2010

The New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS) announced that the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate will offer a Master of Science in Real Estate Development (MSRED). Along with the Master of Science in Construction Management and the Master of Science in Real Estate, this will be the third graduate degree capturing the specialized academic expertise of NYU Schack faculty and leading industry practitioners.

Xavier D. James, Sr.— a well-known sports and entertainment attorney — will join the School’s Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management faculty as a visiting assistant professor, beginning fall 2010.

According to a new trend analysis by Bjorn Hanson, divisional dean of the NYU Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management, U.S. lodging industry capital expenditures are forecast to decrease in 2010, following a decrease in 2009 for the first year since 2003, following years of increasing and record "cap ex" spending.

Dean Robert Lapiner of the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS) has announced the appointment of Bjorn Hanson as the new divisional dean of the School’s Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management, beginning with the fall 2010 academic semester.

The New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies will launch in fall 2010 a new professional Certificate in Global Philanthropy, designed to deliver a focused education in fundraising and global affairs to NGO programming and development professionals.

The NYU-SCPS Center for Publishing and KITAB--a joint venture company between the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) and the Frankfurt Book Fair--will collaborate on a new executive training program, to be hosted at the newly opened temporary NYU Abu Dhabi campus, beginning in fall 2010.

Rosemary Scanlon, one of the nation’s leading experts in regional and urban economics, has been named Director of Academic Affairs at NYU Schack.

With approximately 37 million users, the iPhone (and its app-enabled cousin, the iPod Touch) has created a vast marketplace for mobile applications. As businesses look to profit from this growing market, NYU-SCPS has launched a new professional Certificate in iPhone and iPad Applications, which begins in Fall 2010.

Dr. Lalia Rach, Divisional Dean and HVS Professor, will moderate two panels of industry leaders in her annual “The CEOs Check In” looking for lessons learned and forecasts for the future at the NYU Hospitality Conference.

A team of students from the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate was selected as a finalist in a brand new national competition known as the "2010 Boston Open – Graduate Real Estate Competition", sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Alumni Association.