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Protesters set up Gaza Solidarity Encampment outside Paulson Center
The encampment is the second to be organized on campus, after the first was swept by police Monday evening.
Adrianna Nehme, Carmo Moniz, Mariapaula Gonzalez and Yezen Saadah
• April 26, 2024
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Students and faculty set up pro-Palestinian encampment at Gould Plaza
The demonstration follows similar encampments at Columbia University and Yale University, where student protesters have been arrested.
Adrianna Nehme, Carmo Moniz, Mariapaula Gonzalez, Yezen Saadah and Dharma Niles
• April 22, 2024
![Police officers in what look like biker helmets stand around the entrance to a subway station. Behind them, people are marching. One person holds a small Palestinian flag, and two hold up posters.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/news-columbiaprotest-2-1200x798.jpg)
NYU students join hundreds at Columbia pro-Palestinian encampment
More than 100 student protesters were arrested at the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” at Columbia University on Thursday afternoon. NYU students and faculty were reportedly not among those arrested.
Mariapaula Gonzalez, Staff Writer
• April 19, 2024
![Students gathered in the Paulson Center lobby with a sign saying “N.Y.U. HAS BLOOD ON ITS HANDS” in black and red font with red paint handprints. A Palestinian flag is hanging on the window behind them.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/news-paulsonprotest-1200x900.jpg)
Over 150 hold demonstration outside Paulson, attempt to enter lobby
The university said a student encouraged a group of non-NYU affiliated protesters to enter the building.
Mariapaula Gonzalez, Staff Writer
• April 2, 2024
![A protester holds a mock newspaper called “The New York Crimes” with the headline “STOP THE PRESSES! FREE PALESTINE!”](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/news-protest-1200x801.jpg)
Students protest media coverage of Israel-Hamas war at journalism career fair
A small group of students protested coverage of the war by various news outlets during a career fair hosted by the journalism department.
Mariapaula Gonzalez, Staff Writer
• April 1, 2024
![A lecture hall with students sitting in the foreground and two men sitting around a Palestinian flag.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/KH_01867.png)
NYU restricts SJP event access, citing admin concerns of ‘contentious speakers’ on college campuses
The university closed public access to a Students for Justice in Palestine event last week, and a similar event was postponed by another student-led organization earlier this month.
Mariapaula Gonzalez, Staff Writer
• March 14, 2024
![A tall building complex with protruding glass windows under construction. Across the street from the construction site is a row of buildings with brown brick exteriors. The road sign indicates that the building is on Bleecker Street.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ops-educategentrification-1-900x600.jpg)
NYU’s yearslong history with the Turner Construction Company
The university hired Turner to construct the Paulson Center months after filing a lawsuit against the company accusing it of building faulty flood protections.
Mariapaula Gonzalez, Staff Writer
• February 20, 2024
![To the right there is a sign on a brick wall that reads, ‘New York University School of Law.’ Behind that wall is the entrance of a brick building.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/news-immigrantrightsclinic-1200x800.jpg)
Inside NYU’s Immigrant Rights Clinic
Every year, up to 12 NYU Law students participate in the school’s Immigrant Rights Clinic, where they provide legal representation in immigration cases.
Mariapaula Gonzalez, Staff Writer
• February 13, 2024
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A look inside the student government’s budget
NYU’s student government receives an operating budget of around $500,000 every academic year. Last year, it spent the most on Violet 100 programming, conference funding and stipends, with thousands of dollars also put toward a banquet and retreats.
Graylin Lucas and Mariapaula Gonzalez
• November 29, 2023
![An illustration of a letter titled Statement by N.Y.U. M.L.K. Scholars For a Liberated Palestine displayed on a laptop screen in front of a dark purple background. The first two paragraphs of the letter are enlarged on top of the screen.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/news-mlkprogramletter-1200x800.jpg)
MLK Scholars condemn NYU response to Israel-Hamas war, call for shut-down of Tel Aviv site
A group of students in the MLK Scholars program recently signed a letter to President Linda Mills and other administrators criticizing the university’s response to the Israel-Hamas war.
Mariapaula Gonzalez, Contributing Writer
• November 28, 2023
![Three banners, each reading “Free Palestine,” “Shut Down N.Y.U. Tel Aviv” and “Cease-fire and De-occupy,” hang from the staircases in the Bobst Library.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/news-palestineevent-1200x800.jpg)
Pro-Palestinian faculty group hosts teach-in on campus
NYU’s Faculty for Justice in Palestine hosted a discussion on the Israel-Hamas war, Palestinian history and how the university has responded to the conflict.
Mariapaula Gonzalez, Contributing Writer
• November 13, 2023
![A portrait of a person with brown and silver hair, wearing long silver earrings.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/indigenous-center.jpeg)
NYU announces Center for Indigenous Studies, will establish new major
The university’s new center, which is slated to open in spring 2024, will provide a dedicated space for Indigenous students on campus and launch an Indigenous Studies major.
Adrianna Nehme and Mariapaula Gonzalez
• October 24, 2023
![A birds-eye-view of Manhattans skyline.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/news-housing-samson.jpg)
Study proposes solutions to housing shortages in big cities
A recent study by NYU and Columbia University researchers suggested that many U.S. office spaces could be converted into affordable housing units.
Mariapaula Gonzalez and Salma Badr
• September 25, 2023
![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
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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