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September 30, 2025
Dear Department Directors and Administrators All -
Please see the policy updates below. Please forward to your departmental colleagues and faculty as applicable. If you have any questions, please contact me at your convenience.
Faculty Professional Development Expenditures
Transfers to Departments for Faculty Teaching at NYU Abu Dhabi
Chatbot - Fiscal & Payroll AI Assistant
Thank you,
Joe
1. Faculty Professional Development Expenditures
Arts & Science has supported the use of faculty research and professional development (FRPD) funds for expenses directly related to research (including participation in professional meetings), teaching, or specific skills-based activities that enhance or support these endeavors (such as foreign language courses that help with translation and understanding of materials held in foreign archives). A few recent cases involving general writing courses, writing retreats, or professional coaching have come up that required us to seek guidance and clarification from NYU colleagues. As we seek to find the balance between expenses directly related to research or teaching and those that are less clearly related, but still provide support, Arts & Science leadership has set a cap of $2,500 per course or engagement, including associated travel, that may be reimbursed for these types of general professional development activities from FRPD funds. Please reach out in advance to the A&S Fiscal team if you have any questions.
2. Transfers to Departments for Faculty Teaching at NYU Abu Dhabi
As faculty teaching exchanges between the portal campuses have become more limited, the return that Arts & Science previously provided to departments under those programs will no longer continue. This change begins with this academic year 2025-26. This will not affect arrangements involving leadership assignments or permanent faculty effort shifts at the portal campuses.
3. Chatbot - Fiscal & Payroll AI Assistant
We have created a new chatbot or AI assistant for fiscal and payroll questions or training. The chatbot has been populated with all of our key reference materials. It will answer your questions and provide hyperlinks to the source materials. Please utilize this tool at your convenience.
Thank you,
Joe
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Joseph C. Wright
Associate Dean, Fiscal Affairs
Arts & Science, NYU
212.998.7565
Academic Onboarding | Faculty Guide
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Joseph C. Wright
Associate Dean, Fiscal Affairs
Arts & Science, NYU
212.998.7565
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