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Tandon collaborates with New York state to enhance power grid reliability
Researchers at the Tandon School of Engineering will help develop a prototype and develop a technique aimed to decrease power outages.
The Soapbox: Cannabis legalization in Germany, electoral upset in Italy, fire-related evacuation in Australia
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.
Contract faculty win union recognition
A majority of contract faculty voted in favor of being represented by Contract Faculty United, meaning the union will now be recognized by NYU.
Beyond NYU: Switching medicine for music business
CAS alum Mir Hwang co-founded GigFinesse to help emerging artists reach the big stage.
Tisch program to relocate to permanent space after prof. complaints
The university announced it will permanently relocate practice rooms for the New Studio on Broadway, a drama program in the Tisch School of the Arts, to 196 Mercer St. following complaints from adjuncts.
Ex-NYU finance director pleads guilty in $3.5 million fraud scheme
Cindy Tappe, who worked as an administrator for the university until 2018, will face five years of probation and pay restitution for embezzling around $3.5 million in New York state grants.
Students demand food security measures in petition to Mills
NYU’s chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists of America called for the university to change its approach to food insecurity in a petition delivered to administrators.
Grossman receives $1.6 million research grant
The NYU Grossman School of Medicine was awarded over $1.6 million by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to put toward “a variety of research projects.”
SGA increases Violet 100 budget to $335,000
NYU’s Student Government Assembly raised its operating budget for the spring spirit week event Violet 100 by around $37,000 this year. The event will use up most of the student government’s $500,000 budget.
What to do this week: Violet 100, a salsa dancing event and more
The Daybook is WSN’s weekly column listing in-person and online events at NYU and across New York City. This week: Feb. 26 - March 3.
Students deliver letter calling for removal of on-campus Starbucks
A group of students delivered a letter for President Linda Mills demanding that the university cut its ties with the on-campus Starbucks location due to its alleged labor union violations.
The Soapbox: Eiffel Tower closure in France, maritime improvements in Australia, return of stolen artifacts in Ghana
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.
