Government instability prompts both Black and White Americans to show a preference for lighter-skinned over darker-skinned political candidates, researchers at New York University, the University of Chicago, and Rutgers University have found.
There is an ongoing national debate, heated at times, amongst health professionals concerning nurse practitioners (NPs) taking on the role of primary care physicians (MDs). JAGS' invited a commentary editorial authored by Dr. Robert Kane, MD, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, and Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RN, College of Nursing, New York University to discuss this subject.
Researchers at the NYU College of Dentistry, through metabolomic analysis of blood plasma of domestic pigs, have linked mammalian pace of growth and development variations to a non-circadian biological timing mechanism operating on multi-day (multidien) rhythms of growth and degradation. The findings appear in the online journal PLOS ONE, January 2016.
Minor variants of flu strains, which are not typically targeted in vaccines, carry a bigger viral punch than previously realized, a team of scientists has found. Its research, which examined samples from the 2009 flu pandemic in Hong Kong, shows that these minor strains are transmitted along with the major strains and can replicate and elude immunizations.
A new study led by researchers at the New York University College of Nursing (NYUCN) examines the validity, sensitivity, and specificity of symptoms for detecting breast cancer-related related lymphedema. The study also determines the best clinical cutoff point for the count of symptoms that maximized the sum of sensitivity and specificity.
Lymphedema is a major health problem negatively affecting many breast cancer survivors survivors’ quality of life. NYU researchers have shown this condition can be managed with early and appropriate treatment.
Evidence of autism may be found in the composition and malfunction of the brain’s blood vessels, a team of scientists has found. Their research sheds new light on the causes of autism, which previously had pointed to neurological make-up rather than to the vascular system, and identifies a new target for potential therapeutic intervention.
NYU Steinhardt, the country’s oldest university-based school of pedagogy, today announced plans for a new residency-based teacher education program that will deliver its courses 100 percent online. Pending state approval, the proposed program – designed specifically for teacher residencies – would enable students to earn a graduate degree by combining online coursework with immersive on-site experiences in high-needs schools, rather than by attending traditional lectures and seminars at NYU.
A team of neuroscientists has found new support for MIT linguist Noam Chomsky’s decades-old theory that we possess an “internal grammar” that allows us to comprehend even nonsensical phrases.
An international research team, led by Rodrigo Lacruz, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology at New York University’s College of Dentistry (NYUCD), has just published a study describing for the first time the developmental processes that differentiate Neanderthal facial skeletons from those of modern humans.
New York University will host “Can Neuroscience Help Us Understand Art?”—a debate featuring NYU English Professor Gabrielle Starr and Alva Noe, a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley—on Thurs., Dec. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
New York University’s College of Global Public Health (CGPH) has teamed up with 118 public health, medical and nursing schools from 15 nations to sign on to the White House’s Health Educators’ Climate Commitment to train their students to address the health impacts of climate change.
The study is among the first nationally representative studies in the US to examine the linkages between nonmedical use of opioids and heroin in high school seniors. The researchers examined associations between frequency and recency of nonmedical use of opioids and heroin. Sociodemographic correlates of use of each drug were also examined.
Robert Clinton, a senior at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, has been selected as a 2016 Marshall Scholar.
Four New York University professors have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Zachary Fine, who graduated from NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study this spring, has been selected as a 2016 Rhodes Scholar.
Researchers found a pronounced age trend in those utilizing opioid treatment programs from 1996 to 2012, with adults aged 50 and older becoming the majority treatment population in NYC, which has one of the largest methadone treatment systems in the U.S. and consistently provides access to treatment in the public system.
In a study examining compliance with NYC’s law increasing legal age for purchasing cigarettes from 18 - 21, researchers with NYU, UCLA found retailer compliance with ID checks significantly decreased since the law became effective. Prior to this change, 29% of retailers sampled were noncompliant; afterward, 38% of retailers sampled failed to ask for ID when selling cigarettes to young people. Researchers also examined new minimum price laws for cigarettes and discovered a similar pattern.
New York City’s policy of closing very low-performing high schools during the last decade produced notable benefits for the middle schoolers who likely would have enrolled in these schools, according to a new report from the Research Alliance for New York City Schools at NYU.
A classroom program that helps teachers adapt their interactions with students based on individuals’ temperaments may lead to more student engagement in kindergarten, more teacher emotional support to kindergarten and first grade students, and better classroom organization and less off-task behavior in first-grade classes, according to research by NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
Former U.S. senator Bill Bradley and former U.S. ambassador to Russia Jack Matlock, Jr. will be among the panelists for “U.S.-Russian Conflict From Ukraine to Syria: Did U.S. Policy Contribute to It?”—a discussion at NYU’s School of Law on Mon., Nov. 23, 6-8 p.m.
NYU researchers have received a three-year, $2 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to explore new ways to create advanced materials atom-by-atom—with the aim of laying the groundwork for the next generation electronic devices.
Over the past 25 years, the higher education system in the United States has grown more competitive, with students trying to gain admissions to the most desirable institutions and institutions vying for the most desirable students. During this time period, high school students across the country – particularly those from families of higher socioeconomic status – have increasingly used multiple strategies to enhance their college applications, finds research led by NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
New York University chemist Nadrian Seeman has been awarded the 2016 Franklin Award in chemistry for his pioneering work in founding the field of DNA nanotechnology.
American Journalist and Political Commentator Cokie Roberts interviews United States Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD).
The team found that the main calcium influx pathway involved in the mineralization of enamel [called the CRAC (Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+) channel -- the main type of SOCE (Store-operated Ca2+ entry) channel -- is critical for controlling calcium uptake, which is necessary for the development of tooth enamel.
NYU Abu Dhabi researchers have developed a map of genetic changes across the genome of date palms. They have also established genetic differences between Middle Eastern and North African date palms, an important discovery that sheds light on that long elusive question.
The complexity of the neural activity we use to process visual images reflects the intricacy of those images, a team of NYU scientists has found. Their study offers new insights into how our brain extracts information about our natural surroundings from the light captured by our eyes.
Research published earlier this year claiming chimpanzees can learn each others’ language is not supported, a team of scientists concludes after reviewing the study.
A team of researchers has mapped out a universal dynamic that explains the production and distribution of proteins in a cell, a process that varies in detail from protein to protein and cell to cell, but that always results in the same statistical pattern.
Former U.S. senator Bill Bradley and former U.S. ambassador to Russia Jack Matlock, Jr. will be among the panelists for “U.S.-Russian Conflict From Ukraine to Syria: Did U.S. Policy Contribute to It?”—a discussion at NYU’s School of Law on Mon., Nov. 23, 6-8 p.m.
NYU researchers have identified how brain rhythms are used to process music, a finding that also shows how our perception of notes and melodies can be used as a method to better understand the auditory system.
Activities outside the classroom – especially community engagement and sports – may help low-income, urban youth academically as they transition into middle school, according to a new study by NYU Steinhardt.
The term “rational use,” as applied to fishing rights in Antarctic waters, has been misused by certain countries, an analysis by a team of researchers has concluded.
New York University will host representatives from the Council of Europe, the ACLU, and others for a one-day conference that will consider western democracies’ responses to an influx of immigrants on Thurs., Oct. 22.
Mass extinctions occurring over the past 260 million years were likely caused by comet and asteroid showers, scientists conclude in a new study published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
New York University’s Center for French Civilization and Culture will host “Inside Barthes,” a conference that gathers those who knew Roland Barthes for an inside and personal look at the renowned French scholar, to be held Oct. 15-17 at various venues on the NYU campus.
A new study published in the prestigious scientific journal Health Services Research shows that Magnet hospitals nationally accredited for nursing excellence have higher patient ratings of care than other hospitals. The study led by Dr. Witkoski-Stimpfel at NYUCN and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research suggests that hospitals seeking to improve patient satisfaction, and qualify for new financial incentives, would be well advised to consider investing in nursing excellence.
Marc Gershow, an assistant professor in NYU’s Department of Physics, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award, which will support research aimed at gaining new insights into the sense of smell.
Marc Gershow, an assistant professor in NYU’s Department of Physics, has received a highly competitive “New Innovator” Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Given their findings, the researchers note the health-related benefits of early engagement, especially since the new HCV treatments feature shorter drug regimens that are very likely to result in cure.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded NYU’s Center for the Humanities a $400,000 grant to support both existing and new programming.
Eero Simoncelli, a professor in NYU’s Center for Neural Science, has won an Engineering Emmy® Award for the creation of a now widely used algorithm that assesses how viewers perceive the quality of an image or video, the Television Academy announced this week.
New York University biologists, in collaboration with scientists at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, have identified a mechanism that promotes activation of genes critical for the initiation of embryonic development.
Yi Ye, MS, PhD, associate director, Clinical Research Operations at NYU’s Bluestone Center for Clinical Research at the NYU College of Dentistry was selected for the International Association for the Study of Pain’s (IASP) 2015 Early Career Research Grant Award.
The NYU Leadership Initiative will celebrate the launch of NYU’s Peace Corps Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program, which provides graduate school scholarships to returned Peace Corps volunteers, on Monday, Oct. 5, 3 to 4 p.m.
Pope Francis is making his first trip to the United States later this month. To document this historic visit, New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute is partnering with mobile publishing startup Evrybit for a collaborative mobile reporting project to provide live coverage of the event.
This is the first study reporting on use of a variety of new drugs in a nationally representative U.S. sample. Researchers are confident that use was severely underreported, as the subjects were not asked about most of these new drugs specifically. The researchers advocate for health surveys to ask about use of new drugs, in addition to traditional drugs such as marijuana and cocaine, in order to quickly pick up on potential drug epidemics.
An international research team, which includes NYU anthropologists Scott Williams and Myra Laird, has discovered a new species of a human relative. Homo naledi, uncovered in a cave outside of Johannesburg, South Africa, sheds light on the diversity of our genus and possibly its origin.
Researchers at NYU have conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies characterizing the incidence of the sexual transmission of HCV among HIV-positive MSM. The high reinfection rates and the attributable risk analysis suggest the existence of a subset of HIV-positive MSM with recurring sexual exposure to HCV. Approaches to HCV control in this population will need to consider the changing epidemiology of HCV infection in MSM.
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