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A person shouts into a megaphone. Behind them, people hold flyers that say “NYU! RECOGNIZE THE RA UNION” with one hand and hold their other fists up in the air.

RAs rally outside Bobst to call for university recognition

The rally comes nearly a week after the recently announced union, Student Workers At NYU, delivered a letter addressed to President Linda Mills demanding official recognition.
Bruna Horvath, News Editor April 23, 2024

Around 20 NYU students representing the recently announced RA union Student Workers At NYU rallied in front of Bobst Library on Monday afternoon, demanding university recognition....

(Lianna O'Grady for WSN)

Mills breaks silence 15 hours after start of ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment’

NYU president Linda Mills criticized protesters in her first statement regarding the encampment, issued alongside Campus Safety head Fountain Walker.
Yezen Saadah, Deputy Managing Editor April 23, 2024

Around 15 hours after students set up the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” in Gould Plaza, and only two hours after the New York City Police Department arrested dozens of protesters,...

The night of April 22, the NYPD arrested dozens of students, faculty and alumni who participated in the Gould Plaza encampment. (Lianna O'Grady for WSN)

Students and faculty set up pro-Palestinian encampment at Gould Plaza

The demonstration follows similar encampments at Columbia University and Yale University, where student protesters have been arrested.

This is a developing story, check back for updates. Update, 3:50 a.m., April 23 Arrested protesters are being released from NYPD headquarters downtown in groups of two to...

Students protesting in Washington Square Park holding signs that say “YOUTH VS. FOSSIL FUELS BIDEN PICK A SIDE,” “THIS IS CODE RED,” “END FOSSIL FUELS,” “CLIMATE JUSTICE NOW” and more.

Students urge NYU to ‘implement stronger initiatives’ against fossil fuel industry

A day before Earth Day, members of Sunrise NYU gathered at Washington Square Park to push for stronger environmental initiatives on campus.
Maisie Zipfel, Deputy News Editor April 22, 2024

Around 20 members from the student environmental group Sunrise NYU gathered in Washington Square Park on Sunday, calling on the university to implement stronger environmental initiatives...

Graphic of an email from the Office of Students Affairs and the Division of Campus Services on a purple background.

Admins ask Nike to respond to wage theft allegations

Two administrators signed a letter asking Nike to address claims that one of its factories in Thailand coerced and did not pay its workers.
Dharma Niles, Deputy News Editor April 19, 2024

NYU requested that Nike refute a report accusing the company of “refusing to pay workers their wages” at a factory in Thailand, which supplies the university’s bookstore...

Street photograph of the front entrance of the NYU College of Dentistry.

Dentistry school receives $8M to study oral cancer treatments

Researchers from three universities, including NYU, will use the funding to find ways to treat chronic pain without the use of opioids.
Antonia Ang, Contributing Writer April 19, 2024

The National Institutes of Health awarded the College of Dentistry’s Pain Research Center with an $8 million grant to support research toward treatments for oral cancer as an...

An email from N.Y.U.’s department of campus safety pasted on a purple background.

Administrator punched near Washington Square Park

An unidentified individual punched an NYU administrator on the right side of her face Wednesday morning, following previous attacks on women in lower Manhattan.
Adrianna Nehme, Bruna Horvath and Maisie Zipfel April 17, 2024

An NYU administrator was punched in the face by an unidentified individual near Washington Square Park on Wednesday morning, according to a Department of Campus Safety alert sent...

A woman standing by a podium in graduation regalia.

Human rights scholar Martha Minow to speak at this year’s commencement

Minow, who is the former dean of Harvard Law School, will be among three women to receive honorary degrees at NYU’s commencement ceremony in May.
Carmo Moniz, Managing Editor April 17, 2024

Martha Minow, a human rights law expert with a decadeslong career in international conflict resolution, advocacy for racial and religious minorities and expanding access for people...

A woman handing a letter to another woman.

RAs unionize, demand university recognition

A majority of resident assistants on campus recently unionized, and are now demanding that NYU recognize them as a formal union.
Aashna Miharia, Deputy News Editor April 17, 2024

Around 25 people, including about 15 resident assistants part of the union Student Workers At NYU, demanded university recognition for the group in a letter to President Linda...

A group of protesters holding colorful signs.

Social work students rally for paid field time and fewer hours

Dozens of social work students from NYU and several other East Coast universities gathered at Washington Square Park to call for changes to their programs, including paid field learning hours, in a rally on Sunday.
Dharma Niles, Deputy News Editor April 15, 2024

Chelsea Trout spends eight hours every Monday at a charter high school in Brooklyn, where she answers phone calls, proctors SATs, oversees school lunches and handles a clinical...

The headshots of three N.Y.U. faculty arranged in a collage.

3 professors named Guggenheim Fellows

Two Steinhardt professors and one Institute of Fine Arts professor were awarded fellowships to expand their work in the arts.
Aashna Miharia, Deputy News Editor April 15, 2024

Three NYU faculty members received Guggenheim fellowships to complete fine arts projects in their respective fields. The professors were among over 3,000 applicants this year and...

A woman in a blue suit speaks into a microphone.

Angela Chou selected as next student gov’t chair

Members of the student government elected Angela Chou, a junior in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, as its next chair.
Dharma Niles, Deputy News Editor April 12, 2024

Steinhardt junior Angela Chou was elected the next chairperson of NYU’s Student Government Assembly during a meeting Thursday evening. Chou, who will take over from Ryan Carney...