New York University College of Arts & Science

NYU College of Arts & Science
Type	Private
Established	1832; 192 years ago
Parent institution	New York University
Dean	Wendy Suzuki
Students	7,660
Address	32 Waverly Pl, New York, NY 10003, New York City, New York, 10003, U.S.
Colors	Mayfair Violet
Website	cas.nyu.edu

The New York University College of Arts & Science (CAS) is the primary liberal arts college of New York University (NYU). The school is located near Gould Plaza next to the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and the Stern School of Business, adjoining Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village.^[2] As the oldest and largest college within NYU, the College of Arts & Science currently enrolls 7,660 undergraduate students (as of 2017). CAS enrolls the largest number of undergraduate students for a private liberal arts college in the United States; its size and complexity owe to NYU's overall profile of enrolling the largest number of students in the country for a private, nonprofit, residential, and nonsectarian institution of higher education.^[3] The College of Arts & Science offers Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degrees.

In the 2020 QS World University Rankings, NYU was ranked 1st in philosophy, 10th in mathematics, and 15th in English language and literature.^[4]

Admission to the College of Arts & Science is highly competitive, with an acceptance rate of 4% for the class of 2027.^[5]

History

see: History of New York University
In 1914, Washington Square College was established, downtown, to serve commuter students.^[6]^[7]

Academics

The college provides an undergraduate liberal arts education through its Core Curriculum. Undergraduate students may select from 66 majors as well as a host of accelerated Bachelor's-Master's and pre-professional programs offered through 30 departments, many of which also offer courses at NYU's 13 study away sites. Additionally, students may select from over 60 minors offered within the College as well as 40 cross-school minors at other colleges within NYU.

Student life

Clubs and traditions

The school also hosts multiple student organizations, including

ethnic, and music performance groups (often alongside the Tisch School of Arts

).

The university also sponsors some traditions for undergraduates including Apple Fest, the Violet Ball, Strawberry Festival, and the semi-annual

finals

.

Publications and journalism clubs

The College of Arts and Science runs several student journalism clubs and publication with the

Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, including Washington Square News, NYU Local, Washington Square Local, and the literary journals Washington Square Review and The Minetta Review.^[8] The university also associated (though not officially affiliated) with the campus comedy magazine, The Plague, which started to poke fun at popular culture

as well as campus life and the idiosyncrasies of NYU in 1978.

The university also runs a radio station WNYU-FM 89.1, which broadcasts to the entire New York metropolitan area.

Secret societies

Several undergraduate secret societies have existed at the College of Arts & Science. Starting in 1832, the Philomathean Society and the Eucleian Society were formed, making rivals of each other. When the Philomathean Society died out, its remnants formed the Andiron Club in 1904.^[9] The most selective and famous club on campus is the Red Dragon Society, founded in 1898, which continues to exist to this day.^[10] Many notable NYU alumni have been members of these secret societies, including Elmer Ellsworth Brown, Howard Cann, John Harvey Kellogg, Walter Reed, and Frederic Tuten.^[11] Edgar Allan Poe was an occasional guest at the Eucleian Society.^[11]

Notable alumni

Academics

Edward J. Bloustein, B.A. 1948; former president of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Lionel Casson, B.A. 1934; classicist, archeologist, professor emeritus at New York University
Howard Crosby, B.A. 1844; Presbyterian minister and NYU chancellor 1870–1881
Richard Davidson, B.A. 1972; Professor of Psychology at University of Wisconsin–Madison
Morris Janowitz, B.A. 1941; founder of military sociology, professor at University of Chicago
Richard Joel, B.A. 1972; current president of Yeshiva University, New York City
Joseph Keller, B.A. 1943; 1988 National Medal of Science recipient
State University of New York at Buffalo
Ellen Langer, B.A. 1970; Professor of Psychology at Harvard University
Peter D. Lax, B.A. 1947; mathematician, 2005 Abel Prize recipient, 1986 National Medal of Science
recipient

Sherwin B. Nuland, B.A. 1951; bioethicist, author of How We Die
Martha Nussbaum, B.A. 1969; philosopher, professor at University of Chicago
Leonard Peikoff, B.A. 1954; philosopher, leading advocate of Objectivism
Howard Zinn, B.A. 1951; historian, author of A People's History of the United States

Arts, acting, and entertainment

MacArthur Fellow
Bob Balaban, B.A. 1977; actor
Neil Diamond (Did not graduate); musician
Tom Ford (Did not graduate); fashion designer and film director
MAD Magazine
Ilana Glazer, B.A. 2009; co-star and co-creator of the Comedy Central series Broad City
Ethan Hawke (Did not graduate); actor
Tom Kirdahy, B.A. 1985; Theater producer and activist
Stanley Kramer, B.A. 1933; film director
Ken Leung, B.A. 1992; actor
Dave Liebman, B.A. 1967; jazz musician
Leonard Maltin, B.A. 1973; film critic
Glen Mazzara, B.A. 1989; television producer
Alan Menken, B.A. 1972; musical theater and film composer
Valeria Mercer, B.A. 1979; Head Curator of African-American Art (Detroit Institute of Arts)^[12]
Meg Ryan, B.A. 1982; actor

Martin Scorsese, B.A; 1964; film director, 2006 recipient of Academy Award for Best Director

Authors and writers

Warren Adler, B.A. 1947; author of The War of the Roses
Caleb Carr, B.A. 1977; author

Elizabeth Gilbert, B.A. 1991; author of Eat, Pray, Love
Joseph Heller, B.A. 1948; author of Catch-22
Ira Levin, B.A. 1950; author
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography recipient, author of Angela's Ashes

Cynthia Ozick, B.A. 1930; author
Kira Peikoff, B.A. 2007; author and journalist
United States Poet Laureate

Business

Fox Business Network
television journalist
Clive Davis, B.A. 1953; founder of Arista Records
Marvin Davis, B.S. 1947; owner of Denver Broncos, billionaire, industrialist
Square, Inc.
Arthur Frommer, B.A. 1950; tourism industry writer
charity: water
Boris Jordan, B.A. 1988; billionaire, investor
Henry Kaufman, B.A. 1948; president of Henry Kaufman & Company, Inc.
Mildred Robbins Leet, B.A. 1942; entrepreneur and philanthropist
Mark Leslie, B.A. 1966; venture capitalist and founder of Veritas Technologies
Joseph Nacchio, B.S. 1970; former chairman and chief executive officer of Qwest Communications International
Marc Rich (Did not graduate); commodities trader, billionaire, fugitive
Larry Silverstein, B.A. 1952; billionaire, real estate investor
Sy Syms, B.A. 1946; founder of Syms Clothing
space tourist

Journalism

Lynda Baquero, B.A. 1974; correspondent for WNBC
Don Hewitt, B.A. 1941; television producer, creator of 60 Minutes
Ray Suarez, B.A. 1985; broadcast journalist, host of Inside Story on Al Jazeera America
Alvin Toffler, B.A. 1949; futurist, writer, journalist
Washington Post journalist, two-time Pulitzer Prize
winner

Law

Borough President of Manhattan

Evan Chesler, B.A. 1970; partner and former chairman, Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Victor Marrero, B.A. 1963; United States federal senior judge
Herbert Wachtell, B.S. 1952; co-founder of the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Politics and government

Jerome Anthony Ambro
, B.A. 1955; US Congressman
Bill de Blasio, B.A. 1984; 109th Mayor of New York City
Irwin Delmore Davidson
, B.S. 1927; US Congressman
Thomas De Witt Talmage, B.A. 1853; preacher, religious leader, social reformer
Steven Boghos Derounian
, B.A. 1938; US Congressman
U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO
Fernando Ferrer, B.A. 1972; former Bronx Borough president and 2005 Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York
Time, Inc.
Sean Hannity (did not graduate); political commentator
Frank L. Howley, B.S. 1925; brigadier general, commandant of the American sector of Berlin
Jacob Javits, B.A. 1923; US Senator from New York from 1957 to 1981
Samuel Levy, B.A. 1894; Manhattan Borough President
Martha Roby, B.A. 1998; US Congresswoman
Albert del Rosario, B.S. 1960; former Philippine ambassador to the US and Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary

Science and technology

Balamurali Ambati, B.A. 1991; youngest person ever to become a physician
Evelyn Berezin, B.S. 1951; computer engineer
Eugene Braunwald, B.A. 1949; cardiologist
Humayun Chaudhry, B.A., 1986; president and CEO, Federation of State Medical Boards
philanthropist
Neil Garg, B.S. 2000; Professor of Chemistry at University of California, Los Angeles
Chris Harrison, B.S. 2005; computer scientist and entrepreneur, assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University
Henry Sherwood Lawrence, B.A. 1938; immunologist
Amit M. Shelat, B.A. 1997; Vice Chairman of the New York State Board for Medicine, New York State Education Department^[13]
Alfred Vail, B.A. 1836; inventor
Ari M. Wachsman, B.A. 2002; neurologist and neurointensivist, Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
George Wald, B.A. 1927; recipient of 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Sports

Marv Albert, B.A. 1965; sportscaster
Howard Cann, B.A. 1920; 1968 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee
Howard Cosell, B.A. 1938; sportscaster
Carol Heiss, B.A. 1961; gold medal winner, Olympic Winter Games 1960
Mika'il Sankofa, B.A. 1988; fencer, Olympic Gold Medalist
Dolph Schayes, B.S. 1948, NBA champion (1955), 12× NBA All-Star, Hall of Fame Inductee
Ed Smith, B.A. 1934; model for Heisman Trophy
George Spitz, B.A. 1934; world record high jumper
Colin Cassady
, B.S.; WWE wrestler

References

^ "New York University Graphic Standards and Logo Usage Guide, second edition, February 2010" (PDF). New York University. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
^ "Gould Plaza". MEET NYU. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
^ "Digest of Education Statistics, 2015".
^ "New York University (NYU)".
^ "NYU CAS Admissions Instagram Post | New York University". Retrieved 2023-04-08.
^ NYU Web Communications. "A Brief History of New York University". Faculty Handbook. New York University. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ "A Brief History of the College of Arts and Science". College of Arts and Science. NYU. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ Local, N. Y. U. (2016-11-16). "Guide To Majors At NYU: Journalism". Medium. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
^ "Guide to the Records of the Andiron Club of New York City MC 19". dlib.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
^ "Red Dragon Society".
^ ^a ^b "These 10 secret societies are among higher ed's most mysterious". Education Dive. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
^ "Forum Network | Valerie J. Mercer". forum-network.org. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
^ "Long Island Hires and Promotions". Newsday. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-21.

External links

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[1] "New York University Graphic Standards and Logo Usage Guide, second edition, February 2010" (PDF). New York University. Retrieved August 10, 2015.

[2] "Gould Plaza". MEET NYU. Retrieved 2020-04-17.

[3] "Digest of Education Statistics, 2015".

[4] "New York University (NYU)".

[5] "NYU CAS Admissions Instagram Post | New York University". Retrieved 2023-04-08.

[6] NYU Web Communications. "A Brief History of New York University". Faculty Handbook. New York University. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[7] "A Brief History of the College of Arts and Science". College of Arts and Science. NYU. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[8] Local, N. Y. U. (2016-11-16). "Guide To Majors At NYU: Journalism". Medium. Retrieved 2020-04-11.

[9] "Guide to the Records of the Andiron Club of New York City MC 19". dlib.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-11.

[10] "Red Dragon Society".

[:1-11] "These 10 secret societies are among higher ed's most mysterious". Education Dive. Retrieved 2020-04-11.

[12] "Forum Network | Valerie J. Mercer". forum-network.org. Retrieved 2023-03-12.

[13] "Long Island Hires and Promotions". Newsday. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-21.

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