Awards
NYU Tandon Financial Engineering Master’s Degree Program Ranked in Top Four

The New York University Tandon School of Engineering’s Financial Engineering master’s program has been named among the best in the 2019 TFE Times ranking.
One of the longest-running and largest such programs, the NYU Tandon Financial Engineering master’s moved up three places from the 2018 ranking, putting the program at the number-four spot, ahead of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Johns Hopkins University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of California, Los Angeles. NYU’s Mathematics in Finance program at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences was also included among the leaders.
TFE Times rankings are based on mean GRE scores, mean starting salary and bonus, mean undergraduate GPA, acceptance rate, full-time graduates employed at graduation and three months after graduation, total number of distinct courses available and total research expenditures, all areas in which the department enjoys strong statistics already or is improving rapidly.
Eighty seven percent of NYU Tandon’s financial engineering graduates who were seeking employment found positions within three months of graduation, and starting salaries averaged $91,000. NYU Tandon has 276 students studying financial engineering in a customized educational environment, with small class sizes (averaging 15, and none larger than 30) and more than 50 course offerings.
“We are gratified that TFE Times recognizes the work of our faculty in shaping our academic research to reflect — and in some cases drive —shifts in the field of financial engineering,” said Peter Carr, chair of the Department of Finance and Risk Engineering. “Our focus on financial technology in areas like machine learning, pair theory with practice and prepare our students for highly sought quant, risk, and tech careers,” he said.
“We are thrilled to see the Department of Finance and Risk engineering achieve such a stellar position in the TFE Times rankings,” said Jelena Kovačević, Dean of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. “This is an affirmation of the department and faculty’s ability to attract the best and brightest students, push the boundaries in scholarship, expand access with new programs, and create a fertile environment for training the next generation of experts to better access today’s financial industry, as well as projecting future trends.”
Within the last year the department has added 12 courses on machine learning and several on cryptocurrencies and blockchain, as well as cloud computing, Advanced Fixed Income, High Frequency Trading, and an Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management boot camp.
Faculty from around the world actively participate in comprehensive analysis and assessment of risks in application areas including financial risk management, derivatives, credit risk, default models in finance, black swans and rare events finance, global warming, infrastructure and water finance and sustainability, safety and security, healthcare, cybersecurity, and investments.
SOURCE NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Art
Will Bagley to Receive Western Writers of America’s Owen Wister Award

Will Bagley, a journalist known for monumental nonfiction books about the Mormon West and overland trails, will receive the 2019 Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Contributions to Western Literature from Western Writers of America (WesternWriters.org).
Bagley will also be inducted into the Western Writers Hall of Fame, housed outside the McCracken Research Library at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyo.
“People either love or hate me,” said Bagley, who lives in Salt Lake City. “The Wister Award is an expression of affection from my WWA friends that is appreciated and humbling, for it calls to mind the words ‘I am not worthy!'”
The nonprofit guild’s highest honor will be presented during Western Writers of America’s convention June 19-22 in Tucson, Ariz.
Bagley is a three-time winner of WWA’s Spur Award for “Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Youngand the Massacre at Mountain Meadows”; “The Mormon Rebellion: America’s First Civil War, 1857-1858”; and “With Golden Visions Bright Before Them Trails to the Mining West, 1849–1852,” all published by the University of Oklahoma Press.
Bagley has also received the Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum and the Caroline Bancroft History Prize. His books have also been honored by Westerners International, Utah Division of State History, Wyoming State Historical Society and the John Whitmer Historical Association.
“Will is not just a tenacious researcher, he is a brilliant writer,” WWA executive director Candy Moulton said. “His ‘Blood of the Prophets’ is a classic – impeccably researched and written with precision.”
Bagley’s other books include “South Pass: Gateway to a Continent” and “So Rugged and Mountainous: Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California, 1812–1848,” both Spur Award finalists.
Since the early 1950s, Western Writers of America has honored and promoted all forms of literature about the American West. Previous Owen Wister honorees include Pulitzer Prize winner N. Scott Momaday; historians David Dary and Robert M. Utley; and best-selling novelists Rudolfo Anaya, Elmore Leonard, Tony Hillerman and Lucia St. Clair Robson.
The Wister Award is a bronze statue of a buffalo created especially for Western Writers of America by artist Robert Duffie.
SOURCE: Western Writers of America
Art
Hollywood: Winners of 6th Annual MUAHS Awards

The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS, IATSE Local 706) announced winners of its 6th Annual MUAHS Awards in 21 categories of film, television, commercials and live theater, during a formal gala at the Novo by Microsoft at L.A. Live Downtown on Saturday night, February 16, 2019.
Winners in the Feature Motion Pictures categories include A Star is Born, Vice, Crazy Rich Asians and Mary Queen of Scots. Television winners included The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, American Horror Story: Apocalypse, Westworld and Dancing with the Stars. For the categories of Motion Picture Made for Television, winners include King Lear, Cocaine Godmother and Jesus Christ Superstar: Live and in Concert.
Winners in the Daytime Television category were awarded to The Young and The Restless. A Series of Unfortunate Events wins Best Children/Teen Program. Theatrical honors were bestowed upon Aladdin and The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Rocky Horror. The Commercial/Music Video Award was presented to American Horror Story: Apocalypse- Promotional Campaign.
The awards took place before an audience of more than 900, including guild members, industry executives and press. Actress/comedienne Loni Love (The Real) returning to charm as host for the fourth year in a row. Julie Socash, newly installed President, and Randy Sayer, Business Representative, presided over the awards ceremony. Returning again as producer of this year’s MUAHS Awards (#MUAHSawards) was Erick Weiss of Honeysweet Creative.
TV personality, actor and singer Frankie J. Grande returned as star host of the “Live From the Red Carpet,” presented by HASK® Beauty, livestreaming on Amazon.com/live and on local706.org/live-red-carpet from LA Live’s Novo Theater. “Live From the Red Carpet” was co-produced by IngleDodd Media and Honeysweet Creative.
Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Academy Award®-nominated and two-time Primetime Emmy®-winning actress, received the prestigious MUAHS Distinguished Artisan Award, celebrating her prolific acting career and the plethora of characters she embraces. McCarthy is the first female artist to receive this award, presented by hair stylist Linda Flowers, collaborator on McCarthy’s numerous characters for many years. A wonderful clip reel was presented, spotlightingthe prestigious spectrum of McCarthy’s extraordinary award-winning film work including Bridesmaids, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, This is 40, The Hangover Part III and Ghostbusters, among many others. Her award-winning television credits include Gilmore Girls, and Mike & Molly, for which she won an Emmy®.
Sue Cabral-Ebert, outgoing Local 706 President and award-winning makeup artist, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Makeup by longtime friend and actress Linda Gray (Dallas). Legendary Emmy-winning hair stylist Robert Louis Stevenson received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Hair Styling from Margaret Avery, his hair stylist on The Color Purple and The Jacksons: An American Dream.
Another highlight of the evening was the moving In Memoriam, performed by long time MUAHS member Angie Wells. The spirited MUAHS After Party took place following the Awards ceremony featured a special appearance with celebrity DJ Bootie Mashup, courtesy of M.A.C. Cosmetics, catered by Wolfgang Puck.
Additional presenters for this year’s awards included Vivica A. Fox (Kill Bill), Amber Stevens West(Happy Together), Doug Jones (The Shape of Water), Christine Devine (Fox 11 News LA), John Brotherton (Fuller House), Kate Linder (The Young and the Restless), Jake Busey (Stranger Things), Leslie Grossman (American Horror Story), Liam McIntyre (Spartacus: Blood and Sand), MacKenzie Ziegler (Dancing With the Stars: Juniors), Nicollette Sheridan (Desperate Housewives), Margaret Avery (Being Mary Jane), Retta (Good Girls), Shangela (A Star is Born), among others.
WINNERS FOR OUTSTANDING MAKE-UP ARTISTS AND HAIR STYLISTS:
FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE
CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP
A STAR IS BORN
Ve Neill, Debbie Zoller, Sarah Tanno
CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING
CRAZY RICH ASIANS
Heike Merker, Sophia Knight
PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP
VICE
Kate Biscoe, Ann Pala, Williams, Jamie Kelman
PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher
SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
VICE
Greg Cannom, Christopher Gallaher
WINNERS FOR OUTSTANDING MAKE-UP ARTISTS AND HAIR STYLISTS: TELEVISION
SERIES, MINI OR NEW MEDIA – BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE
Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers, Silvina Knight
SERIES, MINI OR NEW MEDIA – BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING
DANCING WITH THE STARS
Gail Ryan, Brittany Spaulding, Jani Kleinbard
SERIES, MINI OR NEW MEDIA – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP
THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
Patricia Regan, Claus Lulla, Joseph A. Campayno
SERIES, MINI OR NEW MEDIA – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING
THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
Jerry DeCarlo, Jon Jordan, Peg Schierholz
SERIES, MINI OR NEW MEDIA – BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
WESTWORLD
Justin Raleigh, Kevin Kirkpatrick, Thomas Floutz
MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR SPECIAL – BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP
KING LEAR
Naomi Donne, Sara Kramer
MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR SPECIAL – BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT
Charles Lapointe, Kevin Maybee
MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR SPECIAL – BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
COCAINE GODMOTHER
Trefor Proud, Vicki Syskakis
DAYTIME – BEST MAKE-UP
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Patricia Denney, Marlene Mason, Kathy Jones
DAYTIME – BEST HAIR STYLING
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Regina Rodriguez, Adriana Lucio, Vanessa Bragdon
CHILDREN AND TEEN – BEST MAKE-UP
A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
Rita Ciccozzi, Krista Seller, Bill Terezakis
CHILDREN AND TEEN – BEST HAIR STYLING
A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
Julie McHaffie, Dianne Holme
COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS – BEST MAKE-UP
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE “PROMO”
Kerry Herta, Jason Collins, Cristina Waltz
COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS – BEST HAIR STYLING
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE “PROMO”
Joe Matke, Fernando Santaella-Navarro
WINNERS FOR OUTSTANDING MAKE-UP ARTISTS AND HAIR STYLISTS: THEATER
THEATRICAL PRODUCTION – BEST MAKE-UP
THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF ROCKY HORROR
Michael Johnston, Tyson Fontaine, Lauren Lillien
THEATRICAL PRODUCTION – BEST HAIR STYLING
ALADDIN
Debra Parr, Michele Arvizo, Chanthy Tach
The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylist Guild Awards is proud to be sponsored by Diamond Level: HASK Beauty; Ruby Level: M.A.C. Cosmetics; Sapphire Level: E.I. School of Professional Makeup, Japonesque Beauty, Nigel Beauty, Schwarzkopf Professional; Premier Level: Focus Features, RCMA Makeup; Double Platinum Level: 20th Century Fox; Platinum Level: Annapurna Pictures, IATSE Local 798 Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists, Netflix; Gold Level: 20th Century Fox TV, HBO, Warner Bros. Pictures; Silver Level: Ardell Professional, Boxy Girl®, Brush Off, Cinema Makeup School, CROC USA, I.A.T.S.E., Kryolan, Make-up Designory, Premiere Products, Inc., Skindinavia, Skin Illustrator, The Criterion Group, The Hollywood Museum; Gift Bag Sponsors:Hempz, Lime Crime, Moroccan Magic, Qosmedix, Royal & Langnickel, Senna Cosmetics; VIP Transportation Sponsor: BLS Limo; Media Sponsors: The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and SHOOT.
SOURCE: Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS, IATSE Local 706)
Asia
Dr. John P. Lederach to Get 36th Niwano Peace Prize

The Niwano Peace Foundation will award the 36th Niwano Peace Prize to Dr. John Paul Lederach, Professor Emeritus of International Peacebuilding at the Kroc Institute for Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame and a Distinguished Scholar at Eastern Mennonite University in the United States.
An award presentation ceremony will take place in Tokyo on May 8 at 10:30 a.m. In addition to an award certificate, Dr. Lederach will receive a medal and a cash prize of 20 million yen.
In many war-torn settings like Colombia, Nepal, Northern Ireland and Somalia, Dr. Lederach has provided accompaniment for local communities most affected by decades of violence. As a practitioner-scholar, his academic work draws on this rich experience in the field as a mediator, negotiator, peacebuilding practitioner, trainer and consultant.
In selecting Dr. Lederach as a recipient for 2019, the Niwano Peace Prize Committee said he “has helped support and encourage evolving peace processes, give voice to those on the margins of society and empower ordinary citizens to transform ongoing and emerging conflict in a healthy and positive way.”
Moreover, his “contribution on conflict transformation through his teaching, training, practicing and his own organizational network has given tremendous inspiration and courage to peace activists and practitioners around the world,” it said.
Niwano Peace Prize:
The Niwano Peace Foundation established the Niwano Peace Prize to honor and encourage individuals and organizations that have contributed significantly to inter-religious cooperation, thereby furthering the cause of world peace, and to make their achievements known as widely as possible. The foundation hopes in this way both to enhance inter-religious understanding and cooperation and to encourage the emergence of still more persons devoted to working for world peace. The prize is named in honor of the founder and first president of the lay Buddhist organization Rissho Kosei-kai, Nikkyo Niwano.
Niwano Peace Foundation:
The Niwano Peace Foundation was chartered in 1978 to contribute to the realization of world peace and the enhancement of a culture of peace. The foundation promotes research and other activities based on a religious spirit and serves the cause of peace in such fields as education, science, religion and philosophy.
SOURCE: Niwano Peace Foundation
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