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Trump Administration

Protest against NYU Langone Health denying gender-affirming care to children on Feb. 3, 2025. (Danny Arensberg for WSN)

NYU Langone subpoenaed for records on gender-affirming care

In the subpoena, a U.S. attorney’s office in Texas requested the medical center share information about adolescent patients over the last six years and employees by June 10.
Zachary Karp, Deputy News Editor May 21, 2026

A federal prosecutor demanded NYU Langone Health disclose information about children who received gender-affirming care and any staff members involved in their treatment, via a...

NYU Grossman School of Medicine. (Manasa Gudavalli for WSN)

Grossman joins RFK Jr.’s nutrition education initiative

As part of his Make America Healthy Again movement, the health secretary urged medical schools to integrate a government framework for nutrition coursework.
Zachary Karp, Deputy News Editor March 10, 2026

NYU’s Grossman School of Medicine reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week to expand its required nutrition coursework, starting in...

(Kevin Wu for WSN)

NYU Law dropped from US military scholarship

The law school was named “moderate to high risk” and removed from a U.S. Department of Defense scholarship program, according to a leaked email.
Jason Alpert-Wisnia, Staff Writer February 20, 2026

The U.S. Department of Defense is severing military-sponsored scholarships for active-duty students attending the NYU School of Law due to an unspecified “risk,” according...

Gays Against Guns president Jay W. Walker speaks during the protest. (Jason Alpert-Wisnia for WSN)

Hundreds protest Trump administration’s pride flag removal at Stonewall Inn

City officials announced plans to reraise the national monument's pride flag on Thursday, after the federal government saw mass backlash for removing it to align with its national park policies.
Jason Alpert-Wisnia and Zachary Karp February 11, 2026

Around 200 community members gathered near the Stonewall National Monument on Tuesday afternoon to protest the Trump administration’s removal of a large pride flag from...

(Soham Makkena for WSN)

‘Fucking disgusting’: ICE shootings spur protests, walkout on campus

An anti-ICE walkout rallied over 70 students at Washington Square Park, before thousands flooded Union Square on Friday and Saturday to protest a recent string of deaths.
Zachary Karp, Deputy News Editor January 25, 2026

Over 70 students walked out of their classes on Friday and marched to Washington Square Park to protest the escalation of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement operations in...

(Ivy Chan for WSN)

NYU awaits guidance on admissions data release

The Trump administration is demanding universities release data detailing the race and sex of all applicants and admitted students.
Zachary Karp, Staff Writer November 26, 2025

NYU is “awaiting further guidance” from the federal government to share detailed applicant data with the Department of Education, as universities face mounting pressure from...

(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...

Ebtesham Ahmed leads a chant during rally in Garibaldi Plaza (Alex Woodworth for WSN)

Students rally for ‘no compliance’ with Trump administration in Washington Square Park

Members of NYU’s Students for a Democratic Society called for greater resistance to federal policies on immigration and transgender rights at its first protest of the semester.
Leena Ahmed, Deputy News Editor September 11, 2025

Over a dozen students gathered in Washington Square Park Wednesday evening, calling for NYU to declare itself a “sanctuary campus,” publicly pledge to protect transgender rights,...

(Alex Woodworth for WSN)

NYU has a ‘moral obligation’ to protect noncitizen students, immigration experts say

WSN spoke to three legal experts about the federal government’s recent onslaught against student visa holders and the university’s responsibility to protect its noncitizen affiliates.
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief May 1, 2025

Earlier this week, all NYU students who were affected by the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration had their legal status reactivated after the State Department faced...

(Alex Woodworth for WSN)

Professors call for sanctuary campus with off-site classes

Dozens of faculty members demanded improved resources for noncitizen students by moving their classes off campus.
Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor April 25, 2025

Over the past week, more than 50 professors moved their classes to churches, museums and online as part of a demonstration demanding that NYU increase its protections for international...

(Alex Woodworth for WSN)

Students hold cross-campus march for divestment, noncitizen support

NYU students also denounced President Linda Mills’ absence on a recent list of more than 200 university leaders decrying the Trump administration’s attack on higher education.
Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor April 25, 2025

Around 50 students from NYU, The New School and Cooper Union took to Washington Square Park on Thursday afternoon to demand the colleges divest from companies with ties to Israel...

A vehicle, parked on LaGuardia Place outside Bobst Library, displaying authorization from federal law enforcement. (Alex Woodworth for WSN)

You may have seen federal law enforcement roaming around campus. It’s Secret Service for Barron.

Secret Service vans at NYU stirred panic on April 1 as the Trump administration scaled efforts to detain and revoke visas of noncitizen students and faculty across college campuses.
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief April 24, 2025

Three weeks ago, students and faculty were alarmed to find blacked-out SUVs plastered with cards reading “Federal Law Enforcement” stationed at LaGuardia Place outside Bobst...