On Friday, NYU Shanghai honored colleagues who reached service milestones by the end of 2025.
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- Arts and Science College of Dentistry Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Gallatin School of Individualized Study Grossman School of Medicine Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Institute of Fine Arts Leonard N. Stern School of Business Long Island School of Medicine Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Rory Meyers College of Nursing School of Global Public Health School of Law School of Professional Studies Silver School of Social Work Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development Tandon School of Engineering Tisch School of the Arts
A January term class of students raced to document Sanlin Old Town, creating a digital time capsule.
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A Life Lived in Dialogue: Chancellor Tong Shijun
“Of all the awards I have been given, I am most proud of this title – Best Teacher – because that’s the one I received on the votes of my students.”
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Yu Lizhong: A Founding Chancellor for Our Times
“It’s not important that people remember me.... It is much more important to have people working to advance the vision of the university.”
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Amy DeCillis '20: Bridging Cultures and Building Shanghai Dreams
"I realized I was learning so much more outside the classroom in Shanghai than I would ever have learned at a regular US university."
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Graduate Student Spotlight: James Yang Zhi, M.A. ’20
James Yang Zhi, M.A. ‘20 founded his own English education company while getting his M.A in TESOL.
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Graduate Student Spotlight: Jiyoung Kim, M.S. ’20
This summer, Kim takes up a new job as a global supply management analyst for Apple.
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Alexander Bogdanowicz '20: Everything Is an Opening, a Shattering of Expectations
“I would choose the word ‘open’ to summarize my four years at NYU Shanghai.”
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Audrey Samuel '20: A Global Citizen Finding Ways to Give Back
"I’ve built a connection with these places and want to find a way to give back," says Audrey Samuel '20.
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A Two-Month Race: Supplying the Frontlines of a Pandemic
When she graduated as part of the first class of NYU Shanghai graduates in May 2017, Wang Ying ’17 never imagined that she would one day be working round the clock to find and buy lifesaving supplies to send to the front lines of a pandemic.
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Tim Wu Guangyu '20: From Century Avenue to Huaihua City to the UN
After discovering his true passions—for data science, and for tackling education inequality, Wu plans to further these interests this fall as a master’s candidate in Data Science at Columbia University.
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242 Study Away Students Kick off 2026 Spring Semester
NYU Shanghai welcomed a record 242 study away students from 29 countries for the Spring 2026 semester.
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