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Chelsea's Clinton's new gig

(CNN) – Chelsea Clinton has taken on yet another job, this time at a New York University institute designed for multifaith discussions and leadership training. She's now listed as a co-chair and co-founder of NYU's Of Many Institute, which describes itself on its website as a "a groundbreaking academic and programmatic model for multifaith education […]

Quiet protest staged at Teachers College graduation

Some students staged a quiet protest at Columbia University Teachers College commencement ceremonies Tuesday in New York to express their unhappiness with the choice of Merryl Tisch as a speaker and award recipient. The protesters opposed the choice of Tisch, … Continue reading ?

Corn-Producing States Face High Water-Shortage Risk

Washington, DC, New York City, Los Angeles and San Diego are among the cities most at risk for drought-induced water shortages, according to a report from the Columbia University Water Center, in conjunction with Veolia Water and Growing Blue, a collaboration of NGOs, water companies and industry groups. Joining the metro areas on the list [...]

Aswath Damodaran: Valuation In The Face Of Uncertainty

By CFA Institute Contributors: By Rob Gowen, CFA New York University professor Aswath Damodaran has been teaching corporate finance and valuation for decades. His message is simple: when valuing a publicly traded stock, the ubiquitous discounted cash flow model is a trustworthy framework. Show More Summary

The Sight Of Worthless Cars Being Crushed Breaks A Gearhead's Heart

21 hours agoVehicles / Cars : Jalopnik

Welcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today we've got reports from CNN Money, The New York Times, Hooniverse, and Quartz. Read more...

U.S. charges three NYU researchers in Chinese bribery case

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities brought criminal charges against three New York University researchers on Monday, alleging they conspired to take bribes from Chinese medical and research outfits for details about NYU research into magnetic resona...

College Student Accidentally Shot By Good Guy With A Gun

Late last week, 21 year old Hofstra University student Andrea Rebello was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in a group house near the Uniondale, New York campus. But the initial assumption — that Rebello was murdered by the suspected robber Dalton Smith during a shoot-out with police — now appears to be wrong. [...]

New York Giants: Where Should 5th-Round Selection Cooper Taylor Line Up?

After selecting an offensive lineman, defensive tackle, defensive end and quarterback in the first four rounds of the NFL draft in April, the New York Giants spent their fifth-round choice on Cooper Taylor, a University of Richmond ( FCS ) product whose position with the Giants is, well, undetermined. Show More Summary

Epstein on the Constitution

Richard Epstein of New York University and Stanford University's Hoover Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the U.S. Constitution. Topics covered in this wide-ranging conversation include how the interpretation of...Show More Summary

Why we need to put the fish back into fisheries

Overfishing has reduced fish populations and biodiversity across much of the world's oceans. In response, fisheries are increasingly reliant on a handful of highly valuable shellfish. However, new research by the University of York shows this approach to be extremely risky. read more

Female hostage died from police bullet in New York standoff: official

(Reuters) - A 21-year-old university student who was taken hostage in her apartment and then shot to death during a police standoff with an armed robber on New York's Long Island was killed by a bullet fired from an officer's gun, investigators said on...

Michelle Obama Has Retired Her Bangs

First lady Michelle Obama just keeps us guessing with her indelible fashion sense. New York magazine duly notes that on Friday she sported a new look for her commencement address at Bowie State University in College Park, Md.: side-swept...Show More Summary

Cops Fired Bullet That Killed Hofstra Student

The Hofstra University junior who died early Friday in a home invasion was killed by a bullet fired by police, reports the New York Daily News in a sad coda in the death of Andrea Rebello. Police say the fatal bullet was one of eight fired by a veteran cop...

Hofstra student killed by police during break-in

2 days agoNews : The Newsroom

In what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York home near Hofstra University.

New formula invented for microscope viewing, substitutes for federally controlled drug

Researchers at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and City University of New York have invented a proprietary new formulation called Visikol TM that effectively clears organisms to be viewed under microscopes. Visikol can be...Show More Summary

In Brief: International Museum Day, Artful Eateries, Top University Museums

• Those in New York have plenty to keep them busy this weekend, as NYCxDESIGN rolls on and ICFF arrives. Whether you’re in Manhattan or Mumbai, Saturday is International Museum Day, an annual initiative of the International Council of Museums to encourage public awareness of the role of museums in the development of society. Show More Summary

CJ Online Review | Blondell on Ancient Platonic Reception

Posted with permission: Platonic Drama and its Ancient Reception. By Nikos G. Charalabopoulos. Cambridge Classical Studies. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Pp. xxi + 331. Hardcover, £60.00/$99.00. ISBN 978-0-521-87174-7. Show More Summary

CNN Officially Welcomes Back Stephanie Elam

It wasn’t that long ago that we were writing about Stephanie Elam’s move from CNN New York to NBC Southern California. Less than a year later, the Howard University grad and former CNN business reporter has straight-reversed that career...Show More Summary

Meet Kate Fridkis, Who Skipped K-12 and Is Neither Weird nor

Kate Fridkis, who didn't go to elementary or secondary school, is now 26 years old, is happily married, lives in New York City, has a master’s degree in religion from Columbia University, is a part-time chazzan (cantor) at a synagogue (a job she’s held since age 15), and is a full-time writer. I'm delighted that she agreed to this interview. read more

My Take: What Tsarnaev gets wrong about Islam

Editor’s note: Hussein Rashid is a native New York Muslim. He teaches at Hofstra University in the Department of Religion. He is an associate editor at Religion Dispatches, a term member on the Council on Foreign Relations and fellow at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding.  By Hussein Rashid, Special to CNN Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the Boston Marathon bomb […]

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