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Li Li: Follow Your Heart and Let the Data Speak for Themselves

NYU Shanghai Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology Li Li’s career has taken…
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Kristen Glinton '19: Pioneering Her Way to a Fulbright

The first Bahamian Fulbright scholarship winner in nearly 25 years is putting…
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Cheng Yue: Carrying on a Family tradition across East and West

Following his grandparents, father, mother and sister into the family "…
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Meet Jeremy Hazin ’25, NYU Shanghai's First Olympian!

Jeremy Hazin ’25 shares his experience as an Olympic athlete in Tokyo.
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Zuo Lala: Storytelling Through Architecture

"Shanghai is an architectural museum. In it, we can see... tradition,…
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Zane Fadul ’21: Rising to the Occasion

A computer science major talks about the importance of personal agency and…
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Lancelot Zhang Qilin ’21: Language is the Silk that Weaves Community Together

When he was three years old Lancelot Zhang Qilin ’21 was confident he could…
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Sydney Fontalvo '21: Transforming Exploration into Real Change

"You can't just look at things through one lens, one field... to get…
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Kong Xiaoyan '21: Set on Making a Difference

“There are people who have the privilege to come to universities, and there are…
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Ling Mei MA TESOL ’21: Teaching Chinese in Saudi Arabia

A TESOL graduate finds her value in overcoming cultural differences in language…
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Bruce Ma Jiaji '21: Running the Research Marathon

"I had come so far. I knew I had to reach the finish line, even if I had…
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Shumpei Haginoya: From Police Station to Ivory Tower

How a postdoc found his way from the precinct to Century Avenue.