New York University

Traveling the world’s roads

Arts, Culture & Media

Writer Ted Conover talks about the many roads he’s traveled on the way to his new book, “The Routes of Man.”

What Makes a Phenomenal Teacher?

Receiving Patients and Evacuating Hospitals Amid Superstorm Sandy

Is Slacktivism the New Activism?

The Social Cost of Changing Your Mind

Global Politics
The World

Music to invest by

Arts, Culture & Media

Phil Maymin, a professor at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, studied decades of Billboard Hot 100 hits and discovered that songs with more consistent beats tend to be popular just before periods of high volatility in the stock market.