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A Film and Television student receiving their symbolic diploma silently protests by raising their hands to reveal “NO JUSTICE” and “NO PEACE." (Julia Smerling for WSN)

Protests persist across Tisch, law school graduations

Faculty members tied their mouths shut with cloth and students held signs advocating for free speech and divestment from companies with ties to Israel.
Leena Ahmed, Contributing Writer May 22, 2025

Dozens of graduates and faculty quietly called for expanded free speech policies and divestment from companies with ties to Israel at NYU’s school-specific graduation ceremonies,...

2025 Gallatin graduation ceremony student speaker Logan Rozos. (Julia Smerling for WSN)

NYU withholds diploma of Gallatin graduate who condemned ‘genocide currently occurring’ in Gaza

Several student, faculty, alumni and civil rights groups have criticized NYU for its decision to withhold the graduate’s diploma, accusing the university of violating academic freedom.
Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor May 16, 2025

NYU is withholding the diploma of a Gallatin graduate after he condemned “the atrocities currently happening in Palestine” during his speech at the school’s graduation ceremony...

Graduates waved keffiyehs and walked out during President Linda Mills' commencement address on Thursday, May 15. (Julia Smerling for WSN)

Mills booed again as graduates walk out at 2025 commencement

As President Linda Mills began her commencement remarks at Yankee Stadium, graduates walked out of the venue in dissent.
Yezen Saadah, Editor-at-Large May 15, 2025

Dozens of graduates booed and some wearing keffiyehs walked out of Yankee Stadium during NYU President Linda Mills’ commencement address on Thursday, marking the second year...

SNL star and Tisch alum Molly Shannon addressed the class of 2025 in Yankee Stadium on Thursday, May 15. (Alex Woodworth for WSN)

Molly Shannon gives stand-up-style speech at commencement

Most known for her six years on “Saturday Night Live,” the Primetime Emmy-nominated actress and Tisch alum walked the audience through her years searching for work and encouraged graduates to persevere through failures.
Dharma Niles, Editor-in-Chief May 15, 2025

Former “Saturday Night Live” star Molly Shannon told graduates to push through challenges and embrace their talents in a recount of her postgraduate years spent searching for...

2025 commencement: All-university exercises begin at Yankee Stadium

2025 commencement: All-university exercises begin at Yankee Stadium

Tens of thousands of graduating students and guests are set to celebrate NYU’s 192nd commencement ceremony amid a national crackdown on higher education.

A sea of violet robes flooded Yankee Stadium on Thursday morning as nearly 30,000 graduates and guests entered the arena in celebration of NYU’s class of 2025, amid what President...

N.Y.U. Grossman School of Medicine building. It is a red brick building. People are walking outside the building and a large sign with “NYU Grossman School of Medicine'' is in the front.

NYU Grossman rescinds program acceptances after losing federal grant

Students at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine spoke to WSN about the sudden “pause” in admissions for a joint MD-Ph.D. program after the school rescinded the acceptances of nine prospective students earlier this year.
Aashna Miharia, News Editor May 14, 2025

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Mills and Dopico appoint new dean of libraries

Kristina Rose, who stepped into the position on May 1, said she plans to upgrade NYU’s archives and databases to better accommodate emerging research methods.
Lekhya Kantheti, Deputy News Editor May 7, 2025

President Linda Mills and Provost Georgina Dopico appointed Kristina Rose as dean of NYU Libraries, closing an eight-month search and continuing Rose’s over two decades of service...

(Isabel Albors for WSN)

Wagner’s urban policy program keeps top spot in US News ranking

Other public service schools nationwide applauded the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service for its master’s degree program in urban planning.
Amelia Hernandez Gioia, Deputy News Editor May 7, 2025

NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service ranked No.1 in urban policy in the U.S. News and World Report’s analysis of 268 graduate schools nationwide — marking...

(Courtesy of Danilo Trinidad Perez Rivera)

Grad student council member holds one-person ‘sit-in’ against election procedures

The student is claiming that their senator-elect role was unfairly nullified after the majority of the student body did not vote in elections of the Graduate School of Arts & Science.
Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor May 6, 2025

Graduate Student Council member Danilo Trinidad Perez-Rivera staged a three-hour, one-person “sit-in” outside GSAS dean Lynne Kiorpes’ office on Wednesday, claiming he was...

(Lauren Sanchez for WSN)

4 Tisch and CAS professors honored as Guggenheim Fellows

The professors were given financial support to further their projects in filmmaking, creative writing and historical scholarship.
Yanik Jhaveri, Contributing Writer May 6, 2025

Four NYU professors are recipients of this year’s Guggenheim Fellowship, earning grants to further their projects in the creative arts, sciences and humanities. They were each...

(Alex Woodworth for WSN)

Students picket outside Vanderbilt Hall, demand NYU Law cut anti-protest contract

Demonstrators encouraged passers-by to call and send emails to Dean Troy McKenzie, calling for the law school to revoke sanctions against 31 pro-Palestinian students.
Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor May 6, 2025

Around 20 students picketed outside Vanderbilt Hall on Monday afternoon, calling on the NYU School of Law to pause its demands for 31 students to contractually pledge to halt protests, ...

Tisch alum Maggie Rogers performing at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 19, 2024. (Anna Baird-Hassell for WSN)

Maggie Rogers to speak at Tisch graduation

The singer-songwriter and Clive Davis alum will speak at the school’s 2025 Salute at Radio City Music Hall on May 16.
Eleanor Jacobs, Music Editor May 6, 2025

Maggie Rogers, a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and Clive Davis alum, will address students at the Tisch School of the Arts’ graduation ceremony next week as this year’s...