
Professor Zeidan: In Brazil I am Branded as a Wumao
“It is my personal disposition to always present things in shades of gray,” said Rodrigo Zeidan, a Professor of Practice in Finance and Economics.
“It is my personal disposition to always present things in shades of gray,” said Rodrigo Zeidan, a Professor of Practice in Finance and Economics.
About 30 rising senior Chinese students, from the class of 2023, who haven’t fulfilled their study away requirements now need to complete them in their senior year. Some major concerns had been holding them back from committing to other NYU global sites to meet this specific graduation requirement.
In 2013, in the land of Shanghai, China, some 260 students joined NYU Shanghai, a new institution that nobody in China had a clue about, and started an adventure that people had never imagined was possible.
From doing their own cooking to getting involved in group buying orders and participating in online singing performances, NYU Shanghai students had to adjust their habits in lockdown at the same time as they tried to cope with doing online classes on Zoom.
Students who regularly visit the many small rooms in the Academic Resource Center for one-on-one tutoring sessions with writing and speaking fellows leave their meetings more often than not with transformed ideas and assignments.
I left China during the Shanghai lockdown following the success of several other NYU Shanghai international students.