Katherine Welander, Deputy Managing Editor
Staff Recs: Seniors’ best pieces of advice
WSN’s soon-to-be graduates offer their words of wisdom on topics from apartment hunting to cultivating friendships.
The Frick Collection’s Gilded Age time capsule has finally reopened
After five years of renovations, the Frick Collection reopened on April 17, 2025 with new galleries, exhibition spaces and restored decor.
Review: The Jewish Museum’s Rembrandt exhibition promises more of the artist than it delivers
What “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt” lacks in Rembrandt, it makes up for in intriguing cultural comparison.
Review: ‘RicanVisions’ exhibits the rich artistic traditions of Puerto Rican artists
The NYU Latinx Project exhibition features 19 artists from Puerto Rico and its diaspora.
Out of Bounds: Major sports news out of Spain, France and Argentina
Out of Bounds is a weekly column by WSN covering major athletic developments at and around NYU’s campuses and study away sites.
Review: ‘Toward Joy’ builds new frameworks for American art
Drawing on Black feminist theory, the Brooklyn Museums’ American Art galleries offer a groundbreaking critique of museum collecting practices.
Books beyond Bobst: A play about an artist, a novel spanning 300 years and more
Books beyond Bobst is a book-rec column highlighting what NYU students are reading now, outside of their classes. If you’re in need of a new read, look no further.
Staff Predictions: Men’s and women’s soccer start conference play
Both teams will travel to Cleveland to face their first UAA opponents.
Review: ‘Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance’ at The Met reveals the hidden and revels in the personal
The museum’s latest exhibition features roughly 60 Renaissance portraits, and celebrates the ingenuity of the era’s double-sided and hidden portraiture.
Books beyond Bobst: A science-fiction novel, a multifaceted memoir and more
Books beyond Bobst is a book-rec column highlighting what NYU students are reading now, outside of their classes. If you’re in need of a new read, look no further.
Staff Rants: Springing in and out of spring
It’s the beginning of March, which means spring is just around the corner! WSN staff shares their thoughts about the changing season.
Smaller art institutions deserve our attention
NYU students have free and reduced-cost admissions to museums across the city, yet many of these smaller museums tend to be overlooked.
Opinion: Students deserve to know why the Kimmel staircase is closed
The university’s decision to close the Grand Staircase in Kimmel last October is a nuisance for students trying to get to class.
Staff Rants: Holiday Overload
It's the end of the term, which means it's the holiday season! WSN staff shares their thoughts about it — the good and the bad, but mostly the bad.
Opinion: Thanksgiving Recess leaves out-of-state and international students stranded
During NYU’s short, three-day Thanksgiving break, many international and out-of-state students find themselves alone in their dorms, missing out on valuable time with missed friends and family.
Off-Third: NYU takes course registration completely off the grid
After many complaints about Albert’s course registration system, the university announced it would make the program entirely analog — paper, pigeons, trolls and all.
Opinion: NYU’s course registration is outdated
The university’s system for course registration is counterintuitive — and in need of a long overdue update.
