LIMOS alum­nus Zhib­in Chen (May 2017) was offered the posi­tion of Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor at NYU Shang­hai, and his appoint­ment will begin on Jan­u­ary 1, 2019. NYU Shang­hai is the newest degree-grant­i­ng cam­pus with­in New York University’s glob­al net­work. It is the first high­er edu­ca­tion joint ven­ture in Chi­na autho­rized to grant degrees that are accred­it­ed in the U.S. as well as in China.