Lynette Scavo is a fictional character from the American comedy drama television series Desperate Housewives , which aired on ABC from 2004 to 2012. Developed by series creator Marc Cherry , Lynette was portrayed by Felicity Huffman . Lynette is introduced as a frustrated stay-at-home mother of five children, who she had with her businessman husband Tom ( Doug Savant ). Formerly a high-powered businesswoman herself, Lynette aspires to return to working life as she struggles with the day-to-day tasks of motherhood.
152-511: Felicity Kendall Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Lynette Scavo in the ABC comedy-drama Desperate Housewives and her role as a transgender woman in the film Transamerica (2005). Over her career she has received numerous accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as a nomination for an Academy Award . Huffman began her acting career in theatre, and in
304-596: A Golden Globe Award for Best Actress , as well as nominations for Best Actress (Screen Actors Guild) and Best Actress (Academy Awards) , and several other awards and nominations. Huffman is now a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . In 2007, Huffman starred in Garry Marshall 's Georgia Rule with Jane Fonda and Lindsay Lohan , and 2008 on independent drama Phoebe in Wonderland . She made
456-484: A stay-at-home dad , and so she has to go back to work and take over as the breadwinner for the family. Lynette gets a job at an advertising agency and for much of the season, deals with obstacles at work and colleagues. Stu, a bumbling secretary at the agency, is kind to Lynette, often doing her favors or helping her in tough situations. Nina is the "boss from hell"; mean, self-centered and neurotic. She causes Lynette many problems and stresses her out with work. Ed Ferrara,
608-450: A "Pompous Ass" while Tom labels Lynette as a "Raging Bitch" leaving them to decide that it is only them who need to spend a holiday together. The holiday turns out badly and the relationship deteriorates and becomes extremely awkward. When they return home Tom leads Lynette to believe that he will be spending a while in an apartment near to his work offices. Before Lynette attends a street dinner party, Penny reveals to her that Tom had left her
760-558: A "business shark" and almost a vice president, but she met Tom Scavo at the same company. He was so in love that he broke up with his girlfriend, Annabel Foster. Tom and Lynette married in 1997 and moved to Wisteria Lane the following year. Lynette had four children with Tom: twins Preston and Porter born in February 1998, Parker born in November 1998, and Penny born in 2004. She had a very successful career, but she gave up all that to become
912-474: A $ 2.5 billion campaign for funds to be spent especially on faculty and financial aid resources. Under Sexton's leadership, NYU also began its transformation into a global university, including the opening of a campus in Abu Dhabi in 2010. Mortgage loans issued to some administrators and faculty by the university were criticized following published reports of August 2013, detailing terms of the loans, including that
1064-463: A $ 30,000 fine, and 250 hours of community service. Huffman was born in Bedford, New York , into a wealthy family, the daughter of Grace Valle ( née Ewing) and Moore Peters Huffman, a banker and partner at Morgan Stanley . Her parents divorced a year after her birth, and she was raised by both of them. When Huffman was a young teenager, she discovered that her biological father was Roger Tallman Maher, who
1216-566: A $ 50 million gift from the Tisch family (after which one building and the art school are named) and a $ 60 million gift from six trustees called "The Partners Fund", aimed at hiring new faculty. On October 15, 2007, the university announced that the Silver family donated $ 50 million to the School of Social Work , which will be renamed as a result. This is the largest donation ever to a school of social work in
1368-609: A 125,000 square feet (11,600 m ) healthcare facility in Brooklyn. Quickly following this announcement, NYU announced in 2017 that it would invest over $ 500 million in the coming years to renovate and expand its Brooklyn campus, including 370 Jay Street , which opened in December 2017. The NYU Langone Health medical center is situated near the East River waterfront at 550 First Avenue between East 30th and 34th Streets. The campus hosts
1520-474: A 25-year strategic development plan, scheduled to coincide with its bicentennial in 2031. Included in the "NYU 200" plans are increasing resident and academic space, hiring additional faculty, and involving the New York City community in a transparent planning process. Additionally, NYU hopes to make their buildings more environmentally friendly, which will be facilitated by an evaluation of all campus spaces. As
1672-417: A Golden Globe Award, Independent Spirit Award , National Board of Review , and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Huffman has also starred in such films as Reversal of Fortune (1990), The Spanish Prisoner (1997), Magnolia (1999), Path to War (2002), Georgia Rule (2007), Phoebe in Wonderland (2008), Rudderless (2014), and Cake (2014). From 2015 to 2017, she starred in
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#17331154787471824-483: A November 2023 interview with KABC-TV , Huffman broke her silence on the Varsity Blues scandal for the first time, saying "It felt like I would be a bad mother if I didn't do it." Lynette Scavo While show creator Marc Cherry based Bree Van de Kamp 's family on his teenage years, he based Lynette's on his childhood life. Other actresses who claim to have auditioned for the show include Alex Kingston , who
1976-401: A court date becomes unnecessary when Nora and Lynette are held hostage in a supermarket by Carolyn Bigsby - Nora is shot and killed during the standoff. As Nora lays dying, Lynette pledges to always care for Kayla. Lynette is shot in the arm, but survives. Lynette and Kayla struggle to get on as Kayla blames Lynette for her mother's death. When an out-of-work Tom follows his lifelong dream to open
2128-456: A curling iron and blaming Lynette, who is arrested. While in jail, Lynette tells Tom what Kayla did. When Kayla confesses that she lied, Tom sends her to live with her grandparents. He is sad to send her away, but in time the family (and Tom and Lynette's marriage) recovers from the strain placed upon it by Kayla. After the five-year time jump, Tom and Lynette are still running the pizzeria and having trouble with their twin sons, now teenagers. Tom
2280-440: A daughter, Kayla Huntington . She and her mother, Nora Huntington , use the back child support from Tom to move to Fairview so Kayla can get to know her father, stepmother, and half-siblings. Lynette has trouble adjusting to Nora and Kayla being around but does her best. Lynette learns Nora wants Tom back and warns her to keep her distance. When Nora decides to leave town with Kayla in tow, Lynette and Tom sue for custody. However,
2432-496: A drinking problem. She also beat her children and had cancer, when Lynette was 13 years old. Lynette told her that this was a punishment from God . Stella marries Glenn Wingfield, whom Lynette adores. After a short time, Glenn leaves, and Lynette blames her mother for driving him away for a long time. During college at Northwestern University , around 1990 , Lynette met Renee Perry and two of them become loyal friends. She graduated and, while working in advertising, she became
2584-496: A film, Lesster , as a writer, director and actress in 2010. Huffman said that after seeing her as Lynette Scavo on Housewives for eight years it was difficult for audiences to think of her as anything else. She said that's why she was eager for a role that's a distinctive departure. After Desperate Housewives finale, Huffman reunited with playwright David Mamet in the comedy play November . The play debuted on September 26 and ended on November 4, 2012. In 2012, she also appeared in
2736-415: A hitch". However, Fox did not pick up Boomerang as a new series. In 2013, Huffman starred in the independent drama Rudderless , and in the adventure film Big Game opposite Samuel L. Jackson . She also starred in another independent drama Stealing Cars , and was cast in the comedy film Zendog . In April 2014 she appeared in the independent film Cake opposite Jennifer Aniston . In 2014, Huffman
2888-526: A little persuasion from Renee. Renee suggests hiring Susan as Lynette's nanny. Lynette is reluctant, but eventually agrees. Lynette ends up comforting Susan when she feels bad about not being as financially stable as her friends. Mike has taken the job in Alaska, and Susan accepts Lynette's offer to be baby Paige's nanny, even though she thought she was being hired to work in Lynette and Renee's new business. She overhears
3040-419: A nasty fall out of bed, Lynette undergoes a CAT scan which reveals swollen lymph nodes. In the season finale, Lynette tells her sister Lucy that she has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma and asks her for a loan. Lucy is sympathetic but unable to help as her husband has just lost his job. Tom borrows the money from Lynette's mother, Stella Wingfield , much to his wife's chagrin. Stella tells Lynette that she
3192-420: A new client of Lynette and Renee's, and suggests that she ask her daughter for her favorite characters to paint on her wall. The woman likes Susan's idea. Renee gets mad at Susan, while Lynette wonders why her friend is acting strange. Susan eventually reveals that she feels the nanny job is beneath her, and is shamed to be the poor person in her group of friends. Lynette comforts her, saying that money can't change
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#17331154787473344-515: A note. Lynette is surprised and finds that Tom's unpacked suitcase from the holiday is not in the bedroom, convincing her that Tom had left her. After revealing to Susan that she thought Tom had left her, Lynette walks into her house, finding Tom, chopping up salad ingredients. He tells Lynette that he had only gone to buy the ingredients. Lynette questions him why it had taken him two hours, leading Tom to reveal that he had left but came back when he considered that Lynette would have to lie about where Tom
3496-530: A noted artist who also pioneered the telegraph and created the Morse Code, served as the first chair of Painting and Sculpture. He and Daniel Huntington were early tenants of the Old University Building in the mid-19th century. (The university rented out studio space and residential apartments within the "academic" building.) As a result, they had notable interaction with the cultural and academic life of
3648-431: A one-night stand 20 years ago which happened right after Tom and Lynette became engaged and she was visiting her parents (they were on a break). She doesn't take it well, and is of course upset but keeps it quiet and instead begins a series of pranks against Tom as payback. When Renee finds out what Lynette is doing, she tells Tom about it. Tom confronts Lynette and informs her that he wanted to tell her about Renee, but there
3800-536: A part of this plan, NYU purchased 118 million kilowatt-hours of wind power during the 2006–2007 academic year – the largest purchase of wind power by any university in the country and any institution in New York City. For 2007, the university expanded its purchase of wind power to 132 million kilowatt-hours. As a result, the EPA ranked NYU as one of the greenest colleges in the country in its annual College & University Green Power Challenge. NYU consistently ranks as one of
3952-653: A pinwheel shape reminiscent of NYU Shanghai's logo, that are connected as one building above the fifth floor. The university hopes to move up to 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students into the new campus by 2022. Tisch School of the Arts, Asia was NYU's first branch campus abroad. The result of a partnership between Tisch School of the Arts and the Singapore Government, it offered Master of Fine Arts degrees in animation and digital arts, dramatic writing, film and international media producing. The campus opened in fall 2007 with
4104-467: A pizzeria, Lynette attempts to support him. When a back injury leaves Tom bedridden and Lynette solely responsible for the operation of the restaurant, Lynette hires a manager, Rick, for whom she quickly develops romantic feelings. Tom, jealous and suspicious, demands that Rick leave the business but Rick refuses. When he confesses to Lynette that he is attracted to her, she fires him, establishing firmly that her family matters more than her business. Following
4256-411: A pretrial hearing, signed conditions of her release and was allowed to leave. On April 8, she agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. Huffman formally pleaded guilty to honest services fraud on May 13 and to federal charges for paying $ 15,000 to have a proctor correct SAT questions answered incorrectly by her daughter. On September 13, she
4408-596: A prominent St. Louis businessman. Huffman's great-great-grandfather was Joseph Warren King, founder of the King Mills Powder Company. She has German, English, Scots-Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian, and Irish ancestry. Huffman attended The Putney School , a private boarding high school in Putney, Vermont , and graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan in 1981. She attended New York University , Circle in
4560-454: A restaurant just as they are discussing Lynette’s dismissive behavior towards Tom. Lynette pulls Renee aside and tells her that it is inappropriate to be so close to Tom and demands that their current friendship be toned down. That night, Lynette realizes she needs to be there for her husband more often and the two decide to simply talk to each other rather than make love, thus making progress in their marriage. Renee later apologizes to Lynette and
4712-455: A separate liberal arts college within a university, offering complete degree programs to students admitted directly to NYUAD. NYUAD recruits students from all over the world and describes itself as the "World's Honor College". The main campus for NYUAD is on Saadiyat Island and opened in 2014. Until then, the school operated from a campus located in downtown Abu Dhabi. In 2011, NYU announced plans to open another portal campus, NYU Shanghai, for
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4864-400: A son like him. Eddie asks Lynette to do it for him. Lynette agrees, letting him hold the baby while she dials 911. While raising their new baby daughter Paige, Tom is diagnosed with male postpartum depression . She invites her old college roommate, Renee Perry , to stay when she learns of her on-going divorce. But she is astonished that Renee is taking Tom's diagnosis seriously. Renee (who
5016-517: A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 7, 2012. In 2005, Huffman revealed that she had suffered from both anorexia and bulimia in her late teens and twenties. Huffman is the co-author of the self-help book A Practical Handbook for the Boyfriend . On March 1, 2012, Huffman launched What The Flicka, a website dedicated to women and mothers where she was a regular contributor. In March 2019,
5168-679: A stay-at-home mother. In 1998 the Scavos met Mary Alice Young, Bree Van de Kamp, and Susan Mayer, followed by Gabrielle Solis in 2003. After a short and difficult first impression of Gaby, all four women accepted the ex-model as a friend. As the series begins, Lynette is near to breaking point - she has been stuck at home alone with four kids for 6 years. Her husband is always away on business trips or at work. Lynette struggles to cope with her four children until Preston and Porter are prescribed medication for ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder). Lynette decides not to medicate them and starts taking
5320-432: A successful businesswoman and eventually watching over six grandchildren. In the finale, Julie gives birth to Porter's daughter, who is Scavo's granddaughter. Series creator Marc Cherry partially based Lynette off of his mother Martha in being an overwhelmed mother. In 2019, Eva Longoria wrote a letter claiming that she was bullied on the set of Desperate Housewives and that it was Huffman who helped her by telling
5472-421: A third ABC series, the anthology crime drama American Crime , for which she received nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie . Huffman was arrested for her involvement with a 2019 nationwide college entrance exam cheating scandal . Charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud she was sentenced to 14 days in prison,
5624-506: A while to get going", O'Neill was drawn to the plot of Lynette and Tom working together. Screen Rant ranked Lynette as the 7th best Desperate Housewives character, writing that she was "definitely nicer and more watchable than Edie" and not "always the most sympathetic character". New York University New York University ( NYU ) is a private research university in New York City , United States . Chartered in 1831 by
5776-420: Is actually dating the woman's mother, Jane, leaving Lynette devastated. Terrified of what would happen to her children if she is caught by Chuck, Lynette confesses her secret to Tom just as he is about to leave for Paris with Jane. He decides not to go, leaving his relationship on the rocks, which leaves him furious with Lynette. Lynette then feels bad about him having to stay for her, as he thinks that she might be
5928-740: Is also on Washington Square South, and is the primary hub for student life at the university, providing event and meeting space for student organizations and other gatherings. Located closer to the eastern edge of the campus along Broadway are the main buildings for the Tisch School of the Arts and the Gallatin School of Individualized Study , as well as the main office for Liberal Studies and NYU's Bookstore and Student Health Center. Other nearby university buildings and complexes of note include 5 Washington Place, which houses NYU's distinguished Department of Philosophy , 7 East 12th Street, which serves as
6080-609: Is contained in a single building, the Academic Center, a new 15-story building with two underground floors. On May 30, 2019, the groundbreaking ceremony was held for the new campus building in the Qiantan International Business Zone . The Qiantan campus building will also be located in Pudong, and is being designed and built by architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) . The design features four buildings arranged in
6232-504: Is devastated even more when Tom suggests they see a lawyer regarding divorce. Jane then later tries to reconcile with Lynette, but then she begins to choke on a snack. Lynette hesitates to help Jane, but ultimately comes to her aid and saves her. However, Jane is alarmed at Lynette thinking such an action over believing she thought of letting Jane die. Then on the day of Mike Delfino's funeral, Tom and Lynette comfort each other as Jane looks on. Sparks of their marriage appear and while sitting at
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6384-432: Is filing but in a later talk, they realize how much they love each other and reconcile. Katherine Mayfair comes back to Wisteria Lane, offering Lynette a job at her new food company. Lynette doesn't want it as she and Tom are together again but wants to prove herself. At first taken aback, Tom lets Lynette know he'll support her no matter what. It's revealed in the final moments that the two move to New York, Lynette becoming
6536-409: Is forgiven, and reveals that she has just bought Edie Britt’s former home on Wisteria Lane. Lynette is hesitant to the idea, but happy nonetheless. In private, Tom warns Renee that it may be a bad idea for her to be their neighbor because he is afraid Lynette may find out about “something that happened” between him and Renee years earlier. Lynette and Renee start a new business in interior design, after
6688-474: Is getting used to single life, Porter and Preston move back home, needing a place to stay after losing their apartment. Lynette is already frazzled when she learns that Porter is the father of Julie Mayer 's baby, making Susan and Lynette grandmothers. Her rivalry with Jane becomes more heated at Penny's birthday party when they continually try to one up each other. Her world is further shocked when Jane announces that she and Tom will be moving in together. Lynette
6840-546: Is having a mid-life crisis - he often sides with his disobedient sons, and he starts a band with the other neighborhood husbands, all to the irritation of his wife. Lynette and Tom discover that Porter is having an affair with Anne Schilling, an older married woman. Anne tells Porter that she is having his baby and they make plans to run away together. When Lynette confronts Anne about her affair with Porter, they are overheard by Anne's abusive husband Warren. When Lynette later finds Warren beating Anne severely, Warren jeeringly dares
6992-600: Is home to NYU's second medical school, the NYU Long Island School of Medicine. NYU's Silver School of Social Work (formerly Ehrenkranz School of Social Work) manages branch campus programs in Westchester County at Sarah Lawrence College and in Rockland County at St. Thomas Aquinas College . In Sterling Forest , near Tuxedo , NYU has a research facility that contains various institutes, in particular
7144-584: Is hurt and leaves the Scavo home. When Lynette learns that Glenn left Stella because he is gay, she tells her mother that she appreciates the time they've spent together. Stella, not wanting to ruin the happy memories, decides not to return and moves in with Glenn. A short time later, a tornado threatens Fairview and Lynette persuades her elderly neighbor, Karen McCluskey, to let the Scavos shelter in her cellar. Ida Greenberg and her cat join them but Tom, allergic to cats, starts struggling to breathe. Lynette attempts to sneak
7296-539: Is killed by the Fairview Strangler. She invites the troubled teen Eddie Orlofsky to live with her family, unaware that he is the Fairview Strangler. Eddie becomes protective of Lynette, attacking Porter and nearly attacking Tom when each of them treats her in a way Eddie regards as disrespectful. Tom and Lynette agree that Eddie must see a therapist. The therapist suggests that Eddie's progress would improve if his mother accompanied him to therapy. However, no one answers
7448-789: Is located at MetroTech Center , an urban academic-industrial research park . It sits on top of the Jay Street–MetroTech station , is only a few blocks from the Brooklyn Bridge, and is connected to NYU's Manhattan campus via the NYU Shuttle Bus System. It houses the Tandon School of Engineering, the Center for Urban Science and Progress and also several of Tisch School of the Arts and Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development's degree programs. MetroTech Commons,
7600-420: Is moving in to help with the family while Lynette fights cancer. While undergoing chemotherapy, Lynette wears wigs to conceal her illness and avoid the pity of friends and neighbors. When she finally confesses, her friends are shocked but supportive. In a fit of pique at being served marijuana-laced brownies, Lynette decides that Stella has to go. While she soon changes her mind and asks her mother to stay, Stella
7752-405: Is one of the best actors we have... In no case is that truer than with Huffman's Barb, who is the morally questionable center of the story. Barb is a Lifetime movie heroine: a tough, divorced mother who raised her children alone, and is fighting now to bring her son's murderer to justice. Except this isn't that kind of show, and Barb's battles have not just made her stronger; they've made her hate all
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#17331154787477904-635: Is one of the largest private universities in the United States by enrollment, with a total of 51,848 enrolled students in 2021. It is one of the most applied-to schools in the country and admissions are considered selective. NYU's main campus in New York City is organized into ten undergraduate schools, including the College of Arts & Science , Gallatin School , Steinhardt School , Stern School of Business , Tandon School of Engineering , and Tisch School of
8056-455: Is one of the world's largest academic media centers, where students and researchers use more than 95,000 audio and video recordings per year. Bobst Library is also home to many special collections. The Fales Collection houses collections of English and American fiction in the United States, the unique Downtown Collection, documenting the New York literary avant-garde arts scene from the 1970s to
8208-470: Is restored when Lynette saves Celia Solis from being hit by a plane that crashes on Wisteria Lane. Following the crash, Lynette is in pain and realizes something is wrong with the babies. Her doctor discovers one of the twins needs circulatory surgery. While unconscious, Lynette dreams of the struggle of life with a disabled child. The dream ends with her disabled son's graduation, where he thanks her for always challenging him. When she awakens, Tom tells her that
8360-456: Is still staying in the Scavo home) warns Lynette that she should take Tom’s concerns more seriously, but Lynette ignores this. Lynette is especially angered when she learns that Tom has been confiding in Renee, listening to his problems when Lynette will not. One evening, Lynette learns that the two have gone to dinner but left a message for her to join them if she wishes. Angry, Lynette meets the two at
8512-509: Is upset that she is unable to attend any of the events because she's just a wife, relegated to spa time and other events with other wives. She tries to encourage them to fight for their equality but they're all happy with being out of the business side of things. Lynette steals one woman's ID to attend a talk only to discover she has the identity of the keynote speaker. Back home, Renee watches as Tom and Lynette argue, Tom snapping that after so many years supporting Lynette, it hurts that she won't do
8664-653: The Epix comedy-drama Get Shorty . In 2019, Huffman starred in two Netflix projects: the Ava DuVernay miniseries When They See Us about the famous Central Park jogger case from 1989 in which a jogger was attacked in Central Park in New York City and in the comedy-drama film Otherhood based on the novel Whatever Makes You Happy by William Sutcliffe , She also starred in the drama film Tammy's Always Dying directed by Amy Jo Johnson . which had its world premiere at
8816-656: The Graduate School of Arts & Science , is one of the main academic buildings on the Washington Square campus. It is located on Washington Square East, between Washington Place and Waverly Place , and many individual departments of the two schools it houses are located in its vicinity. Meanwhile, Vanderbilt Hall, the main building for the School of Law , is located near the southwest corner of Washington Square between Macdougal Street and Sullivan Street on Washington Square South . The Kimmel Center for University Life
8968-597: The HBO award-winning movie Path to War and made a cameo appearance in Door to Door , which starred, and was written by, her husband. She also starred in Snap Decision (2001) with Mare Winningham , Raising Helen (2004) as Kate Hudson 's character's older sister, and Christmas with the Kranks (2004), as the best friend of Jamie Lee Curtis 's character. After a recurring role on
9120-693: The Holland Tunnel , and 4 miles (6.4 km) from the Brooklyn Bridge . The Jeffrey S. Gould Plaza, located between Washington Square East and Mercer Street on West 4th Street, is surrounded by the buildings for some departments of the College of Arts and Science as well as the main buildings for the Stern School of Business and the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences . Other NYU buildings near
9272-718: The NYU Grossman School of Medicine , Tisch Hospital, Kimmel Pavilion, Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, and the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine . Other NYU and NYU-affiliated medical centers across the city include the NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, the NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn , and the Bellevue Hospital . In Mineola, Long Island, the NYU Langone Hospital – Long Island campus
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#17331154787479424-652: The New York State Legislature , NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a non-denominational all-male institution near City Hall based on a curriculum focused on a secular education . The university moved in 1833 and has maintained its main campus in Greenwich Village surrounding Washington Square Park . Since then, the university has added an engineering school in Brooklyn's MetroTech Center and graduate schools throughout Manhattan . NYU
9576-535: The New York University Grossman School of Medicine announced it would be offering full-tuition scholarships to all current and future students in its MD program regardless of need or merit, making it the only top-10 medical school in the United States to do so. In Spring 2022, President Andrew D. Hamilton announced that the 2023 academic year would be his last, and that he would be returning to research. He will be succeeded by Linda G. Mills ,
9728-640: The Preliminary SAT (PSAT). Huffman was arrested at her California home on March 12 by FBI agents and IRS agents and charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services fraud . She appeared on March 13 in Los Angeles Federal Court, where federal agents took her passport and the court released her on $ 250,000 bail. At her court appearance in Boston on April 3, she acknowledged her rights, charges and maximum possible penalties then waived
9880-534: The Quartier Latin , where NYU Law also set up an EU Regulatory Policy Clinic in partnership with HEC Paris taught by Alberto Alemanno and Vincent Chauvet . In addition to the Global Academic Centers, NYU also maintains 10 Global Research Initiative Institutes, 9 of them are located in the academic centers at Berlin, Florence, London, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Shanghai, Tel Aviv, and Washington DC, with
10032-483: The School of Law , NYU's first professional school, was established. Although the impetus to found a new school was partly a reaction by evangelical Presbyterians to what they perceived as the Episcopalianism of Columbia College , NYU was created non-denominational , unlike many American colleges at the time. The American Chemical Society was founded in 1876 at NYU. Soon after its founding, it became one of
10184-534: The Toronto International Film Festival in September 2019. It received generally positive reviews from critics, particularly for Huffman's and Phillips' performances. It was released through video on demand on May 1, 2020, by Quiver Distribution . In November 2020, it was reported that Huffman would star in an ABC comedy television series pertaining to minor league baseball. However, the pilot
10336-522: The U.S. House of Representatives . Albert Gallatin , Secretary of the Treasury under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison , declared his intention to establish "in this immense and fast-growing city ... a system of rational and practical education fitting and graciously opened to all." A three-day-long "literary and scientific convention" held in City Hall in 1830 and attended by over 100 delegates debated
10488-466: The "Nassau College-Hofstra Memorial of New York University at Hempstead, Long Island." This extension would later become a fully independent Hofstra University . In 1950, NYU was elected to the Association of American Universities , a nonprofit organization of leading public and private research universities. Financial crisis gripped the New York City government in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and
10640-493: The "bully" to leave her alone and it ceased: "Felicity could feel that I was riddled with anxiety even though I never complained or mentioned the abuse to anyone." Along with costars Marcia Cross and Teri Hatcher , Huffman was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Comedy Series in 2005. She lost to Hatcher. Reviewing the first season, Tricia Mayes wrote that Lynette
10792-417: The "one". Lynette then tells him to go to Paris. This leads Lynette to try to experiment with new dates herself, and meets a new man, who seems very keen on her. She finally sleeps with Renee's barber and moves on, though at first she cries during the sex. She along with her friends finally find out that Bree tried to commit suicide because of them, and after Bree rejects them, was loss for words. Just as Lynette
10944-442: The 1930s, the abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning , and the realists Edward Hopper and Thomas Hart Benton had studios around Washington Square. In the 1960s the area became one of the centers of the beat and folk generation, when Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan settled there. This led to tension with the university, which at the time was in the midst of an aggressive facilities expansion phase. In 1975,
11096-694: The 1990s also had many supporting roles in film and television. She starred as Dana Whitaker in the ABC comedy-drama Sports Night from 1998 to 2000, which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. She is best known for her role as Lynette Scavo in the ABC comedy-drama Desperate Housewives (2004–2012), for which she earned a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and three Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Award. Huffman drew critical praise for her performance in Transamerica . The role earned her
11248-490: The 1990s, NYU became a "two square" university by building a second community around Union Square , in close proximity to Washington Square. NYU's Union Square community primarily consists of the priority residence halls of Carlyle Court, Palladium Residence Hall, Alumni Hall, Coral Tower, Thirteenth Street Hall, University Hall, Third North Residence Hall, and Founders Hall. On its Washington Square campus, NYU operates theaters and performance facilities that are often used by
11400-539: The 3.5-acre (14,000 m ) privately owned public space at the heart of the MetroTech complex, functions as a quad for students at the Brooklyn campus in much the same way that Washington Square Park does for students at the main campus, hosting events including concerts, health fairs, chess tournaments and holiday celebrations. Bounded by Lawrence and Duffield Streets, the square is frequently adorned by modern art exhibits. Two pieces called Alligator and Visionary are part of
11552-500: The Arts . NYU's 15 graduate schools include the Grossman School of Medicine , School of Law , Wagner Graduate School of Public Service , School of Professional Studies , Silver School of Social Work , and Rory Meyers School of Nursing . The university's internal academic centers include the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences , Center for Data Science , Center for Neural Science , Clive Davis Institute , Institute for
11704-678: The City (1996) and The Underworld (1997). Huffman starred on the television mini-series Golden Years , based on the novel by Stephen King in 1991. In 1994, she starred in the ABC pilot Thunder Alley as Ed Asner 's daughter, but was replaced in subsequent episodes by Diane Venora when the series began. During the 1990s, she appeared mostly in guest roles on such shows as The X-Files , Early Edition , Chicago Hope and Law & Order . In 1997, she starred in Mamet's film The Spanish Prisoner . From 1998 to 2000, she portrayed Dana Whitaker in
11856-591: The Commons' permanent public art collection by the well-known sculptor Tom Otterness . The Brooklyn campus is home to NYU's Game Center Open Library, which is the largest collection of games held by any university in the world, as well as the NYU MakerSpace and Design Lab, which allows all NYU students who undergo training sessions to access advanced 3D printing , prototyping , CNC machining , and stress testing devices. In 2014, NYU Langone Medical Center acquired
12008-658: The Deutsches Haus, La Maison Française , Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò , the Glucksman Ireland House to foster Irish studies , the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, the Hagop Kevorkian Center, an Africa House, and a China House. Most of these international houses are located on Washington Mews , a private street north of Washington Square Park. The closest New York City Subway stations servicing
12160-579: The Eisner-Lubin Auditorium (560 seats) in the Kimmel Center. Notably, the Skirball Center has hosted important speeches on foreign policy by John Kerry and Al Gore . The Skirball Center is the largest performing arts facility south of 42nd Street . NYU also has international houses meant to foster the study of particular cultures and languages on its Washington Square campus, including
12312-655: The NBC sitcom Frasier , Huffman landed a leading role in an ABC comedy series Desperate Housewives , co-starring with Marcia Cross , Teri Hatcher , and Eva Longoria . Huffman won an Emmy Award for her work on Desperate Housewives ( Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series ) in 2005, as well as two 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards (Best Actress - Comedy Series and part of Best Ensemble - Comedy Series) in 2006 and received several other awards. A report in November 2010 suggested that Huffman, along with co-star Teri Hatcher , would be quitting Desperate Housewives , but ABC denied
12464-778: The Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine. The Midtown Center at 11 West 42nd Street is home to the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate. The Woolworth Building in the financial district is home to some of NYU's professional studies and education programs. NYU has two units located on the Upper East Side . The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World , a discrete entity within NYU, independent of any other school or department of
12616-686: The Square Theatre School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England. Huffman made her debut on stage in 1982 and in the 1980s and 1990s worked as a rule on stage productions. In 1988, she debuted on Broadway in the role as Karen in David Mamet 's play Speed the Plow . In 1995, Huffman won Obie Award for her performance in the play The Cryptogram by David Mamet. In 1999 she starred in
12768-895: The Study of the Ancient World , Institute of Fine Arts , and the NYU Langone Health System . NYU is a global university system with degree-granting portal campuses at NYU Abu Dhabi in United Arab Emirates and NYU Shanghai in China , and academic learning centers in Accra , Berlin , Buenos Aires , Florence , London , Los Angeles , Madrid , Paris , Prague , Sydney , Tel Aviv , and Washington, D.C. Past and present faculty and alumni include 39 Nobel Laureates, 8 Turing Award winners, 5 Fields Medalists, 31 MacArthur Fellows , 26 Pulitzer Prize winners, 3 heads of state , 5 U.S. governors , 12 U.S. senators , and 58 members of
12920-575: The Tisch School of the Arts as well as the university's music conservatory , which is within the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development . External productions are also occasionally held in NYU's facilities. The largest performance accommodations at NYU are the Skirball Center for Performing Arts (850 seats) at 566 LaGuardia Place, just south of Washington Square South, and
13072-667: The U.S., and the Frederic Ewen Academic Freedom Center. Bobst Library made headlines in the early 2000s when Steven Stanzak , who is also known as "Bobst Boy", gained a following for living in Bobst Library after he was unable to pay for board at the university and began to write about his life on a self published blog. The story was reported by Washington Square News before becoming an overnight national sensation, which helped Stanzak receive financial assistance from NYU until graduation. NYU's Brooklyn campus
13224-439: The United States. The 2007–2008 academic year was the most successful fundraising year to date for NYU, with the school raising $ 698 million in only the first 11 months of the year, representing a 70% increase in donations from the prior year. The university also recently announced plans for NYU's Call to Action, a new initiative to ask alumni and donors to support financial aid for students at NYU. The university has announced
13376-480: The Washington Square campus are Eighth Street–New York University and West Fourth Street–Washington Square . In addition, NYU runs its own shuttle service, University Transportation Services, linking the Washington Square campus to other university locations and major transit hubs. The nearest major highway is the West Side Highway ( NY 9A ) to the west. The campus is located less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from
13528-417: The academic year, Gould Plaza has become a popular meeting spot for NYU students and a performance area for street musicians and buskers . The Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, built between 1967 and 1972, is the largest library at NYU and one of the largest academic libraries in the United States. Designed by Philip Johnson and Richard Foster , the 12-story, 425,000-square-foot (39,500 m ) structure sits on
13680-402: The bad person who always says "No". Lynette talks to Tom about booking couples therapy to try to heal their relationship. However, after Renee comments that Tom has been taking care of himself lately (dressing smartly and working out) and suspects he has been dating someone, Lynette becomes worried. She goes to a gym class with Renee to spy on the trainer she believes Tom is seeing, but realizes he
13832-408: The boss, is the seemingly cool guy but his faults lead to Tom getting fired after working with her at the agency for a while. Lynette also testifies for Bree when she is accused of child abuse but makes Bree realize she has a problem with alcohol. At the end of the season, Lynette thinks Tom is cheating on her but discovers Tom has another child - resulting from a one-night stand before he met Lynette -
13984-430: The branding and design firm Chermayeff & Geismar . There are at least two versions of the possible origin of the university color, violet . Some believe that it may have been chosen because violets are said to have grown abundantly in Washington Square and around the buttresses of the Old University Building. Others argue that the color may have been adopted because the violet was the flower associated with Athens ,
14136-516: The cat out of the shelter, and Karen follows her into the storm. As the tornado hits, Karen and Lynette are forced to shelter in a bathtub in the Scavo house. After the tornado, Lynette and Karen find the McCluskey house in ruins. Lynette's family is safe, but only because Ida Greenberg died to save them. Kayla begins a pattern of disrespectful behavior, which culminates when Lynette slaps her for threatening Penny. Kayla takes revenge by burning herself with
14288-461: The center of learning in ancient Greece . Washington Square and Greenwich Village have been hubs of cultural life in New York City since the early 19th century. Much of this culture has intersected with NYU at various points in its history. Artists of the Hudson River School , the United States' first prominent school of painters, settled around Washington Square. Samuel F.B. Morse ,
14440-513: The claim. The series ended in May 2012, after eight seasons. In 2005, Huffman starred in the independent drama Transamerica , playing Bree, a pre-operative transgender woman who, on the brink of her transforming surgery, discovered that in her youth she had fathered a son - who is now a troubled teen hustler on the run. Huffman's performance in Transamerica was praised by many critics and garnered her
14592-464: The door at Eddie's house even though his mother's car is still there, and Lynette's suspicions are raised. When she learns that both Irina and Eddie's mother have been found dead, she confronts Eddie at his house and he traps her inside. With her life at Eddie's mercy, Lynette goes into labor. She gives birth to her daughter, Paige, with Eddie's help. Eddie attempts to flee, but Lynette begs him to turn himself in, telling him that she would be proud to have
14744-478: The early 2000s, becoming the largest private university in the United States with a combined undergraduate/graduate enrollment of over 59,000 students as of 2018 . The university logo, the upheld torch , is derived from the Statue of Liberty , signifying NYU's service to New York City. The torch is depicted on both the NYU seal and the more abstract NYU logo, designed in 1965 by renowned graphic designer Tom Geismar of
14896-552: The ensemble cast independent movie, Trust Me , opposite Clark Gregg . On February 15, 2013, Huffman signed on for the lead role of the Fox drama pilot Boomerang , directed by Craig Brewer . The show centers on Margie Hamilton, a spy and master of disguise, who is the matriarch of the Hamilton clan, a "briskly professional assassin who can kill and dispose of a suspected terrorist in the afternoon – then switch to wife and mother mode without
15048-857: The fall semester of 2013. It was set to have about 3,000 undergraduate students, the majority of whom would be Chinese . It was approved by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China in January 2011. NYU's local partner would be East China Normal University (ECNU). ECNU's president Yu Lizhong would be the chancellor and play a major role in government relations while Jeffrey S. Lehman , former president of Cornell amongst other positions, would serve as vice chancellor and have "free rein in academic affairs". Since late summer of 2014, NYU Shanghai has been based in Pudong, Shanghai , at 1555 Century Ave. The main campus
15200-443: The fire. Porter is arrested and released on bail. Lynette pays Anne to leave town without Warren, and asks to be notified when the baby is born. Anne admits that there is no baby. After Warren threatens his life, Porter jumps bail and leaves town. Tom and Lynette get Preston to pose as Porter in court. When he is discovered hiding at his grandmother's nursing home, Porter returns and the charges are dropped. Unfortunately, legal bills and
15352-492: The heart of Greenwich Village. The Washington Square Arch is an unofficial symbol of NYU. Until 2007, NYU had held its commencement ceremonies in Washington Square Park, but because of renovations to Washington Square moved the 2008 ceremonies to the original Yankee Stadium and all subsequent ones to the current Yankee Stadium . The Silver Center for Arts and Science , home to the College of Arts & Science and
15504-415: The ill baby died but the other survived. Despite her early reluctance to have these twins at all, Lynette sobs for her lost baby. She has trouble processing her grief until Tom suggests that she stay home with their daughter after she is born. Later in the season, Preston returns from Europe with a Russian woman named Irina. Lynette investigates and learns that Irina is a gold digger and prostitute, but Irina
15656-516: The intention to enroll approximately 250 students. Anticipated enrollment figures were not achieved, financial irregularities were alleged, and President Pari Sara Shirazi was dismissed from her post by NYU in November 2011. She subsequently announced her intention to commence legal proceedings against NYU alleging wrongful termination and defamation. In a letter to the Tisch Asia community dated November 8, 2012, Dean Mary Schmidt Campbell announced that
15808-655: The main building for the School of Professional Studies , the Brown Building , which was the location of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire before its acquisition by NYU, as well as Washington Square Village and University Village , two housing complexes for faculty members and graduate students. Undergraduate residence halls in the immediate surroundings of Washington Square include Goddard Hall, Lipton Hall, and Weinstein Hall, while those that are slightly farther but still nearby include Brittany Hall and Rubin Hall. In
15960-506: The medication herself so she can have more energy in order to make the costumes for a school play. Realizing she is addicted, Lynette manages to stop taking the pills after she and Tom hire a nanny. Unfortunately the nanny doesn't stay long as she catches Tom's eye a little too much. Her problems worsen when Tom tells her that he has been offered a lucrative promotion that would take him away from home more often, which he refused to discuss with her, so she makes sure that his boss doesn't offer him
16112-462: The most noteworthy sites is the 57-acre (230,000 m ) campus of NYU Florence, located at Villa LaPietra in Italy. The estate was bequeathed by the late Sir Harold Acton to NYU in 1994, and at the time it was the largest donation to a university in history. In spring 2014, NYU Paris moved to a new campus, formerly occupied by the École Spéciale des Travaux Publics (ESTP Paris), in the student area of
16264-436: The murder to protect Carlos, stuffing the body in a wooden box used as a table at the evening's dinner party. Not only is Lynette suffering strain from the murder but she is also having a tough time with her separation from Tom. At first she is reluctant to tell the children, but after she has a one-night stand with Tom, he decides to tell them. They then clash over Tom letting the children have whatever they want, making Lynette
16416-455: The nation's largest universities, with an enrollment of 9,300 in 1917. The university purchased a campus at University Heights in the Bronx because of overcrowding on the old campus. NYU also had a desire to follow New York City's development further uptown. NYU's move to the Bronx occurred in 1894, spearheaded by the efforts of Chancellor Henry Mitchell MacCracken . The University Heights campus
16568-543: The other being located in Athens. Meant to provide faculty and graduate students with NYU infrastructural support while conducting international research projects, those who are interested can apply for fellowships at all sites during the academic-year and a limited number of sites during the summer. Spearheaded by John Sexton , president of the university during 2002—2015; in Fall 2010, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) opened as
16720-540: The papers, she is hopeful but after seeing Tom and Jane kiss at the office, she accepts a date from Tom's boss. It goes well at first but when he plans to transfer Tom to India, Lynette breaks it off. The boss sardonically insults Lynette before Tom about her being hung up on another man and after insults to her, Tom punches him. He and Jane argue with Jane realizing that Tom still loves Lynette and they break up. Tom goes to see Lynette but sees her hugging Lee and (not seeing who it is), thinks Lynette has moved on. He tells her he
16872-417: The payoff to Anne have left the Scavos broke and Tom is forced to sell the pizzeria. Lynette returns to the workforce, working for Carlos Solis . In the finale, Lynette starts feeling ill and fears her cancer is active, although she is pregnant with another set of twins. In her first trimester, Lynette is depressed about the prospect of having twins so late in life and fears she will not love them. She hides
17024-458: The people she's felt she had to fight. Which is why Huffman's gut-wrenching performance is so startling. A bundle of barely concealed fury, Huffman forces us to invest in a woman who thinks her bigotry makes her not just right, but noble." In 2017, Huffman voiced a parody of herself in two episodes of the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman . In 2018, Huffman starred in the second season of
17176-765: The plaza include the Bonomi Family Admissions Center, the Jeffrey S. Gould Welcome Center, the Alumni Relations building, Goddard Hall, Frederick Loewe Theatre, and the main building for the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, as well as unrelated religious institutions such as Judson Memorial Church , the Islamic Center at NYU, and Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion . Because of its high student traffic during
17328-481: The police station. Many workers who were not local were then deported to their home countries. The university quickly responded to the reports with an apology to the workers. Though the campus construction costs were entirely funded by the Abu Dhabi government, as will be the operational costs and any future expansions, in 2015, NYU additionally compensated thousands of migrant workers on its Abu Dhabi complex. Unlike NYU's other study abroad centers, NYUAD functions as
17480-572: The pregnancy from her boss, Carlos, so as not to jeopardize her promotion. Gabrielle soon discovers the truth, and is angry with Lynette for putting the future of Carlos' company at stake. She does not tell Carlos, although Lynette thought she would, so reveals her secret to him without knowledge. He tells her that her options are to move to Miami or to quit. He then gives her a huge amount of work to do in one night, but when Lynette attends her daughter's Christmas pageant instead, Carlos subsequently fires her. Lynette and Gaby's friendship becomes strained, but
17632-658: The premiere of David Mamet's play Boston Marriage , about the daringly intimate relationship between two turn-of-the-century women, as well as in several other major theatrical productions. Huffman debuted on the big screen in 1988 with a small role in Mamet's film Things Change . Two years later, she appeared as Minnie, a Harvard law school student in the courtroom drama Reversal of Fortune . Her other credits include 1992 thriller Quicksand: No Escape with Donald Sutherland and Tim Matheson , The Water Engine opposite William H. Macy, and supporting roles on The Heart of Justice (1992), Hackers (1995), Harrison: Cry of
17784-440: The present Tandon School of Engineering . After the sale of the Bronx campus, University College merged with Washington Square College. In the 1980s, under the leadership of President John Brademas , NYU launched a billion-dollar campaign that was led by Naomi B. Levine and was spent almost entirely on updating facilities. The campaign was set to complete in 15 years, but ended up being completed in 10. In 1991, L. Jay Oliva
17936-713: The present, and the Food and Cookery Collection, which documents American food history with a focus on New York City. Bobst Library also houses the Tamiment Library, which holds collections in labor history, socialism, anarchism, communism, and American radicalism for scholarly research. Tamiment includes the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, the Archives of Irish America, the Center for the Cold War and
18088-473: The promotion. When Tom finds out about what Lynette has done, he quit his job, and in the season finale informs her that she will be going back to work. Lynette also has trouble with Tom's ex-girlfriend, Annabel Foster. So, she talks to an executive of her old firm, and Tom's firm, to hire his ex as the VP of the firm, which she willingly does. When Tom finds out what Lynette had done, he forgives her, and decides to become
18240-476: The same for him. Lynette complains to Renee but she fires back that Lynette has to choose whether to be a good wife or not. Tom hires the duo to decorate his office in the style of an arrogant boss but Lynette vetoes it as she feels it's not right for him. Renee overrules her to give Tom the office he wants. Lynette confronts Tom over how this isn't really him but he retorts that it's how he has to be in order to succeed and that Lynette needs to stop thinking of him as
18392-495: The school had issued some which approached zero percent interest rates, and some that were partially forgiven. Uniquely, among universities, the school had also issued multi-million-dollar loans for luxury vacation homes. President Sexton would step down at the end of his term in 2016, in the wake of a vote of no confidence in March 2013, closely followed by controversy over having received a vacation home loan from NYU. In August 2018,
18544-744: The series Sports Night , for which she received several awards and nominations, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy . After the completion of Sports Night , she gave birth to her first child and soon returned to work. In 2001, she starred on the not picked up CBS pilot Heart Department In 2003, she starred in Showtime 's miniseries Out of Order . In 1999, she appeared in Paul Thomas Anderson 's ensemble drama Magnolia and television adaptation of 1938 movie A Slight Case of Murder along with William H. Macy. In 2002 she played Lady Bird Johnson in
18696-542: The service Lynette thinks back to the day Tom moved out. Mike tries to understand why Lynette isn't fighting for her marriage. He then reveals that everyone in the neighborhood knows that she and Tom belong together. This memory finally causes Lynette to make the decision to fight for her marriage, win Tom back, and dissolve his romance with Jane. In With So Little to Be Sure Of Lynette and Tom officially sign their divorce papers ending their marriage. When Lynette hears Tom hasn't filed
18848-477: The soft man he's been at home for the last few years. When Tom decides to book a luxurious holiday for the family and announces it Lynette is annoyed and consults Tom about why he did not consult her about it first (since she already informed him a few weeks ago that she had already planned a trip). The two then pitch to the kids what they think is the best holiday which leads to yet another fight between them; this time however they insult each other. Lynette calls Tom
19000-488: The south, Broadway to the east, 14th Street to the north, and Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) to the west. The core of NYU consists of buildings that surround Washington Square Park. In addition to its New York campus, NYU has 49 additional buildings overseas located throughout two 'portal' campuses and 12 Global Academic Centers. Since the late 1970s, the central part of NYU has been its Washington Square campus in
19152-482: The southern edge of Washington Square Park (at 70 Washington Square South) and is the flagship of an eight-library, 4.5 million-volume system. Bobst Library offers one Multidisciplinary Reference Center, a Research Commons, 28 miles (45 km) of open-stacks shelving, and approximately 2,000 seats for student study. The library is visited by more than 6,800 users each day, and circulates more than one million books annually. Bobst's Avery Fisher Center for Music and Media
19304-412: The terms of a plan for a new university. These New Yorkers believed the city needed a university designed for young men who would be admitted based upon merit rather than birthright or social class. On April 18, 1831, the institution that would become NYU was established with the support of a group of prominent New York City residents from the city's merchants , bankers , and traders . Albert Gallatin
19456-566: The top fundraising institutions in the country, raising $ 506.4 million in 2015 and $ 648 million in 2016. NYU is also the 19th wealthiest university in America with $ 5.3 billion in cash and investments in fiscal year 2014. NYU's New York City campus includes more than 171 buildings spread between Manhattan and Brooklyn . Most of the school's buildings in Manhattan are located across a roughly 230-acre (93 ha) area bounded by Houston Street to
19608-624: The troubles spread to the city's institutions, including NYU. Feeling the pressures of imminent bankruptcy, NYU President James McNaughton Hester negotiated the sale of the University Heights campus to the City University of New York , which occurred in 1973. In 1973, the New York University School of Engineering and Science merged into Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn , which eventually merged back into NYU in 2014, forming
19760-577: The university opened The Grey Art Gallery at 100 Washington Square East, housing the NYU art collection and featuring museum quality exhibitions. NYU has successfully completed a seven-year, $ 2.5 billion campaign, surpassing expectations by raising more than $ 3 billion over the seven-year period. Started in 2001, this campaign was the university's largest in its history, in which they planned to "raise $ 1 million per day for scholarships and financial aid, faculty building, new academic initiatives, and enhancing NYU's physical facilities." The campaign included
19912-470: The university were still frequently subjecting their workers to third-world labor conditions. The article documented that these conditions included confiscation of worker passports, forced overtime, recruitment fees and cockroach-filled dorms where workers had to sleep under beds. According to the article, workers who attempted to protest the NYU contractors' conditions were promptly arrested. Reports also claimed that those arrested by police were later abused at
20064-430: The university's first female president. From 2007 to 2018, NYU experienced a 114% increase in applications to its university system, increasing from around 35,000 applicants to more than 100,000 in 2020. This has also caused the acceptance rate to drop significantly, with a record-low acceptance rate of 8% in 2023 and 2024. In parallel to NYU's expansion in the early 1900s, the university similarly expanded vigorously in
20216-563: The university's first overseas "Portal Campus" with an inaugural class of 150 students. The campus faced controversy even before it opened. In 2009, the university responded to a series of interviews in The New York Times that showed a pattern of labor abuses at its fledgling Abu Dhabi location (which would open for classes the next year), creating a statement of labor values for Abu Dhabi campus workers. A 2014 follow-up article found that while some conditions had improved, contractors for
20368-612: The university, is located on East 84th Street, while the Institute of Fine Arts , a graduate school of art history and fine arts, is located at the James B. Duke House at 1 East 78th Street. Additionally, the nearby Stephen Chan House at 14 East 78th Street houses the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, which boasts the oldest graduate degree-granting conservation program in
20520-521: The university. In the 1870s, sculptors Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Daniel Chester French lived and worked near the Square. By the 1920s, Washington Square Park was nationally recognized as a focal point for artistic and moral rebellion. As such, the Washington Square campus became more diverse and bustled with urban energy, contributing to academic change at NYU. Famed residents of this time include Eugene O'Neill , John Sloan , and Maurice Prendergast . In
20672-446: The way she looks in their eyes. Lynette is shown to be insecure in their marriage when Tom complains that she never "talks him up" to her friends. She admits to him that this is because she believes he is so perfect, that she doesn't deserve to be with him. He tells her that she is the type of person who still cries when their last child grows out of their onesies, even after raising four other children. Lynette learns that Renee and Tom had
20824-543: The website was reportedly deactivated. Huffman is a supporter of the Democratic Party . In 2016, Huffman voiced support for Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2016 U.S. presidential election . In 2019, Huffman donated $ 400 to Kamala Harris 's campaign in the 2020 U.S. presidential election . Felicity Huffman has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the Actors Branch since 2006. Huffman
20976-410: The women to phone the police, because Anne is guilty of statutory rape . That evening, when Tom's band plays a gig at Warren's nightclub, Porter and Warren fight but Lynette intervenes again. She confronts Warren about hitting women and children. Warren locks the doors, and when Dave Williams sets fire to the club, it causes a panic. The club patrons escape through a window, but Warren blames Porter for
21128-585: The world. NYU has a host of foreign facilities used for study away programs, referred to as Global Academic Centers. As of 2012 , NYU operates 12 academic sites in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America, including undergraduate academic-year and summer study away programs in Accra , Berlin , Buenos Aires , Florence , London , Los Angeles , Madrid , Paris , Prague , Sydney , Tel Aviv , and Washington, D.C. One of
21280-411: Was "perhaps the person we cheer for the most". Mayes cites Lynette's storylines with her children as proof that Cherry "recognizes that every mother has been driven to the edge by her kids at one point." In a review of the second season, James O'Neill quipped, "If Marcia Cross was the real star of season one then it's Felicity Huffman who really shines this time around." Admitting that her stories "do take
21432-555: Was a family friend. She has six sisters and a brother. In the 1970s, Huffman's mother left New York and bought property in Snowmass, Colorado , where Felicity and her siblings spent their youth. Her great-grandfather was Gershom Moore Peters, founder of the Peters Cartridge Company and prominent Baptist minister, author of The Master . Another great-grandfather, Frederick Berthold Ewing, graduated from Yale University and became
21584-532: Was among dozens charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office on March 12, 2019, in a nationwide college entrance exam cheating scandal . Prosecutors alleged that Huffman's $ 15,000 donation to the Key Worldwide Foundation, ostensibly a charitable contribution, was in fact payment to someone who posed as Huffman's daughter Sophia to take the SAT , receiving a score that showed significant improvement over Sophia's score on
21736-501: Was apparently turned down for being too curvy. Huffman won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the role in 2005, and was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for 2005 to 2007. Lynette Lindquist was the eldest of three daughters born to Stella and her husband, Mr. Lindquist. After he died, their mother had a series of unpleasant and unstable boyfriends and
21888-518: Was cast as the lead in the ABC anthology legal drama pilot American Crime created by John Ridley . The pilot was picked up to series in May 2014. On October 2, 2014, it was announced that Huffman would be star and executive producer alongside Carol Mendelsohn in her untitled drama about a special agent (Huffman) who is the fearless leader of a team of young agents on the New York City Joint Terrorism Task Force. The project
22040-403: Was developed for ABC, but was not green-lighted for 2015–16 television season. American Crime debuted on ABC in March, 2015 and Huffman received critical acclaim for her performance as an antagonistic character. Robert Bianco from USA Today said in his review "A triumph for Oscar winner John Ridley, who created, produced and directed American Crime , and a reconfirmation that Felicity Huffman
22192-554: Was elected as its first president. On April 21, 1831, the new institution received its charter and was incorporated as the University of the City of New York by the New York State Legislature ; older documents often refer to it by that name. The university has been popularly known as New York University since its inception and was officially renamed New York University in 1896. In 1832, NYU held its first classes in rented rooms of four-story Clinton Hall, situated near City Hall. In 1835,
22344-453: Was far more spacious than its predecessor was. As a result, most of the university's operations, along with the undergraduate College of Arts and Science and School of Engineering, were housed there. NYU's administrative operations were moved to the new campus, but the graduate schools of the university remained at Washington Square. In 1914, Washington Square College was founded as the downtown undergraduate college of NYU. In 1935, NYU opened
22496-452: Was inaugurated the 14th president of the university. Following his inauguration, he moved to form the League of World Universities , an international organization consisting of rectors and presidents from urban universities across six continents. The league and its 47 representatives gather every two years to discuss global issues in education . In 2003, President John Sexton launched
22648-414: Was never a good time for it because he did not want to ruin the wonderful life they have together. Lynette then forgives Tom. Tom gets a new job that provides well and Renee encourages Lynette to spend money more freely but also warns her that Tom will be spending more time away. Lynette tries to seduce Tom on an airplane but he insists that he enjoys his work too much. When Tom attends a conference, Lynette
22800-631: Was sentenced to 14 days in jail and one year of supervised release, fined $ 30,000 and ordered to do 250 hours of community service . She reported to the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California on October 15 to begin her sentence. She was released on October 25, two days early, because October 27 fell on a weekend. As of October 2020, when Huffman completed her full sentence, no charges have been filed against her husband and Sophia's father, actor and director William H. Macy . In
22952-412: Was to her friends at the dinner party. The two talk for a while and Lynette confesses that when she thought Tom had left, she felt relieved, leading the pair to finally decide to separate. In the same evening that Lynette decides to separate from Tom, she, along with Bree and Susan, walk into Gaby's living room to find that Carlos has murdered Alejandro, Gaby's stepfather. The four ladies agree to cover up
23104-600: Was ultimately not picked up as a series. In March 2023, Huffman appeared in an episode of The Good Doctor , in which she portrayed distinguished attorney Janet Stewart. Huffman was meant to reprise the role in a spin-off titled The Good Lawyer ; however, this spin-off was cancelled due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike . Huffman dated actor William H. Macy on and off for 15 years before they married on September 6, 1997. They have two daughters, Sophia and Georgia. She has appeared on television, in movies and on stage many times with her husband. The couple each received
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