The Office of Community-Engaged Learning connects students and faculty with local experts, organizations, and neighbors through events and programs that blend learning with real-world experience. From exploring areas around campus to mentoring neighborhood children and harvesting on a permaculture farm, these experiences bring our campus and community closer together.
NYU Shanghai College and Career Lab
Community Partners:
Nonprofit Organizations in Minhang, Jiading, Hongkou Districts
Faculty Partners:
Psychology Professor Lixian Cui
Sociology Professor Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng
Re-storying Futures
Community Partner:
Kei Kai Eco Community
Faculty Partner:
Global China Studies Professor Liangliang Zhang
Re-Storying Futures is a fellowship that brings together changemakers connected to the U.S. and/or China to explore how creative storytelling can open new paths forward.
Exploring the ecology and neighborhoods around campus
Community Experts:
Lili Time, a cafe that employs individuals who are hard of hearing or autistic
MOViEMOViE Theater
Jane Meihua Shen, a popular science writer and wildlife expert
Jumingxin, a social organization committed to innovation residential projects'
Residents of Yangsi and Sanlin Old Town
Open Up Campus to Children in the Community - The Big Brothers Big Sisters Program
Community Partners:
Local NGOs, local primary schools
Faculty Partner:
EAP Professor Steve Iams
A Day of Harvesting and Learning Inspired by NYU Shanghai Reads
Community Partner:
Yungu Farm, a community dedicated to the study and practice of permaculture
Meet With Us To Discuss Events and Program Ideas
Email: shanghai.cel@nyu.edu