NYU Puts Its Reputation Before Student Wellness
NYU has something of a reputation for being secretive with information — its fiscal 2020 budget, which was supposed to be released in June,...
How NYU Wellness Sees Itself — and Why That Image Is Wrong
On Thursday, NPR tweeted out an article by WGBH News, a Boston-based radio station, calling NYU’s wellness services “a national model.” The article, the...
Medical Professionals Need to Be Educated on Eating Disorders
When I went to urgent care at the Student Health Center and then the emergency room after passing out, I told every professional who...
How NYU Can Really Support Mental Health
For most of my life, I just wanted to be successful. Not necessarily happy — just successful. There’s a history that has led to...
Will NYU Improve the SHC Now?
I felt pretty hopeless at the end of last semester. WSN reported in May that the wait times between appointments from NYU’s Counseling and...
Food Injustice, or Food Ignorance?
Former First Lady Michelle Obama cultivated a movement to increase access to the high-quality, nutrient-dense food necessary to maintain a healthy lifestyle. One of...
New Wellness Resource Indicates Lack of Accountability by NYU
NYU’s Wellness Exchange recently launched While You Wait, a resource to combat the notoriously long times that students have had to wait between sessions from...
NYU Should Give Students Days Off for Mental Health
Recently, legislation was introduced into the New York State Senate that would allow public school students to take days off for their mental health....
NYU Is Neglecting Students’ Health With Dining Hall Failures
On Tuesday, WSN reported that Palladium Food Court had failed a health inspection. The inspection, conducted by New York City’s Department of Health and...
Regulation, Not Prohibition
During Prohibition, the United States banned the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol. As a result, the U.S. saw the rise of an illegal...
NYU Isn’t Taking Care of Its Students
TW: This article discusses and mentions suicide.
As my time as an NYU first-year comes to an end, I’ve been looking back on some of...
The Measles Outbreak Is a Failure on Multiple Fronts
There’s a concept in the Jewish tradition known as a Chillul Hashem — an embarrassment to God’s name. When a Jew acts in a...
