November 2011
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Last day of Spring 2012 registration week! Make... →
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NYCEDC: NYCEDC's Entrepreneur at Large: "New York... →
nycedc: NYCEDC’s new Entrepreneur at Large Steve Rosenbaum talks about why New York City is the ideal place for tech startups:
New York startups, this is our time. New York is ready to be the center of the technology universe. In the past three years we’ve grown an active and fast moving seed-stage…
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Test Your Farm Knowledge →
National Farm-City week begins today, connecting city people to the source of their food. Test your farm knowledge. via usagov
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It's that time of year again! It's Registration... →
Have you looked at NYU Wagner Undergraduate Courses?
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The students, she said, want to be seen as partners of the institution, not...
– from “A Global Shift in How Students See Themselves,” Chronicle of Higher Education
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15 Things You Need To Know About College Students
academixdirect:
Be proactive in knowing your students and the trends surrounding higher education. Check out these amazing statistics about college and the students http://bit.ly/vkW4XO
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Registration is only a week away! Have you looked... →
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Start Some Good: The Blog: This Week in Social... →
startsomegood:
In our “This Week in Social Entrepreneurship” series, each Friday we will feature the top stories in Social Entrepreneurship for the week that we find to be noteworthy, novel, and thought-provoking. What are your favorite stories this week in Social Entrepreneurship? Let’s start a discussion!
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Hey NYU Undergrads! Are you going to be in NYC for... →
January term courses include The Politics of Minority Rights
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Once upon a time, there was this tweet....
bitshare:
Twitter is introducing a new series called Twitter Stories. The purpose is to highlight people that have been impacted by Twitter and in some cases, by a single tweet. It also shows the power of Twitter and how fast information can move on the network and across the world. For example, in 30 seconds, tweets went from DC to Oklahoma during the DC earthquake in August.
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@innovations | Washington Post on news innovation:... →
washingtonpostinnovations:
The Washington Post’s new Primary Tracker, created by Kat Downs, Ted Mellnik and Karen Yourish of The Post’s Graphics Department, is a one-stop shop for keeping up with the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
The interactive graphic features the newly-finalized primary…
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Got a question for Mayor Bloomberg? #AskMike on... →
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Hands down one of the best courses I took during...
Check out the Politics of Public Policy: City, Nation, Globe taught by Rogan Kersh, professor of public policy and associate dean of academic affairs.
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Registration is only around the corner! Have you... →
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NYCEDC: Mayor Bloomberg: "More entrepreneurs are... →
nycedc:
On Sunday, Mayor Bloomberg said the following during his weekly radio address on 1010 WINS News Radio:
To put more New Yorkers to work and to keep our economic recovery on track, we’re investing in growing industries that have a bright future in our city - like food manufacturing. Even…
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Google: Government Requests for Online Data Spike →
futurejournalismproject:
Every six months, Google releases a Transparency Report to show how many government requests it receives to take down content or provide information about its users.
Google complies in a majority of cases, but not all. For example, the company writes that it refused a law enforcement agency request to remove a YouTube video showing police brutality.
Via NextGov:
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John Billings, NYU Wagner Associate Professor of Health Policy and Public Service, receiving the Lewis and Jack Rudin New York Prize for Medicine and Health at the New York Academy of Medicine.
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