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A vehicle, parked on LaGuardia Place outside Bobst Library, displaying authorization from federal law enforcement. (Alex Woodworth for WSN)

You may have seen federal law enforcement roaming around campus. It’s Secret Service for Barron.

Secret Service vans at NYU stirred panic on April 1 as the Trump administration scaled efforts to detain and revoke visas of noncitizen students and faculty across college campuses.
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief April 24, 2025

Three weeks ago, students and faculty were alarmed to find blacked-out SUVs plastered with cards reading “Federal Law Enforcement” stationed at LaGuardia Place outside Bobst...

(Courtesy of Padmini Murthy)

Beyond NYU: Advancing women’s health through global activism

NYU graduate alum Padmini Murthy reflected on her path, from attending medical school in India to championing women’s health and human rights globally.
Lekhya Kantheti, Deputy News Editor April 24, 2025

Steinhardt and Wagner alum Padmini Murthy found her interest in health care while growing up in India, where her first-hand observations of social injustice shaped her lifelong...

(Manaal Shareh for WSN)

Student urinated on by roommate, criticizes NYU’s ‘incompetent’ response

Despite filing reports to the Department of Campus Safety and Office of Student Conduct, the student said the university is continuing to put her “safety at risk.”
Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor April 23, 2025

After a Tisch sophomore woke up to her roommate urinating on her in their Broome Street dorm last week, NYU’s campus safety, residential life and student conduct departments...

(Courtesy of Michael Ramirez)

Students finally get NYU to talk about Nike after months of protests

This development marked students’ first meeting with university leadership to discuss NYU’s ties to Nike, which has faced wage theft allegations since 2021.
Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor April 23, 2025

NYU is putting off student demands to terminate its contract with Nike as the university faces issues related to immigration and research funding, administrators said in a meeting...

(Kevin Wu for WSN)

Over 100 NYU Law faculty condemn Trump attack on higher ed

A letter signed by the majority of NYU School of Law’s full-time faculty said the Trump administration’s attack on academic institutions and law firms is unconstitutional.
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief April 22, 2025

The majority of full-time faculty at the School of Law, including former NYU President John Sexton, signed onto a letter slamming the Trump administration’s executive crackdown...

SPS graduate student Ashlie Oxford and CAS junior Emma Bell. (Alex Woodworth for WSN)

Ashlie Oxford to lead SGA next year, only other opponent disqualified

The elections committee disqualified Emma Bell for alleged “inappropriate language or messages” that violated election marketing guidelines.
Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor April 22, 2025

SPS graduate student Ashlie Oxford is slated to be the next chairperson of NYU’s Student Government Assembly after garnering majority support in its first popular election. The...

NYU President Linda Mills announced Executive Vice President Martin Dorph’s retirement in a message to university leadership on Friday, April 18. (Courtesy of Sally Montana for Commercial Observer)

Martin Dorph, executive vice president of 10 years, to retire in October

Executive Vice President Martin Dorph has been at NYU for nearly two decades, overseeing the university’s administrative and business operations since 2015.
Aashna Miharia and Dharma Niles April 21, 2025

Executive Vice President Martin Dorph will retire in October after 18 years at NYU, President Linda Mills announced in a Friday memo to senior leadership. Dorph, one the longest...

An NYU administrator said that all affected students' legal statuses have been restored. (Renee Yang for WSN)

Deans hold info sessions on recent visa revocations

Only NYU affiliates with recorded misdemeanors have seen changes to their visa statuses, according to administrators from the Office of Global Services.
Amanda Chen and Leena Ahmed April 18, 2025

Over the past week, deans across NYU schools held in-person sessions for students and faculty after President Linda Mills confirmed that “some” members of the community had...

(Alex Woodworth for WSN)

Professors move classes off campus as hundreds protest Trump crackdown on higher ed

Students and faculty escalated the calls for NYU to bolster its resources for international students, including additional legal consultants and immigration-related training for Campus Safety officers.
Amelia Hernandez Gioia, Deputy News Editor April 18, 2025

Around 300 students, faculty and community advocates marched from Washington Square Park to Foley Square on Thursday afternoon in protest of the Trump administration’s student...

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: New ruling excludes trans women in UK, prisons attacked in France and presidential visit in the UAE

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.
Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor April 18, 2025

In the United Kingdom, trans women excluded from national definition The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ruled unanimously Wednesday that the legal definition of “woman”...

(Alisia Houghtaling for WSN)

Artists join decadelong fight for Elizabeth Street Garden

The Nolita garden is exhausting every legal approach as it faces yet another eviction notice.
Eva Mundo, Staff Writer April 18, 2025

Last week, hundreds of artists, musicians, poets and community members gathered to call for the preservation of Elizabeth Street Garden in light of its yearslong eviction case....

(Ivy Chan for WSN)

‘A vile complicity’: Members of the Rwandan community recount 1994 genocide

Through powerful testimonies, NYU’s first Kwibuka memorialized the 31st anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Julia Kim, Deputy Culture Editor April 17, 2025

Content warning: This article contains mentions of violence and sexual harassment.  Over 60 NYU community members and New York City residents gathered for the university’s...