Experts

Jun 10, 2009 — A new and novel computer modeling platform developed through intensive, multidisciplinary collaboration at New York University can help hospitals and cities to be more prepared for catastrophic public health scenarios, according to an article published in the American Medical Association’s Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness journal. Read more »

May 20, 2009 — At a time when Detroit’s status as a hub of the automobile industry is in grave doubt comes a book by New York University History Professor Greg Grandin that chronicles a little-known Henry Ford endeavor aimed at creating a more perfect American company town in the Brazilian Amazon-and, with it, a Midwestern America of the automaker’s imagination. Read more »

Apr 29, 2009 — Epidemiologist Dr. Ann Kurth has tips on things you can do to reduce risk of acquisition transmission of the influenza virus Read more »

Apr 29, 2009 — Percy Deift, a professor at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the Washington, D.C.-based organization announced today. Deift’s work has shown a powerful similarity between a simple form of solitaire and random matrices, a mathematical tool originally developed to decipher the quantum behavior of large atoms. Read more »

Apr 21, 2009 — On Monday, June 1, 2009, at The Waldorf=Astoria in New York City, Dr. Hanson will present on the economy’s effects on lodging demand, both long- and short-term, and the implications for the future. Bernard Baumohl, chief global economist of The Economic Outlook Group, and David A. Wyss, Ph.D., chief economist for Standard & Poor’s, will provide their perspectives about the economy, trends, and outlook, especially as related to consumers and the lodging industry. Read more »

Apr 21, 2009 — Greenberg is the co-editor of The Torture Papers (Cambridge), considered the most important documentation of one nation’s lawlessness ever published. She also has just published, The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo’s First 100 Days, (Oxford). Read more »

Mar 31, 2009 — Get Help to Quit Smoking and Save $2,540.00 Annually, Shelley Says Read more »

Mar 17, 2009 — On Monday, March 30th, 2009, at NYU’s Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, between La Guardia Place and Thompson Street, rooms 912 and 914, NYU’s Small Business Assistance Forum will offer information on existing resources for small businesses, marketing strategies, business coaching, and policy and legislation to assist small businesses. Registration begins at 9:30 am; speakers begin at 10:00am and continue until 12:30 pm. Read more »

Mar 11, 2009 — In new research published in the Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, New York University Professor Mitchell Moss explains that the cornerstone Federal disaster relief legislation, the Robert T. Stafford Act, is dangerously out of date, and must be reformed to provide for rapid relief after a catastrophe. Read more »

Feb 11, 2009 — As the microfinance sector passes the 150 million customer mark, an intense debate continues over the movement toward greater commercialization of an arena once led by nonprofits. “Microfinance Meets the Market,” just published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, advances the debate, presenting new research from Jonathan Morduch of the Financial Access Initiative, housed at New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, and Robert Cull and Asli Demirgüç-Kunt of the World Bank. The research reveals complementary paths to a successful expansion of the microfinance industry. Read more »