John Beckman
John Beckman
John Beckmanwas an early professional basketball player...
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If they can come forward with their ideas at a town hall meeting, it could avoid an expensive election.
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Our mission is to inspire the inventive genius in everyone. Leonardo is the poster child for inventive genius. And while maybe there's no one else like him in the sense that he encompassed all disciplines, there are a lot of inventors today who are crossing disciplines.
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We started working on this exhibit long before they had a release date -- before they started shooting the movie, even.
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He never took a side. With each commission, he'd challenge himself to outdo his last creation.
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He didn't just think out of the box. He invented the box and then thought out of the box he had just invented.
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He is the very spirit of inventive genius that this museum looks to inspire people with.
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NYU was perfectly happy to have them sit there NYU had bottled water and granola bars out there for the protestors so they could be safe and comfortable, ... The arrests were carefully stage-managed with the union and the police department.
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NYU is a safe environment in one of the safest neighborhoods in the safest large city in the country. The university has been taking a more vigorous approach toward alcohol and substance abuse.
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Since November, the U.A.W. and a relatively small number of graduate assistants have sought to disrupt our students' educational experience. Fortunately, this effort has failed.
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The place sort of evolved while we've been here.
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Our expectation is that our graduate assistants and all of our instructors will recognize their responsibilities and continue to fulfill them.
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These are all people who are thinking way outside the box. Leonardo invented the box, and these people are really pushing the edges of it in everything they do.
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Teaching and learning is going forward at NYU. Classes are meeting. There's very, very little disruption.
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This is where we showcase cultural holidays such as Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Chinese New Year and the Winter Solstice.