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NYU lawyers talk support for international students at Wagner panel
The co-director of NYU’s Immigrant Rights Clinic told WSN that the program is looking to expand in the wake of federal deportation efforts on university campuses.
Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor
• March 20, 2025

NYU Langone introduces Amazon palm-scanning tech to hospitals
The medical center is the largest user of Amazon’s contactless identification technology, which increases security and diminishes the impact of staffing shortages at hospitals.
Vaishnavi Girish, Staff Writer
• March 20, 2025

Beyond NYU: Shaping the image of a top luxury brand
Gallatin alum Elliot Greenfield discussed his journey from a Steinhardt first-year to a leading marketing role at Swarovski, one of the largest jewelry brands worldwide.
Amelia Hernandez Gioia, Deputy News Editor
• March 20, 2025

Mills freezes hiring amid federal funding uncertainty
President Linda Mills said that due to “a number of financial risk areas,” the university will pause hiring and lower salary increases as it faces multiple investigations by the Trump administration.
Aashna Miharia, Dharma Niles and Yezen Saadah
• March 19, 2025

NYU Langone treats Israeli soldiers with advanced prosthetics
The initiative is founded by NYU Langone Health’s Center for Amputation Reconstruction, which has also offered wartime support for Ukraine and Saudi Arabia.
Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor
• March 19, 2025

NYU Law announces clinic to study wrongful convictions
The program is created in tandem with the Innocence Project, a New York-based legal advocacy group for wrongfully incarcerated people.
Audrey Abrahams, Staff Writer
• March 19, 2025

Programmers can model AI after human goal-setting processes, NYU study finds
Researchers used computer programs to mimic the steps humans take to set intermediate targets while playing games.
Gabrielle Panelo, Contributing Writer
• March 19, 2025

SPS and Marriott Foundation launch $5 million hospitality program
Students in the program will take on an apprenticeship while earning credits toward an associate’s degree in hospitality, which the school will officially begin offering in the spring of 2026.
Graylin Lucas, Staff Writer
• March 18, 2025

Parents gravitate toward sensationalized articles about kids’ screen time, NYU study finds
Steinhardt researchers found that a small group of studies disproportionately shapes online rhetoric about the effects of screen time on children under 10.
Daphne Zhu, Beauty & Style Editor
• March 18, 2025

Tensions soar as College Dems and Reps tackle Trump policies on the debate stage
The biannual debate is a decadeslong tradition between the NYU College Democrats and College Republicans, with this semester’s event focusing on policing, tariffs and aid to Ukraine.
Amelia Hernandez Gioia, Deputy News Editor
• March 18, 2025

Education Department to investigate NYU for ‘illegal’ DEI partnership
The university is one of 52 schools under fire by the Trump administration for partnering with a nonprofit focused on increasing diversity in Ph.D. business programs.
Dharma Niles, News Editor
• March 17, 2025

Hochul expands AI initiative to support researchers at NYU, other state universities
The collaboration between seven universities across New York state grants educational institutions access to technologies usually exclusive to large corporations.
Graylin Lucas, Staff Writer
• March 17, 2025

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