University News
NYU increases tuition by 3%, COVID-19 grants will continue in the fall
As tuition continues to rise, some students believe NYU has become increasingly unaffordable. The university will continue to disburse COVID-19 Relief Grants, though, as students continue to face pandemic-related financial burdens.
RAs will no longer be required to respond to crisis situations
The Office of Residential Life & Housing Services outlined changes to RA responsibilities as well as new policies for the upcoming academic year.
‘Larry Fink should not be on the Board of Trustees’: Long-time NYU trustee is linked to ICE and private prison operators
Laurence Fink — the CEO of BlackRock, a vice chair of the NYU Board of Trustees and the co-chair of the NYU Langone Health Board of Trustees — has investments in the U.S-Mexico border wall and immigrant detention facilities.
‘The resilience of GSOC’: A look into the union’s history
The ongoing graduate student worker strike is not the first time the Graduate Student Organizing Committee has used strike actions to battle for its demands.
Professors express solidarity with GSOC
Many NYU professors have come out in support of the Graduate Student Organizing Committee’s strike and are urging the university administration to work toward a fair and reasonable contract.
Future uncertain for Stern study abroad
The Stern administration is reviewing its global study away programs. Students hope that the programs will continue after the pandemic and that the school will make up for study abroad opportunities missed due to the pandemic.
NYU YDSA announces tuition strike starting today
The university’s chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists of America is asking undergraduate students to stop paying tuition to NYU and to never donate to the university in the future.
Undergraduate students support GSOC on the picket line
The GSOC strike picket line has a festive atmosphere, with strikers and supporters singing, dancing and eating. Picketing began on Monday, April 26, and will continue until the union wins a new contract.
Bernie Sanders, New York politicians stand with striking NYU grad student workers
Three days into the GSOC strike, politicians from the national to local levels have expressed their support for the union.
GSOC agrees to mediator, NYU clarifies purpose of email to parents
NYU’s graduate student workers are striking for the fourth day in demand of a new contract.
NYU remains invested in fossil fuels as the university hosts its first State of Sustainability
The university touted its achievements, goals and new programs aiming to promote sustainability, but ignored its ties to fossil fuels.
NYU Law Policing Project wants to curb police brutality by hiring more women
Scholars and students, however, argue that hiring more women will not address broader structural issues in policing.
