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新闻
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课程聚焦：上海故事
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互动中双赢
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上纽大之窗
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不止为镜头而舞
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创造历史
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校园快照
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波动研究 预测风险
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好室友好朋友
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创造力培养
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文化冲击
出品人的话 亲爱的读者， 很多人认为，上海纽约大学是中国高等教育界的创新者，
请您领取一份《滙刊》，品鉴指正。从校园新闻到室友采
放在全球高等教育大背景下，亦是如此。对出版《上海纽
访，希望有您心仪的文章。《滙刊》是中英双语杂志，翻
约大学滙刊》的大学传播部来说，我们有幸在每日工作中，
至杂志另一侧，换种语言读起。
见证、感受这所年轻大学的蓬勃活力。 愿您喜欢本期《滙刊》！ 一场场讲座、一次次考察、一项项对未知领域的探索，上纽 大师生共同创建了这所不同寻常的大学，带来新的惊喜， 建立新的传统。它的一举一动都关乎创新与创造力。本期 《滙刊》，我们关注上纽大课堂内外源源不断涌现出来的创
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学术
校友 上纽大本科生获全国首张工作许可 上海纽约大学首届本科生成为浦东新区海外人才通行和工作便 利度新措施的首批受益者。 此前，要获得在中国的就业资格，国际学生须具有两年境外工 作经验，或拥有硕士及以上学历。新措施的实行，意味着在上 海攻读本科学位的国际学生，只要在毕业后一年内，到上海自
新研究生项目启动
贸试验区或张江高新区就业，并满足相关法律、法规条件，即 可申请办理工作许可证。
上海纽约大学启动新的研究生项目——与纽约大学斯坦 哈特文化教育和人类发展学院合作开设的英语教育硕士
目前，上海纽约大学有8位国际学生毕业后留沪工作，涉及科
项目（TESOL）。
技、环境、金融以及教育行业。2018年初，将公布首届毕业 生就业去向报告。
中国进行英语教学的需求量身打造；新研究生项目的推 出，进一步扩大了上海纽约大学研究生与研修项目的规 模。目前已有：与纽约大学社会工作学院合作开设的纽 约大学上海纽约社会工作硕士项目；与纽约大学文理研 究生院合作开设的纽约大学博士项目。明年将推出更多 项目，敬请关注。 图：上海日报
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项目为时两年，立足于美国前沿的教学方法，并根据在
了解研究生与研修项目的更多信息： shanghai.nyu.edu/ graduate
奖学金 上纽大毕业生获富布赖特奖 9月26日，上海纽约大学首届学生、2017届毕业生Hannah Johnstone，荣获2017-2018富布赖特美国学生奖。作为学校 首位获得富布赖特奖的学生，Johnstone将于1月前往马来西亚 进行为期10个月的教学实践活动。 作为富布赖特英语助教项目的获奖者之一，Johnstone将与马 来西亚的一位同事一起，为当地高中生教授英语。 “在上海纽约大学本科学习期间，我见证了跨文化学习对树立一 个人的基本信念、观念和视角所发挥的积极和巨大影响，” Johnstone说。“获得该奖学金，让我有机会将这段经历用于今 后的全球教育工作。”
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创意媒体实验室启动 上海纽约大学创造力与创新研究项目（PCI）利用一套先进
创造力与创新研究项目近期展开的一些合作项目包括：与纽
的运动捕捉系统，让学生进行混合技术（虚拟现实/增强现
约大学坦登工程学院以及纽约大学阿布扎比利用虚拟现实技
实）的项目。
术共同打造的莎翁剧《哈姆雷特》；与同济大学和上海音乐 学院在上海科技馆联合奉上的一场混合现实技术的音乐会。
这套Optitrack运动捕捉设备，帮助学生实践所学知识与创新 技术，并与虚拟现实技术的发烧友与专业人士，以及位于中
了解创造力与创新研究项目的更多信息:
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教授
美术馆
张骏教授当选美国物理协会会士 张骏教授当选2017美国物理协会会士。专家委员会的 表彰辞写道，“他优雅且巧妙的实验将流体和结构间的 耦合推向主流科学领域，并由此启发了在物理学、生物 学、工程学、地质物理学和应用数学领域的研究。”张 骏教授在上海纽约大学建立了全新的流体物理实验室。
边界：我们和他们 上海纽约大学美术馆2017年的首次展览——“边界：我们和 他们”，邀请到三大洲的五位艺术家。Rasmus Degnbol（丹 麦）、John Craig Freeman（美国）、Lorenzo Pezzani (意大利）、Charles Heller（瑞士），以及Reena Saini Kallat（印度）几位艺术家的作品，均以“边界”为主题，观 察和思考全世界范围民族主义情绪日渐高涨之际，各地边界 的生存现状。
开卷有益 India, China and the World
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(中印与世界） 上海纽约大学环球亚洲研究中心主任、全球中国学教授沈 丹森具有开创性的研究著作，首次将中印之间的交流往 来，放到亚洲及世界历史的宏观构架下进行全面审视。 新著关注中印的物质交流、知 识与技术传递、殖民时期的交 流网络，以及中印两国关系中
校园
鲜为人知的历史。他认为，对 中印关系的分析，必须超越传
刘延东被授予纽约大学“校长奖章”
统的民族国家或双边关系范 畴。
当地时间9月25日，国务院副总理刘延东在纽约大学出
新闻
席纽约大学“校长奖章”授奖仪式。纽约大学校长汉密 通过审视两个国家之间互联互
尔顿向刘延东授予纽约大学最高荣誉“校长奖章”。
通的历史渊源，沈丹森填补了 刘延东在致辞中表示，“我们高兴地看到，近年来纽约
国际语境下中印研究领域的一大空白。
大学与中国的合作卓有成效，特别是2012年与华东师 范大学合办上海纽约大学，成为中美教育合作的重要 里程牌。”
Chroniques de la Maladie Chronique (慢性病编年史）
刘延东说，“我亲身体会到，人文交流作为中美关系的 上海纽约大学医学与卫生社会
‘地基’，是值得高度重视、需要长期投入的事业。”
人文研究中心主任、人类学教 授Todd Meyers的最新著作， 新系列讲座
记录了一个美国家庭十年来， 围绕一位患多种慢性病的女性
概率之美
家庭成员的日常对话、经历。 书中展现了疾病如何影响这个
剑桥大学知名数学家Geoffrey Grimmett的讲座，揭开
家庭，改变家庭成员的关系，
本学期上海纽约大学“教务长杰出学者”系列讲座的序
并以出人意料的方式影响医药
幕，将听众们带入几何概率的迷人世界。
效用。Chroniques de la
Maladie Chronique（慢性病编年史）是一部关注身体感受 Vladas Sidoraviciusas教授称Grimmett为“当代最重要
的民族志著作。
的几何概率学家”。Grimmett教授以在概率论、统计力 学领域的研究而闻名。研究著作包括Percolation（渗
Todd Meyers教授此前的著作《诊所之外：青少年成瘾治
透）(1999）、The Random-Cluster Model （ 随机串
疗探究》，近期已出版法语版（Vrin 2016），中文版也即
模型）（2006）、Probability on Graphs（概率图）
将出版。
（2010）。
上纽大之窗
“讲座、小组讨论、演出、电影放映和研讨会等各类活动，让同 学们有机会倾听校园外的商业、政府、艺术、科学等领域顶尖 学者和专家的声音，这是大学使命的重要部分。每学期，我们 都有超过100场的各类活动。校园里充满着新知识与新鲜事，好 奇心、求知欲在这里不断碰撞出智慧火花。” 学术活动部主任CONSTANCE BRUCE
GENTA KONDO，日本非营利组织 MISSION ARM JAPAN创建者 “设计假肢的前提，是要认识到每个人 都是不一样的。我是左撇子，这和世 界大多数人都不一样。我想说的是， 如果思想、身体或环境出现不和谐， 人人都会感到束缚。” ——“平价开源修复术”讲座 YANN LECUN，FACEBOOK人工智 能研究实验室主管 “人工智能领域在未来几年所面临的挑 战，是让机器识别原始的、未标明的
陈念慈，上海纽约大学高级名誉顾问、 前高盛集团私人财富管理业务执行董 事、慈善家、导师
数据，例如视频或文本，也就是‘预测
“上海纽约大学的学生拥有不同寻常的
学习’。关键技术难点在于，世界只是
探索世界的能量与热情，他们是塑造
部分可预测的。”
未来的一股新生力量。在这里感受到
——“预测学习与人工智能的未来”讲 座
的活力、潮流及每天的创新，让我受 益匪浅。” ——“与校长对话”活动 更多活动预告：SHANGHAI.NYU. EDU/EVENTS，欢迎报名参加！
HELEN SCHULMAN， 畅销书作家 “作为一名作家，你必须学会与无聊相 处，不然就写不出东西。如果你一直 娱乐人生，就不会去遐想和做梦了。 总有学生跟我抱怨写不出东西，什么 想法都没有。我告诉他们，身边别放 电脑，也别放书，静静坐两个小时， 看能不能写出来！” ——上海纽约大学读书会系列讲座
RIC BURNS，纪录片《排华法案》 导演 “1882年出台的《排华法案》，应当编 入历史教科书，就像感恩节、美国独 立战争和波士顿倾茶事件一样。” ——《排华法案》中国首映礼
校园快照 1. 音乐剧Reality Show 纽约大学的开学传统——Reality Show音乐舞 台剧，学长学姐用歌舞展现上海纽约大学的校 园生活和青春梦想，欢迎2021届新生。 2. 首届模拟联合国大会 上海纽约大学举办首届模拟联合国大会，大一 学生与来自10所中国高中的学生，共议环境、 核威胁等全球热议话题。这也是在中国举办的 首届获联合国认可并得到联合国学术影响力组 织支持的模拟联合国大会。 3. TEDx上海纽约大学演讲大会 演讲嘉宾来自各行各业，包括上海纽约大学教 务长衞周安、微博大V谷大白话、漫威娱乐著 名创意设计师Brian Crosby和上海交响乐团团 长周平等。 4. 羽毛球队刷新记录
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上海纽约大学羽毛球队在上海电机学院举办的 2017浦东新区第六届运动会上刷新获奖记录， 取得历史最佳成绩。 5. “为爱联盟”周 “为爱联盟”一周时间，同学们通过各项活动推 动性别和种族平等，致力创建一个更加包容的 多元环境。 6. 24小时电影挑战赛 上海纽约大学电影与摄影学生社团“24 Frames”举办第二届微电影大赛。在24小时 里，参赛组根据随机抽到的地点、对白和物 品，进行创作与拍摄。 7. 弃物重纫时装秀 上海纽约大学学生身穿用回收废品制成的时 装，在上海喜马拉雅美术馆的弃物重纫时装秀 上，秀出时尚环保光彩，拉开一年一度的“绿 色周”序幕。
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培养创造力
创造无疆。 在上海纽约大学，创造力已不仅仅是艺术和人 文学科的专利，它已深入物理、生物、化学、 计算机和工程学，贯穿科技、新媒体、商科等 众多领域。创造力正在模糊学科间的界限，催 生解决问题的新方法，在充分利用传统媒体的 同时，挑战着人们对时空、自我，和高等教育 的现有观念。
创意机器人 上海纽约大学2017届毕业生、计算机科学和互动媒体艺术专业杜佳东的毕业项 目，将他对机器人和绘画的热爱结合在一起， “我想设计一个自动绘画机器人， 并探索机器人是否能进行艺术创作。” 杜佳东设计编程的机器人，可以由400 个不同笔触强度的创意笔工具进行绘图，原理和以像素为基本单位进行电脑绘 图一样。“我的灵感来自于美国艺术家Chuck Close，他用网格系统为每个方 块填充不同图层、形状和颜色，每个方块看似是一个抽象图形，但放在一起， 就成了一个完整的人像作品。”作为互动媒体艺术实验室的一名研究员，目前， 杜佳东正在进一步探索让机器人自行创作更多图像的生成算法。
图：David Santiano
培养创造力
何以当下？
技术本身，而是为了人类，满足人类需求，”Belanger说。 秉持这样的创新精神，上海纽约大学创建了又一个跨学科
“这个世界迫切地需要新的知识，”上海纽约大学创造力与创 新研究项目（PCI）主任Adam Brandenburger教授说， “气候变化和全球化带来的经济失调无疑是我们所面临的重
专业——互动媒体与商业。接下来，一项为期14个月的在 职硕士项目计划在上海、纽约和柏林开启，将充分结合这 三座全球设计之都的资源优势。
大挑战。与此同时，新科技与全球范围新兴中产阶级的崛 起，也带来巨大机遇。时至今日，僵化刻板的教育模式已
从2018年秋季学期开始，纽约大学帝势艺术学院也将推出
经行不通了，我们需要新的知识应对这些挑战与机遇。换
互动媒体艺术学士学位项目，进一步加强上海和纽约两所
言之，授人以鱼不如授人以渔，学会创新，才是真的学会
校园之间的合作纽带。
生存。” Belanger教授认为，“创造力”这个词本身意义不大，因为 它通常与个人和自我挂钩，“创造力总是被用来赞美某个人
新知来自创造力
的个人成就，但它背后其实是一群人的智慧结晶。”正如 Belanger教授所言，创造力不局限于孤立的个人成就，“互
“创造力为什么重要？当然有人还会问导航寻路为什么重 要，”上纽大计算机科学助理教授夏光宇说， “创造力将人
联网和人工智能让大众协作创新成为可能，”夏光宇教授 说。
类与自然界其他生物区别开来。”换言之，创造力使得人之 所以为人。“探求人与机器的区别就如同剥洋葱，一层一层
“创造力是衡量伟大的标准，”上海纽约大学教务长衞周安
剥到中心，共性被剥落，独特的人性留在核心。而创造力，
说，“如果我们可以启发学生将看似无关的因素以全新方式
无疑比认路这种能力更接近核心。”
结合在一起，我们就能培养他们具备当今世界所需的技 能。”
Matthew Belanger，上海纽约大学新媒体项目助理主任。 受纽约大学帝势艺术学院为期两年的研究生专业“交互通讯
创造力关乎跨学科合作。在上海纽约大学，这类跨学科创
项目”（ITP）启发，他参与创立上海纽约大学互动媒体艺
新课程包括：“编舞与增强现实”、“空气净化和机器人技
术（IMA）本科专业，将艺术和新兴技术相结合。 “在上海
术”、“吃的艺术与味的科学”、“以用户为中心的设计与音
纽约大学，我们用创新方式探索技术，但其目的不是为了
乐教育”、“大数据时代与小企业需求”等等。
城市迷阵 由上海纽约大学师生联合上海本地艺术家设计打造的“城市迷阵”项 目（Project Neuron），作为“第43届国际计算机音乐大会” （ICMC）开幕秀之一，亮相上海交响乐团音乐厅。“‘城市迷阵’可以 捕捉舞者的动作，将其生成为3D图形，”项目负责人、2017届学生 Sean Kelly说，“当舞者在舞台上向彼此靠近、进行互动时，项目通 过光学运动追踪系统、实时图形生成、运动控制音效等技术，创作 出一个声音与视觉的实时科技秀。”“走出实验室的控制环境，将创 新想法应用到实际环境中，这会锻炼学生的创造力与创新能力，”上 海纽约大学艺术教授Christian Grewell说，“在实际应用过程中出现 各种问题，这样的压力可以促使学生快速找到创造性解决方案，让 他们掌握除学术科研之外的各项技能。” 图：Kadallah Burrowes
“我们引导学生探寻让他们真正充满激情的研究方向，”
上海纽约大学的创造力也体现在科学领域。基于对酒驾问
Belanger教授说，”我们给予学生充分的机会，让他们展开
题的长期关注，计算机科学专业的学生Chelsea Polanco，
探索；我们帮助学生建立信心，去发现、追寻与听从自己
与队友合作打造出能够探测驾驶者体中酒精含量的车钥匙，
的内心；我们让他们认识到这一过程中可能遭遇失败，但
这个酒精探测仪会发出警告信号，制止醉驾。
失败是学习的关键步骤。只有尝遍各种方式去实现目标， 学生才能收获成长。”
“很多人认为，创造力的核心是将不同的东西结合在一 起，”Brandenburger教授说，“实际上，创造力的关键，
在上海纽约大学，教授有充分自主权来设计课程，“由于学
是拥有不同领域的深厚经验，再将这些经验以有趣、创新
生一直保持着高质量的作品与出色的成绩，学校领导相当
的方式进行融合。史蒂夫•乔布斯有一句话说得好，他说，
信任我们，”Belanger教授说。
创造者应该将已有经验融会贯通，生成新的事物。我们就 是想推动这一进程，通过各类活动让不同专业的学生集聚
创造力与创新研究项目对所有专业的学生开放。学生可修
一堂，接触校园之外的商业、科技、艺术等各领域。”
读那些探索社会、技术与创新之间关系的课程，包括“创 新：深圳风格”、“设计思考”、“设计冲刺：中国现代社会
Brandenburger教授认为，选择上海纽约大学的学生都是
老龄化与健康的未来”等。
创新者、创业者，“大家见证并创建这一全新开启的教育事 业，都是上海纽约大学历史进程的开启者。我欣赏这样的
在“设计冲刺”这门课上，学生参观上海本地养老院及高龄 体验馆，穿上增重服，戴上妨碍听力、视觉等的设备，模 拟体验高龄者因身体机能退化的感受，从而对衰老产生同 理心。学生使用谷歌风投（Google Ventures）开发出的一 种研究与设计冲刺方法，打造出名为“常生”（Health Front）的应用程序，针对上海老龄人口的不断增长与优质 医疗服务的缺乏这一现状提供解决方案。应用程序的显著 位置上设有紧急求助键，若老人跌倒或感到不适，可一键 呼叫最近的急诊室。
魄力与远见，渴望参与其中，共同创造新的事物。”
课程聚焦
城市课堂
“如
果你想了解中国和上海，一定得读小说，”
《上海文学想象——一个转型中的城市》一
“走出自己的生活圈，我们就得以探索一个新地 界。而这往往意味着邂逅一份意外的收获。”
书的作者、上海纽约大学全球中国学助理教
授沈雷娜经常这样告诉学生，“小说向我们讲述了许多社会
和文化，乃至作者自己的故事，这是学术文章无法比拟 的。”
“当你真的踏入书中所提到的地方，会有身临其境的感觉。 因为，你所处的，是文中角色曾到过的地方；你所见的，
沈雷娜教授的“上海故事”课，通过文学研究的方式，考察
是角色眼中曾经的世界；你还能觉察出这座城市发生了怎
现代作家眼中上海历史的演变，覆盖从通商口岸时代到二
样的变化，”沈雷娜说，“这不仅向学生展现了上海的城市
十世纪90年代的城市巨变。学生每周阅读两三位作家的上
发展，也能帮助学生了解作者当时对这个地方的所知所感，
海故事。“这门课上，学生会读完三部长篇小说和大量短篇
这样的经历不失为对作品的亲密体察。”
故事。” 不仅仅是论文 深入城市 为贴合这门以小说为主线的课程，沈雷娜对学生的要求是 沈雷娜教授以上海为课堂，带领学生了解城市的过去和现
自由创作。“我希望让学生知道，学术分析可以不拘泥于标
在。“每周，学生必须亲身前往书中所提及的地方，去实地
准论文的条条框框。”
探访，用一种更真切的方式体会和理解书中的文字。” 沈雷娜说，“我们的学生来自不同国家，有着不同的语言和 文化背景。对一些学生而言，比起传统的学术论文，自由 创作能够更好地表达自我。” “评阅这些文章的过程非常有趣，”让沈雷娜颇感自豪的是， 有的学生写出戏剧场景，有的绘制了图像小说，还有的甚 至创作出现代爵士舞作品。
意外收获 一天，沈雷娜收到学生邮件，说他们在寻找书中场景时迷路 了，但借此机缘，与当地居民和对他们的探访感到好奇的 保安，进行了一场预想之外的交流和沟通。 沈雷娜说，“走出自己的生活圈，我们就得以探索一个新地 界。而这往往意味着邂逅一份意外的收获。”
不止为镜头而舞 上
海纽约大学舞蹈教授、艺术家、舞 蹈编导罗红玫，联动上海纽约大学 舞蹈项目和上海四大艺术场馆，合
作展示上海纽约大学舞蹈影像作品系列。 在《不止为镜头而舞》这部作品里，罗红玫编舞课 和舞蹈课的学生与专业舞者展开合作，在香格纳画 廊、上海当代艺术馆、龙美术馆和西岸艺术中心 演出。 罗红玫徜徉在场馆建筑与艺术陈列中，汲取灵感 后，将它们打造成为舞蹈叙事与表达的平台。
在龙美术馆和西岸艺术中心拍摄的《转点》中，舞 者在昔日工业建筑中的本色混凝土柱间翩跹起舞。 “这个舞蹈缘起于美国前总统吉米·卡特于1979年发 表的信任危机演讲，探索了公共角色与个人角色 的关系，” 罗红玫说。 作品《黑鱼+黑浪》的灵感则源自画家胡柳的作品 《黑浪》。后者的细微笔触里蕴含巨大能量，于今 年5月在香格纳画廊（西岸）展出。 “在我们的舞蹈里，舞者也通过细致的肢体语言， 以递增的方式释放一种能量，直至最后的华丽收 官，”罗红玫说。 罗红玫认为，演出是学习舞蹈的重要过程，“舞台 演绎是一种升华的经历，”她说，“演出是与当地 社区的对话。学生在获得认可的同时，也在为自己 未来的兴趣发展探索更多可能性。因此，学生上台 表演，对他们来说是一种绝佳的学习体验。” 罗红玫编舞作品：shanghai.nyu.edu/dance-video
波动研究 预测 Eleanor Williamson 撰文
中
国经济飞速发展，自1990年成立以来，上海
洞察风险
证券交易所几经起落。作为投资者，往往缺 乏足够信息评估市场风险，因此，了解引发
金融市场波动的因素，成为金融研究的关键所在。
上海纽约大学波动研究所于2014年11月正式成立后，Engle 教授与波动研究所执行所长周欣博士，结合中国市场的背 景，引入纽约大学斯特恩商学院波动研究室的模型。
“自2008年中国股市暴跌对美国和西方国家造成巨大影响以 来，中国金融市场对世界的影响力正逐步攀升，因此，研
上海纽约大学波动研究所的线上用户界面“VINSIGHT”，能
究中国金融市场风险迫在眉睫，”中国丝路基金董事总经理、
提供针对不同地区、行业和类型的股票与主要股票指数的
上海纽约大学经济学教授王建业先生表示。
日波动率分析。“VINSIGHT”使用的定量模型，不仅包括历 史波动数据，也包括“实际波动率”与“隐含波动率”，以及
2014年，王建业教授与研究波动率的金融学领域权威人士
每日股票波动率的高频数据。
Robert Engle教授，在上海纽约大学创办波动研究所。 得益于“VINSIGHT”，不仅是学者，中国投资者、政府监管 作为纽约大学斯特恩商学院教授，Robert Engle因提出
部门，乃至全球任何一个拥有手机的人，都能实时获取中
ARCH模型，获2003年诺贝尔经济学奖，该模型通过使用
国金融市场的风险数据。
统计工具，评估并预测金融风险。2008年全球金融危机 后，Engle教授在纽约大学斯特恩商学院创办波动研究所。
上海纽约大学波动研究所能够提供实时精准数据，很快吸引
研究所的波动研究室使用ARCH模型和其他数学模型，提供
了政府监管部门的关注。2015年，上海证券交易所邀请上
对金融波动率的实时测量与预测，并将这些模型发布在实
海纽约大学波动研究所团队，协助对其首笔期权交易进行
验室网站上与公众分享。
定价。在没有定价历史参考的条件下，市场需预估波动性 才能设定价格。基于ARCH模型预测，Robert Engle教授与
为中国市场创建一所类似的专业研究机构，则是合乎逻辑
周欣博士提供了与实际初始价格非常相近的定价建议。
的下一步动作。 “我们想要推动对中国金融市场的实证研究，所以，有必要
通用模型
将上海这一金融中心，与纽约大学在波动性研究领域上的 经验连接起来，”王建业教授说。
上海纽约大学的本科生同样有机会在波动研究所学习，积累 研究经验。波动研究所的“研究助理项目”每年会选拨10名 学生参与项目实践，项目包括将中国金融波动指数应用于 套期保值，分析波动性与期权定价关系，以及评估上海-香 港证券市场的联系等。周欣表示，“项目让学生面对现实世 界开展研究工作，极富挑战性。”
追踪群体效应 周欣与中国金融期货交易所近期展 开合作，研究课题涉及中国个体投 资者的影响力，个体投资者如何热 衷于分享投资见解，并依据身边朋 友的投资行为制定投资决策。 “群体效益会加剧市场波动性，”周欣 说，“投资者往往都有一种不甘人后 的跟风心态。” 这一现象的存在，进一步夯实了公 开风险数据的必要性，也要求“VINSIGHT”用户界面尽可能简单明了， 便于个体投资者使用。 周欣博士：“由于上海纽约大学波动研究所的成立，中国投资者、政府监管部门等
周欣说，上海纽约大学波动研究所
均能实时获取中国金融市场的风险数据。”
将扩增模型的数据范围，从学术角 度提供就金融风险的建议，持续助
周欣讲授“中国金融市场”这一入门课。该门课涉及中国金
力中国市场的长期发展。
融系统的复杂性，与美国金融系统的区别，以及银行系统、 股票市场和国债市场的运作方式。“这是我上过的最有用的 一门课，”大三学生Lou Demetroulakos说，“虽然我很喜欢 在上海的生活，但直到上了周博士的课，我才真正意识到，
“我希望上海纽约大学波动研究所，能成为投资者、学者、 政府监管部门查询中国金融市场波动信息时的首选，”周欣 说。
上海是我应该长期发展的地方。”是的，除了上海，还有哪 座城市可以让你在上学路上，跟出租车司机讨论该买哪支 航空股？来到学校，又能在课堂上与老师同学辩论投机者 当道的金融市场到底面临哪些挑战？
了解更多关于上海纽约大学波动研究所和“VINSIGHT”指数 的信息，请前往 research.shanghai.nyu.edu/vins；或关注 微信公众号“上海纽约大学波动研究所”，了解更多活动资 讯。
文化 Susan Salter Reynolds 撰文
海
外学习既丰富了学生的生活体验，也能
“因为我是非裔美国人，中国人不怎么相信我是美国人，”她
为人生阅历增光添彩。“雇主常常反馈
说，“所以，我不得不解释我美国人的身份。可以说，在美
说，他们最看重的，是学生的口头和书
国，我的身份认同聚焦在我的非裔背景上；在中国，我的
面表达能力，”上海纽约大学职业发展
身份认同更多的是非裔美国人。这四年，我越来越接受自
中心高级主管Hiba Dabis说，“在快速变化的职场中，灵
己美国人的身份，也越来越热爱我的国家。”
活变通和快速适应新环境的能力尤为重要。” 大三上学期，正值美国大选，Maya在华盛顿特区海外学习 上海纽约大学的学生来自中国、美国以及世界各地，每一
时，感受到政治和文化的冲击。离开熟悉的中国，这次她
位学生都有海外学习经历。作为纽约大学全球教育体系的
经历的是本国的逆向文化冲击。“因为中文不好，所以在中
一部分，上海纽约大学的所有学生均可从大三起，前往纽约
国时，我的话不多。来到华盛顿特区，我可以在地铁上跟
大学全球教育体系遍布世界12个国家的其他校园和海外学
人闲聊，也因此，讲英语就没有私密性了。”
习中心进行学习，大四再回到上海完成学业。在海外学习 期间适应、了解新的文化，回国后对本土文化再度适应， 这样的经历更新并充实了学生的全球视野。
全球公民轻松行
2018届学生Maya Williams，在洛杉矶长大。之所以申请
寒假结束，带着一丝忐忑，Maya前往加纳海外学习。“这
上海纽约大学，是因为她想体验“真正的大城市”学习生活。
是我第一次来到一个黑皮肤才是常态的国家。回顾我的经
在上纽大的四年里，她不止在上海学习生活，还到过华盛
历，从小在美国长大，身边都是白人，这样的环境时时刻
顿特区、纽约和阿克拉。“之前我连护照都没有”，Maya
刻提醒自己非裔的身份。在阿克拉，就不一样了，我感到
Williams回忆起来上海前，那个没有搭乘过国际航班，对
前所未有的放松和自由。我意识到，很多人一直享有这样
公共交通没什么概念的懵懂姑娘。
的轻松，而这份轻松我等待了太久。”
全新的Maya Williams，开始了自己的“冒险旅程”。来到上
作为主修世界史（社会科学），辅修互动媒体艺术专业的
海，她面对的第一个文化冲击是这里的气候。该穿什么呢？
学生，Maya经常会思考种族问题。她说自己更喜欢多元的
像在洛杉矶那样四季如夏的穿法肯定不行，上海的冬天实
环境。结束海外学习回到中国后，她对全球公民的概念有
在太冷。除了新的环境和气候将改变她的着装，Maya也在
了新的认识。“每个人都应该在全球范围内自由迁移。身份
考虑一个问题，“既然我永远无法变成当地人，也就不用管
不应该成为一种局限。”现在，Maya正着手完成关于中国
所谓的穿衣标准咯？”Maya的头发总是人群中的亮点，在
社会包容性的毕业项目。想到毕业后会离开上海，她有些
地铁上，总有女士好奇地抓起她的小辫子。
感伤。 “这里已经成为了我的一部分，”她微笑着，“就像家一样。”
“成
长在上海这座国际大都市，我接触到各种不同文化，”2018届学生张炜仑说，“可能由于性格外 向，我喜欢了解不同文化，和不同的人打交道。”在上海纽约大学学习生活，让张炜仑如鱼得 水，“上海纽约大学为我提供了一个真正的国际化环境。从大一开始，我就接触各位导师、同 学的各种文化理念和想法，并向他们学习。”
张炜仑将上海纽约大学的海外学习机会利用到极致。2015年暑假，他前往纽约大学帝势艺术学院参加Reality
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演培训，然后在纽约大学阿布扎比进行寒假课程。大三，他在柏林参加纽约大学的暑假项目，又在纽约进行了为期5个月 的海外学习。2017年的春季学期，他在佛罗伦萨度过。 尽管对海外生活“轻车熟路”，这位“文化变色龙”也承认有不适应的时候，“去佛罗伦萨时，同行的还有我的 上纽大好友兼室友，他是意大利匈牙利混血。当时我们住在寄宿家庭，我时常被连珠炮般的意大利 语和热情十足的招呼方式‘轰炸’。除了听不懂在说什么之外，他们丰富夸张的手势和面部表 情，对来自亚洲文化的我来说很是陌生。海外学习快结束时，我发现自己已经熟练 指出我的这些新习惯，我才意识到自己的变化。” 今年大四的张炜仑，对“家”这个概念有着非常通 达的理解，“我依然是中国人，但我觉得 无论以后去哪里，我都能找到一 份归属感。我认为自己是 一名世界公民。”
我
来自美国波士顿附近的一个小镇。高中时期我 曾在中国学习生活，所以来上海读大学，并没有感受 到太多的文化冲击。
初到中国，我渴望尝试一切。但一下子太多的新鲜体验，有时反而令人无法适 从。这可能是刚到国外都要面临的问题。什么都想要尝试，但什么都难以适应。这些年 来，一切慢慢变得熟悉，我也完全习惯了在中国的生活。在上海纽约大学就读期间，我前往西班 牙和阿根廷进行海外学习。刚去时，我很适应当地的陌生环境。尽管西班牙、阿根廷和上海完全不一 样，但我对离开自己的国家，重新学习外语这种经历已然非常熟悉，所以，单就文化冲击而言，我并没有强烈的 感受。在海外生活多年后，我依然认同自己美国人的身份，不过我没有强烈的国界之分。我遇到过来自世界各地不同的 人，这些经历让我看清，在我们身处的世界，人与人是紧密联系的。
2018届 LIZZY LECLAIRE
掌握并开始运用这种意大利风格的手势和表情了。回到上海，直到我父母
双赢
校友导师项目助力学生发展 Susan Salter Reynolds 撰文
Gabriela Naumnik总是抱有坚定、清晰的目标。
海取景的电视剧，有点《飞跃情海》邂逅《欲望都市》的 意思。她给Naumnik看了节目预告片。“我太喜欢这片子
“她知道自己想要什么”，潘美旭这样评价她指导的学生
了！”这是Naumnik看完后的第一反应。
Gabriela Naumnik，上海纽约大学2019届互动媒体与商业 专业学生。潘美旭，纽约大学帝势艺术学院2004届毕业
“她的热情感染了我，”潘美旭说。Naumnik追问潘美旭节目
生，上海莱玛影视传媒有限公司创始人，公司总部在纽约
把角色年龄段设定在23-30岁之间的原因，并极力建议降
和洛杉矶。当Naumnik大二学年参加纽约大学校友导师项
低到与自己相仿的年龄段：18-23岁。她还提出，为适应
目的时候，她已认定潘美旭担任自己的导师。项目提供给
互联网受众的观看习惯，片长应缩减为十分钟左右。
Naumnik三位导师备选，她在三个位置上都填上了潘美旭 的名字。
潘美旭说，“本来我都对这个项目都没什么兴趣了，但 Gabriela的建议重新点燃了我的激情。我设计了20个问题，
前往上海与 Naumnik见面讨 论实习计划时，
请她去采访上海的外籍人士。她通过Facebook将这些问题 发给好友，开始征集故事。”Naumnik通过Skype做了40多 个采访，还请到上海纽约大学的同学帮忙。
潘美旭正在制 作一部新电
“这些学生身上所展现出的无所畏惧的精神，给了我很多力
视剧“The
量，”潘美旭说，“他们让我意识到项目在全球范围的吸引
Lane”。她
力。”而潘美旭给学生的建议是“清楚自己想要什么”和“坦
说这部在上
承自己真正的兴趣爱好”，“因为，只有诚实才能让你获得 信任。而Gabriela总能大胆、明确地表达自己的想法。” “我和潘美旭老师志趣相投，”Naumnik说，“导师告诉我要 听从内心，所以，我决定辅修影视制作。我从不知道学习 原来可以如此快乐！”Naumnik给未来参加导师项目学生也 提出自己的建议——选择一位让你感兴趣的人当导师，而 不是仅看他们的职业。
“现实世界”的使者 2018届学生桑清川，大二选专业时左右为难，不知该选化 学还是工程学。所以，他选择Mark Yang担任导师。Mark
潘美旭
Yang，纽约大学科朗数学研究所1999届毕业生，光谱特种
时，我尽量将话题从父母对他们的期待转移开。我会问他
气体贸易 （上海）有限公司总经理。当时，Mark Yang正
们自己真正的爱好是什么，帮助缩小父母期望与自己真实
在研究特种气体，一种生产医疗专用的活性气体，他便借
兴趣之间的差距。”
此机会把桑清川介绍给参与该项目的化学工程师，带他参 加北京的商业会议，与公司高层会面，让桑清川了解行业
“学习技能是一回事，而技术变革导致技能的需求瞬息万变。
决策过程。这些经历让桑清川收获颇丰，他对从事研发工
掌握了解一个行业的文化就更难了。”包强指导的学生、
作更有信心了。“我原以为和技术的专业性相比，商业环节
2017届的Olivia Taylor原本对投资银行感兴趣，通过包强
会容易一些，但并非如此。企业家需要考虑一连串问题：
的点拨，她意识到，自己真正感兴趣的是消费品行业，也
“这些学生身上 所展现出的无所 畏惧的精神，给 了我很多力量。 他们让我意识到 项目在全球范围 的吸引力。”
工厂规模多大，材料防火性能
更喜欢消费品行业文化。“包强导师指导我制定计划，熟悉
须达到何种级别，工厂的建筑
面试过程。”现在，Olivia Taylor正在欧莱雅进行一个为期
材料成分是什么等等。这让我
两年的营销与开发项目，项目参与者每年换岗一次。第一
认识到，自己更适合做一名科
年，Olivia Taylor在奢侈品部门工作，“对千禧一代的年轻
学家。”
人来说，企业文化更为重要。包强导师给我的人生忠告， 让我真正了解到这一点。我在欧莱雅
“我上学时，还没有这种导师项
关乎一份漂亮的履历，而
贝尔实验室开始第一份工作时，
是你和会什么样的人们
公司为我指派了一位导师，我
一起奋斗。”
们至今还保持着联系。”Mark Yang认为，与学生分享自己
前往shanghai.nyu.
的行业经验，对有志于在该领
edu/mentor，了
域发展的学生来说至关重要，
解更多关于纽约
“从学术领域到商业环境，是巨 大的跨越。一直待在实验室，学生无法对所处行业有全面 认识。导师能帮助学生提前做好对商业文化的适应和准备， 这相当有用。”
文化的分量 与Mark Yang一样，纽约大学斯特恩商学院2001届工商管 理硕士、特许金融分析师包强，在读大学时也没有导师项 目。包强是慧金源资本顾问（香港）有限公司总经理兼首 席投资官。“本科学习期间，我获得的职业咨询指导很有 限。我对商界如何运作也一无所知。幸运的是，摩根大通 有一项导师计划帮助了我。”而现在，包强表示，该轮 到他帮学生发现自己的特长与爱好了。“与学生交谈
Gabriela Naumnik
结识了许多新朋友。工作不仅
目，”Mark Yang说，“但我在
大学校友导师项 目的信息。
首届学生毕业 创造历史
——学生代表 2017届毕业生Roxanne Roman
永远的紫罗兰！ 上海纽约大学首届学生于2017年5月毕业，创造学校 历史的里程碑。 毕业典礼前夜，校色紫罗兰色，在上海地标性建筑东 方明珠电视塔闪耀，与纽约帝国大厦为纽约大学毕业 典礼亮紫色灯光的传统遥相呼应。 首届毕业典礼在上海东方艺术中心举行。国务院副总 理刘延东致毕业生的问候信，拉开毕业典礼的序幕。 刘延东称赞上海纽约大学在“创新办学体制机制、培 养优秀人才、促进人文交流等方面取得可喜成绩”。 延续1938年以来纽约大学毕业典礼的传统，2017届 毕业生、火炬手Tyler Rhorick，将上海纽约大学火 炬传递给2018届学生代表Dylan Crow，象征学生之 间的精神传承。 上海纽约大学合唱团的深情演唱，让新创作的上海纽 约大学校歌首次以现场演唱的形式亮相，成为毕业典 礼催人热泪的句点。校歌由上海纽约大学教授和员工 共同创作，双语歌词体现学校多元文化的汇聚与融 合。
Photo: Tim Franco
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“我们是上海纽约大 学首届学生。我们 前无古人，但后有 来者。我们引领， 我们开路，我们翻 阅障碍，打破限制， 架起桥梁。我们让 世界成为课堂。”
图：Tim Franco
图：Tim Franco
图：Tim Franco
图：Tim Franco
LEIDY TAPASCO
ROOMMATES
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Home: Atlanta, Georgia, USA Major: Business and Marketing First impressions: Na’s first ever email to me started: ‘Dear Tapasco Leidy Tatiana…’ a mixture of all of my names, which was funny; and I thought her first name was Sun! When I arrived at the dorm it was 1am and Na was still up waiting for me. She’d brought me comic books, and her mom had got me a blanket that I still use in my room. I thought she was really sweet. Hanging out: We love doing karaoke, although Na always tells me I get the pitch wrong! Best thing about Na: Her honesty. She tells you what you should hear, not what you want to hear.
家乡：美国佐治亚州亚特兰大 专业：金融学 对室友的第一印象：孙娜给我的 第一封邮件是这么称呼我的， “亲爱的Tapasco Leidy Tatiana……”把我名字的顺序全搞错 了，当时我觉得特别好玩；而我 也误以为她的名是“孙”。那天来 到宿舍已经凌晨一点了，她还没 睡，等着我。她给我带了漫画书， 她的母亲给我带来一条毯子，现 在我还用着，特别贴心。 常去的地方：我们喜欢K歌。不 过，孙娜总是说我跑调！ 最喜欢室友的一点：她的诚实。 她总是告诉我事实，而不是说我 想听的。
Interview: Charlotte San Juan Photo: Daniel Cuesta
Seniors Na and Leidy have been friends since meeting as roommates in freshman year. After bonding over K-pop and K-dramas, the pair helped each other adjust to their new environment. “We struggled together,” says Na. “I remember staying up working on our papers. Leidy was always helping me with my grammar and run-on sentences.” Meanwhile, Leidy was “new to Chinese, new to China, new to everything!” “It was so funny in the beginning,” says Na. “She didn’t know how to pronounce Chinese pinyin, but we were both familiar with Korean hangul, so I used it to teach her Chinese pronunciation.” During freshman year, Leidy visited Na’s hometown in Xiamen. “We walked around Gulangyu Island and had great food. It was good to escape from the city for a bit.” She then invited Na to spend junior year winter break back in Atlanta. “I had fun spending Christmas with Leidy’s Colombian family,” says Na. “It was so different!” After studying away together in New York, and a semester in Prague, Leidy has moved back into dorms, this time as a Resident Assistant supporting the new freshman class. “I like the convenience of the dorms, and being an RA is fun. It’s helped me bridge back into the community.”
孙娜和Leidy Tapasco从大一开始就是室友，如今大四，两人已经是 很好的朋友。出于对韩流音乐和韩剧的共同喜爱，两人越走越近，并 孙娜笑道，“还记得我们熬夜写论文的情景。Leidy一直帮我纠正语 法，特别是连写句的错误。”而Leidy则“刚到中国，刚刚开始学中文， 什么都不懂。”孙娜说，“我们之间发生了很多好笑的事。一开始她 不知道怎么读拼音，但我们都懂韩语字母，所以，我就用韩语字母教 她中文发音。” 大一时，Leidy应邀来到孙娜的家乡厦门。“我们一起在鼓浪屿散步， 品味美食，远离城市喧嚣，给身心放个假。”大三时，Leidy邀请孙 娜到自己的家乡亚特兰大过寒假。“我和Leidy的哥伦比亚家人一起 度过了圣诞节，”孙娜说，“真是难忘的经历！” 两人一起在纽约海外学习，又在布拉格学习了一学期后，Leidy搬回
好室友 好朋友
帮助彼此适应大学的新环境。“我们算是一起奋斗，一起挣扎吧，”
金桥宿舍。这一次，她还担任了宿舍助理一职，为大一新生提供帮 助。“我觉得住宿舍很方便，当宿舍助理也很有挑战，让我与我们的 学生大家庭建立起更紧密的联系。”
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采访：Charlotte San Juan 摄影：Daniel Cuesta
家乡：中国福建省厦门市 专业：金融学 最喜欢室友的一点：她一直都很 情好坏。她是一个好“妈妈”。 最爱的餐厅：我们很喜欢逛商场， 找美食。去松饼先生（Mr. Pancake House），成了我俩期 末考后的一个传统。 不合的地方：空调！夏天她总是 把空调开得很冷，冬天又开得太 热！
NA SUN 孙娜
照顾我，关心我的身体健康、心
Home: Xiamen, Fujian Province, China Major: Business and Marketing Best thing about Leidy: She always takes care of me, emotionally and physically. She’s a good mom. Favorite place to eat: We both enjoy hanging out in malls and local food plazas. We still go to Mr. Pancake House. It’s our tradition after every semester final. Anything you didn’t agree on? The AC! In summer she makes the room super cold and in winter she wants it super hot!
Photo: Tim Franco
Photo: Tim Franco
Photo: Tim Franco
Photo: Tim Franco
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MAKING HISTORY On the eve of commencement, the Pearl Tower was lit violet for NYU Shanghai graduates, echoing the lighting of the Empire State Building in New York for NYU graduates.
build bridges. We made the world
NYU Shanghai’s Class of 2017 became the first students to earn their degrees at NYU’s campus in China last May, marking a milestone in the University’s history.
much to follow after us. We pioneer,
Forever Violet!
“We are the inaugural class of NYU Shanghai; there is nothing that came before us but so we pave the way, we climb gates, we shatter ceilings, and we our major. ” Roxanne Roman ’17, student speaker
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The ceremony, held at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center, opened with a message of congratulations from China’s Vice Premier Liu Yandong, in which she praised NYU Shanghai for achieving “remarkable success” in bringing innovation to higher education, cultivating outstanding talents and boosting cultural exchanges. After students received their diplomas, torchbearer Tyler Rhorick ’17 symbolically passed NYU Shanghai’s ceremonial torch to Class of 2018 representative Dylan Crow, reprising a tradition in New York that has been a part of its commencement ceremonies since 1938. The NYU Shanghai Chorale brought the ceremony to a close with a performance of the University’s Alma Mater, composed especially for the occasion by NYU Shanghai members to be a bilingual anthem for our diverse community.
Photo: Tim Franco
Courant ’99, General Manager, Spectra Gases (Shanghai), as a possible mentor. Yang was working on special gases, producing a reactive gas for medical usage. He introduced Kyle to the chemical engineers working on the project and took him to a business conference in Beijing to meet the company leaders and give Kyle an inside look at decision-making in his industry. Kyle’s take-away? For now, he feels more comfortable in Research and Development. “I thought the business side would be easier but it’s NOT! Questions like...how big should the factory be; how fireproof do the materials have to be; what should the dirt the factory is built on be composed of... made me realize that I am a scientist!”
I got so much energy from the fearlessness of these students. They helped me to realize the global appeal of the project.
Yang did not have a mentor before he began working in the industry, and felt that sharing his experience was critical for students considering his field.
study, I had very limited career counseling. I had no idea of how the business world worked! Luckily, J.P. Morgan had a mentoring program.” Bao helps his mentees understand their personal strengths. “I try to move the conversation away from what the student’s parents want. I ask about their hobbies and I try to reduce the gap between the parents’ aspirations and the student’s interests.” Bao’s mentee, Olivia Taylor ’17, was considering investment banking, but Bao helped her to realize her true interest in consumer products, and that this was a culture she might enjoy more. “Danny helped me with the interview process, and with an action plan.” Taylor is now in a two-year marketing and development program at L’Oreal. Participants switch roles each year. In her first year, Taylor is working in the luxury division. “For millennials, the culture is so important. The life advice I got from Danny gave me real insight into this. I’ve made friends at L’Oreal—in the end, it’s not just about the resume. It’s about the people you will be working with.”
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“There is a great leap from the academic world to the commercial world.” Staying in the lab, he feels, does not give a student in the sciences the whole picture. “It really helps to have a mentor prepare you for the culture of the industry and what is expected of you in that culture.”
Culture Counts Like Mark Yang, Danny Bao, CFA, NYU Stern MBA ’01, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, HJY Capital Advisors (HK) Limited, had no mentoring experience in his college years. “In my undergraduate
Gabriela Naumnik
Win-Win Mentors and Mentees at NYU Shanghai by Susan Salter Reynolds
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here was no doubt in Gabriela Naumnik’s mind.
“She knows what she wants,” laughs Julliet Pan, NYU Tisch ’04, founder of SHE&JUL Films Productions and Media Company, based in New York and Los Angeles. And what Gabriela Naumnik ’19, majoring in Interactive Media and Business at NYU Shanghai, wanted in her sophomore year, was to work with Julliet Pan. Mentees choose three possible mentors. Gabriela chose Pan all three times.
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When Pan came to Shanghai to meet Naumnik and talk about the internship, she was working on a new TV series called “The Lane,”
a Melrose-Place-meets-Sex-in-the-City, set in Shanghai. She showed Naumnik the trailer. “I love it!” was the immediate reaction. “I was affected by her enthusiasm,” Pan admits. She asked for Naumnik’s thoughts on lowering the characters’ ages from 23–30 to 18–23, Naumnik’s own demographic and Naumnik agreed. She also suggested making the episodes much shorter—around ten minutes—for an internet audience. Gabriela’s enthusiasm re-energized Pan. “I gave her twenty questions to ask expats in Shanghai. She posted the questions on Facebook and began to gather stories.” Naumnik then conducted over forty in-person interviews and brought in other NYU Shanghai students to help. “I got so much energy from the fearlessness of these students,” says Pan. “They helped me to realize the global appeal of the project.” Pan advises her mentees to “know what they want” and “be honest about their interests with their mentors.” “Through honesty, you gain trust. Gabriela was bold and clear.” “Pan embodied everything I was interested in,” says Naumnik. “After she told me to follow my heart, I decided to minor in producing. And I have never felt so happy about studying something.” Gabriela’s advice to future mentees? “Choose someone who not only interests you as an industry professional, but also as a person.”
Ambassadors from the “Real World” Qingchuan (Kyle) Sang ’18 was torn his sophomore year between chemistry and engineering, so he chose Mark Yang, NYU
Julliet Pan
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“G
rowing up in an international environment in Shanghai, I was exposed to all sorts of cultural influences,” says Benny Weilun Zhang ’18. “Probably also because of my extroverted personality, I enjoy new cultural encounters and meeting different individuals.” He immediately felt at home in NYU Shanghai’s multi-cultural environment. “Studying at NYU Shanghai has given me a real sense of global community. From the very beginning of freshman year, I was exposed to different ideas, cultures, and beliefs from just being with my peers and mentors within the NYU Shanghai community.”
Benny embraced the opportunity to study abroad with NYU, travelling to New York in summer 2015 to train at NYU Tisch for the Reality Show (an NYU theatre production), and spending a J-term studying at NYU Abu Dhabi. During his junior year, he went to Berlin for an NYU Summer Program before moving to New York where he studied for almost 5 months, and finally travelling to NYU Florence where he spent his Spring semester.
am from a small town outside of Boston in the United States. I had already studied abroad in China during high school, so I didn’t experience a lot of culture shock coming to Shanghai.
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LIZZY LECLAIRE ’18
Despite enjoying living abroad, the self-confessed cultural chameleon still admits to being overwhelmed at times. “When I arrived in Florence with my good friend and roommate from NYU Shanghai, who also happens to be an Italian-Hungarian, we arrived at our host family and I was bombarded by Italian language and passionate greetings. It was both overwhelming and amazing to listen and watch the gestures and facial expression they were using—it was quite a new thing for me coming from an Asian background. By the end of the semester though, I had already started to adopt my Mama e Papa Italiana’s gestures! I hadn’t even realized until I was back in Shanghai and my parents noticed them.” Now a senior, Benny is open-minded about where he calls ‘home.’ “I am still Chinese, but I think I eventually find a sense of belonging wherever I go. At times, I really feel that I am a citizen of the world!”
“When I first got to China, I was so eager to experience everything. Going through so many new experiences at once can also be overwhelming, and that’s what I think makes living abroad difficult at first. You want to try everything, but you’re also not used to anything. Over the years things naturally become more familiar, and now living in China feels completely normal to me. During my years at NYU Shanghai, I studied abroad in Spain and Argentina. Coming from NYU Shanghai to a study away location, I felt perfectly natural being outside my element. Although Spain and Argentina are nothing like Shanghai, I was already familiar with living outside of my own country and speaking a language other than English. Even though I was adjusting to living in a new country, I never went through the “shock” part of culture shock. I still feel like an American, but I don’t feel like national boundaries are so rigid after living abroad for so long. I’ve met so many people from all over the world, and I think this experience has opened my eyes to how connected the world really is.”
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iving abroad is a life-enhancing and resume-enriching experience. “Employers always give us feedback that the most important skill they look for in students is communication, both oral and written,” says Hiba Dabis, Senior Manager, NYU Shanghai Career Development Center. “They also look for students that are flexible and can adapt easily to new environments and situations, as the workplace today is constantly changing.”
NYU Shanghai students come from China, the US and around the world and, at some point in their four years at NYU, all will experience living abroad as they move around NYU’s global network of campuses and centers, choosing between locations in 12 other countries. Adapting to new cultures, and the often overlooked experience of re-adjusting to their home culture, help students gain new perspectives. Maya Williams ’18 grew up in L.A. She applied to NYU, hoping to experience “a real city.” She got more than one. In her four years at NYU Shanghai she has experienced New York, Shanghai, Washington D.C. and Accra. “I didn’t have a passport,” she says, remembering her life before Shanghai, before she had experience with international flights or any form of public transportation.
The new Maya Williams lives “on the brink of a great adventure,” not a typical address. The first stage of culture shock in Shanghai was weather. What to wear? Dressing like it’s summer all year long was now absolutely out of the question, because of Shanghai’s chilling winter. In thinking about how this new life would impact her style, however, Maya also thought, “I’m never going to blend in so why try to conform to Chinese dress codes?” Maya’s hair alone was a source of fascination, with women on the subway regularly reaching over to grab a handful of her braids.
“Some Chinese people had a hard time believing I was American,” she says. “That I was a black person AND an American.” “All of a sudden I had to defend my American-ness. In the U.S. my identity is based on being black. In China, my identity is being black and American. I only started to strongly identify as American in the last four years. I feel a lot of love for the U.S.” Washington D.C. in the first semester of her junior year (during the recent election) was political culture shock. It was also reverse culture shock—China had become home. “In China, I’d gotten used to being silent because I don’t speak the language fluently. Going to D.C. I suddenly re-entered a space where I am invited into small talk on the subway and English conversations no longer feel private.”
Global Citizenship is Lightness After winter break, and with some trepidation, Maya went to Ghana. “This was the first place I’d been where blackness was the norm! I realized that I’d grown up in a place, surrounded by white people, where being aware of being black had become a habit. In Accra, I didn’t have to think about it. I felt a lightness and a sense of freedom I’d never felt before. A lot of people get to feel this lightness all the time. I’ve been missing out. ” As a Social Science major and Interactive Media Arts minor, Maya thinks about race a lot. In the end, she admits, she prefers diverse environments. But she returned to China with new thoughts on global citizenship. “Everyone should be able to move around the world with ease. Identity shouldn’t be a factor.” Maya is finishing up her capstone project on inclusivity in Chinese society. She admits that she feels sad when she thinks about leaving Shanghai. “A big part of me,” she smiles, “feels at home here.”
junior Lou Demetroulakos, “I’ve loved living in Shanghai but it wasn’t until I took Professor Zhou’s class that I realized this is the place to be.” Where else can you discuss which airlines stocks to buy with your taxi driver on your way to a class where you debate the challenges of a market dominated by speculators? Tracking the Herd The powerful influence of individual investors in China, and how they love to share ideas and often trade based on what their friends are doing, is the subject of Zhou’s recent research in a joint project with China Financial Futures Exchange.
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“The herding effect increases the volatility,” says Zhou. “Investors don’t want to get left behind.” Professor Xin Zhou: Thanks to VINS, investors and regulators now have access to public data on risks within China’s financial markets This affirms the need to make the risk data publically available and keep the VINSIGHT user interface simple enough for individual investors.
A Model for All
Undergraduate students at NYU Shanghai also benefit from the Institute’s expertise. Its Research Assistant program selects 10 students a year to work on projects that range from applying the China volatility index to hedging, analyzing the relationship between volatility and option pricing, and evaluating the Shanghai-Hong Kong public markets link. “This exposes them to real-world research,” says Zhou. “It is very challenging work.” Professor Zhou also teaches an introductory class on “Chinese Financial Markets,” which explains the intricacies of the Chinese financial system, how it differs from the U.S. and how the banking sector, the stock market, and the bond market operate. “This is the most useful class I’ve taken in college,” says
Professor Zhou says VINS will continue to help China’s markets to develop by expanding the range of data that is included in its models, and providing an academic perspective on risk. “I hope that VINS becomes the first place that investors, scholars and regulators think of when they search for volatility-related information in China’s financial markets.” For more information about The Volatility Institute at NYU Shanghai and the VINSIGHT index, visit research.shanghai.nyu.edu/vins or follow us on WeChat ‘上海纽约大学波动研究所’ to find out about upcoming events.
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by Eleanor Williamson espite the rapid growth of China’s economy, the Shanghai Stock Market has had a roller coaster ride since its launch in 1990. With investors often lacking information about the market’s risks, understanding the dynamics that feed its fluctuations has become a key area of financial research.
“Chinese influence in the world has gone up since the market crashes of 2008 affected the US and West so drastically, and there has been a greater need to study the risk of the Chinese markets,” said Professor Jian-Ye Wang, managing director of China’s Silk Road Fund and professor of economics at NYU Shanghai. Wang founded the Volatility Institute at NYU Shanghai in 2014 with Professor Robert Engle, one of the world’s experts on the study of volatility. Engle, of NYU’s Stern School of Business, received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2003 for the research behind his ARCH model, which uses a statistical approach to measuring risk and forecasting it. Following the 2008 crisis, Professor Engle launched the Volatility Institute at NYU Stern. Its V-Lab uses ARCH plus other mathematical models to provide real time measurement and forecasting of financial volatility and makes these models publicly available on the V-Lab website.
Volatility Insights After NYU Shanghai’s Volatility Institute (VINS) launched in November 2014, Robert Engle and Xin Zhou, the new institute’s executive director, began adapting the V-Lab’s model to the China context. The online user interface, called VINSIGHT, provides daily volatility analyses for major stock indices and stocks across different regions, industries and types. The quantitative models driving VINSIGHT not only include historical volatility, but also “realized volatility” and “implied volatility,” which incorporate highfrequency data throughout the day. Thanks to VINSIGHT, not only academics, but also Chinese investors, government regulators, and anyone in the world with a mobile phone can quickly see data about the risks within China’s financial markets. The Volatility Institute’s reputation for providing accurate data quickly attracted the attention of government regulators. In 2015, the Shanghai Stock Exchange called on the VINS team to help price the first options offered on the Exchange. With no pricing history, the market required an estimated volatility in order to set the price. Using the ARCH model’s predictions, Robert Engle and Xin Zhou were able to make recommendations that turned out to be very close to the actual initial price.
Building a similar center of expertise for the Chinese market was a logical next step. “We needed to promote empirical-based research of China’s financial markets, and it made sense to link Shanghai as a financial center with NYU’s expertise in studying volatility,” Wang said.
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rtist and choreographer Aly Rose has released a series of videos created in conjunction with the NYU Shanghai dance program and four leading art spaces in Shanghai.
Dance for Camera features Rose’s dance and choreography students performing among the artworks at the ShanghART Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Art, at the Long Museum, and in the West Bund Art Center, at times alongside professional dancers. Drawing inspiration from the architecture of the venues as well as the art therein, Rose creates a platform for choreographic storytelling and creative expression. In ‘The Turning Point,’ recorded at the Long Museum and in the West Bund Art Center, the dancers perform among the bare concrete columns of the former industrial building.
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“Coupled with former US President Jimmy Carter’s 1979 Crisis of Confidence speech, the performance adds an exploration of the role of institution and the role of the individual,” says Rose. Her choreography for ‘Blackfish + Black Wave’ takes inspiration from the tiny strokes that make up Hu Liu’s installation ‘Dark Wave,’ which was on view at the ShanghART Gallery in May. “Likewise, in our dance, we use small gestures and movements … incrementally rippling out into this grand finale,” she explains. For Rose, performance is part of students’ learning process: “Being on stage is transformational,” she says. “Performances also serve as a bridge to engage in dialogue with the local community ... and provide exceptional experiences for students to gain recognition and future work.” Watch Dance for Camera here: shanghai.nyu.edu/dance-video
COURSE SPOTLIGHT
The City As Classroom
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f you want to understand China and Shanghai, you have to read fiction,” says Lena Scheen, professor of Global China Studies and author of the monograph Shanghai Literary Imaginings: A City in Transformation. “Fiction can teach us a lot about society, culture and the person who wrote it, which you won’t find in an academic text.” Professor Scheen’s course, Shanghai Stories, uses literature to examine the history and evolution of Shanghai through the eyes of modern writers, from the treaty port era to the drastic urban change of the 90s. Students read 2-3 different Shanghai fiction writers each week. “In total, it’s about three full novels and a lot of short stories.”
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Into the City Scheen uses Shanghai as a classroom to literally walk students through the city’s past. “Every single week, they have to go to a location that’s mentioned in the stories they’re reading— it gets them out into the city and makes them read the text in a different way.”
“It’s about getting out of the bubble we are living in to explore new places. And sometimes that means encountering the unexpected.”
“Not only does it reveal Shanghai’s urban development, but it helps students connect the writers’ reflections with the space they are living in. It’s a very intimate experience.” Beyond the essay Fitting for a course about fiction, Scheen assigns students with producing a creative work of their own. “I want to teach students that an academic analysis of a text can come in forms beyond the standard academic paper.” “We have students from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds, and for some, this creates a space in which they can express themselves much better than in a traditional academic paper.” “I always enjoy grading these assignments,” says Scheen, who has seen students write theater scenes, draw a graphic novel, and even compose a modern jazz dance piece. The unexpected Occasionally Scheen gets an email from a student telling her they got lost trying to find locations in the texts, but ended up interacting with people they never would have met otherwise, from local residents to curious security guards.
“If you actually walk along the routes being written about, you place yourself in the story. You’re where the characters were, seeing what they might have seen, or seeing how a place has changed,” Scheen explains.
“It’s about getting out of the bubble we are living in to explore new places. And sometimes that means encountering the unexpected.”
Project Neuron The 43rd International Computer Music Conference opened in Shanghai with an audio-visual show designed by NYU Shanghai faculty and students in collaboration with local artists. “Project Neuron tracks dancers’ motion and visualizes their movements as 3D graphics,” says project manager Sean Kelly ’17. “As dancers move and interact with each other, Neuron uses a synthesis of optical motion tracking, real-time graphics, and motion-controlled audio effects to create a live audio-visual show.” “When you take an idea like this out of the controlled environment of the lab and apply it to a live situation, it increases students’ learning,” says arts professor Christian Grewell. “Trouble-shooting under pressure really pushes students to find creative solutions, and teaches them skills that prepare them for the world outside of academia.” Photo: Kadallah Burrowes
“We help students find what motivates them,” explains Belanger. Then we give them permission to pursue it. We give them the confidence to find, explore, and listen to themselves. We help them embrace the idea that they will fail at some point, and that failure is a critical part of the learning process. Only by pushing through and trying alternative ways to reach their goals can students grow.” It also helps that faculty are given quite a bit of autonomy to design courses. “Because of the consistency of our students’ work, the administration trusts us,” says Belanger. The Program on Creativity + Innovation (PCI) at NYU Shanghai is open to students across all majors. Students can currently take courses that help them explore connections between society, technology and innovation, such as Innovation-Shenzhen Style, Design Thinking, and The Design Sprint: Modern Aging and the Future of Health in China. For the latter course, students visited local nursing homes and experienced some of the physical challenges of old age by wearing equipment that blurred their vision and dulled their senses, to gain a first hand perspective of old age. Using research and design sprint methodology developed at Google Ventures, they then created a user-friendly prototype App “Health Front,” designed to connect Shanghai’s growing elderly population—many of whom lack connection
to healthcare services—to local activities and health services. The App also serves as an alarm, with an emergency button to alert the nearest emergency room if the user has a fall or is unwell. NYU Shanghai creativity is also on display in the sciences. Inspired by her longtime concern over drunk driving, Computer Science major Chelsea Polanco led a team of students in creating a pseudo alcohol-sensing device that could prevent drunk drivers from taking the wheel.
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“A lot of people put the act of combining things at the heart of creativity,” says Brandenburger. “Actually, it is first having sufficiently varied experiences and then combining what you have experienced in an interesting way. Steve Jobs put it very well once, when he said that creators are people who are ‘able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things.’ We want to help with this process—by building activities that mix together students across majors and by connecting students to all of the worlds of business, technology, and the arts beyond the university.” Students who come to NYU Shanghai are entrepreneurs in their own education, says Brandenburger. “They are committed both to participating in, and also building the best education possible. They are at the beginning of the journey of NYU Shanghai. I admire them for that, and I like to be around people who start new things!”
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Why now? “The world needs new knowledge urgently,” says Professor Adam Brandenburger, J.P. Valles Professor at the NYU Stern School of Business and Faculty Director of the Program on Creativity + Innovation at NYU Shanghai. “Climate change and the economic dislocations of globalization sit high on the list of big challenges we face. Meanwhile, new technologies and the emergence of a new global middle class, present huge opportunities. In this context, learning only a static set of assumptions constitutes a far-from-adequate education. New knowledge is needed to address these challenges and opportunities. Helping students learn how to create their own new knowledge and meanings—to be creative—can help them throughout their lives.
New knowledge demands creativity.
Telecommunications Program (ITP) located in the Tisch School of the Arts, he co-founded the Interactive Media Arts (IMA) undergraduate program at NYU Shanghai, combining art and emerging technologies. “At NYU Shanghai, we playfully engage with technology but not for technology’s sake: for humans, to meet human needs,” Belanger explains. This ethos has led to the recent launch of a cross-disciplinary major in Interactive Media and Business, as well as plans for a 14-month Low Residency Master’s program that will take place in Shanghai, New York and Berlin, combining three of the world’s modern design capitals. The word creativity leaves Belanger cold because it is so often associated with ego. “Too often creativity involves one person taking credit for the work of a community.” Indeed, creativity no longer requires or implies isolation. “The internet and A.I have made mass collaborative creativity possible,” explains Professor Xia.
“You might as well ask why food and water is im- “Creativity is now a measure of greatness,” says portant,” says Gus (Guangyu) Xia, Assistant Provost Joanna Waley-Cohen. “If we can help Professor and Faculty Fellow of Computer Sci- students bring seemingly disparate elements toence. “Creativity is how humans differentiate gether in new ways, we’ll be helping them to dethemselves from nature.” Creativity, in other velop an important skill for today’s world.” words, is at the core of what it means to be human. What is the difference between humans and machines? “It’s like peeling an onion. The thing left in the center is what makes us human.” The creative core. Matthew Belanger is the Assistant Dean for Emerging Media at NYU Shanghai. Inspired by NYU’s two-year graduate level Interactive
In other words, it’s a cross-disciplinary effort: choreography and augmented reality; the technologies of air purification and robotics; the art of eating and the science of taste; user-centered design and music education; the era of big data and the needs of small businesses; and much more.
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Creative Machines For his capstone project, Computer Science and Interactive Media Arts graduate Jack B. Du ’17 wanted to combine his interest in robotics with his love of drawing. “I wanted to build a self-drawing machine and probe the question of whether or not a robot could produce art,” he says. Du programmed the robot to create images typically formed of 400 small freeform pen drawings of varying intensity, which work like pixels to build up an image or pattern. “I was inspired by the American artist Chuck Close, who uses a grid system, filling each tile with different layers, shapes and colors, which taken alone look like individual abstract paintings, but viewed together are seen as one image.” Next, Du plans to give the robot more autonomy by exploring generative algorithms that would allow the robot to make more choices about the images it creates.
Photo: David Santiano
FEEDING CREATIVITY by Susan Salter Reynolds
There’s no containing it.
At NYU Shanghai, creativity has burst beyond the arts and humanities, spilling into physics, biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering; flooding technology, emerging media, and business; blurring the boundaries between disciplines, forcing an evolution in collaborative problem-solving; building on traditional media; challenging our perceptions of space, time, light, ego, and, well, higher education.
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SNAPSHOT 1. Reality Show The Class of 2021 were welcomed with a performance of the Reality Show, a hilarious, gritty, musical about college life at NYU Shanghai. 2. First Model UN NYU Shanghai hosted China’s first official Model United Nations Conference, with students from 10 Chinese schools debating action on global issues. 3. Students host TEDx Talk Guest speakers included Provost Joanna Waley-Cohen, Weibo influencer Gu Da Bai Hua, Marvel Themed Entertainment lead designer Brian Crosby, and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra president Zhou Ping. 4. Badminton win Members of the badminton team broke the university record for wins in Pudong’s 6th Sports Games competition at Shanghai DianJi University.
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5. Ally Week Students pledged their support for Allyship during a week of activities promoting equality in gender, ethnicity and sexuality, which has become a university tradition. 6. One in 24 Film Race The 24 Frames film club challenged students to produce a short film in 24 hours. The twist? They had to include a randomly assigned object, line of dialogue and location in the city.
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7. Trash Fashion NYU Shanghai students strike a pose at the Shanghai Himalayas Museum in garments made from trash to highlight consumer waste during GoGreen Week.
WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING? NYU Shanghai Live
GENTA KONDO, Catalyst, Mission ARM Japan “The premise for designing prosthetics is to remember that we’re all different. I’m left handed and the world is not designed for that. When there’s a mismatch between mind, body and environment, everyone can feel limited occasionally.” — Presentation on ‘Open Source Affordable Accessible Prosthetics’
HELEN SCHULMAN, Bestselling Author “As a writer you have to get bored, or you’re never going to write anything. If you’re always entertained you just don’t dream. Students come to me all the time and complain that they can’t write and they don’t have ideas. I tell them to sit down for two hours without a computer or a book and see what happens.” — The Literary Series at NYU Shanghai
“Introducing students to leading voices in business, government, and the arts and sciences through talks, panel discussions, performances, film screenings and seminars is an immensely important part of the University’s mission. With more than 100 events each semester, there is always something happening on campus to spark curiosity and inspire debate.” CONSTANCE BRUCE, Director, External and Academic Events
or the Boston Tea Party, you’re going to know about the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.” — Premiere Film Screening at NYU Shanghai
YANN LECUN, Director of AI Research at Facebook “The challenge of the next several years is to let machines learn from raw, unlabeled data, such as video or text. This is known as predictive learning. However, the main technical difficulty is that the world is only partially predictable.” — Talk on ‘Predictive Learning and the Future of AI’
RIC BURNS, director of new documentary ‘The Chinese Exclusion Act’ “It needs to become a part of the curriculum; like the way you learn about Thanksgiving, or the American Revolution,
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ELIZABETH CHEN, Senior Executive in Residence at NYU Shanghai, former MD of Goldman Sachs (PWM) “NYU Shanghai students have overflowing energy and enthusiasm for exploring the world, and knowingly or not, they are an integral force that is shaping the future of this world. It’s highly rewarding to feel that vibrant energy, and learn about the latest trends that they are helping to create every day.” — Conversations with the Vice Chancellor
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UNIVERSITY
China’s Vice Premier Visits NYU NYU welcomed Madame Liu Yandong, vice premier of the People’s Republic of China, to the Washington Square campus in September to celebrate US-China collaboration and innovation. During the visit, President Andrew Hamilton bestowed Madame Liu with the NYU Medal of Honor in recognition of her role in developing US-China relations in higher education. In her speech, Liu described the cooperation between NYU and China in recent years as “very fruitful.” “The establishment of NYU Shanghai in 2012 in partnership with East China Normal University has especially become a significant milestone of Sino-U.S. education cooperation,” Liu added. “I keenly feel that cultural and people-to-people exchange as a foundation of Sino-US relations deserves great attention and requires long-term investment.” NEW SPEAKER SERIES
The Geometry of Chance Senior mathematician Geoffrey Grimmett of Cambridge University opened the Provostial Distinguished Lecture series with an introduction to the geometry of chance. Described by moderator Professor Vladas Sidoraviciusas as “the most important probabilitist of modern times,” Grimmett is known for his research in probability theory and statistical mechanics encompassed in his three books Percolation (1999), The Random-Cluster Model (2006) and Probability on Graphs (2010).
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India, China and the World This pathbreaking new study by Tansen Sen, professor of Global China Studies and director of the Center for Global Asia at NYU Shanghai, provides the first comprehensive examination of India-China interactions in the broader contexts of Asian and world history. By focusing on material exchanges, transmissions of knowledge and technologies, networks of exchange during the colonial period, and little-known facets of interactions between the Republic of India and the People’s Republic of China, Sen argues that the analysis of India-China connections must extend beyond the traditional frameworks of nation-states or bilateralism. Examining the connected histories of the two regions, Sen fills a striking gap in the study of India and China in a global setting.
Chroniques de la Maladie Chronique This latest book by Todd Meyers, professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Society, Health, and Medicine at NYU Shanghai, is based on over a decade of conversations and encounters with one family—around one woman suffering from several chronic diseases in the United States. The book shows how chronic illness is folded into the world of the family, how illness reconfigures relationships of care, and how it directs the work of medicine in unexpected ways. Chroniques de la Maladie Chronique is an ethnographic portrait written on and through the body over time. A Chinese-language edition of Meyers’ previous book, The Clinic and Elsewhere: Addiction, Adolescents, and the Afterlife of Therapy, with a new introduction, is also forthcoming.
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Live Capture Studio Opened
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Find out more: shanghai.nyu.edu/pci
The Program on Creativity + Innovation (PCI) is using a state-of-the-art motion-capture system to allow students to further their projects in mixed reality (AR/VR). The Optitrack equipment, on loan to the program, is already helping NYU Shanghai connect with VR enthusiasts and professionals, as well as major companies that are all establishing VR divisions within
their organizations in China. Recent collaborations include staging Shakespeare’s Hamlet in VR with NYU Tandon and NYU Abu Dhabi; and a mixed visual arts performance with Tongji University and the Shanghai Conservatoire at the Science and Technology Museum.
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Jun Zhang Named APS Fellow Professor Jun Zhang has been elected a 2017 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for his exceptional contribution to physics. Jun was cited for his “elegant and artful experiments that have moved fluidstructure interactions into the scientific mainstream, and which have inspired their study in physics, biology, engineering, geophysics, and applied mathematics.” Zhang currently leads the brand-new fluid physics lab at NYU Shanghai.
Borders: Us and Them Earlier this year, the NYU Shanghai Gallery presented “Borders: Us and Them,” an exhibition drawing together five international artists from three different continents. The works by Rasmus Degnbol (Denmark), John Craig Freeman (US), Lorenzo Pezzani (Italy) & Charles Heller (Switzerland), and Reena Saini Kallat (India) examined the existential conditions of living between borders in a world increasingly marked by rising nationalism.
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Alumni to Benefit from New China Work Visa NYU Shanghai’s graduates from around the world are the first beneficiaries of a new Chinese law that removes barriers to employment for foreign students in Shanghai.
New Graduate Program Launched NYU Shanghai has launched a new Master of Arts program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in collaboration with the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. The two-year TESOL program is grounded in pedagogical methods from the United States and tailored to teaching in a Chinese context. The new program adds to NYU Shanghai’s growing number of graduate degree offerings, which currently include a global Master of Social Work program, offered jointly with the NYU Silver School of Social Work, and a Shanghai-track PhD program, offered jointly with the NYU Graduate School of Arts & Science. More programs will be announced in the coming year.
Previously, foreign job seekers were required to have at least two year’s work experience or a master’s degree before applying. Under the new system, foreign students at universities in Shanghai can obtain a permit to work in Shanghai’s Free Trade Zone or Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park upon graduation. Currently, eight NYU Shanghai foreign graduates are working in the city’s tech, environment, finance, and education sectors. A full report on our alumni’s first destinations will be released in early 2018.
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Find out more: shanghai.nyu.edu/graduate AWARDS
NYU Shanghai Graduate Named Fulbright Scholar Hannah Johnstone ’17 is the first graduate from NYU Shanghai to be awarded a coveted Fulbright Scholarship. She will travel to Malaysia in January for a 10-month teaching assignment.
As one of the winners of the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Program, Johnstone will be teaching English to high school students. “In my time at NYU Shanghai, I have seen how valuable and impactful cross-cultural learning is on one’s fundamental beliefs, ideas, and perspectives,” said Johnstone. “This scholarship allows me to use that experience to develop my work in global education.”
IN THIS ISSUE 2 News 5
12 The City as a Classroom
What’s Happening?
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Making History
Dance for Camera
6 Snapshot
22 Roommates 14
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Managing Risk
Nurturing Creativity 16
Culture Shock
PUBLISHER’S LETTER Dear Readers, To many, NYU Shanghai may indeed be the ultimate startup project in higher education, in fact in global higher education as a whole. To the University Communications team, however, we have the good fortune to experience it everyday as a blossoming flower!
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Within the grasp of every unfurling petal, lies yet another surprise or new tradition drawing its energy from faculty and students who are building an unparalleled academic institution with each lecture, each field trip, each assignment and every departure into unscripted territory. The very idea of NYU Shanghai is innovative. This issue looks at the teaching of creativity and innovation within our campus, and the people who make it happen every day in the classroom and beyond. I invite you to
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