University News
NYU hit with 10 class action lawsuits following data breach
The plaintiffs are accusing the university of failing to protect personal information after a hacker leaked over 3 million applicants’ data on NYU’s homepage.
NYU relocates conference with Israeli science institute amid protest threats
The university’s Center for Neural Science barred students from attending its annual conference with the Weizmann Institute, a research school involved in Israeli weapons manufacturing.
Student gov’t approves 2 candidates in race for chair
The candidates will begin campaigning on Thursday as part of the Student Government Assembly’s first-ever popular election.
NYU acceptance rate drops to 7.7% for class of 2029
The university sent acceptances to its most selective class on Thursday, also setting a record for the largest early decision applicant pool in its history.
Over 3 million applicants’ data leaked on NYU’s website
The hacker accused the university of continuing to use “illegal” race-sensitive admissions — the redirected home page also linked files revealing names, test scores and personal information of applicants since 1989.
NYU advises international students to stay in US following Trump travel ban
Senior administrators said on Thursday that concerned international students should refrain from leaving the United States for spring break until federal student visa policies are clarified.
NYU lawyers talk support for international students at Wagner panel
The co-director of NYU’s Immigrant Rights Clinic told WSN that the program is looking to expand in the wake of federal deportation efforts on university campuses.
NYU Langone introduces Amazon palm-scanning tech to hospitals
The medical center is the largest user of Amazon’s contactless identification technology, which increases security and diminishes the impact of staffing shortages at hospitals.
Mills freezes hiring amid federal funding uncertainty
President Linda Mills said that due to “a number of financial risk areas,” the university will pause hiring and lower salary increases as it faces multiple investigations by the Trump administration.
NYU Langone treats Israeli soldiers with advanced prosthetics
The initiative is founded by NYU Langone Health’s Center for Amputation Reconstruction, which has also offered wartime support for Ukraine and Saudi Arabia.
NYU Law announces clinic to study wrongful convictions
The program is created in tandem with the Innocence Project, a New York-based legal advocacy group for wrongfully incarcerated people.
Programmers can model AI after human goal-setting processes, NYU study finds
Researchers used computer programs to mimic the steps humans take to set intermediate targets while playing games.
