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Students not to blame for Maitland Jones firing, NYU faculty say
After a group of organic chemistry students organized a petition in protest of Maitland Jones’ teaching methods, the professor’s contract was terminated. NYU faculty members say students shouldn’t be blamed.
Shots fired near NYU Brooklyn campus
An alert sent to the NYU community just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday reported that shots were fired near the university’s Brooklyn campus.
Demonstrators boycott Chinatown museum to protest new mega jail
Protesters picketed outside of the Museum of Chinese in America to rally behind MOCA 8 — a group who was ticketed for noise violations — on Sunday, Oct. 2.
At vigil for Mahsa Amini, Persian Society urges NYU to issue statement
Students and community members mourned the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini and protested against the Iranian government during a vigil held in Washington Square Park on Sept. 29.
Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro joins NYU Reads panel
Kazuo Ishiguro, who authored this year’s NYU Reads selection “Klara and the Sun,” discussed his novel and creative writing process during a panel with NYU students and faculty.
Mask mandate removal changes little for mostly maskless students
NYU dropped its mask mandate for classrooms and the library on Sept. 28, but the number of students wearing masks in Bobst on the first day of the policy reversal barely changed.
Cleaning staff at NYU Paris enter dorms unannounced
Cleaning staff have walked in on NYU Paris students without knocking, prompting safety concerns.
Chinatown munchies that are Mott Street Girls approved
Chowing down in Manhattan’s Chinatown? Here are tips and tricks from the Mott Street Girls for whenever you travel south of West Fourth Street.
Explained: The contract dispute between NYU and its adjunct faculty union
ACT-UAW Local 7902, the union representing adjunct workers at NYU, has begun voting to authorize a strike if negotiations for a new contract with the university fail.
New plan to put cameras in every subway car won’t help, students say
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to install two cameras in each subway car by 2025 after a shooting on a Brooklyn train in April.
To critics of ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’: Let movies be stupid again, please
Described as “Euphoria With Knives” by New York Times critic Lena Wilson, Halina Reijn’s spirited Gen Z slasher “Bodies Bodies Bodies” garnered some negative first impressions from viewers who either didn’t realize it was satire or hate fun.
Respite for NYU student parents as COVID restrictions ease
A student parent who was previously told she could not bring her unvaccinated 3-month-old inside university buildings can now do so due to the recent COVID-19 policy change.
