Ania Keenan, Features Editor
A search firm failed to find misconduct allegations against NYU’s former athletics director. Here’s why.
A search firm executive and a director of hiring at a top university said executive search firms like the ones used in higher-level hiring decisions by NYU can miss key information on applicants’ criminal backgrounds and details kept in internal misconduct records.
NYU announces new athletics director, Jake Olkkola
Olkkola will be NYU’s first permanent athletics director since the university’s previous director, Stuart Robinson, left last semester following an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against him.
How NYU has operated programs in Cuba for years, despite travel restrictions
The university has sent groups of students to the country since 2002 through a license provided by the federal government.
Staff Rants: New beginnings or old complaints?
WSN staff shares their thoughts on the beginning of the 2024 spring semester.
U.S. State Department official discusses media and diplomacy at roundtable discussion
The head of the Bureau of Global Public Affairs spoke to students and faculty at the Tisch School of the Arts about the intersection between entertainment and diplomacy.
NYU rejects student demands to shut down Tel Aviv site at Bobst protest
Student groups protested outside Bobst Library on Thursday, calling for NYU to shut down its study abroad program in Tel Aviv.
Staff Rants: Spooky season
Our staff shares their thoughts on Halloween.
HR dismissed complaints about former athletics director, sources say
A human resources representative at NYU’s athletics department allegedly told multiple staff members to “just suck it up” when they brought sexual harassment and misconduct complaints against the department’s former director.
NYU knew about allegations against former Athletics Director, source says
A former State University of New York, New Paltz student said she called NYU’s Title IX office about Stuart Robinson’s behavior shortly after he was hired at the university.
‘We’ve been suffering in silence’: NYU ignored misconduct complaints, sources say
Complaints about former Athletics Director Stuart Robinson’s behavior were ignored by human resources at the university, the sources allege.
Former employee sues NYU, alleging racial discrimination in Athletics Department
The plaintiff claimed that he was paid less than other directors in the department because of his race. The university denies the allegations.
NYU breaks ties with athletics director after sexual harassment allegations
Stuart Robinson is no longer employed at NYU, according to an email from an administrator to the athletics department.
University denies foul play after adjuncts’ courses changed
NYU is attributing shifts in adjunct course assignments to pandemic-related enrollment and budget changes, but the union representing adjuncts says the university is undermining their job security.
Athletics director placed on administrative leave after alleged inappropriate behavior
Sources told WSN that Athletics Director Stuart Robinson was placed on administrative leave due to misconduct accusations.
‘Lessons were learned’: CAS vote revises election rules, but president-elect to stay
Schoolwide vote passes amendments to student government election code and affirms results of student council presidential race.
Recipient of $12,500 NYU journalism award will report on climate crisis
Adam Willis, a reporter for the local news nonprofit The Baltimore Banner, received NYU’s Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award.
NYU Law dean confronts protesters for heckling Israeli politician
Dozens of pro-Palestine students protested an event hosted at NYU Law last Thursday that featured an Israeli politician.
CAS student council to hold schoolwide vote on campaign rules
After a candidate was disqualified from the CAS Student Council presidential election last week, the council has decided that the student body should have the chance to vote on proposed election guideline changes.
Ryan Carney elected next NYU student government chair
NYU’s Student Government Assembly elected Ryan Carney, a senior in Liberal Studies, as its new chair.
CAS student council ousts president candidate from election
One of two presidential candidates for the CAS Student Council was removed from the election at a meeting on Tuesday after being charged with two campaign violations.
NYU receives $2 million to study suicide prevention hotline
The National Institute of Mental Health awarded researchers at the university’s School of Global Public Health to study how suicide hotlines impact care.
‘It pains me that you are in pain,’ Tandon dean says to disgruntled graduates
Aggravated students from NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering, unhappy that they will not be able to walk across the stage at graduation this year, sat down with their dean at a town hall on Wednesday.
‘Totally unpredictable’: NYU class discovers new fluid flow laws
A simple mathematics exercise turned into a three-year-long study as researchers discovered limitations in the laws of fluid dynamics.
Trump rally outside Manhattan DA’s office sees scant attendance
A small group of protesters was surrounded by reporters outside of the Manhattan District Attorney’s office on Monday as they protested the potential indictment of former president Donald Trump.
