On the afternoon of January 26, 2024, the International Urban Innovation Research Center, organized by the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Urban Design and Urban Science (LOUD), held a symposium at NYU Shanghai to summarize the work of 2023 and discuss the work plan for 2024.

Titled “Integrating landscape and urban development in a comprehensive landscape sensitivity index: A case study of the Appalachian Trail region”, the paper has been published in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, a prestigious international journal in the field of green space planning.

On January 29, 2024 the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Urban Design and Urban Science (LOUD) hosted its second Advisory Committee meeting to review the lab’s work over the year and discuss future plans.

Anyone who’s survived a Shanghai summer can agree on one truth: it’s extremely hot. But you might be surprised to learn that there’s a reason for the city’s heat. Due to a phenomenon known as the urban heat island effect, cities tend to be much hotter than rural areas.

An NYU Shanghai senior has won a full-tuition Erasmus Mundus Scholarship to pursue graduate studies in industrial dynamics and sustainability. Jacky Huang ’23 will use his award to study for a Jointly Conferred International Master’s (JCIM) degree from three universities across Scotland, Spain, and Japan, thanks to the Global Markets, Local Creativities (GLOCAL) program.