Protesters gather outside NYU Langone hospital condemning termination of labor nurse
Demonstrators called on the medical center to issue an official apology to Hesen Jabr, who was terminated last month after she spoke about the suffering of women “during the current genocide in Gaza.”
NYU Langone CEO Robert Grossman and board chair Kenneth Langone to retire next year
The medical center will conduct a national search for a new CEO, who will succeed Grossman in August 2025.
2024’s Gov Ball takes New Yorkers by storm
Post Malone, The Killers and SZA were this year’s headliners at the Governors Ball Music Festival, which took place in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
NYU Langone terminates nurse after speech about ‘current genocide in Gaza’
The labor and delivery nurse was fired after saying women in Gaza are “going through unimaginable losses” in an acceptance speech for a compassionate care award.
Faculty group threatens NYU with service strike if demands are not met by fall
A representative for Faculty & Staff for Justice in Palestine said the university has until Aug. 1 to fulfill the group’s demands, which include the removal of police from campus and pardoning students and faculty facing disciplinary action for their involvement in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
NYU leadership proposes budget of $4.3 billion for next academic year
With a proposed 5% increase in budget over the 2023-24 academic year, the university will launch the NYU Promise, reopen Rubin Hall and Goddard Hall, and increase its endowment fund.
OSC to ‘improve the quality’ of assignments imposed on students arrested in Gould Plaza after faculty complaints
The decision to reevaluate the writing exercises came after hundreds of faculty members called them “a mockery of our vocation” and “an insult” to students’ intelligence in a letter last week.
Admins apologize to graduates for waiting hours outside Yankee Stadium
In an email sent to graduates yesterday afternoon, NYU administration said it has had “ongoing conversations” with Yankee Stadium to understand why entry was delayed for hundreds of students.
Students protest war in Gaza at graduation ceremonies
Pro-Palestinian disruptions, including students chanting and waving Palestinian flags, occurred at the ceremonies for Tisch, Gallatin and NYU Law.
‘Not celebratory’: GLS valedictorian not permitted to deliver pro-Palestinian speech at graduation
The student told WSN they did not want to write a speech “tailored towards the sensitivities of the administration.”
