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Students at NYU join hundreds in Oct. 7 demonstrations

Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli student organizations rallied in Washington Square Park to commemorate the loss of life since the start of the war in Gaza.
Samantha Hong and Vasily Belousov October 8, 2024

Hundreds of students at NYU hosted and joined demonstrations and commemorations across campus on Monday, one year after Hamas’ attacks on Israel. The attacks, as well as Israel’s...

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NYU Marron Institute receives $20 million to help fund citywide sustainability goals

New York City is partnering with NYU’s Marron Institute of Urban Management to help buildings comply with new carbon emissions laws.
Mariapaula Gonzalez, Deputy News Editor October 7, 2024

NYU’s Marron Institute of Urban Management will use a $19.9 million federal grant to work with the city on projects supporting new sustainability laws. In collaboration with...

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NYU receives federal funding for cybersecurity research center

One of seven nationwide, the center will focus on finding security threats to sustainable infrastructure.
Dharma Niles, News Editor October 4, 2024

The U.S. Department of Energy has commissioned NYU to establish a research center that will help combat cyber threats to sustainable infrastructure, adding it to the network of...

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Tisch grad student workers criticize updated conduct policies in letter to admin

Students and alumni from the Department of Cinema Studies claimed that NYU violated its contract with its graduate student worker union by requiring that students complete the “How We Engage” modules on Brightspace.
Liyana Illyas, Deputy News Editor October 3, 2024

A group of graduate student workers at the Tisch School of the Arts sent a letter to the cinema studies department and NYU administration, demanding that the university remove...

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How Adams’ indictment could affect NYU

Higher education experts spoke with WSN about potential impacts of Eric Adams’ indictment on NYU’s operations, particularly concerning police on campus and zoning laws.
Mariapaula Gonzalez, Deputy News Editor October 2, 2024

New York City mayor Eric Adams was indicted last Wednesday on charges of fraud, bribery and conspiracy, inciting a slew of calls for his resignation from politicians and observers....

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Professor sues NYU over ‘gender-based hostility’ at Abu Dhabi campus

The lawsuit details the conduct and communications that allegedly led to the termination of Kanchan Chandra’s tenure at the site.
Adrianna Nehme, Deputy Managing Editor October 1, 2024

A politics professor at NYU is suing the university and its Abu Dhabi campus, alleging that she experienced “immediate and visceral retaliation” for expressing concerns about...

NYU students gather for a vigil in Washington Square Park mourning the loss of life in Lebanon on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024 in New York.

Editorial: NYU needs to talk about Lebanon. Publicly.

The university has a rich history of speaking out against global injustices. Where is it now when hundreds have been killed in Lebanon?
WSN Editorial Board September 29, 2024

On Feb. 24, 2022, former NYU president Andrew Hamilton condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In fact, he didn’t just condemn it — he called it an “unwarranted and unprovoked...

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RAs win majority vote to unionize

The union, which now officially represents hundreds of RAs at NYU, is demanding increased compensation and improved working conditions for resident assistants on campus.
Aashna Miharia, News Editor September 27, 2024

Student Workers at NYU now officially represents 280 resident assistants on campus, following a majority vote to unionize earlier this week — the latest development in the group’s...

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Students hold vigil in Washington Square Park to mourn deaths in Lebanon and Palestine

Dozens gathered under the Washington Square Arch on Tuesday to grieve the hundreds of lives lost in the ongoing conflicts in Lebanon and Palestine.
Liyana Illyas, Deputy News Editor September 26, 2024

More than 40 people, including NYU students and faculty members, gathered in Washington Square Park on Tuesday night to mourn the hundreds of lives lost in Israel’s escalating...

(Krish Dev and Qianshan Weng for WSN)

Student groups refuse to complete online modules reiterating updated conduct policy

The mandatory modules instructs returning students to agree to the university’s student conduct guidelines, which were updated last month.
Addison Alvarado and Zahraa Al-Saif September 25, 2024

On-campus student groups are refusing to complete a set of modules on Brightspace reviewing NYU’s student conduct and non-discrimination policies, the People’s Solidarity Coalition...

NYU rises 5 spots in this year’s U.S. News rankings

NYU rises 5 spots in this year’s U.S. News rankings

The university is now ranked 30th on the list, following a 10-spot decline last year.
Dharma Niles and Krish Dev September 24, 2024

NYU rose five spots in the annual U.S. News & World Report’s national university rankings, placing it at No. 30 among nearly 436 four-year institutions.  The increase...