University News
Anti-Trump agitator crashes climate town hall
The event featured six mayoral candidates who discussed prospective environmental policies at the Skirball Center for Performing Arts.
Law student, faculty groups challenge legality of Bobst sit-in sanctions
Letters to administrators argued that disciplinary action taken against law students violated university policy and freedom of speech.
NYU bars 20-plus law students from Bobst after pro-Palestinian sit-in
Participants in the demonstration said they were unable to access other campus buildings after holding an eight-hour sit-in outside President Linda Mills’ office on the library’s top floor.
Nurses call off strike, reach contract with NYU Langone
NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn will hire 100 more nurses after staff members filed thousands of grievances concerning understaffing at the hospital over the past three years.
NYU Shanghai moves commencement from grand theater to campus lawn
Members of the campus community said they were concerned at the prospect of relocating the ceremony, with some students worried about the smaller venue and summer heat.
‘It’s amazing’: Cancer cells work together to grow, NYU study finds
The research expanded on tumor growth behavior that has yet to be widely studied.
Trump’s antisemitism task force to investigate NYU
NYU is one of 10 universities named in the task force’s inaugural evaluation of antisemitic incidents on college campuses.
5 faculty members receive $75K grants to fund upcoming research projects
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation gifted the CAS assistant professors the two-year grants to further advancements in economics, chemistry and mathematics.
Students call for admin to publicly support Starbucks workers’ union
The students, members of NYU’s chapter of Young Democratic Socialists of America, said they will revive last year’s campaign to remove the Starbucks location on West Fourth Street if administrators do not meet their demands.
Admin remain vague on potential Trump policy changes
As campus leaders convened for the first University Senate meeting of the semester, dozens protested NYU’s response to President Donald Trump’s policies.
Republicans’ long-term approach to tackling education-related spending
As President Donald Trump threatens to upend the Department of Education and Congress suggests $2.7 billion in cuts to Pell Grants, House Republicans are proposing a bill that would reshape how federal aid is distributed.
Faculty talk Trump orders on higher education at town hall
Members of NYU’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors spoke at the event, where they debriefed the Trump administration’s “unprecedented assault on higher education.”
