Alec Baldwin - Top of the Rock

Alec Baldwin planned to attend law school but auditioned for New York University's Undergraduate Drama Program on a dare. He was accepted, and in 1979 began what would become his professional training. 


He has played various roles on television and in films however he is most famous for his current  role in the popular NBC television sitcom 30 Rock with co-star Tina Fey. He plays a fast talking, super competitive business executive at GE and his performance is fantastic. 


Last year Alec Baldwin  received an honorary doctorate from NYU when he gave the commencement adress to over 25,000 people. You can watch that speech in the previous post.  

And the Oscar goes to... NYU!

James Franco giving NYU a shoutout at the Oscars

Two New York University filmmakers from the Tisch School of the Arts were big winners at the this years Academy Awards ceremony.  Even more incredible is that the Oscars were cohosted by a current NYU student. Thats right, James Franco is currently attending NYU grad school. 

Luke Matheny’s, won an Oscar for Live Action Short for his thesis film God of Love and Lora Hirschberg won the Oscar for Sound Mixing for her work on the film Inception.


One of the coolest parts of the Oscars was when James Franco gave a surprise shoutout  to NYU when fellow Graduate filmmaker Matheny won his award.

In total 15 members of the NYU Tisch School were nominated for Oscars award this year.  

Maria Bartiromo - Breaking NYU News

Maria Bartiromo is the influential anchor of CNBC’s program the "Closing Bell" she is also managing editor of the nationally syndicated "Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo," recently rated the most watched financial news program in America. Bartiromo graduated from New York University in 1989, where she majored in journalism and economics. 


She leveraged the NYU's proximity to Wall Street to land a job on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange right after college. She loved the fast past action of the trading floor and decided that reporting business news was her calling. 


This past fall semester she served as an adjunct professor at NYU Stern School of Business and taught a class is called "Global Markets and Normative Frameworks." The class filled up 10 minutes after it opened for registration.