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NYU reaches ‘confidential settlement’ with students in antisemitism suit
The agreement, which includes the creation of a new Title VI coordinator, marks an end to a nine-month-long lawsuit accusing the university of being indifferent to incidents of antisemitism on campus since the start of the war in Gaza.
Georgina Dopico appointed NYU’s next provost after 2 years as interim
The appointment marks the end of a seven-month international search for a new provost.
Protesters gather outside NYU Langone hospital condemning termination of labor nurse
Demonstrators called on the medical center to issue an official apology to Hesen Jabr, who was terminated last month after she spoke about the suffering of women “during the current genocide in Gaza.”
NYU Langone CEO Robert Grossman and board chair Kenneth Langone to retire next year
The medical center will conduct a national search for a new CEO, who will succeed Grossman in August 2025.
NYU Langone terminates nurse after speech about ‘current genocide in Gaza’
The labor and delivery nurse was fired after saying women in Gaza are “going through unimaginable losses” in an acceptance speech for a compassionate care award.
Faculty group threatens NYU with service strike if demands are not met by fall
A representative for Faculty & Staff for Justice in Palestine said the university has until Aug. 1 to fulfill the group’s demands, which include the removal of police from campus and pardoning students and faculty facing disciplinary action for their involvement in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
Students protest war in Gaza at graduation ceremonies
Pro-Palestinian disruptions, including students chanting and waving Palestinian flags, occurred at the ceremonies for Tisch, Gallatin and NYU Law.
‘Not celebratory’: GLS valedictorian not permitted to deliver pro-Palestinian speech at graduation
The student told WSN they did not want to write a speech “tailored towards the sensitivities of the administration.”
Dozens walk out of Yankee Stadium as Mills gives commencement address
The walkout is the latest of several demonstrations by pro-Palestinian student protesters over the last few weeks.
Human rights scholar Martha Minow on civil rights, race and gender at commencement
Martha Minow, the former dean of Harvard Law School, delivered this year’s commencement address, during which she highlighted the importance of fighting social injustice and inequality.
2024 commencement exercises begin at Yankee Stadium
The ceremony comes amid heightened tensions between the university’s administration and pro-Palestinian protesters, and follows cancellations of commencement ceremonies at Columbia University and the University of Southern California.
