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Gallatin Grad Helps Foster Growth in Uganda

Taylor Mork (GAL '04) first envisioned the DevelopNet Iganga project during a visit to Uganda in 2003. While working alongside a local forum of community-based organizations (CBOs), in Inganga, one of the country's most impoverished districts, he noticed that the community lacked sufficient communication technology. That's when the idea of establishing a self-sustaining Internet cafe and resource center began to take form. [more...]

The Palmer Family:
An NYU Legacy

If you attended NYU with the last name Palmer, history shows that you'd better be careful whom you talk to in class. There's a good chance that the girl sitting across the room will turn out to be your future wife. [more...]

Aaron Beebe (GSAS '00): At Home Among the Freaks

NYU graduates have a way of pursuing interesting, if sometimes offbeat, career paths. Aaron Beebe (GSAS '00) is no exception. Beebe is the curator of the Coney Island Museum, an organization that houses memorabilia from the amusement park's 100-plus-year history. The museum collection includes vintage bumper cars and funhouse distortion mirrors--all for an admission price of only 99 cents.[more...]