources are those from their businesses and royalties related to patents filed (17% of the budget), revenues associated with inpatient care at the Health Center (17%) and various subsidies (12%). Regarding spending, nearly 40% are used as lessons and academic programs. The allocation for research ( 210 million) is equivalent to the expenses related to medical or other expenses of its ancillary businesses.

The entrance to the Stern School of Business , funded by a donation of 30 million Leonard Stern.

Moreover, since 2001, the University of New York has launched an ambitious campaign fundraising. This campaign will indeed reap 2.5 billion in 7 years (1 million per day). This money will, among other things, the development of the university with the acquisition of space for teaching, extension programs of financial aid for students, as well as increasing budgets for schools to promote investment .

In addition, the university is sometimes the lucky recipient of a generous donation through foundations whose names have often marked the university of their footprint. Among the biggest benefactors of the University of New York include Harold Acton , who donated the campus Pietra , silver and works of art (for a total estimated between 250 and 500 million ) , Shelby White ( 200 million) ^, , Julius Silver ( 150 million) ^, , January Vilcek ( 105 million) , or regular donors like Laurence Tisch and Joel Smilow . However, donations come only rarely as important (although donations 1-5000000 are becoming more frequent) and bequests and donations account for only 3% of the revenues of the university .

Buildings and research centers are usually named in honor of the most generous patrons of the university. So it happens that some regular donors lend their names to several structures of the university. Among these, we can name the Tisch Family ( Tisch School of the Arts , Tisch Hospital, Tisch Hall) , the foundation Kimmel ( Kimmel Center for University Life , Kimmel Center for Stem Cell Biology) ^, or the Skirball Foundation ( Skirball Center for the Performing Arts , Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies) . Opened in 1993, the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine is responsible for working on cancer and AIDS. It is a project of 75 million, financed by various sponsors , the most important are the Tisch and the Skirball Foundation. The University of New York has also recently opened the Joan and Joel Smilow Research Center, center at the forefront of technology in biomedical research. There is a 160 million project, funded jointly by Joel Smilow, January Vilcek , Vivendi Universal and a dozen other patrons. ^, However, it is noted that some people did not bring funding, partial or total, the building that bears their name. These buildings have in fact been appointed as honorary memory of people who have marked the University by their dedication and research, thus contributing to its success. This is particularly true of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine.

Research

Like virtually all American universities, the research university is a crucial element of politics and prestige of the University of New York. It makes it possible to maintain a high academic level and anticipate changes in technology. NYU is one of the largest research institutions in the country within the Association of American Universities. Among his favorite subjects, one can quote especially biomedical research in the areas of genomics , the study of developmental biology , of immunology , but also in the study of responses to bioterrorism and disasters , the study of climate (change, emerging technologies, socio-economic impacts ...) and finally mathematics with the prestigious Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.

For fiscal year 2004-2005, the university has spent nearly 470 million (if we add the expenses of the NYU and the School of Medicine Mount Sinai ) for searching. These investments have allowed them to file 21 patents for inventions and 48 patent application to negotiate the granting of 34 licenses to others and create 3 startups. With all these patents and licenses, the university could generate more than 150 million, thus showing a marked increase from the year 2003-2004 which had generated more than 110 million. She has been ranked second by the Association of University Technology Managers in terms of research income behind the Emory University. In fact, the University of New York is actually the third just behind Columbia University ( 160 million), the latter has not released its figures before the publication of the survey.

The importance of the budget dedicated to research in fact a driving force for the university and renamed. Part of that reputation through publication in scientific journals to announce the results and findings obtained in different laboratories. The University of New York ranks as the 82 ^th worldwide in terms of numbers of publications (23 057), and 55 ^th worldwide in terms of number of citations (385 852). It publishes primarily in medicine clinic (7438 114 872 publications and citations), and more generally in all medical disciplines ( neuroscience , psychiatry and psychology , molecular biology , genetics , biology and biochemistry ). In molecular biology and genetics, it is classified in particular at 34 ^th with a production of 1507 articles, and 36 ^th with 60,510 citations. It is also very active in the field of social science , with publications in 1960, ranking it the ^23rd largest in the world.

This research is funded largely by grants from federal and State of New York. In 2005, these subsidies accounted for 287 and 3 million to carry out research programs. ^, Among the largest grants in 2005 include in particular the NIH has awarded nearly 400 grants for a totaling 174 million (NYU is the ^20th largest recipient of NIH). Among the projects recently developed in the a href = "New_York_University_School_of_Medicine" title = "New York University School of Medicine"> Medical School, found a center for research on stem cells funded by the Foundation to the tune of Kimmel 10 million. Another important contributor is unquestionably the Department of Homeland Security has funded the Center for Catastrophe Preparedness and Response. This is an interdisciplinary center for the preparation and optimization of emergency relief in natural disasters, health or terrorist (especially in urban areas). ^{Academic Reputation}

There are many indicators to quantify the success of a university policy in terms of teaching, research and quality of life. In fact, the rankings of American universities take into account some of these indicators to determine their annual ranking. Among the factors taken into account, we found include: the university's reputation as seen by academics, the percentage of student retention (ie the percentage of students who attend a program until his term), financial resources, selectivity, 'quality' of lessons, etc. ...

Kaplan Inc.., University of New York is part of "New Ivy", given its prestige, the quality of its teaching and attractiveness that are equivalent or superior to the institutions of the Ivy League . Indeed, NYU hosted 23 Nobel Prize , 9 recipients of the National Medal of Science , 12 Pulitzer Prizes , 19 persons Oscar-winning and several holders of the Emmy Award , the Grammy and Tony Award.

According to the three most important systems of evaluation of universities, the University of New York is rated:

• 34 ^th out of 248 in the ranking of national universities, U.S., conducted by U.S. News and World Report .
• ^29th out of 500 in the ranking of the world's best universities, according to Shanghai Jiao Tong University .
• 43 ^th out of 200 in the ranking of the world's best universities according to the Times Higher Education suplement - QS World University Rankings .

With regard to programs and disciplines, the university ranks ^11th on the list for social sciences in the top 100 best universities of the University of Shanghai . It is ranked first in Italian , in finance , in mathematics and theater in the United States by the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, based on the number of publications, awards, and the rewards of 104 university programs in ten different topics .

The entrance to the Law School of the fourth school of law of the country according to U.S. News and World Report.

The undergraduate curriculum of the Stern School of Business is among the top five programs of MBA in the U.S. and among the 15 best in the world ^{, , , ,} . The School of Law is the fourth U.S. law school according to U.S. News and World Report . The school is particularly strong in the area of taxation of international law and jurisprudence (philosophy of law). She is best known for hosting future advisors to the judges of the Supreme Court of the United States. Although no alumnus has ever been appointed as a judge of this court, several of them have served as judge of the International Court of Justice ^, .

The department of philosophy at the University is ranked first out of 50 English universities . The department of economics comes ^10th out of 200 departments in the world . The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development has one of the top 15 U.S. programs. Several specialties Wagner Graduate School of Public Service are also part of the top 10 U.S. . The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences is the first country in applied mathematics. It is also known for his research in pure mathematics, including the partial differential equations of Professors Peter Lax and R. Sathamangalam Srinivasa Varadhan (who won the Abel Prize , in 2005 and 2007 respectively for their research in this area), and mathematics applied to bioinformatics.

Curricula

Admissions

The University of New York has a large staff of students, whose number exceeds 40,000 and just over 130 different countries . Only 10% of freshmen are from the city of New York, 20% arrive from the three neighboring states ( Connecticut , New Jersey and New York ). Nearly 65% of undergraduates come from a public high school.

The university recruits mainly in high schools in the northeast United States, primarily those in New York: Stuyvesant High School , Bronx High School of Science and Brooklyn Technical High School in particular. Of all the private universities in the United States, it is she who receives the highest number of undergraduate applications. Since the early 1990s, that number has almost tripled, while at the same time, the acceptance rate of the files dropped by more than half. For example, in 1991, NYU received nearly 10,000 applications were accepted, 65% . While in 2007, the workforce grew to over 34 000 at a rate of only 32% . However, the acceptance rate was much lower before, as in 2003 when it was only 26.2% . Because of this increase in the number of applications, the university has had to substantially raise the level of its admission criteria ^, .

The University of New York ranks among the top 15 U.S. universities for the number of students with a merit scholarship in the first year . For the fourth consecutive year, it also ranks first in the Princeton Review ranking of "dream schools" (arriving first choice when it ignores the cost and selectivity of the university) among high school students last year .

Faculties and Research Centres

The Puck Building , home to the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.

The University of New York has nearly 15 colleges, schools or institutes:

• College of Arts and Science 1831
• School of Law 1835, see also Osgoode Hall Law School
• School of Medicine 1841
• College of Dentistry 1865
• Graduate School of Arts and Science 1886
• Steinhardt School of Education 1890
• Stern School of Business 1900
• Institute of Fine Arts 1922
• School of Continuing and Professional Studies 1934
• Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences 1934
• Wagner Graduate School of Public Service 1938
• Ehrenkranz School of Social Work 1960
• Tisch School of the Arts 1965
• Gallatin School of Individualized Study 1972
• College of Nursing 2005
• Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly)

Some institutions have been closed or have been integrated with other institutions:

• Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics 1927 - 1973
• School of Engineering 1894 - 1973 (built at Polytechnic Institute of New York)
• Washington Square College (College of Integrated Arts and Science)
• University College (College of Integrated Arts and Science)
• New York College of Veterinary Surgeons 1857 - 1922
• College Hofstra Memorial of New York University 1935 - 1963 (now Hofstra University )

Campuses and facilities

Most buildings of the University of New York are located within an area bounded on the south by Houston Street on the east by Broadway , on the north by ^14th Street and west of the Sixth Avenue .

The campus of Washington Square

Historic Houses NYU campus around Washington Square.

Since the late 1970s, the center of gravity of the University of New York is around the Washington Square campus. Each year, graduation ceremonies on the campus of Washington Square will take place within the park. Other smaller events are also held here. This area is one of the most dynamic city. Having been an important place for artistic and intellectual life of New York, Greenwich Village is today recognized as one of the most elegant of Manhattan.

Among the most notable university facilities in Washington Square, one finds Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, designed by Philip Johnson and Richard Foster , who also designed several other buildings such as the Tisch Hall, Meyer Hall Hagop Kevorkian Center and. There are also historic buildings like the Silver Center (formerly known as the "main building"), the Brown Building (formerly known as the "Ash Building, instead of a tragic fire), Judson Hall, which houses the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center , the Vanderbilt Hall (a row of houses north of Washington Square), the Kaufman Management Center and the Torch Club (a center for food and associational activities for students, faculty and administration). In one block south of Washington Square, one finds "the village of Washington Square." This is an area where homes are students and teachers, mainly in the Silver Tower where a larger set of Bust of Sylvette sculpture, Picasso made in 1934.

In the 1990s, NYU has become a "university two squares" settling in well at Union Square , located ten minutes walk from Washington Square. It's a neighborhood where many restaurants, lounges and bars.

The Washington Square Arch

Washington Square Park.

Although the public domain, the arch of Washington Square is the unofficial symbol of New York University. The arch was designed by Stanford White in 1889 to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the inauguration of New York by George Washington. Originally, it was made of wood and paper mache. Work to rebuild the concrete and marble are spread from 1890 to 1895. Today's university students marched through the arch at the ceremony of graduation. The ark was being renovated between 2002 and 2004 , with a budget of 2.7 million .

The Bobst Library

Elmer Holmes Bobst Library is the largest of the eight university libraries. The 12-storey building housing more than 3.3 million books, is located at the southeast corner of Washington Square Park. It derives its name from its benefactor, Elmer Holmes Bobst , who gave 11.5 million for its construction, completed in 1973.

Recent Developments

In recent years the university has developed many new facilities on the campus of Washington Square:

The Kimmel Center for University Life

The center, open to students, faculty, alumni and staff, is a gathering place around major events, ceremonies and artistic representations of any kind. Named in honor of its benefactors Helen and Martin Kimmel Center also houses the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, the Rosenthal Pavilion, Eisner & Lubin Auditorium and the Loeb Student Center. The Kimmel Center is best known because it illuminates Washington Square at night.

The Furman Hall

This hall is named in honor of former student in the School of Law, Jay Furman. It consists of classrooms, meeting rooms, a clinical program of the school of law, faculty offices and administrative staff. It is a building of nearly 15,800 square meters, designed by the firm Kohn Pederson Fox Associates PC. The university has worked in consultation with the community of Greenwich Village to accommodate the new building to the surrounding architecture, because the project required the destruction of two ancient buildings. Moreover, elements of these two buildings were incorporated into the new facade, as well as elements of the Poe House in which lived the poet Edgar Allan Poe .

The complex for the life sciences, an incubator for start-up biotechnology

In 2005, the university has announced the development of a new project for a complex dedicated to life sciences, on Waverly Place next to the Bellevue Hospital. The facilities host laboratories and academic centers. The new complex will be created from the renovation of three existing buildings .

Joan and Joel Smilow the Research Center

The NYU Medical Center on First Avenue was extended to create the Joan and Joel Smilow Research Center. The construction of the building of 13 floors ran from 2004 to 2006, along the East River. This building contains forty laboratories worldwide in various fields of biomedical research. This is the largest expansion of NYU Medical Center Skirball Building since the 1980s. The center will be directly coupled to the complex for the life sciences.

The dormitory of ^the 12th Street East

In November 2005, the university announced plans to construct a building of 26 floors and 18,000 square meters on ^12th Street. This residence hall will accommodate 700 undergraduates and several other facilities. That will be the tallest building in the neighborhood of the East Village . This project has angered local residents because it will be built at the site of the former St. Anne's Church .

Clubs and Theaters

One of the entrances of the Tisch School of the Arts on Broadway.

The Conservatory of Music and the Tisch School of the Arts performs regularly in theaters and other facilities run by NYU. All productions are generally open to the public. The largest rooms are unquestionably the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts just south of Washington Square and the Eisner-Lubin Auditorium of the Kimmel Center. Recently, John Kerry and Al Gore have delivered major speeches on foreign policy in the Skirball Center ^, . He also served as a framework for recording the last episode of season 3 of the series The Apprentice. Frederick Loewe Theatre and the Provincetown Playhouse on MacDougal Street are also well known for throwing, among others, the career of Eugene O'Neill. His music is for the nightclub The Bottom Line (corner of West ^4th Street and Mercer Street), where Bruce Springsteen started. Despite the objections, the club was ousted from the university for non-payment of rent, after suffering heavy financial losses for several months.

Other campuses

The main campus of the Faculty of Medicine of NYU is located on First Avenue at 30 ^th Street, along the banks of the East River. It hosts the Medical Center, Tisch Hospital, the centers of biomedical research (Skirball Center, and the new Smilow Building) and the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine , or the Bellevue Hospital Center a few blocks further south. Other centers of the university are located throughout the city, like the Hospital for Joint Diseases on Second Avenue at ^12th Street.

The school social workers, the Ehrenkranz School of Social Work, manages the campus of Manhattanville College in Westchester County and St. Thomas Aquinas College in Rockland County. The university also has a research facility in Sterling Forest, near Tuxedo. This complex includes several institutes, including the Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine. Midtown Center at 42 ^th Street West and the Woolworth Building in the business district provide continuing education curricula.

University residences

A trolley traditional NYU.

With 12,500 residents, NYU has the seventh largest university accommodation service in the United States and most important if one considers that private institutions . Much of these homes comes from the conversion of old hotels and apartments. Most residences for freshmen are located around Washington Square, while students in higher grades are housed around Union Square. Until autumn 2005, the rooms were allocated by a system of lottery , where more students took advantage of long residence, they had less chance of being awarded another room. However, since 2006, second year students are privileged in the allocation of rooms, having the choice of their home stations. This decision was made to allow promotions of second year to stay together in the area of Union Square. All undergraduates are guaranteed a home when they enter university. It also handles its own transportation system for students, with buses and trolleys.

The hosting service for undergraduates has twenty-two buildings. They are led by the Inter-Residence Council (IRC), a student association. Each residence will elect representatives to meet in committees and vote at councils. The purpose of this group is to coordinate programs for students and to link with the university administration.

The House International

The French House at NYU.

The university has several international firms to promote the study of cultures and languages. They have their own classrooms, libraries, offices and even sometimes their own events. The International House of NYU are:

• Deutsches Haus
• The French House
• Glucksman Ireland House ,
• Casa Italiana ,
• King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center
• Hagop Kevorkian Center
• Africa House
• China House

The university is also a founding member of the World University League (League of World Universities).

Campuses Abroad

Villa La Pietra ( Florence )

The University of New York has developed an extensive program of study abroad, which many students participate. Unlike most universities, NYU has directly campuses in several countries. The campus of NYU Florence , the Villa La Pietra ( Italy ), is the largest with 23 acres. It was bequeathed to the University by Sir Harold Acton in 1994 . The university is responsible and undergraduate students who leave for one year in Florence, London , Paris , Prague , Berlin , Accra , Madrid and Shanghai. She also has several programs in Singapore .

Cultural Environment

Washington Square has long been a center of cultural life of New York. The artists of the Hudson River School , the first major school of American painting, settled in the early ^nineteenth century. Samuel Morse and Daniel Huntington were tenants in the old university building. The university praised indeed studios and residential space in university buildings. Edgar Allan Poe , Mark Twain , Herman Melville and Walt Whitman contributed to the artistic dynamism having significant interactions with the academic and cultural life of the university.

In the 1870s , sculptors Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Daniel Chester French lived and worked near the Square. From the 1920s , the area surrounding Washington Square was known throughout the country to be a hotbed of artistic and moral conformism . Among the famous residents of this period are, in particular Eugene O'Neill , John Sloan , or Maurice Prendergast. In the 1930s , the abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning , and the realists Edward Hopper and Thomas Benton had their studio in the Village. In the 1960s , Washington Square and the Village has become one of the cradles of the Beat generation "and folk" when Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan lived there.

The fraternities were very popular in the late ^nineteenth century. The first had a social fraternities. They subsequently sought to attract new members by offering sports, professional and intellectual . The first directory of the university was done by fraternities and "secret societies" . Today, the clubs have different interests, cultural heritage for trade, politics in Victorian studies. Despite this, interest in these fraternities is decreasing for several decades.

The Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts is an important extension to the cultural life at NYU and Washington Square. This is a professional theater of 860 seats that opened in October 2003 . There were products including Playboy of the Western World in the Abbey Theater in Dublin , the world premiere of Mabou Mines Red Beads, a series of concerts at the World Music Institute and dance companies including Lar Lubovitch and Bill T. Jones.

Sport University

A team of ice hockey at NYU

Sports teams from the University of New York called the Fighting Violets (literally "fighting purple") with reference to the University colors, purple and white. These colors were chosen because of violets that grew under the trees of Washington Square Park. . The mascot of the university is a lynx named Violet Bobcat .

Almost all sports teams are participating today in the third division of the NCAA and the University Athletic Association , with the exception of the men's volleyball , which in the first division of the Eastern Collegiate Volleyball Association. The team of fencing is also involved in the first division and is considered one of the best American teams in this discipline.

The Coles Sports and Recreation Center is considered the center of sports and recreation at the university. This center offers many amenities such as fitness rooms, squash courts and tennis courts, a 25m swimming pool, basketball courts and a jogging track.

Student Life

The location of the university at the center of Greenwich Village , a pool of artists, writers, intellectuals and musicians, giving a perspective unmatched studies. The campus is a succession of buildings and structures throughout the village, making him a model of urban integration. Admissions are not based on student finance and more than 50% of them receive a scholarship. The entire student body has a great variety in terms of ethnicity, cultural, political and religious. They live mostly in dormitories located in Greenwich Village, thus forming a kind of enclave within the city .

Student Organizations

The university itself encourages students to create their own activities. Including the possibility of creating a club from four members has become a fashion that allows everyone to gather around the same activities . Apart from sports teams, fraternities, sororities and the clubs that address some lessons, the most visible organizations relate to recreation, arts and culture. We find such a newspaper (the Washington Square News ), a humor magazine ( The Plague ) literary magazines (The Washington Square Review and The Minetta Review), and production companies run by students ( New York University Program Board and the Inter-Residence Hall Council).

During the period when the university was centered around the campus of University Heights, a widening gap has formed with students on campus in Manhattan. One can cite the example Philomathean Society who officiated between 1832 and 1888 and was reconstituted as the Andiron Club. Among the club rules that may especially find the "Rule ^No. 11: Have no relationship or have only casual and formal protests against schools from the center." The Eucleian Society rival its predecessor, was founded in 1832 and appears to have been disbanded and reformed several times. The "Knights of the Lamp 'was a social organization founded in 1914 at the business school. This organization met every full moon and had the silkworm for mascot .

Fraternities

Fraternities, inspired by Greece , appeared on campus as 1837 with the arrival of Psi Upsilon. Since then they have multiplied to reach the number of 25 fraternities and sororities.

Four different councils manage the lives of fraternities in the university: the Inter-fraternity Council (Interfraternity Council - IFC) which deals with fourteen of them, the Panhellenic Council (Panhellenic Council - PhC) manages seven and four others are under the authority of the Multicultural Greek Council (Multicultural Greek Council - MGC). These three councils are themselves grouped within a single organ: the Inter-Greek Council (Inter-Greek Council).

The fraternities of the university have a history and an unparalleled success on many urban campuses. Zeta Psi and Alpha Epsilon Pi were both founded at the University of New York respectively in 1847 and 1913. The chapter on the University Delta Phi, founded in 1841 , is the active brotherhood that has the greatest longevity in the world, without any interruption. The local branch of the fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is the largest movement in the DKE in 2006. As for the local branch of Pi Kappa Alpha, it is the largest fraternity on campus by the membership.

Alumni Network

The University of New York has the great advantage of having a strong alumni network . As the largest private university in the country, it has the largest network in the world with nearly 350,000 alumni in late 2004, with at least 17 000 live abroad. However, in the AAU , the University has the lowest donation rates by its alumni. Indeed, only 11% of them make a donation each year, which is very low compared to the 35% of Columbia , or 61% of Princeton. This rate is sometimes considered an indicator to assess the level of alumni satisfaction. If this interpretation is sometimes disputed , the fact remains that it has a significant impact on the ability of the university to raise funds. Indeed, the more it is supported by its alumni, more large companies are likely to make donations.

Since 2002, the university has decided to increase its support for former students to address them. She has implemented several measures including the distribution of a specific magazine (circulation 170,000 copies), organizing rallies and a proximity policy across the country. This policy is beginning to bear fruit, since donations have increased by 42% between 2002 and 2005. The service charge of alumni and oversees many activities, such as class reunions, meetings, local tours and an employment service. Former students are aware that it is important to continue supporting the university to increase the value of their training. They are thus encouraged to make donations to maintain a high level of requirement, and therefore reputation.

Some traditions students

• The first week of the year: Since 1900 , new students are greeted by a series of initiation ceremonies. On the campus of University Heights in the Bronx , the final year students were taking a few freshmen to a trough of the early ^nineteenth century. Their heads were plunged into what was known as the "fountain of knowledge." This practice has continued into the 1970s. Today, they "refresh" voluntarily in Washington Square Park during the first week of the year, under the supervision of the elderly.

• The first week of classes, a "war without thank you" between the first-year students to those of the second year of business school (the Stern School of Business ).

• The "feast of the apple" (Apple Fest) in October, with all the folklore country , including boots hay , the pumpkins , the cider , games, contests, prizes, crafts, music and many apples. She recalls a rural festival which took place long ago on a semi-rural campus of University Heights.

• The "Dinner of the harvest" (Harvest Dinner) in November: the banquet is held each fall to students in the last cycle, in which a prominent speaker. This is another feast rural.

• The "Day of Winter" (Winter Fest) in February: it takes place in Washington Square and celebrates this cool period of the year with lights, a food stall, music, games and activities.

• The "ball of the Violet (Purple Ball) in March: a dance student who is held each spring in the atrium of the Bobst.

• The "Feast of the Strawberry (Strawberry Fest) April: tradition which goes back several decades during which meet students, teachers and university staff to celebrate the health, community and strawberries. This street fair includes games carnival and longest strawberry shortcake.

• Day sorbet (Sherbet Fest) for the revision day in the spring: the day before final exams, the fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon brings students to eat sorbet fresh and tasty, on Schwartz Plaza. It occurs just at the time of spring when the heat begins to settle.

• The "midnight breakfast" (Midnight Breakfast): a ritual of review period where a meal is provided free to Midnight (Weinstein and Palladium). It consists of a breakfast that helps to cope with long nights spent studying.

The university and the city

As the sixth largest employer in the city of New York , the university is a major player in the urban community, whether at policy level or at the level of urbanism.

The university has recently announced its support for the project PlaNYC 2030, initiated by the New York mayor, Michael Bloomberg. This project aims to reduce emissions by 30% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 in the city. For this project provides for action on five key areas: land, the water , the air , the energy and transport . The University of New York has pledged to continue the same reduction targets, including a policy of renewal energy . In October 2006, the executive vice president of the university presented its project, the Green Action Plan, to save energy and reduce the environmental footprint of the university. This plan foresees the involvement of students, teachers and staff by including funds and programs in support of sustainable development . One of the most significant acts in this area as of October 2006. The university has announced the purchase of 118 million kilowatt-hours of wind energy , which represents its annual energy consumption. According to the U.S. Agency for environmental protection , it is the largest transaction in the subject, conducted by an American university and the ^11th largest in the country, all institutions ^, .

The University of New York does not hesitate to invest in public spaces of Greenwich Village. Thus, in recognition of the importance of Washington Square Park , which is used each year for 30 years as a place of ceremonies, the university has donated 300,000 dollars to the bottom to the Ark, and a additional million dollars to expand the effort to renovate the entire park.

Finally, the university is also involved heavily with the local community. It has the largest such program in the country against the illiteracy (help with learning to read and numbers), with nearly 900 tutors in 96 city schools . In addition, 3000 students are involved each year in civic actions (assistance to handicapped persons, collections, tutoring, ...), many staff are involved as advisors to the council or other agencies, students and staff of the Steinhardt School and the School of Social Work regularly conduct campaigns to aid the local population ^, . There is also a program of philanthropy for the university employees, the NYU Community Fund ("community fund"), which led to the award of 72 grants to local organizations . Thus, even if it faces significant challenges in terms of education and science, the university is part of an environment and an ecosystem areas.

The university works of fiction

The University of New York is often portrayed or used as a backdrop in films or news:

• In the series Will & Grace , Will Truman was educated at the School of Law. Offices for interior Grace Adler are located in the Puck Building, which houses actually the Wagner School.
• In the series Friends , Ross Geller became a professor at the University of New York in Season 6.
• In the series Seinfeld , Jerry Seinfeld is interviewed by a student newspaper at the University of New York, who mistakenly believes he is gay (Season 4 - Episode 56 - With or may not be). Cosmo Kramer has hired Darren, an internal university to help lead the company Kramerica Industries (Season 9 - Episode 156 - The Voice).
• In the series Cosby Show , Theo Huxtable graduated from university in the last episode of the series.
• In American Pie , Finch is studying at NYU after getting out of high school.
• Loser film takes place within the university.
• In the story by Henry James , Washington Square, the action takes place around the university. Several modifications to the TV and film have been made (1949, 1975 and 1996).
• The Rose of Washington Square Films (1939) and 13 Washington Square (1928), directed by Melville W. Brown, taking place around the campus.
• In Family Man , Nicolas Cage has studied at university and followed a career in investment banking.
• In the musical of Jonathan Larson's Rent , one of the characters (Tom Collins) is a university professor and another (Mark Cohen) has studied film in the first round.
• Series Felicity from Warner Bros is set in the New York University.
• The old campus of University Heights in the Bronx is used as decoration in a few scenes of the films Mona Lisa Smile (2003), Maid in Manhattan (2002), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Thomas Crown (1999) and Sophie's Choice (1982).
• In the series Gossip Girl , Blair Waldorf, Georgina, Vanessa and Dan are students at the University of New York.

Facts

• In 1840, John William Draper , professor of chemistry and natural history, President of the Faculty of Medicine, has crafted one of the first portrait daguerreotypes. He was also behind one of the first shots of the moon.
• The American Chemical Society was founded at the University April 6, 1876.
• Attributed to Daniel Hering , professor of physics, the first shot of X-ray done on a human, the United States, February 5th, 1896 at Bellevue Hospital.
• The school's logo, a torch, refers to that of the Statue of Liberty to show that serves the city of New York. The torch appears on both the seal and the university logo, designed by Ivan Chermayeff in 1965. There is also a silver torch carried by Tiffany & Co (a gift from Helen Miller Gould, 1911).
• The promotion of 1941 was an exceptional promotion because there were three winners of the future Nobel Prize ( Julius Axelrod , Gertrude Elion and Clifford Shull ), a gold medalist at the Olympic Games ( John Woodruff ), a sports journalist (Howard Cosell) and a sociologist ( Morris Janowitz ).
• The promotion of 1955 is also famous because it included a winner of Nobel Prize ( Eric R. Kandel ), a player honored by a Grammy Award ( Fred Ebb ), CEO of MetLife (John J. Creedon), founder of Southwest Airlines (Herb Kelleher), the CEO of Ecolab (Allan Schuman) and three members of Congress of the United States (Jerome Ambro, Frank Guarini, Thomas Meskill).
• The promotion of 1977 allowed the former director of the Federal Reserve ( Alan Greenspan ), commissioner of the IRS (Mark Everson), a dean of INSEAD (Gabriel Hawawini), a recipient of a Pulitzer Prize , d an Oscar and a Tony Award (John Patrick Shanley), commissioner of the NHL (Gary Bettman), a CEO of NASDAQ (Robert Greifeld) and the chairman of the Federal Reserve of Boston (Cathy Minehan).
• Until 1973, the University of New York had the CF Mueller pasta company.
• At the age of 16, David Copperfield already ran a course in magic at New York University.
• The Old University Building contractors have used the prisoners of Sing Sing for cutting marble. It was also the catalyst for the revolt of stonecutters.
• The Tisch School of the Arts alone produced more Oscar winner than any other U.S. institution.
• A major fire occurred in the Brown Building March 15, 1991. It housed a factory at the time of the Triangle Shirtwaist. More than a hundred workers of the textile industry, mostly young women, have died or jumped into the void after all exits have been convicted. The fire led to the adoption of more restrictive legislation on plant safety.
• The old University Building is the site of several ghost stories. It is said that the mind wanders the hallways and stairwells. In 1880, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that "the structure has a bad reputation among the domestic area ... They think of corpses, skeletons and other terrible things lie deep beneath the foundations. "
• Rick Rubin , co-founder of Def Jam, is a former student who created the company in his dormitory room. This room is located in Wing A, 8 ^th floor of the residence Weinstein.

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