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Alternative Breaks: Substitute Lounging for Social Outreach

Alternative Breaks: Substitute Lounging for Social Outreach

Jemima McEvoy, News Editor April 24, 2017

NYU Alternative Breaks offers a service-oriented option for students who want to cast aside their sweatpants and Netflix subscriptions for service work during their spring...

NYU's Prison Education Program seeks to educate incarcerated individuals.

‘It Started in Prison’

Sayer Devlin, Deputy News Editor April 24, 2017

CAS junior Jose Diaz was hoping to be transferred to Attica Correctional Facility, a prison with TVs. Instead he was transferred to Auburn Correctional Facility. Though Auburn...

Selly Djap

Pamela Jew, Staff Writer April 20, 2017

Looking across the ocean as a child, Selly Djap drew inspiration from the depths of the surrounding Indonesian waters. That inspiration was later transformed into her most...

Designer: Delaney Beem Model: Clara Chen

Delaney Beem

Michaela Hoffman, Violet Vision Editor April 20, 2017

Although many designers work toward lessening fashion’s carbon footprint, up-and-coming designer Delaney Beem innovates with eco-fashion, which puts her at the forefront...

Ryan Andrewsen

Thomas Chou, Staff Writer April 20, 2017

For Gallatin junior Ryan Andrewsen, sustainability and fashion go hand in hand. An up-and-coming designer, Andrewsen’s body of work and study mainly focus on environmental...

Assistant Professor Janet Van Cleave won the 2017 Nursing Research Authorship Award for her study on how to prevent costly and debilitating hospitalizations.

Rory Meyers Professor Awarded 2017 Nursing Research Authorship Award

Ana Burris, Contributing Writer April 17, 2017
NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing Assistant Professor Dr. Janet Van Cleave was awarded the 2017 Eastern Nursing Research Society Award.

Daily Changes to Save the Environment

Jordan Reynolds, Highlighter Editor April 17, 2017
A listicle of small actions that NYU students can do in their day-to-day lives to help save the environment.
The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy was devastating for many. (via flickr.com)

NYU Program Aids Recovery in Disaster-Stricken Communities

Arushi Sahay, Staff Writer April 17, 2017
NYU’s Population Impact, Recovery, and Resilience program examines disaster stricken communities and assesses the disaster recovery process.
WSN outlines the timeline of NYU Divest, an activist group advocating for divesting from fossil-fuel investments to lower carbon footprints, from September 2016 to April 2017.

NYU Divest in 2016-2017

Natasha Roy, News Editor April 17, 2017
A timeline of the actions that NYU Divest since its conception.
CAS senior Darshan Mahabare teaches a classroom of children, mothers, teachers and social workers in Mumbai how to wash their hands. Mahabare, alongside Kanyon Iwami, is a representative of KickToChange, an organization that raises funds by teaching soccer in order to provide hygiene kits for communities that need it.

NYU Seniors’ NGO Changes World With Soccer

Shawn Paik, Editor-at-Large April 17, 2017
Two CAS seniors created a startup, KickToChange, which is designed to generate revenue through teaching soccer lessons, and use the profits to package hygiene kits for people in India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
There are many opportunities for NYU students to make an environmental impact, such as participating in NYU Divest or the Community Agriculture Project.

How Can NYU Students Make An Impact?

Natasha Roy, News Editor April 17, 2017
A rundown of all the ways that students at NYU can get involved with environmental activism.
Central Park

Exposure | Finding Peace in the Environment

Veronica Liow, Euan Prentis and Julia Saliba April 17, 2017
New York City can be overwhelming. Documented in this exposure are various places students, both in New York and abroad, can venture off to to feel more connected with nature.