All content by Mellak Abduelal
![As NYU’s Greek life undergoes changes to promote a more welcoming community for students, one question remains: Can Greek life escape its infamous stereotypes? (Illustration by Max Van Hosen)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/uta-greeklife-900x675.jpeg)
Can Greek Life at NYU Evolve With the Times?
When staying up to date with current events becomes a personal crisis, it’s clear it is time to make a change.
Mellak Abduelal, Contributing Writer
• April 30, 2023
![An illustration of a black-and-light-purple direction pole against a dark purple background. The pole has five different signs that individually read: “What is L.S?,” “G.L.S.?,” “Transfer?,” ‘Major?” and “r/nyu.”](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/liberal-studies-susan-900x675.png)
The case for Liberal Studies
One Liberal Studies first-year on the program that so many newly accepted NYU students find themselves in.
Mellak Abduelal, Staff Writer
• April 18, 2022
![An illustration of a glass tipped over with liquid flowing from it. The liquid is flowing into a cigarette butt that has smoke billowing up from it.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/UTA-illustration-4-9-900x625.png)
When you left
A collection of poems about living in the wake of heartbreak.
Mellak Abduelal, Staff Writer
• April 11, 2022
![(Staff Illustration by Natalia Palacino Camargo)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Natalia_Palacino_Camargo_Dating_Abroad-900x675.png)
Amore abroad
Students at NYU’s Florence campus share their stories of dating while studying away.
Mellak Abduelal, Contributing Writer
• February 14, 2022
![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