Nov 27th, 2008 · One Indian-born writer calls Mumbai the "New York of India" and says that's a reason why it was targeted in Wednesday's attacks. Suketu Mehta is a journalism professor at New York University and author of Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found. He speaks with Steve Inskeep.
Nov 1st, 2008 · Students at the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at New York University are learning technological and entrepreneurial skills so they can compete in a changing marketplace. The students all have different ambitions, but their artistic director says what they really need is passion.
Oct 13th, 2008 · Economists Robert Merton and Myron Scholes won the 1997 Nobel Prize in economics. Their formula for evaluating stock options laid the ground work for risk-management in modern financial markets. Naseem Taleb, a professor at New York University and hedge fund owner, wants their prize revoked. Taleb talks with Renee Montage about why.
Sep 4th, 2008 · The cost of one year of tuition at schools like Columbia and New York University has topped $50,000. But some top tier schools are offering need-blind admission, saying they'll make it possible for anyone who's qualified to afford college.
Jul 1st, 2008 · The strictest ban on trans fats in the U.S. has gone into full effect in New York City. The ban extends to nearly all prepared food in restaurants and bakeries. Marion Nestle, a professor at New York University, discusses healthy substitutes.
May 6th, 2008 · New census data shows that about a quarter of children younger than five in the U.S. are of Hispanic decent. Pedro Noguera, professor of education at New York University; and Jeffrey Passel, from the Pew Hispanic Center, discuss the rising number of Latino children and what it means for America.
Mar 13th, 2008 · Ceridwen Dovey says it might be too early to call herself an author, but her first novel, Blood Kin, is being published in 11 countries. At 27, she has made a documentary film about farm labor relations in post-apartheid South Africa, studied anthropology at Harvard, and is now a doctoral student at New York University.
Jul 30th, 2007 · Botanicalls is the name of a New York University student project that helps plants call for help if they're parched or overwatered. Moisture sensors send a signal over a wireless network (with humans supplying the voices for messages of need or thanks).