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NYU President Linda Mills sent an email to the university community on Sunday afternoon.

Mills ‘stunned’ days after Muslim prayer room desecration

President Linda Mills said she plans to bolster security for on-campus prayer rooms and issue the university’s “most severe sanctions” after a Muslim prayer room in Bobst Library was vandalized on Thursday.
Liyana Illyas, Staff Writer April 7, 2025

President Linda Mills encouraged students to “come together to find a peaceful way forward” in her first universitywide message addressing the desecration of a prayer room...

Bharat Anand was announced the next dean of the Stern School of Business on April 3, 2025.  (Courtesy of Evgenia Eliseeva)

Stern names renowned Harvard professor as new dean

Bharat Anand, whose work has focused heavily on digital business strategy, will step into the role this August following a yearlong search.
Lekhya Kantheti, Deputy News Editor April 7, 2025

NYU announced that Bharat Anand, a longtime professor at Harvard Business School, will take over as dean of the Stern School of Business in August in a memo last Thursday. Anand’s...

A prayer room in Bobst Library was vandalized on Thursday, prompting outrage from Muslim organizations on campus. (Courtesy of Widad Saab)

Muslim prayer room vandalized, prompts hate crime investigation

NYU is investigating the incident, which took place just days after Eid celebrations, as a hate crime and act of Islamophobia.
Liyana Illyas, Staff Writer April 5, 2025

Members of the Muslim community at NYU were left shocked and disturbed after a student discovered prayer mats soaked in urine and inappropriate graffiti etched onto the walls in...

(Kevin Wu for WSN)

NYU Langone cancels ‘anti-governmental’ humanitarian presentation

A former head of Doctors Without Borders was set to give a speech that mentioned humanitarian casualties in Gaza and the effects of federal funding cuts.
Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor April 4, 2025

NYU Langone Health canceled a presentation about global humanitarian crises because it had “antisemitic” and “anti-governmental” implications, Joanne Liu — the former...

(Courtesy of Kaya Walker)

‘I got crucified’: Kaya Walker on her resignation from the College Republicans

The former president of the NYU College Republicans spoke with WSN to share her perspective on the media-crazed Barron Trump comment controversy.
Emily Genova, Managing Editor April 3, 2025

On Monday, Feb. 17, CAS senior Kaya Walker publicly resigned as president of the NYU College Republicans after facing backlash for calling Stern first-year Barron Trump “an oddity...

(Danny Arensberg for WSN)

Professors sue Trump over crackdown on pro-Palestinian dissent

The group of faculty at NYU are accusing the federal government of violating the First Amendment by arresting noncitizen students and faculty for their speech against Israel’s ongoing siege in Gaza.
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief April 2, 2025

NYU’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, which sued the federal government last week for its detainment of noncitizens on college campuses protesting...

NYU hit with 10 class action lawsuits following data breach

NYU hit with 10 class action lawsuits following data breach

The plaintiffs are accusing the university of failing to protect personal information after a hacker leaked over 3 million applicants’ data on NYU’s homepage.
Dharma Niles and Krish Dev April 1, 2025

NYU is facing 10 class action lawsuits alleging that it mishandled applicants’ personal information and failed to meet national cybersecurity standards after a hacker leaked...

(Alisia Houghtaling for WSN)

Letter from the Editor: In the age of Trump, student journalism is more vital than ever.

As the Trump administration continues its crackdown on higher education, WSN’s student journalists have worked tirelessly to inform the NYU community.
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief March 31, 2025

Dear Washington Square News readers, We are living in the midst of an unprecedented federal crackdown on higher education. In just two months, President Donald Trump has ferociously...

The university's acceptance rate dropped to a record low of 7.7%. (Krish Dev for WSN)

NYU acceptance rate drops to 7.7% for class of 2029

The university sent acceptances to its most selective class on Thursday, also setting a record for the largest early decision applicant pool in its history.
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief March 27, 2025

NYU’s acceptance rate dropped to 7.7% for the 2024-25 admissions cycle, the lowest ever recorded at the university’s New York campus. Newly admitted students were selected...

(Courtesy of NYU Athletics)

Women’s basketball storms into a second consecutive national title

The No. 1 team in the nation extended its win streak to 62 games.
Sidney Snider, Sports Editor March 22, 2025

The NYU women’s basketball team won the 2025 NCAA Division III National Championship on Saturday, March 22, marking — for the first time in program history — its second consecutive...

NYU's website was hacked for at least two hours on Saturday, revealing private information of students and applicants over the last 30 years. (Lauren Sanchez for WSN)

Over 3 million applicants’ data leaked on NYU’s website

The hacker accused the university of continuing to use “illegal” race-sensitive admissions — the redirected home page also linked files revealing names, test scores and personal information of applicants since 1989.
Dharma Niles, Krish Dev and Yezen Saadah March 22, 2025

A hacker took over NYU’s website for at least two hours Saturday morning to expose over 3 million applicants’ names, test scores, majors and zip codes, as well as information...

Lawyers at NYU Langone Health proposed changes to the medical center's DEI programs and policy statements online. (Kevin Wu for WSN)

Trump DEI rollbacks push NYU Langone to ditch terms like ‘marginalized’ or ‘diverse’

NYU Langone Health recently issued a disclaimer stating that its diversity, equity and inclusion programs “do not include preferences” based on race or sex.
Dharma Niles and Yezen Saadah March 21, 2025

NYU Langone Health is facing pressure from in-house lawyers to omit phrases like “diverse students” and “systemic racism” from its website as President Donald Trump rolls...