University Life

Opinion: Every NYU class needs a Zoom or recording option
Adding virtual attendance to regular classes would help alleviate the pressure and stress caused by mandatory attendance policies.
Shanay Tolat, Deputy Opinion Editor
• April 7, 2025

Opinion: NYU is complicit in Trump’s pro-Palestinian crackdown
As the new administration has already begun to attack and detain pro-Palestinian student protestors, NYU has remained silent.
Leila Olukoga and Mehr Kotval
• March 13, 2025

Guest Essay: NYU AAUP condemns detention of Mahmoud Khalil
The American Association of University Professors is a national organization of professors and academics with over 500 chapters at college campuses.
NYU American Association of University Professors
• March 13, 2025

Opinion: Tandon’s diversity statistics don’t tell the whole story
Despite nearly equal gender enrollment, the engineering school must promote more mentorship and diversity programs for minorities.
Antonia Ang, Staff Writer
• March 4, 2025

Opinion: Gen Z might never get the American Dream
With rampant inflation, rent prices and student debt defining the lives of Gen Z, it is important to consider how NYU can help its students navigate their financial future.
Shanay Tolat, Deputy Opinion Editor
• February 28, 2025

Opinion: Hustle culture is harming us, and self-care isn’t helping
In our performance-driven world, students find themselves on the receiving end of two toxic trends — hustle culture and its commercialized counterpart, self-care.
Mehr Kotval and Noah Zaldivar
• February 21, 2025

Opinion: Students need to rethink their relationship with weed
As marijuana use increases among college students, including at NYU, it's important to consider the risks that often go overlooked.
Konrad Zawadzki, Contributing Writer
• February 19, 2025

Off Topic: The case for dating across the political divide
In an increasingly polarized world, political differences are a dealbreaker for most people, making it harder to find common ground, let alone fall in love.
Zofia Fernandini, Contributing Writer
• February 14, 2025

Guest Essay: NYU is right to suspend students for rule violations
Faculty & Staff Against Antisemitism is a group of faculty, staff and administrators aimed at combating antisemitism on campus.
Faculty & Staff Against Antisemitism
• February 12, 2025

Editorial: NYU, step up
Over the last few weeks, NYU has denied gender-affirming care to children, refused to protect international students and faculty amid an unprecedented immigration crackdown, and demonstrated a profound disregard for the needs of its community.
WSN Editorial Board
• February 10, 2025

Guest Essay: Why we protest
NYU Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine is part of a national network of organized academic chapters. We are a democratic and plural collective of NYU faculty and staff who support the cause of Palestinian liberation.
NYU Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine
• October 7, 2024

Guest Essay: NYU in Dialogue’s ‘Shared Grief, Shared Hope’ panel was heartbreakingly healing
Ashlie Oxford is a second-year MS student in Global Affairs, concentrating in peacebuilding. She is also the Senator at-Large for Student Activists in the Student Government Assembly.
Ashlie Oxford, Guest Contributor
• September 26, 2024

Aashna Miharia, News Editor • May 14, 2025

Hamza Mankor, Guest Contributor • May 14, 2025

Sonya Posmentier, Guest Contributor • May 14, 2025

Sara Sharma, Staff Writer • May 14, 2025

Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • May 7, 2025