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UHall suites recover from flooding

Hundreds of students evacuated the residence hall last Thursday, when a third-floor pipe burst flooded two suites and the downstairs Dunkin’.
Eva Mundo and Kaitlyn Sze Tu October 2, 2025

Flooded suites in University Hall are mostly restored after a pipe burst last Thursday left at least one dorm with two inches of water and forced hundreds of residents to briefly...

(Alex Woodworth for WSN)

Contract faculty rally for visa security

At its first demonstration of the semester, NYU's full-time faculty union demanded administrators sponsor H-1B visas and green cards amid a federal attack on immigration.
Kaitlyn Sze Tu, Deputy News Editor October 1, 2025

Over 100 contract faculty union members and student organizers rallied outside the Paulson Center Tuesday afternoon for the first time this semester, demanding that NYU administrators...

(Echo Chen for WSN)

NYU Shanghai expands 4 Stern masters programs

Slated to start in summer 2026, this marks the business school’s third post-undergraduate program expansion across the university’s degree-granting campuses.
Tanner Jansen, Contributing Writer September 30, 2025

The Stern School of Business is expanding four one-year Global Master of Science programs at NYU’s Shanghai campus starting summer 2026, aiming to make students more competitive...

COVID-19 tuition refund case permanently closed

COVID-19 tuition refund case permanently closed

After five years and six iterations, a class action lawsuit requesting tuition refunds for students who attended NYU during the pandemic was voluntarily dismissed.
Addison Alvarado, Staff Writer September 29, 2025

A federal judge permanently dismissed a five-year lawsuit brought by a Tisch parent and graduate who were requesting tuition refunds because classes moved online for the COVID-19...

Pieces from the “How Many Roads: Bob Dylan and his Changing Times, 1961–1964” exhibit at the Gallatin Galleries. (Sophie Hess for WSN)

NYU launches Arts & Impact Initiative

The new initiative will offer year-round arts programming tailored to a specific discipline and social question.
Dani Biondi, Arts Editor September 26, 2025

NYU is doubling down on its reputation as a prominent arts school with its new Arts & Impact Initiative, which will work to integrate artistic and sociological scholarship...

(Kevin Wu for WSN)

‘No choice’: Former Langone employee sues for disability discrimination

The employee is accusing the medical center of creating a retaliatory and hostile environment after she returned from medical leave.
Chantal Mann, Staff Writer September 25, 2025

A former NYU Langone employee is suing the medical center for disability discrimination, claiming that she had to resign after facing “retaliation” for taking medical leave...

(Krish Dev for WSN)

NYU drops 2 spots in US News rankings

The university is now ranked No. 32, sharing a spot with the Georgia Institute of Technology, University of California, Davis and University of California, Irvine.
Leena Ahmed, Deputy News Editor September 23, 2025

NYU fell two spots in the latest university rankings from U.S. News & World Report, placing it at No. 32 out of 436 four-year institutions across the country.  Last year,...

Linda Mills responded to safety threats in an email to students on Sept. 22.

‘NYU is not standing still’: Mills details preparation for active threats

Amid continued backlash for not issuing a lockdown after NYU received a hoax shooting threat, President Linda Mills outlined resources and steps to prepare for future incidents.
Amanda Chen, News Editor September 23, 2025

President Linda Mills told students that “NYU is not standing still” when preparing for possible gun violence, following an onslaught of criticism regarding how administrators...

Students participate in a walk out during the 2025 commencement ceremony at Yankee Stadium. (Krish Dev for WSN)

NYU shuts down staff complaints over graduation attire restrictions

Employees told WSN that their concerns regarding restrictions set by the Graduate School of Arts & Science, which they said violated freedom of expression, were dismissed by administrators.
Amanda Chen, News Editor September 22, 2025

The Office of Equal Opportunity closed its investigations into complaints claiming that attire restrictions at commencement ceremonies held by the Graduate School of Arts &...

(Jason Alpert-Wisnia for WSN)

Part-time faculty union calls for paid family leave

NYU’s adjunct faculty union, currently halfway through its contract, delivered a letter demanding paid family leave to President Linda Mills on Monday.
Kaitlyn Sze Tu, Deputy News Editor September 19, 2025

More than 100 members of NYU’s adjunct faculty union are demanding that the university amend its 2022 contract, currently set to expire in 2028, to include paid family leave....

(Renee Yang for WSN)

Fundraising for visa-related legal fees now a ‘moot’ issue, NYU says

Amid President Donald Trump’s sweeping travel ban and a decline in international student enrollment, NYU administrators say visa concerns have subsided.
Wei Zhou, Contributing Writer September 18, 2025

Fundraising initiatives to support international students' legal fees are now a “moot” issue at NYU, as the Trump administration continues to push for student visa revocations...

The site of the block-wide Manhattan jail project in Chinatown.

A precarious promise: What the tallest jail in the world means for those who live next to it

As New York City finally closes Rikers Island, its plan to build four new jails — two of which are within minutes of NYU dorms — has not been without criticism.
Julia Kim, Culture Editor September 17, 2025