Culture of Old Europe Is Uncloaked in an Exhibit at N.Y.U.Source: The New York Times
Before the glory that was Greece and Rome, even before the first cities of Mesopotamia or temples along the Nile, there lived in the Lower Danube Valley and the Balkan foothills people who were ahead of their time in art, technology and long-distance trade.
US EconomySource:
Clinton's Investors and the Global Economy
Scholars Race to Preserve Guantanamo Records for HistorySource: chronicle.com
To make sure the details of Guantánamo endure, Mr. Denbeaux and some colleagues are creating a Guantánamo Bay Detention Center archive. It will be a repository of the records and first-person accounts of hundreds of defense lawyers who have worked on detainee cases.

An important issue facing investors as the economy emerges from the current financial crisis is what they should do with their retirement accounts. Going forward, investors should not drastically reduce the fractions of stock holdings (direct holdings plus holdings of U.S.

The dramatic actions in the last few days of the European and American central banks and treasuries suggest the beginning of the end of the global debt crisis.

What's the difference between a financial crisis and a Depression? At least initially, the symptoms appear similar. Banks won't lend to one another, even overnight.

To bring order to chaos in group activity, it is not uncommon to suggest a clearing house, i.e., a vehicle for sharing information to improve coordination.
A Potential Alzheimer's VaccineSource: ABC Action News
NYU researchers are hoping that an Alzheimer's vaccine that aims to improve one's memory by helping destroy Tau Protein works well.
N.Y.U. Plan Threatens Historic Theater Source: The New York Times
Another chapter is being written in the never ending novel entitled, "The Univerversity that ate Greenwich Village." NYU seems to believe in the old saw "Time heals all wounds."
The Education of Ben Bernanke Source: The New York Times
By cutting rates by a total of one point since August, Bernanke has clearly moved toward a policy of stimulus.
Joseph LeDoux's heavy mentalSource: Salon.com
Back in the '70s, when neuroscientists considered emotion too subjective for serious research, LeDoux made it the focus of his work, tracing the pathway in a rat's brain that leads to the fear response. The implications of this finding launched his career.

NY Times features New York University seeking to engage Greenwich Village neighbors in its expansion plans.
Whoops - We Promoted TerrorismSource: Talking Points Memo
A new NYU study indicates that the US war in Iraq has led to a sevenfold increase in jihadist terrorist attacks.
NYU Student Killed While Escaping Robbery in HarlemSource: ny1.com
An NYU student was struck by a Mercedez-Benz as he attempted to escape robbery by a group of four 13 and 15-year-olds in Harlem. He died days later. The boys allegedly shouted, "Get the white boy" during the incident.
Pentagon spied on gay student groupsSource: The New York Blade
What exactly is the Pentagon doing spying inside the US? While I think it's ridiculous that there is spying like this going on, shouldn't this be the job of the FBI?