Portraits
![Hear Her Roar: The Voices More Than Ambient Noise](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Chandler-Collage-copy-900x600.jpg)
Hear Her Roar: The Voices More Than Ambient Noise
In the professional world and on student-film sets, female-identifying Film and TV students at Tisch encounter the repercussions of an industry dominated by white men and continue to fight for change.
Chandler Crump, Staff Writer
• May 7, 2020
![Illustrated by Alejandra Arevalo.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_0076-900x660.jpg)
Encountering Trauma in the Classroom
Black students often view racially traumatic images, videos and readings for the sake of learning, and that exposure can take a lasting toll on their emotional and mental health.
Tatyana Tandanpolie, Contributing Writer
• April 20, 2020
![Illustration by Charlie Dodge.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/milenka-copy-900x675.jpg)
Magic and Glitter in Brooklyn: Interpreting the World Through Drag
In this audio profile, Gallatin sophomore Milenka Bermanova discusses being a nonbinary drag performer while dealing with alopecia, a rare autoimmune disease and how it informs their art.
Mandie Montes, UTA Senior Editor
• April 13, 2020
![Andrea Serrano lives with her family in Queens. The struggle to balance both the responsibility of being a student as well as caring for ones family can extract a toll on the mental health of a commuter. (Photo by Andrea Serrano. Staff Illustration by Rachel Lee.)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Andrea-900x553.jpg)
More Than Just Train Delays: What Being a Commuter Really Means
NYU commuters share how commuting affected their college experience socially, professionally and mentally, prior to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Rachel Lee, Staff Writer
• April 6, 2020
![(Staff Illustration by Sammy Tavassoli)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screenshot-UTA-Winter.jpg)
The Challenge of Navigating an Intersectional Identity as a Queer Student of Color
Students discuss the tools they use for self-acceptance when their queer identities clash with the cultural norms they associate with home.
Sammy Tavassoli, Under the Arch Deputy Editor
• March 30, 2020
![As commuter students, Sarah Elfarra (left) and Melanie Mohsen (right), spend their time between classes on the fourth floor of G-CASL to be close to the mosque prayer space. (Photo by Ali Zimmerman)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/3-900x600.jpg)
Making Space for Religion at Secular NYU
At a secular institution like NYU, being a devout student of faith can be an isolating experience, but within religious centers, tight-knit student networks offer support and friendship.
Ali Zimmerman, Staff Writer
• February 3, 2020
![Illustration by Charlie Dodge.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Image-from-iOS-2.png)
This Should Have Never Happened To You
In these video-diaries, three survivors of sexual violence share their stories of experiencing assault and the way it affected their lives.
Anna-Dmitry Muratova, Lu Limanowski and Claire Feng
• January 27, 2020
![Tandon graduate student and FCBR midfielder Abel Kumar (first row center) and his teammates after their game against World 9. (Photo by Alejandra Arevalo)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-26-at-1.59.37-PM-900x672.png)
Pier 40 is a Soccer Oasis in a Concrete Desert
NYU soccer aficionados have found an international community in the worn-down fields of Pier 40.
Alejandra Arevalo, Contributing Writer
• November 27, 2019
![NiNi Dongnier in rehearsal for Messiah with Robert Wilson. (Photo by Chloé Bellemère)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Messiah-900x600.jpg)
Field Work in Motion: NiNi Dongnier on Designing Interactive Spaces
A recent Tisch alumna continues her research with interactive material at The Watermill Center & The Movement Lab at Barnard College.
Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes, Under the Arch Voices Editor
• November 26, 2019
![First-year Kim DePass, bundled up on a cold day, enjoys the final days of fall in Washington Square Park on Saturday. “In any aspect of academics, I want to continue to learn history about my identity,” DePass said. (Photo by Mandie Montes)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/FAL4-900x675.jpg)
‘No Two Latinxs Are the Same’: Afro-Latinx Academics Carve Out Their Space at NYU
Afro-Latinx students, peers and professors find community in academia and re-learning history.
Mandie Montes, Deputy Copy Chief
• November 25, 2019
![Home is Where the Stomach Is](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Cover-pic-900x610.jpeg)
Home is Where the Stomach Is
How culturally authentic food has become many students’ primary token of home and a way for them to reconnect with their native cultures.
Sammy Tavassoli, Staff Writer
• November 22, 2019
![Tandon Transfers Discuss the Struggles of Leaving](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/TandonCoverPhoto-copy-900x601.jpg)
Tandon Transfers Discuss the Struggles of Leaving
Former Tandon students discuss their reasons for transferring out of Tandon and the struggles that came with the process.
Kiara Royce, Contributing Writer
• November 18, 2019
![A purple N.Y.U. flag hangs on a building.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/news-childaistudy-1200x800.jpg)
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • July 9, 2024
![Students stream past the clay-colored main entrance of Bobst Library on a bright fall afternoon. The green scenery of Washington Square Park is reflected off the library’s windows.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/news-sustainability-900x600.jpg)
Julia Smerling, Photo Editor • June 18, 2024
![A woman with brown hair and a blue shirt.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/dopico.jpeg)
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • June 18, 2024
![A woman dressed in red and holding a purple sign that reads NYU is Complicit in Genocide.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RallyForHesen-3-1200x800.jpg)
Mikaylah Du, Under the Arch Editor • June 15, 2024