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(Courtesy of NYU Office of Public Affairs)

Longtime transportation official appointed Wagner dean

Polly Trottenberg spoke with WSN about how her decadeslong career in the transportation sector will shape her leadership as a first-time university administrator.
Kaitlyn Sze Tu, Deputy News Editor September 9, 2025

Former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation Polly Trottenberg has taken office as the dean of NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, President...

(Courtesy of NYU Photo Bureau)

‘Glinda the Good Witch’: How Melody Goodman plans to support public health initiatives as GPH dean

As the third dean of NYU's School of Global Public Health, Melody Goodman spoke to WSN about her passion for public health and goal to bring more students into the field.
Eva Mundo, Deputy News Editor September 9, 2025

Melody Goodman began her journey in public health and biostatistics at a 2001 undergrad summer program in hopes of improving communities more than she could in investment banking....

(Kevin Wu for WSN)

Jewish nurse sues NYU Langone, claiming revoked bonus over pro-Israel posts

Leviah Ehrlich said the medical center forced her to apologize and return a recent pay raise after she posted content ‘wrought with bias and hatred’ a few days after Oct. 7, 2023.
Leena Ahmed, Deputy News Editor September 8, 2025

A Jewish nurse is suing NYU Langone Health after hospital administrators told her to apologize for posting pro-Israel content on her private Instagram days after Oct. 7, 2023,...

(Lauren Ng for WSN)

The City Scoop: Adams rejects offer from Trump, and other top stories across NYC

The City Scoop is WSN's weekly column reviewing major New York City news across all five boroughs.
Leena Ahmed, Deputy News Editor September 8, 2025

Eric Adams remains in mayoral race after Trump job offer  Incumbent mayor Eric Adams allegedly turned down a job in the Trump administration offered in exchange for dropping...

(Lauren Sanchez for WSN)

NYU bolsters legal team amid ‘challenging’ environment

The appointments of Trevor Morrison and Mathew Varughese follow a slew of legal threats from the Trump administration, as well as lawsuits over the university’s responses to protests and data security concerns among students.
Kaitlyn Sze Tu, Deputy News Editor September 8, 2025

President Linda Mills promoted an NYU professor and administrator to spearhead legal initiatives at NYU in the wake of an “increasingly complex and challenging legal environment,”...

(Zev Marinoff for WSN)

Stolen mezuzah ‘voluntarily’ returned

The university said it is no longer investigating Saturday's incident as an antisemitic hate crime.
Amanda Chen and Dharma Niles September 5, 2025

A student ‘voluntarily’ came forward to return a mezuzah after taking it from the door of a Weinstein Hall dorm on Saturday, leading NYU to close its investigation into the...

(Zev Marinoff for WSN)

Student reports stolen mezuzah, to be investigated as antisemitic hate crime

The student was given a new mezuzah from the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life after the incident was reported to NYU’s Campus Safety department.
Kaitlyn Sze Tu, Deputy News Editor September 5, 2025

A student's mezuzah was taken from the door of their Weinstein Hall dorm on Saturday, an incident Campus Safety head Fountain Walker said will be investigated as a “disgraceful”...

The Soapbox is a weekly news column rounding up stories worth reading for a global university. (Max Van Hosen and Kyra Reilley for WSN)

The Soapbox: Lost painting found in Argentina, military parade in China and energy drink ban in the UK

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.
Eva Mundo, Deputy News Editor September 5, 2025

In Argentina, authorities recover long-lost Italian painting looted by Nazis  Argentine authorities recovered an 18th-century painting in Mar del Plata looted by the Nazis during...

(Alex Woodworth for WSN)

Kimmel staircase ‘seating pods’ open to students, nearly 2 years after closure

The new seating spaces, announced last semester, were part of a plan to renovate the staircase due to concerns of protest activity, inaccessibility and security.
Leena Ahmed, Deputy News Editor September 5, 2025

The Kimmel Center for University Life unveiled long-awaited seating pods built into its Grand Staircase just ahead of this academic year, nearly two years after the university...

Photo from the Tisch Dean's Welcome, Aug. 28 at the Paulson Center. (Photo by Rene Chandler, courtesy of NYU Photo Bureau)

Founding director of Abu Dhabi theater program to lead Tisch

Rubén Polendo reflected on his 16 years as an NYU professor and administrator and outlined his goals of ‘community building’ two weeks after taking office as dean of the Tisch School of the Arts.
Natalie Deoragh, Deputy News Editor September 4, 2025

Rubén Polendo began his career in higher education as the founding director of NYU Abu Dhabi’s theater program in 2009. He later became associate dean for the campus’s Arts...

(Courtesy of Senaida Ng)

Beyond NYU: From classical piano performances to AI DJ sets

Tisch alum Senaida Ng spoke to WSN about breaking traditional notions of electronic music and incorporating new technology in their art.
Kaitlyn Sze Tu, Deputy News Editor September 4, 2025

As an elementary school student, practicing piano for eight hours a day and posting performances on YouTube were already the norm for Senaida Ng. Now, the Tisch alum and classically...

(Courtesy of Michael Purugganan)

Former science dean to interimly oversee all Arts & Science programming

Michael Purugganan told WSN about his goals to protect student and faculty research amid federal funding cuts in a position that feels like ‘giving back.’
Jennifer Jesus, Deputy News Editor September 4, 2025

Following the departure of former Faculty of Arts & Science dean Antonio Merlo, President Linda Mills announced that Michael Purugganan will serve as the interim dean of FAS...