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第35章 New York University: To persevere and to excel

纽约大学:坚持不懈,超越群伦

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New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian American research university based in New York City. NYU"s main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. Founded in 1831, NYU is one of the largest private nonprofit institutions of American higher education. The university held its first classes in rented rooms in Lower Manhattan in 1832, and officially changed its name (the University of the City of NewYork) to New York University in 1896. NYU is a progressive urban private school that prides itself on providing the city as its true campus. New York City itself is essential to academic life. A world center of finance, media, and the arts, it offers internships, part-time jobs, and research experiences that pair course work with practical experience, not to mention world-renowned theatre, dance, music, f ilms, museums, and galleries. Many famous entertainers and film makers graduated from New York University, including Meg Ryan, Spike Lee, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Alec Baldwin.

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System: NYU is organized into 18 schools, colleges, and institutes(including the College of Arts and Sciences, the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Humanities, the Stern School of Business and the Tisch School of the Arts), located in six centers throughout Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn, as well as more than a dozen other sites across the world, with plans for further expansion. Students also may study at one or more of 10 international academic centers in London, England; Paris, France; Florence, Italy; Prague, Czech Republic; Madrid, Spain; Berlin, Germany; Accra, Ghana; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Shanghai, China; or in one of many exchange programs NYU has with research universities around the world. NYU"s faculty include world-famous scholars, researchers, and artists who teach both undergraduate and graduate courses; students often work with them directly on research projects.

Famous school: New York University offers degrees in a wide range of disciplines for both undergraduates and graduates. It is most famous for its film, theater and dance departments at the Tisch School of the Arts. Tisch School of the Arts prepares students for careers in film, photography, television, drama, dance and music, at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Tisch students can take advantage of the diverse performing arts community in New York to gain experience and build a network outside of the classroom. They can also spend a fall or spring semester abroad in Ireland, Cuba, South Africa, England, the Czech Republic or China.

生词助读

essential [isenl] n. 本质;要素

gallery [ɡlri] n. 画廊;走廊

photography [ftɡrfi] n. 摄影;摄影术

中文概述

美国纽约大学成立于1831年,是一所四年制的私立研究型大学,也是全美规模最大的私立学府。地处纽约市中心,与以美食著名的"小意大利"和"唐人街"近在咫尺。纽约大学的校徽中包含有火炬,它是来源于自由女神像手中的火炬,代表了学校位于纽约市的地理位置。校徽中的人物与花环,以及紫色则象征雅典,这一古代希腊知识与智慧的中心。

纽约大学目前由18个学院和研究所组成。在伦敦、巴黎、佛罗伦斯、布拉格、马德里、柏林、阿克拉、上海等地也设有分校。纽约大学是一所阴盛阳衰的高等学府,女生占了全校学生57%。其建校的宗旨是:"在一个巨大并且快速发展的世界性大都市中,建立一个充满理性的和富有实践精神的教育和学术系统。"纽约大学所设课程压力不大,但要求甚高,学生称其"not high pressure, but demanding"。

文理学院是美国纽约大学历史最悠久的,也是现时规模最大的学院。文化、教育与人类发展学院是美国历史上第一所教育学院。提斯克艺术学院是全美最佳的美术学院之一,因此,电影、电视、戏剧、舞蹈和摄影专业都非常出色。此外,商科学院本科和研究院课程,尤其是会计专业最获好评,其他较好的文科科目有英文、历史和政治科学。而在理工科方面,数学专业在全美多年来稳定在前三位,而其他如物理,计算机科学与技术等,也都是全美顶尖的专业。其研究生院的学术水准甚高,尤其是其法学院,一直处于上升态势。

纽约大学拥有33名诺贝尔奖得主,3名阿贝尔奖得主,21名奥斯卡奖、艾美奖、格莱美奖、东尼奖得主,9名美国国家科学勋章获奖者,16名普利策奖得主,以及19名美国科学院勋章获奖者。

梦想成功录

He who seize the right moment, is the right man.

谁把握机遇,谁就心想事成。

Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.

人往高处走,水往低处流。

A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate.

强者能同命运的风暴抗争。