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*Arctic Explorer Frederick Cook Was Not a Fraud * NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ISSUE #22 / SPRING 2014 NONPROFIT ORG 25 WEST FOURTH STREET / SPRING 2014 #22 / ISSUE MAGAZINE NYU ALUMNI SIXTH FLOOR US POSTAGE PAID NEW YORK, NY 10012-1119 PERMIT 295 BURL, VT 05401 www.nyu.edu/alumni.magazine Page 36 Correction *Arctic explorer Frederick Cook was not a fraud * NAME CLASS OF DEGREES OCCUPATION ROLE AT NYU FAVORITE COLLEGE HANGOUT SURVIVAL FOOD COLLEGE SOUNDTRACK MY SCHOLARSHIP… MOMENTUM IS A… WHY SHOULD WE CARE? issuE #22 / SPRiNG 2014 DEPARTMENTS Class notes CONT TS CONT PHOTO PHOTO FEAT co u thE SqUaRE CULTURE rtesy NY u 8 / Global 20 / tElEVISIon ARCH u FoUR SEnIoRS describE It took onlY 20 YEaRS FoR iv ES RES 30 bEInG VIolEtS In thE UaE ClaRk Gregg to becoME an oVERnIGht SEnSatIon #NOWTREndInG 10 / MUSIC CoMpoSItIon YoUR SoCIal MEdIa habItS aRE a Gold MInE FoR polItICal scientIStS a pIano pRodigy wIth qUIncy 22 / thE InSIdER / By lIndsy Van GEldER Jones on SpEEd dIal UnExpectEd SpotS FoR MUSICal MoMEntS 12 / thE Class FilE THiS uNDER THE category “BETTER Late THAN NEvER”: linda MantovANi thIS StUdY abRoad pRoGRaM 24 / Technology (lEFT) AND PatriCiA HANuSik became, iN 1959, THE First FEMAlE undergrad- uates ADMiTTED to NYu’S COllege OF ENGiNEERiNG, located at that TiME kEEpS It REal want to knoCk on dEREk ON THE uNivERSiTY HEights campuS iN THE Bronx. 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