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‘Just too complicated’: NYU Langone pauses plans for $3 billion Nassau County hospital

The decision to pause plans for a medical center at Nassau Community College has faced backlash from city officials who claim they were “excluded” from the decision-making process.
Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor April 11, 2025

NYU Langone Health scrapped its $3 billion project to build a hospital at Nassau Community College due to technical factors that proved to be “too burdensome,” despite initially...

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NYU cancels College Republicans event after panelist requests ‘armed security’

Thousands signed a petition criticizing the panel, titled “Immigrant Invasion,” which was set to feature influencers known for “white supremacist, xenophobic and hateful rhetoric.”
Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor April 10, 2025

Administrators canceled an event organized by the NYU College Republicans featuring three conservative influencers Wednesday afternoon after one of the speakers publicly requested...

President Linda Mills sent an email Tuesday night confirming that "some members" of the NYU community have been affected by the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. (Jake Capriotti for WSN)

‘Some’ students and faculty affected by visa revocations, Mills says

The email comes after at least one adjunct faculty member’s visa was terminated and several NYU affiliates were named on a list allegedly sent to the Department of State.
Aashna Miharia, Dharma Niles and Yezen Saadah April 9, 2025

“Some members” of the NYU community have been affected by the Trump administration’s student visa revocations and crackdown on immigration, President Linda Mills and Provost...

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...