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New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

War in Gaza

In October 2024, a group of pro-Palestinian Jewish students and faculty built a Gaza Solidarity Sukkah in Schwartz Plaza. (Danny Arensberg for WSN)

NYU investigates Instagram post advertising anti-Zionist Passover Seder

The Jewish students and faculty who organized the Seder are demanding the investigation be halted and calling for a boycott of NYU Hillel.
Yezen Saadah, Staff Writer May 7, 2026

Administrators are investigating a group of Jewish students and faculty who called for a boycott of NYU Hillel while advertising an anti-Zionist Passover Seder in an Instagram...

(Zara Surti for WSN)

Pro-Israel student rave disrupted by ultra-Orthodox Jews

While members of Students Supporting Israel moshed to electronic music in Washington Square Park, around three dozen protesters chanted and waved Palestinian flags.
Leena Ahmed, News Editor April 23, 2026

Nearly five dozen joined a Wednesday afternoon rave held by NYU’s chapter of Students Supporting Israel, playing live music and waving Israeli and American flags in Washington...

(Ivy Chan for WSN)

Students and faculty commence ‘solidarity fast’ in Bobst

Two on-campus organizations plan to lead a fast every Wednesday through the rest of the semester, aiming to bring awareness to famine in Gaza.
Leena Ahmed, Deputy News Editor October 9, 2025

Around two dozen students and faculty gathered for their first weekly “Gaza Solidarity Fast” in Bobst Library on Wednesday, calling attention to the ongoing famine in Gaza...

(Owen Correll for WSN)

Students join hundreds in citywide Oct. 7 protest

The demonstration called for divestment from Israel and follows two years of heightened protest at NYU and across New York City.
Leena Ahmed, Deputy News Editor October 8, 2025

NYU students joined over 1,000 demonstrators in a citywide protest Tuesday evening that marked the second year of escalated conflict in Gaza, calling attention to the climbing...

A Film and Television student receiving their symbolic diploma silently protests by raising their hands to reveal “NO JUSTICE” and “NO PEACE." (Julia Smerling for WSN)

Protests persist across Tisch, law school graduations

Faculty members tied their mouths shut with cloth and students held signs advocating for free speech and divestment from companies with ties to Israel.
Leena Ahmed, Contributing Writer May 22, 2025

Dozens of graduates and faculty quietly called for expanded free speech policies and divestment from companies with ties to Israel at NYU’s school-specific graduation ceremonies,...

(Alex Woodworth for WSN)

Students picket outside Vanderbilt Hall, demand NYU Law cut anti-protest contract

Demonstrators encouraged passers-by to call and send emails to Dean Troy McKenzie, calling for the law school to revoke sanctions against 31 pro-Palestinian students.
Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor May 6, 2025

Around 20 students picketed outside Vanderbilt Hall on Monday afternoon, calling on the NYU School of Law to pause its demands for 31 students to contractually pledge to halt protests, ...

(Alex Woodworth for WSN)

Professors call for sanctuary campus with off-site classes

Dozens of faculty members demanded improved resources for noncitizen students by moving their classes off campus.
Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor April 25, 2025

Over the past week, more than 50 professors moved their classes to churches, museums and online as part of a demonstration demanding that NYU increase its protections for international...

(Alex Woodworth for WSN)

Students hold cross-campus march for divestment, noncitizen support

NYU students also denounced President Linda Mills’ absence on a recent list of more than 200 university leaders decrying the Trump administration’s attack on higher education.
Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor April 25, 2025

Around 50 students from NYU, The New School and Cooper Union took to Washington Square Park on Thursday afternoon to demand the colleges divest from companies with ties to Israel...

(Kevin Wu for WSN)

NYU Langone treats Israeli soldiers with advanced prosthetics

The initiative is founded by NYU Langone Health’s Center for Amputation Reconstruction, which has also offered wartime support for Ukraine and Saudi Arabia.
Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor March 19, 2025

NYU Langone Health is partnering with an Israeli hospital to provide Israel Defense Forces soldiers with pioneering limb reconstructive surgeries and train local doctors to do...