Mission:
NYU Steinhardt advances knowledge, creativity, and innovation at the crossroads of human learning, culture, development, and well-being. Through rigorous research and education, both within and across disciplines, the School’s faculty and students evaluate and redefine processes, practices, and policies in their respective fields and, from a global as well as community perspective, lead in an ever-changing world.
Method:
In the 1990s, the quality of New York City public high schools was on the decline. Building on its century-old tradition of community partnerships, Steinhardt faculty, working together with the New York City Board of Education, conceived of a learning laboratory that would better serve the needs of high school students while providing unique research and internship opportunities for the School. University Neighborhood High School opened in 1999 in Manhattan’s Lower East Side neighborhood, welcoming students of all ethnicities and focusing on a single goal: college preparedness. Today, more than 40 NYU students intern as tutors and peer-mentors, and half of the school’s teachers are either Steinhardt alumni or graduate students. In 2004, 90 percent of UNHS graduates enrolled in college.
Where:
New York City
Contact:
Office of Student Affairs
82 Washington Square East, 2nd Floor
Phone: 212 998 5025
Web: steinhardt.nyu.edu/students
Email: steinhardt.student.matters@nyu.edu
Target Populations:
Steinhardt Students
Current Resources:
Professors, Education majors
What C.H.E.F.s can provide:
a club that serves the nyu community that is particularly geared towards the nutrition and food studies departments of Steinhardt
Possible credit fulfillment for freshman and sophomores
Excellent first hand experience in nutrition education
Multitude of opportunities to work with and explore food
