Danielle Wright, Ph.D. is the Director of Academics and Associate Professor with the NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP). She is interested in the use of an applied focus to engineering, policy, and technology in addressing urban issues around city and community resilience. Dr. Wright comes to CUSP

Peter Huu Tran (He/Him/His) serves as the Manager, Student Engagement and Academic Administration at CUSP. Peter's responsibilities include student life, academic advising, and curriculum maintenance. He serves as a resource for all current students and faculty members at CUSP.

Peter's professional experiences include extensive roles within residence life, assessment, and student

Allison is responsible for designing web content, social media, and digital marketing campaigns, as well as managing strategic communications for CUSP's academic programs and research portfolio. Her previous experience includes working for NYU's Office of Marketing Communications in addition to a NYC-based advertising agency.

Amanda Ryley is the Associate Director of Administration and Finance at CUSP. She previously worked within New York University's Office of Budget and Financial Planning for over twelve years where she focused on financial modeling, budget management and identifying cost-effective process improvements for schools and administrative/auxiliary units within her

Mindy Flannery is a Financial Analyst at NYU's Center for Urban Science and Progress. Previously she was an Administrative Aide to the CUSP team. Prior to CUSP, Mindy worked as the Budget Coordinator ... More

Foued Aouchette came to CUSP after working for nearly twenty years in the information technology space for firms ranging from start-ups to large corporations like EMC Corporation, NMatrix Inc., UNICEF, Northrop Grumman, and CableVision ... More

Harry Tucker (he/they) is a Politics Master's student at NYU, specializing in religious minority rights and queer history. Additionally, they possess a passion for creative writing and editing and they are looking to share those skills with the student community.

Megha is a first year graduate student at NYU Tisch's Interactive Telecommunications Programme. She has worked as a UX Researcher for several years and has held editing positions at multiple small magazines. She loves traveling and is happy to talk about your next post-covid adventure while helping students with critical

As a Graduate Assistant, Student Engagement at CUSP, Zhenwei assists with community engagement, event planning, and academic advising. She partners with students by creating an equal, diverse, and inclusive environment, helps faculty with advisement, and course planning, and provides general support to the CUSP community.

Remston is a graduate student who is pursuing his MS in Computer Science at NYU Tandon. He has interned with many IT and Ed-tech firms as a Software Engineer extending to Machine Learning, Data Science, and Blockchain.

Charan is currently pursuing Urban Systems Ph.D. at CUSP, NYU. He is a Graduate Assistant at CUSP and aims to provide technical support to the students and deliver sessions on remote sensing. Before this, he was a Data services Consultant at Bobst library, specializing in spatial analytics.