As someone with a background in economics and political science, what initially sparked your interest in pursuing a degree like CUSP? My experiences growing up in Israel revealed a lack of common language and conversation between Israelis and Palestinians, leaving… Continue Reading Alumni Spotlight: Avigail Vantu
Tell us about your background and what brought you to CUSP. Growing up in London and later living in Singapore and Pune, I became fascinated with urban ecosystems, particularly transit systems. I was also intrigued about how things worked from… Continue Reading Alumni Spotlight: Kunal Kulkarni
What was growing up in Mexico like for you, and what initially led you to decide on a career path? Growing up in Mexico, I developed a keen interest in design and excelled in math and physics. I dreamed of… Continue Reading Student Spotlight: Analaura Tostado
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXVUpWcI-xI Abstract Homophily, the tendency for humans to be attracted to and prefer to interact with similar others, can be both problematic and promising. On one hand, a lack of it can hinder human collaboration by making it difficult for… Continue Reading Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion or Not in the Age of AI and Robotics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu40ySlOHfM Abstract The chemical industry produces more than 70,000 products (1.2 billion tons in total) via thermal processes powered by fossil fuel combustion, accounting for ~5% of the US energy utilization and >30% of the US energy-derived industrial CO2 emissions.… Continue Reading Engineering Electro-organic Reactions for Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing
April 5, 2023 Originally published by NYU Tandon. The United States experiences a staggeringly high rate of gun homicides, but accurately predicting these incidents – especially on a monthly basis – has been a significant challenge, due to the lag… Continue Reading New Statistical Model Accurately Predicts Monthly U.S. Gun Homicides, Overcoming Limitations of Official Government Data
NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), created 10 years ago as part of the City of New York’s Applied Sciences NYC initiative, has consistently expanded and refined its innovative Masters of Science in Applied Urban Science and Informatics… Continue Reading 2023 Award Recipients
https://youtu.be/LSoWA4cSap8 Presentaiton Slides Abstract Active school travel (AST) has been increasingly encouraged by various stakeholders in Ontario, Canada through efforts such as school travel planning. Education strategies like workshops or resources that promote AST are commonly implemented. The framing of… Continue Reading Framing Active School Travel in Ontario: A Content Analysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHD48y3Ej6k Abstract The scaling analysis of urban indicators helps to understand important features and consequences of city growth, which impact infrastructural and socioeconomic aspects as well as health outcomes. Several arguments have been posed on the universal character of the… Continue Reading Scaling properties of urban health and urban infrastructure in Brazil and Latin America
March 29, 2023Originally published by NYU Tandon. Honeybees foraging in urban environments could provide valuable information about the communities of fungi and bacteria that exist there, some of which impact people’s health and well-being, a study published in Environmental Microbiome… Continue Reading Honeybee hives may reveal the microbial signatures of urban aerobiomes, researchers at NYU Tandon find
March 29, 2023 Originally published by Data Stewards Network. Civic trust is vital for people to engage with the institutions and community around them. Yet, there is no consensus on how to establish it or how to measure it. How… Continue Reading Highlights from Panel on Civic Trust for NYC Open Data Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW-LGZz9y8g Abstract How are women from vulnerable communities, impacted by the axis of environmental disasters and patterns of mobility? Addressing this question, the talk presents the findings from ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Ro?ia Montan? (Transylvania), Romania and West Bengal (Sunderban… Continue Reading Who leaves, who stays? Gender, Mobility and Climate Changes in India and Romania
Last week NYU Tandon hosted a series of events in the frame of NYC Open Data Week 2023. One of the highlights became an informative seminar related to housing, the goal of which was to inform participants about the Department… Continue Reading NYC Housing Preservation and Development Data Deep Dive: Affordable Housing Production
March 20, 2023Originally published by NYU Tandon. Image source: unesco.orgUnder the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), NYU Tandon School of Engineering is co-organizing and hosting the inaugural Metropolitan Water Research & Innovation Workshop (WRI), an… Continue Reading NYU Tandon School of Engineering hosts inaugural Metropolitan Water Research & Innovation Workshop, a UNESCO initiative
March 1, 2023 Originally published by NYU Tandon. Robotics expert Chen Feng aims to alleviate long-standing problems in occupational safety, productivity, costs, and labor shortages in the construction industry. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected an NYU Tandon School… Continue Reading NYU Tandon professor wins NSF CAREER Award for boosting the perception and navigation capabilities of construction-site robots
