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New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

All content by Audrey Abrahams
(Manasa Gudavalli for WSN)

NYU AAUP report reveals ‘special relationship’ between Mills and pro-Israeli Facebook mom

President Linda Mills has repeatedly communicated with a parent now calling for the deportation of pro-Palestinian protesters.
Audrey Abrahams, Staff Writer February 3, 2025

President Linda Mills has maintained close correspondence with an NYU parent and founder of an influential Facebook group that pressures universities to sanction pro-Palestinian...

An overhead shot of students sitting inside Bobst library. You can see the Palestinian flag and various banners next to them.

Students and faculty call for divestment from Israel at Bobst

Members of the on-campus group Shut it Down NYU occupied the library’s 12th floor, where they criticized administrators for allegedly retracting an agreement to disclose the university’s investments.
Audrey Abrahams and Kaitlyn Sze Tu December 12, 2024

A group of 13 students and faculty sat outside administrators’ offices on Bobst Library’s top floor and dozens more held a pro-Palestinian sit-in in its main lobby at 3 p.m....

A building that says “N.Y.U. Langone Health”.

NYU Langone to expand pediatric care on Long Island with $11.5 million clinic

The Long Island hospital’s application for the expansion cited an anticipated uptick in pediatric patient visits in upcoming years.
Audrey Abrahams, Staff Writer December 3, 2024

NYU Langone Health is planning to expand its pediatric services on Long Island with a proposed $11.5 million clinic in Nassau County, following an application the hospital filed...

The exterior of the main entrance of N.Y.U. Langone Health center, located at 550 First Ave.

Researchers at NYU Langone deem kidney transplants between HIV-positive people safe

Expanding the use of HIV-positive kidneys would make transplants more accessible, according to researchers at the medical center.
Audrey Abrahams, Staff Writer November 25, 2024

Kidney transplants between HIV-positive donors and recipients are just as safe as those from HIV-negative donors, researchers at NYU Langone Health found. Prior to a study published...

A building that says “N.Y.U. Langone Health”.

NYU Langone holds nation’s lowest heart attack mortality rate

Directors at the medical center said NYU Langone Health took a holistic approach to cardiology care to achieve its 7.7% mortality rate for heart attack patients.
Audrey Abrahams, Staff Writer November 11, 2024

NYU Langone Health has the lowest heart attack patient mortality rate in the United States at nearly half of the national average — which directors at the hospital’s cardiology...

A purple N.Y.U. flag with a white torch symbol hangs from a pole outside a building.

Faculty revisit concern over deans’ ‘unchecked, arbitrary power’

NYU’s tenured faculty argued that changes to the faculty handbook don’t allow for fair disciplinary hearings processes.
Audrey Abrahams, Staff Writer October 30, 2024

A committee of tenured faculty reintroduced concerns regarding a change in university policy that transfers jurisdiction over disciplinary proceedings from faculty committees to...

A hand holds a piece of paper up with the words “LANDMARK N.Y.E.E.I.!” written on it.

The fight to landmark the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

The historic East Village building has become a prominent site for disability rights advocacy as the infirmary faces threats to disperse across Manhattan.
Audrey Abrahams, Staff Writer October 21, 2024

In 1820, two New York physicians founded the Western Hemisphere’s first specialized eye hospital off an intersection in lower Chinatown. For three decades, the hospital was in...

N.Y.U. Grossman School of Medicine building. It is a red brick building. People are walking outside the building and a large sign with “NYU Grossman School of Medicine'' is in the front.

How Langone’s drug education program is reaching citywide youth

The school’s Prevention Education Partnership has taught students about substance abuse at hundreds of schools across all five boroughs.
Audrey Abrahams, Staff Writer October 1, 2024

Amid a worsening overdose crisis in New York City, health care providers have worked with over 500 schools and community programs to hold drug and alcohol education courses through...

A building that says “N.Y.U. Langone Health”.

Surgeons at NYU Langone perform first fully robotic lung transplant in the US

The NYU Langone Transplant Institute is the third health system in the world to use robotics during the procedure.
Audrey Abrahams, Staff Writer September 23, 2024

A team of surgeons at NYU Langone Health performed the first fully robotic lung transplant in the nation, making the medical center the third-ever health system in the world to...

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Review: Samia confesses all in ‘Honey’

Samia’s sophomore album is an exciting experiment in absolute honesty.
Audrey Abrahams, Contributing Writer February 9, 2023

There's an ugly side to everyone’s personality. We usually struggle to hide our darkest thoughts and spontaneous explosions of emotion, but in Samia’s sophomore album “Honey,”...

An illustration of the covers of three books by Deborah Levy against a light blue background. From left to right: “The Man Who Saw Everything,” “Hot Milk,” “An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell.”

Reading Guide: Fall in love with Deborah Levy

Deborah Levy’s writing has the bittersweet simplicity of Hemingway and the intriguing strangeness of Murakami with a key element both authors lack: well-developed female characters.
Audrey Abrahams, Contributing Writer October 28, 2022

Deborah Levy’s fiction is bewitching and addictive. If schoolwork is leaving you with little free time, Levy’s short books are quick but impactful reads that are worth sparing...

Models walking down runway.

Bosideng’s down jacket dystopia

With a futuristic flair, Bosideng’s Spring/Summer 2023 collection was all things puffer.
Audrey Abrahams, Contributing Writer September 12, 2022

Bosideng, the largest down fabric clothing brand in China, has been an innovator in outerwear technology since 1975. In recent years, it has been pushing into the world of luxury...