Employment Class and Collective Actions: Proceedings of the New York University 56th Annual Conference on Labor (Proceedings of the New York University Annual Conference Series)
India Press Release (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Mr. Jerry Mac Arthur Hultin, the President of NYU Poly, the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, United States visited the campus of Delhi Technological University (DTU) yesterday.
US News & World Report (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
An New York University student leaped to his death Tuesday from the 10th floor of the main library, police said. Andrew Williamson-Noble, 20, of Irvington, N.Y., used an NYU-issued card to swipe himself into the Bobst Library, where he committed suicide around 4:30 a.m., sources said. Witnesses reported hearing a “loud thud” when the junior’s body hit [...]
Black Political Thought (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Andrew Williamson-Noble, a New York University junior committed suicide this morning by leaping from the 10th floor of the main library. The student reportedly used an NYU-issued card to swipe himself into the Bobst Library, where he committed suicide around 4:30 a.m. One student reported hearing a "loud thud" when the student's body hit the marble floor in the atrium of the...
NYDailyNews (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
A young man was found dead at a New York University library early Tuesday and police were investigating whether there was any foul play was involved.
Environmental Leader (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Almost all 144 top economists surveyed for a New York University School of Law report agree that climate change threatens the United States economy and that carbon regulation — whether it’s a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system — will drive energy efficiency and innovation, reports the New York Times’ Green Inc. blog. The report, Economists and [...]
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
The Unknown Professor submits: The Equity Risk Premium is one of the central concepts of finance theory and practice. However, when we teach it in class (usually as part of the CAPM), we tend to do a lot of hand-waving and tell students to use historical ERPs. Aswath Damodaran of New York University has an excellent piece on SSRN titled "Equity Risk Premiums: Determinants, Estimation,...
ArtCal (Free subscription) | yesterday
... a love hate nostalgic relationship with her country. Born in Los Angeles, Rebecca Bersohn is a New York based artist. She received her BFA at New York University. Her work has been exhibited at Monster Island, Charlie Horse Gallery, the Market Hotel in Brooklyn, BWAC and The Commons Gallery at NYU . Her Awards in the Arts include Bank of America Art Award 2004, an Artist’s...
RealClearPolitics (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
WASHINGTON -- When Nouriel Roubini talks, the world listens. Roubini is, of course, the once-obscure New York University economist whose dire warnings about a financial crisis proved depressingly prophetic. Last week, Roubini was shouting. Writing in The Financial Times, he warned that the Federal Reserve and other government central banks are fueling a massive new asset "bubble"...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to plagiarism under the name of Professor Lawrence Schiffman, the chairman of Judaic studies at New York University who had been critical of Golb's theories. Prosecutors claim that Golb's false identities allowed him to obtain a benefit, meaning they can charge him with criminal impersonation, identity theft and aggravated harassment. But Golb's lawyer, Ron Kuby, told the Times that...
ArtCal (Free subscription) | yesterday
NYU Kimmel Windows Gallery West 3rd and Laguardia Place, 2120998-4900 Greenwich Village November 24, 2009 - January 31, 2010 Opening: Friday, December 4, 5 - 8 PM Web Site “Collective” is an exciting multimedia art exhibit featuring UCATS members of New York University. This is the first show of what hopes to become and annual event for the artists of the Union of Clerical,...
Legal History Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
H-SHEAR has published Ethnicity and Language in the Early Republic, a review by Joyce Goodfriend, University of Denver, of Friederike Baer, The Trial of Frederick Eberle: Language, Patriotism and Citizenship in Philadelphia's German Community, 1790 to 1830 (New York University Press, 2008). The review commences:This small book tackles a very large subject, nothing less than what...
Matt Damon News Column (Free subscription) | yesterday
... second best films of the decade at The Times (UK). Matt will be appearing with Howard Zinn at New York University on Thursday 12 November to promote The People Speak . More details here . Photos of Matt with producer Chris Moore on the set of The Adjustment Bureau on Saturday are at WENN .
Washminster (Free subscription) | yesterday
Another academic centre named for a leading congressman, the John Brademas Center for the Study of Congress , provides access to important research work on Congress. It is based at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. John Brademas served in Congress from 1959-1981. He was House Majority Whip in the period 1977-81. As well as being a congressman,...
Healthy Child Healthy World Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... and Public Health (the department she chaired from 1988-2003) and Professor of Sociology at New York University. Her degrees include a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition, both from the University of California, Berkeley. This was originally posted on Marion's blog, Food Politics . The opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and...
Financial Rounds (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
The Equity Risk Premium is one of the central concepts of finance theory and practice. However, when we teach it in class (usually as part of the CAPM), we tend to do a lot of hand-waving and tell students to use historical ERPs. Aswath Damodaran of New York University has an excellent piece on SSRN titled "Equity Risk Premiums: Determinants, Estimation, and Implications" that's...
