Tag Archives: New York University

Mount Sinai and Continuum Health Partners to Explore Merger

image320x240A potential merger between two major hospital networks has moved a step closer to reality, officials said Tuesday. Continue reading

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Paterson to Teach at Medical School in Harlem

David PatersonTwo months after his radio show was canceled, former Gov. David A. Paterson has found a new, unexpected position: as a medical school professor. Continue reading

Walter’s World: Lyrics From Lockdown at the National Black Theatre

By Walter Rutledge

Lockdown

Playwright Oscar Wilde said, “I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.” Continue reading

The Harlem Surgeon Who Helped Saved Dr. Martin Luther Kings Life

Fifty-four years ago this month, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was in Harlem signing copies of his book, Continue reading

Hip Hop Pedagogy, Performance and Culture in the Classroom and Beyond

Produced by the UW-Madison’s Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives and the Office of Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate in collaboration with the Hip-Hop Education Center

In Partnership with New York University’s Metropolitan Center for Urban Education and  Teachers College, Columbia University’s Institute for Urban and Minority Education

Seminal scholars and leaders in the growing field of Hip-Hop studies focus their attention on how Hip-Hop culture, culturally relevant pedagogy and youth participatory action research can serve as innovative approaches to help bridge the achievement gap in our nation’s public schools through the creation of new strategies and curricula to reach students who have been historically under-served by traditional schooling.  Continue reading

Columbia Joins A Tech-Campus $80 Mil Party

The city predicts the new institute will have $4 billion in economic impact over the next three decades and generate more than 4,500 jobs.

Cornell and New York University won’t be the only schools working with cool startups. Columbia University is joining the city’s increasingly lively tech party, too. Continue reading

Romare Bearden at the Newark Museum

Explore the unique artistic vision of one of America’s greatest storytellers through lectures, dialogue with noted scholars and guided viewing of the exhibition, Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections and enjoy 10% off in the Museum Shop. Continue reading

Harlem’s Chef Gina Keatley Appearing on Food Network Special ‘Savoring Harlem’ with Marcus Samuelson

Chef Gina Keatley will appear on Food Network’s new special entry, “Savoring Harlem,” featuring Chef Marcus Samuelson on Friday, February 24th at 8pm ET/PT. Continue reading

Kelsey Louie, Harlem United’s New Chief Program Officer

Kelsey Louie, Harlem United’s Senior Vice President of HIV/AIDS Treatment and Support Services, who currently oversees Supportive Housing, Adult Day Health Care programs, COBRA, Food and Nutrition Services, Mental Health Services, and Harm Reduction Services will add Prevention and Education Services, the Black Men’s Initiative, the Federally-Qualified Health Center Programs, Primary Care and Dental Services to his portfolio.  Mr. Louie joined Harlem United in 2007 as the Vice President of Supportive Housing.  Continue reading

Riverside Church Hosts Memorial Service for Derrick Bell

The memorial service for the late Derrick Bell, prominent intellectual, acclaimed civil rights attorney and legal and social activist,  will take place at The Riverside Church on Thursday, November 3, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Church’s Nave, 91 Claremont Ave. (between 120th & 122nd Street), Morningside Heights.

After a valiant battle with cancer, Derrick Bell died on October 5, 2011.  Professor Bell joined the faculty of New York University School of Law in 1992.  Continue reading