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Beyond NYU: Shaking up the restaurant industry one article at a time
You might know Eater from its vast lists of restaurant recommendations. But for Editor-in-Chief Stephanie Wu, the publication offers many opportunities for expansion.
Lauren Ng, Culture Editor
• January 23, 2025

Steinhardt USG becomes first school-specific student gov’t to offer stipends
Members will receive around $300 each semester, adjusted in accordance with their participation and attendance.
Lily Collins, Contributing Writer
• January 23, 2025

Winter recap: What you missed over break
NYU LA moves students to hotels, Tandon receives $10 million for a new tech project and other on-campus news since you’ve been gone.
Aashna Miharia, Amanda Chen, Amelia Hernandez Gioia, Dharma Niles and Lekhya Kantheti
• January 23, 2025

Protesters condemn NYU sanctions against students and faculty, demand divestment
Multiple students and faculty are unable to access university buildings following two pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Bobst Library last week.
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief
• December 19, 2024

‘A chilling effect’: Conduct guidelines cast shadow of concern over faculty
In a series of interviews with WSN, faculty members expressed concern over NYU’s updated conduct guidelines for the academic year, which cite “code words, like ‘Zionist,’” as examples of speech that could violate the university’s non-discrimination policy.
Hope Pisoni, Staff Writer
• December 14, 2024

NYU says it ‘never offered’ to disclose Israel investments, despite protesters’ claims
The university responded to a series of on-campus demonstrations, which alleged that administrators had prepared to detail NYU’s investments and endowment.
Dharma Niles, News Editor
• December 13, 2024

The Soapbox: Puberty blocker ban in the UK, new president in Ghana and Netanyahu’s trial in Israel
The Soapbox is a weekly column by WSN covering major news developments at NYU’s campuses and study away sites abroad. Global consciousness for a global university.
Mariapaula Gonzalez, Deputy News Editor
• December 13, 2024

NYU Langone outlines climate change initiatives in 2024 report
The medical center is striving to cut its building-based carbon emissions in half by next year, according to its annual sustainability report.
Liyana Illyas, Deputy News Editor
• December 13, 2024

2 faculty members arrested at Bobst demonstration
The New York City Police Department arrested at least eight protesters, including faculty, since they began demonstrating outside the library’s entrance early this morning.
Aashna Miharia, Dharma Niles and Yezen Saadah
• December 12, 2024

Students and faculty call for divestment from Israel at Bobst
Members of the on-campus group Shut it Down NYU occupied the library’s 12th floor, where they criticized administrators for allegedly retracting an agreement to disclose the university’s investments.
Audrey Abrahams and Kaitlyn Sze Tu
• December 12, 2024

NYU ranks top in New York for research spending
The National Science Foundation reported that federal grants at the university covered over half of its research in the 2022-23 academic year.
Liyana Illyas, Deputy News Editor
• December 12, 2024

The names behind NYU’s buildings
From billionaire donors to notorious nightclubs, NYU’s property honors decades of city and school history.
Sydney Chan, Staff Writer
• December 11, 2024

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