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Students, faculty decide What Matters Most in 2013

Students, faculty decide What Matters Most in 2013

November 22, 2013
Snapchat and the HIV/AIDS vaccine are two of the selections faculty and students chose mattered the most in 2013.
Jonathan Tan/WSN

#NYUNITIES showcases social media’s impact on NYU

November 21, 2013
As social media continuously evolves, these panelists discuss the implications for NYU students.
The exterior of the Strand Book Store. (Staff photo by Lauren Kim)

Homeless complain about sprinklers used at Strand Bookstore

November 20, 2013
Homeless New Yorkers report being sprayed by Strand's periodically used sprinklers.
File Photo by Rachel Kaplan/WSN

Town Hall addresses financial aid, GNU, NYU-Poly

November 20, 2013
NYU President John Sexton held his final town hall for the fall semester.
Daniel Cole/WSN

NYU Oxfam throws interactive Hunger Banquet

November 20, 2013
NYU's Oxfam chapter hosted an interactive Hunger Banquet to raise awareness of global inequality.
via wikipedia.org

Law school hones in on national security

November 20, 2013
The NSA's deputy director and the assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism discussed issues of surveillance at the law school last night.
NYU Prague student remembered for warmth, artistic talent

NYU Prague student remembered for warmth, artistic talent

November 19, 2013
Tisch junior Sophie Glaser passed away Nov. 8 while studying away at NYU Prague.
Felipe de la Hoz/WSN

NYU alum ignites Russia Day protests

November 19, 2013
Bert Leatherman, a graduate of the NYU School of Law, started a petition against the New York Stock Exchange's Russia Day.
Jonathan Tan/WSN

Trans* Awareness Week events seek to inform transgender community, outsiders

November 19, 2013
From Nov. 18 to 21, the LGBTQ Student Center will be hosting Trans* Awareness Week.
Ward Pettibone for WSN

Construction worker falls from University Place scaffolding

November 19, 2013
Jaime Sillart, a construction worker working atop scaffolding at the NYU Languages and Literature building on University Place on Nov. 15.
via facebook.com

SLAM protests student debt outside Gould Welcome Center

November 18, 2013
Members of SLAM protested outside of the Gould Welcome Center on Friday, Nov. 15.
This year's NYU Hackathon is this weekend, from February 19-21.

Poly hacking competition comes to close, winners announced

November 18, 2013
Finalists from Poly's capture-the-flag round came to New York to compete in Poly's hacking competition finals.