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How SGA’s extra $500,000 is set up to help students

NYU’s student government recently voted on a resolution to make its Initiative Fund more accessible.
Lily Collins and Olivia Ge October 30, 2024

Steinhardt senior Sky Young spent three years trying to figure out how he could help the university make food more accessible to low-income students. After working with other students...

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NYU’s contract faculty union to begin bargaining this Friday

Union members are calling for the university to implement 13 demands, including improved healthcare, guaranteed job security and limits on workload.
Dharma Niles, News Editor October 29, 2024

NYU Contract Faculty United will begin negotiating with university administration this Friday to establish a contract codifying 13 demands. The demands, based on input from hundreds...

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NYU will not provide onsite medication abortions amid statewide trend

Universities state and citywide are taking greater strides than NYU to make abortion pills more accessible for students.
Jade Springer, Contributing Writer October 29, 2024

Last Tuesday, Tufts University announced that it now provides medication abortions on campus, joining a growing list of universities to offer the service in light of expanding...

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How NYU’s safety report only documents a portion of on-campus crime

The university’s annual report does not include the two most-reported crimes on campus: petty larceny and sexual harassment.
Simon Tan, Contributing Writer October 25, 2024

Three weeks ago, NYU released its 2024 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, documenting an uptick in robbery, aggravated assault and motor vehicle theft in the last year. The...

A structure with draped white sheets that has the words “N.Y.U. FUNDS GENOCIDE” painted in black and red paint sits in the middle of a walkway with students confronting university staff.

Anti-Zionist Jewish group criticizes NYU ‘restrictions on movement’ at Gaza Solidarity Sukkah

The on-campus group Jews Against Zionism said Campus Safety officers were “increasingly hostile” toward its members at the Tuesday demonstration.
Liyana Illyas, Deputy News Editor October 25, 2024

A group of anti-Zionist Jewish students at NYU said in a statement that the university “was aware of credible threats of violence” around a pro-Palestinian sukkah they had...

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Student gov’t to reintroduce suicide prevention bill

NYU’s Student Government Assembly is calling for universities in New York to broaden their policies, guidelines and training relating to suicide prevention.
Josephine Deiesu, Contributing Writer October 25, 2024

Content warning: This article contains mentions of suicide. NYU’s Student Government Assembly is planning to reintroduce a bill to the state senate in January that would require...

Protesters holding hands amidst a crowd waving a Palestinian flag and holding signs that say “CEASEFIRE NOW LET GAZA LIVE!"

Faculty-led panel on free speech relocated after alleged ‘academic freedom violations’

NYU said that the event, which was originally scheduled to take place in Bobst Library, “was never submitted” for approval.
Mariapaula Gonzalez, Deputy News Editor October 24, 2024

A Steinhardt professor claimed NYU prohibited a panel discussion about “free speech on college campuses” from taking place in Bobst Library on Oct. 30. A university spokesperson...

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NYU Langone launches high school programs to promote careers in health care

The research center launched nursing and clinical research programs for high schoolers in Brooklyn, with hopes to inspire students to eventually work in these fields.
Mariana Arboleda, Contributing Writer October 23, 2024

Earlier this month, NYU Langone Health announced two programs that are aiming to prepare Brooklyn high school students for careers in health care. The initiative, which will expand...

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Jewish students set up Gaza Solidarity Sukkah in Schwartz Plaza

Campus Safety officers barricaded the plaza soon after a group of students and faculty put up the sukkah, which was built in protest of NYU’s ties to Israel and the war in Gaza.
Aashna Miharia, Dharma Niles and Yezen Saadah October 22, 2024

This is a developing story. Update, 5:45 The group of demonstrators dismantled the sukkah due to “aggressive agitators,” according to NYU Students for Justice in Palestine’s...

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NYU Langone researchers to study neurodegenerative disease with $1.6 million grant

The grant will help advance high-resolution imaging technologies that allow scientists to examine the structure of the eye retina for indicators of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
Addison Alvarado, Staff Writer October 21, 2024

Researchers at NYU Langone Health received a $1.6 million grant from the National Institute of Health to study how changes in someone’s eye retina can predict early signs of...

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Black and Latino enrollment at NYU drops after affirmative action ban

The decline is accompanied by an increased percentage of Asian American and white students in the first-year class.
Krish Dev, Director of Creative & Digital Strategy October 18, 2024

NYU saw a sharp drop in enrollment from underrepresented minorities in its first class of students admitted after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action last year...

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Most loans for sustainable initiatives not used for ‘novel’ projects, Stern study finds

The study found that corporations only use 2% of the proceeds from the loans, known as green bonds, to support projects with any distinct or “additional” environmental benefits.
Malavika Rajesh, Staff Writer October 18, 2024

Researchers at the Stern School of Business found that only 2% of the money U.S. corporations allocate toward green bonds, or federal loans for more sustainable initiatives, is...