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Rockland County Times
Published 3 hours agoAnnual Contest and Awards Ceremony to be Held by New City Fire Department
For more than 20 years, the New City Fire Department (NCFD) Auxiliary has proudly coordinated a Fire Prevention Contest that promotes essential home fire safety while educating elementary school students throughout the fire district. The program is based on the national…
WRNJ Radio
Published 10 hours agoSussex County Community College to unveil new outdoor Fitness Court Oct. 15
NEWTON, N.J. (Sussex County) — Sussex County Community College will unveil a new outdoor Fitness Court Studio this month as part of an effort to expand access to health, wellness …
NYU’s postdocs win majority vote to unionize
NYU Researchers United Postdocs-UAW now officially represents 400 postdoctoral researchers at the university, following a majority vote to unionize earlier this week — allowing the group to begin the collective bargaining process with NYU for salary raises, increased research…
Contract faculty challenge NYU’s restrictions on committee participation
Contract faculty plan to challenge NYU’s bylaws barring them from participating in various university committee meetings, claiming the updated guidelines violate their union’s agreement with the university. After Contract Faculty United reached an agreement with NYU in April,…
‘It just ate all of mathematics’: NYU math chair talks OpenAI’s math proof
Over 100 NYU faculty and students attended a talk on OpenAI’s recent math proof by Vlad Vicol — chair of NYU’s Department of Mathematics — on Thursday, where he praised the solution’s ingenuity while acknowledging its limitations in the real world. At the hour-long explainer and…
THE CITY
Published 13 hours agoSome NYC After-School Programs Are Flailing Several Weeks Into School Year
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Parents at several schools across New York City last spring were outraged when they lost beloved after-school providers in a contract overhaul overseen by the Department of…
Dreamscape Virtual Reality Lab Opens in College of Communication and Media
At Montclair State University, a new virtual reality learning facility will transport students into alternate worlds through the Dreamscape Learn Lab.
Brooklyn Paper
Published October 01‘A new kind of education system’: Inside Runway Green’s plans for Floyd Bennett Field
For years, Runway Green has been pitching an ambitious vision for Floyd Bennett Field: turn part of the sprawling former airfield into an outdoor classroom where New York City students can learn about sustainability, explore green careers and get hands-on experience outside the…
Gothamist
Published October 01Pressure mounts on Mamdani to detail NYC schools plan after Hannah-Jones article
Mayor Mamdani visited a classroom in Brooklyn last month. Mamdani is facing new pressure to present a more expansive vision for how to fix the city's schools, which are the most segregated in the country. [ more › ]
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published October 01How Students Can Use Technology Responsibly
Technology has become an important part of student life. Students use smartphones, tablets, laptops, and the internet for studying, communication, research, and entertainment. Online classes, educational videos, digital books, learning apps, and artificial intelligence (AI) tools…
Gothamist
Published October 01School buses still failing to show up for many NYC students with disabilities
School bus service is a common problem around the start of the school year. The annual dysfunction is a growing source of frustration among elected officials. [ more › ]
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 30Kerry Kennedy Urges Students to Champion Human Rights at Manhattanville University’s Young Women’s Leadership Summit
The summit, in its second year, honors Manhattanville alumna and human rights activist Ethel Kennedy Manhattanville University welcomed more than 60 young women from 14 school districts across the region for the Young Women’s Leadership Summit, where students learned about human…