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Braniacs, new video series that highlight NYU researchers. (Via NYU)

NYU Brainiacs Video Series Highlights University Research

In three-to-four-minute episodes, multiple studies are broken down into their most understandable components.
Tessa Kilcline, Staff Writer September 12, 2019

NYU launched a video series this summer to highlight and showcase university research in a viewer-friendly manner. The series, titled NYU Brainiacs, includes three-to-four-minute...

Heidi and students wait outside FDNY Squad 18's fire station. (Photo by Ronni Husmann)

Rubin Hall Bakes Cookies for Firefighters on 9/11

Heidi White and Rubin Hall residents baked cookies for firefighters and delivered a sign with notes from members of Rubin to show appreciation on 9/11.
Ronni Husmann, Contributing Writer September 12, 2019

A Rubin Hall faculty member and multiple residents baked cookies for the local fire station as a way of thanking the organization on the 18th anniversary of 9/11, when over 400...

X-ray of a patient with lung cancer. New research by NYU scientists will hopefully improve treatment for lung cancer patients. (Via Wikipedia)

9/11 Survivors May Help Researchers Prevent Lung Disease

In a continuation of a decade of research, a team at NYU Langone identified chemicals that may allow doctors to stop lung disease before it develops.
Lisa Cochran, Contributing Writer September 11, 2019

Eighteen years ago, terrorists hijacked two planes and flew them into the Twin Towers in an unprecedented attack on U.S. soil, killing over 2,000 people. First responders flocked...

The executive board of the NYU Parliamentary Debaters Union speaks about cancel culture. (Staff Photo by Marva Shi)

Students Debate Validity of Cancel Culture

In an event hosted by the NYU Parliamentary Debate Union, students argued for and against the internet phenomenon.
Darien Gayle, Staff Writer September 10, 2019

The merits of cancel culture  — when a celebrity is vilified online due to actions perceived as problematic  — were the subject of a student debate Monday, with some calling...

(Staff Illustration by Sophia Di Iorio)

Some Students Welcome Ronell’s Return, Others Denounce It

Despite a Title IX investigation finding Professor Avital Ronell sexually harassed a student — for which some have called on NYU to fire her — many students sought out her first class back from a one-year suspension.
Lisa Cochran and Victor Porcelli September 9, 2019

NYU Professor Avital Ronell — who a Title IX investigation found guilty of sexually harassing a graduate student  mentee — returned on Friday to a crowd of students and one...

Missing Skirt in Kimmel

Missing Skirt in Kimmel

Crime Bot, Crime Bot September 9, 2019

From Aug. 30 to Sept. 6, the NYU Department of Public Safety received one report of attempted fondling / forcible touching, two reports of criminal mischief, two reports of drug...

Interactive Media Arts at NYU Shanghai (via NYU Shanghai)

Tisch and Shanghai Collaborate on Interactive Media Master’s Program

The program teaches students how to create different types of interactive media through a combination of online courses and courses in New York, Shanghai and Berlin.
Andy Kim, Contributing Writer September 9, 2019

A new one-year master’s program in Interactive Media Arts will require students to take classes in Berlin, New York and Shanghai. NYU Shanghai and Tisch School of the Arts partnered...

The Bronfman Center, the center of the NYU Jewish community. (Photo by Euan Prentis)

NYU Helps Sex Trafficking Victims Build Startups

A two-week summer program that taught entrepreneurial skills to survivors of sex trafficking will have participants meet with a mentor on a monthly basis.
Julia Santiago, Contributing Writer September 9, 2019

NYU’s Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life held a summer program to equip survivors of sex trafficking with entrepeneurial skills, and it will continue to help participants...

The Graduate Student Organizing Committee is calling for NYU to fire professor Avital Ronell, who was suspended last year for sexual harassment. (Photo courtesy GSOC)

NYU Responds to GSOC Petition that Avital Ronell be Fired

The graduate student union called on NYU to fire the professor who was found to have sexually harassed a student.
Victor Porcelli, News Editor September 6, 2019

NYU defended its response to Avital Ronell’s harassment of a graduate student in an open letter to the graduate student union on Thursday. The union had called for the professor’s...

Mahogany L. Browne (right), author of Black Girl Magic and a reader for the event, stands with the founders of Immigrant Families together. (via Twitter)

Students, Staff Speak at ‘Writers for Migrant Justice’

Members of the NYU community participated in a poetry reading event to raise money for those affected by the migrant crisis.
Ronni Husmann, Contributing Writer September 6, 2019

Attendees packed St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery to listen to poetry and raise money for migrants and detainees on Wednesday. Authors, poets, activists and artists — including...

Patients are introduced to Schnoodles and her handler, Angela. (Courtesy of NYU Winthrop)

NYU Winthrop Hospital Institutes Pet Therapy Program

A new program by NYU Langone’s Long Island-based hospital will seek to help patients and staff with stress through the work of a schnauzer poodle, goldendoodle and other pets.
Rocco Fabbro, Contributing Writer September 6, 2019

NYU Winthrop Hospital is providing a different type of medicine to its patients: dogs.  Winthrop’s Animals Give Support, or WAGS, is a pet therapy program that was officially...

NYU introduced several changes to its dining halls this year, including new meal stations in Weinstein food court. (Staff Photo by Marva Shi)

Cheaper Sushi, No More Burger Studio and Other Dining Changes

After 43 years of Aramark as its dining service provider — and dealing with controversies associated with the company — NYU has switched to Chartwells, and the new company is changing things up.
Victor Porcelli, News Editor September 5, 2019

NYU Dining’s name change to NYU Eats marks the end of Aramark’s over-40-year era as its dining service provider; it also marks many more substantial changes, from dining hall...