Tisch Special Programs

The number of students studying abroad is on the rise.

The Washington Square News reports today that applications to NYU's 10 study abroad sites increased 8 percent this year. Read the article.

Go global! Tisch School of the Arts also has study abroad programs in five locations this spring, which are open to all NYU students : Dublin, Havana, Johannesburg, London, and Prague.

Tisch spring study abroad applications are due October 12. Apply now or get started at the Tisch Special Programs Open House.

From The New York Times:

Tisch Alumni Antonio Campos, the writer and director of Afterschool, discusses the composition of a scene from his film.

Afterschool is currently in theaters and On Demand via IFC Films.

In our continuing series of video conversations with Special Programs' student, faculty and administrators, Helmos Hernandez, President of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba discusses Cuban life and the value of experiencing the Cuban way of being. Studying in Cuba is a unique experience for any student as you'll soon see:

Join us for this presentation of student work produced in Cuba in collaboration with the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, the Cuban National Institute of Film and Television (ICAIC), and the University of Havana. The student experience of living and studying in Havana is narrated through photo essays and the short films bear witness to aspects of life in Cuban society.

Moderated by Robert Pietri.

Light refreshments will be served.

R.S.V.P to Mariangela Lardaro by Wednesday, October 8.
Email: tisch.rsvp@nyu.edu

In our continuing series of video conversations with Special Programs' student, faculty and administrators, Tisch Undergraduate Film student Nick Brennan shares his experience at the Tisch Havana program in documentary film.

Rudy Ramos of Tisch Special Programs seeks answers the question that everyone applying to Tisch wants to know: What's the best thing about going to school in New York City?

Special Effects Makeup, a Tisch Open Arts course, is currently featured in NYU Local. The student blog reports that the "class leaves its participants fully equipped in the art of putting together the most badass Halloween costumes ever."

Check out the article for all of the gory details.

NYU students can take this course through the Open Arts curriculum. It is also available to just about everyone, NYU student or not, during our Summer in NYC program.