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Staff Member Reports Eight Missing Wi-Fi Routers

Staff Member Reports Eight Missing Wi-Fi Routers

Sarah Jackson, Deputy News Editor January 29, 2018
A list of crimes reported to Public Safety from Jan. 21 to Jan. 28.
A Facebook event at Union Square in 2017 was part of a Russian misinformation campaign.

NYU Researchers Make Breakthrough in Russian Bot Detection

Mack DeGeurin, News Editor January 29, 2018
A team of NYU professors and graduate students make breakthrough in Russian bot detection. They found that, on any given day, more than half of Russian political tweets are generated by bots.
Katie Roiphe is a journalism professor at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Her part in the outing of the creator of “Shitty Media Men” is drawing attention and criticism from the NYU community and beyond.

#MeToo Raises Ethical Questions for NYU Journalism

Caroline Haskins, Investigative News Editor January 29, 2018
NYU Journalism has received several recent emails with ethical concerns regarding Katie Roiphe, head of the graduate Cultural Reporting and Criticism Program, and NYU Journalism may address these concerns in a school event in March.
NYU President Hamilton speaking at the welcome reception for the new students from Puerto Rico on January 25th, 2018

Reception Kicks Off Semester for New Puerto Rican Students

Mack DeGeurin, News Editor January 26, 2018
A reception and orientation was held for the 57 Puerto Rican students enrolled in NYU.
Clare Fitzgerald, NYU's new associate director for exhibitions and gallery curator at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World.

Clare Fitzgerald Joins ISAW as Associate Director for Exhibitions and Gallery Curator

Natasha Roy, Editor-at-Large January 26, 2018
Clare Fitzgerald will take on the role of associate director for exhibitions and gallery curator at NYU’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World.
Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed a driving tax applicable in areas of high traffic congestion in New York City. If passed, a pricing zone would be established affecting NYU’s Washington Square campus.

Cuomo’s Proposed Driving Tax Poses Impacts to Students, Faculty

Alesha Bradford, Staff Writer January 25, 2018
NYU reacts to Governor Cuomo's new "driving tax."
Team members Denitsa Kosharova, Eric Gioseffi, Utkarsh Satyawadi and Kelly Williams accepting $20,000 scholarship following first place win at the MBA Case Competition hosted by Deloitte University. The Stern MBA students earned the school its first victory in the competition.

NYU Stern Beats MIT, Dartmouth at MBA Case Competition

Christine Lee, Staff Writer January 25, 2018
The team of four students earned a combined scholarship of $20,000 and defeated other leading finance programs.
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of E. Coli bacteria. NYUAD students' have created an affordable device that detects E. Coli in twenty minutes.

NYUAD Students Win Gold for Portable E. coli Detection Device

Kenneth Jung, Contributing Writer January 24, 2018
The NYUAD students' invention detects E. Coli in twenty minutes and costs just four dollars.
NYU has received the highest application rate passing 75,000 applicants for the Class of 2022.

NYU Receives Over 75,000 Applications for Class of 2022

Kenneth Jung, Contributing Writer January 23, 2018
NYU is opening a new admissions center because of the record number of applications that it received this year.
A sample mask, featuring Leslie Bernstein, administrator for the Hansjӧrg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery and Face Transplant Program at NYU Langone Health.

Langone Pioneers ‘Death Masks’ for Deceased Facial Donors

Sakshi Venkatraman, News Editor January 23, 2018
NYU Langone scientists pioneer 3-D printed "death masks" to encourage families to donate faces of lost loved ones and help those in need.
NYU names Cecil Scheib as the new Assistant Vice President for Sustainability. Scheib will lead school-wide sustainability efforts in the hope of making the University a more environmentally-friendly campus.

NYU Names Leading Sustainability Administrator

Alex Domb, Deputy News Editor January 22, 2018
NYU has named Cecil Scheib as its new Assistant Vice President for Sustainability.
Student Reports Missing Silverware in Coral

Student Reports Missing Silverware in Coral

Alex Domb, Deputy News Editor January 22, 2018
A list of crimes reported to Public Safety from Jan. 3 to 20.