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Identity & Equity

How NYU students celebrated Lunar New Year

How NYU students celebrated Lunar New Year

From homemade meals to apartment parties, here’s how NYU students from different cultures rang in the Year of the Snake.
Grace Tan and Sherry Chen February 7, 2025

On Jan. 29, millions of people around the world welcomed the Year of the Snake. While the holiday originated in China, many other countries celebrate Lunar New Year, especially...

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This Stern club highlights minority voices in the world of finance

BlackGen Capital builds community and brings professional opportunities to underrepresented students in business and finance.
Mariana Arboleda, Staff Writer February 6, 2025

Playing Family Feud to learn the fundamentals of finance and business is one of the many fun methods that the NYU chapter of BlackGen Capital uses to create community. BlackGen...

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Welcoming Lunar New Year in a new home

It can be hard to celebrate away from family, but don’t let college stop you from enjoying the festivities.
Sherry Chen, Contributing Writer January 29, 2025

Lunar New Year has always been the most important holiday in my family. Growing up in China, I would travel to the northern coastal province of Shandong to celebrate with my dad’s...

An illustration of simplified drawings of various forms of self-care like tea, a person wearing a face mask, and a person doing yoga on a blue background.

What it means to take care of yourself across different cultures

Students share self-care practices from their cultures.

As we enter winter and the trenches of finals week, it is important to carve out time to take care of yourself. While social media may inundate us with new, trendy practices weekly,...

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How multicultural sororities foster community at NYU

Five students share how multicultural Greek life shaped their time at NYU.
Joanne Lee, Contributing Writer December 6, 2024

In an overwhelmingly bustling atmosphere like New York City, it is easy to feel lost in the crowd –– and disconnected from others –– especially as a college student navigating...

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Finding community from Manila to Manhattan

As a first-year international student, finding community through my Filipino heritage has been integral in making New York City feel like home.
Katrina Lorenzana, Contributing Writer December 5, 2024

Three months ago, New York City felt like a world away from home. Coming from Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, I thought I was used to a vast, fast-paced metropolis....

The letters in my NetID differ from the name I go by. Here’s why.

The letters in my NetID differ from the name I go by. Here’s why.

My birth name means more to me than my Westernized name, but I still chose the latter.
Katie Liao, Staff Writer December 3, 2024

During my first year, in an introductory computer science class with over a hundred students, my professor handed out exam papers by calling out names. As he tried his best to...

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Home is where the heart finds its place

As an international student, Thanksgiving in the city is hard, but I learned how to make it feel like home.
Aryana Arora, Contributing Writer November 27, 2024

On Nov. 9, 2023, two weeks before Thanksgiving break in my first year in college, I wrote in my journal, “I am at NYU, but I just wanna go home.” While I was usually able to...

The interior of a small bookstore with a wooden floor, bookshelves lining the walls and globes and wooden birds hanging from the ceiling.

5 identity-based bookstores to explore

Skip the corporate chains and flip through the unique shelves of five bookstores focused on showcasing the stories of marginalized groups.
Julia Kim, Contributing Writer November 18, 2024

New York City has no shortage of bookstores. From the well-known names of Shakespeare & Co. and the Strand Book Store, to the hole-in-the-wall shops you find by chance on your...

A barista makes a drink in a cafe kitchen filled with machines, ingredients and a pride flag. On the wall is a hanging poster with the word “Aiyo.”

4 tea-rrific spots for chai near campus

South Asian cafes aren’t just having a moment in New York City — they’re here to stay.
Pritheva Zakaria, Staff Writer November 12, 2024

You’ve seen chai on drink menus all over the city. From campus staples like The Bean to global chains like Dunkin’, a growing number of businesses have a stake in the chai...

An illustration of a pumpkin carved with the sacred syllable aum and lit from inside on top of a purple, orange and white flower shape. Around it are lit purple oil lamps and glowing lotus and elephant shapes.

Crossover of the year: Celebrating Halloween and Diwali in 2024

How to honor the bright traditions of Diwali and enjoy the spooky spirit of Halloween simultaneously.
Alessa Alluin, Contributing Writer October 30, 2024

This year, Halloween and Diwali overlap with one another. While both of these celebrations fall on the same day, those of us who celebrate both have a unique opportunity...

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A woman in business school: Charisma, confusion and closure

How I navigated self-confidence and community in a male-dominated environment.
Andrea Lui, Culture Editor October 25, 2024

The Stern School of Business had always been my dream college. Exactly three years ago, I was a wide-eyed senior from a no-name public school working tirelessly on my “Why NYU?”...