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NYU announces Distinguished Teaching Award winners

The Office of the Provost also named inaugural winners of the Excellence in Academic Advising Award.
Eva Mundo, News Editor May 1, 2026

Provost Georgina Dopico announced the 12 professors, faculty and staff members named 2025-26 recipients of NYU’s Distinguished Teaching Award and Excellence in Academic Advising...

(Zara Surti for WSN)

NYU streamlines path from undergrad to grad programs

The NYU by NYU initiative simplifies graduate school applications for the university’s undergrads and expands dual-degree programs.
Liyana Illyas, Staff Writer April 30, 2026

Undergraduates at NYU can apply for the university’s graduate programs without paying an application fee or submitting standardized test scores, and more easily pursue dual-degree...

Meet the NYU juniors selected as Truman Scholars

Meet the NYU juniors selected as Truman Scholars

Awarded $30,000 to pursue public service, these CAS and SPS students make up NYU’s 20th and 21st Truman Scholars.
Selin Kemiktarak and Eva Mundo April 30, 2026

SPS junior Sarah Martelly and CAS junior Summer Wildbill each earned $30,000 to pursue graduate studies, leadership training and career opportunities in public service as recipients...

(Neil Tawney for WSN)

Tisch signs deal expanding generative AI tools for students

Following an agreement with the company, NYU students in two film and media programs are encouraged to employ Runway’s AI video, image, audio tools for their personal and academic work.
Daniel Chumpitaz, Staff Writer April 29, 2026

For the past semester, some film and media students at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts have used advanced artificial intelligence tools to create and edit images after the...

4 NYU faculty named Guggenheim Fellows

4 NYU faculty named Guggenheim Fellows

As recipients of the prestigious fellowship, the professors across three NYU schools earned grants to support projects in dance, history and journalism.
Zachary Karp, Deputy News Editor April 29, 2026

Four NYU faculty members earned the Guggenheim Fellowship this year, scoring grants to support their projects in dance, history and journalism. Selected from a pool of almost...

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Professor bashes pre-recorded grad speeches at Asian affinity celebration

During his Monday night speech, CAS professor Michael Salgarolo criticized the university’s suspension of live graduation speeches and its handling of pro-Palestinian student demonstrations.
Zachary Karp and Eva Mundo April 28, 2026

CAS professor Michael Salgarolo condemned NYU for suspending live student speeches at school graduations and enlisting police to “violently arrest” pro-Palestinian demonstrators...

Counterprotesters holding Israeli flags stood across the street from an encampment outside the Paulson Center in 2024. (Samson Tu for WSN)

NYU investigates student group that hosted anarchist, anti-Israel speaker

A university spokesperson said that Shut it Down NYU “simply lied” about NYU’s involvement in its event featuring former Columbia professor Mohamed Abdou.
Selin Kemiktarak, Deputy News Editor April 27, 2026

NYU is investigating an on-campus group after claiming it “simply lied” about its Tuesday event — where a speaker urged students to “escalate their organizing” of pro-Palestinan...

Adjunct instructor Melisa Annis. (Kyra Reilley for WSN)

Adjunct faculty rally for paid family leave

Joined by a slate of local politicians, professors shared testimonies and demanded NYU implements paid family leave policies starting in the fall.
Eva Mundo, News Editor April 24, 2026

Around 30 members of NYU’s adjunct faculty union demanded that the university provide paid family leave, describing family crises and medical hardships they endured without the...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a March 2025 forum at the Skirball Center for Performing Arts. (Alex Woodworth for WSN)

Campus groups demand Mamdani outlaw 24-hour workday

Over five dozen students and faculty signed a letter supporting the No More 24 Act, one day before home care workers called off their hunger strike for the same cause.
Zachary Karp and Selin Kemiktarak April 24, 2026

A coalition of student and faculty-led organizations at NYU condemned Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s refusal to outlaw 24-hour shifts for home health aides in a Tuesday open letter,...