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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

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

Washington Square News

All content by Sam Donagi
The Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. (Isabel Albors for WSN)

NYU’s annual Detention and Deportation Conference means something different this year

Over a dozen experts convened to tackle what rising immigration arrests mean for America today.
Sam Donagi and Dylan Schmidt October 17, 2025

“This conference on immigration and detention and deportation has become a radical act. It’s sad, but it’s true,” migration scholar and keynote speaker Allison Mountz told...

(Ivy Chan for WSN)

Drag opera nights, social justice organizing and … Sunday service?

Across the street from Washington Square Park, Judson Memorial Church has stood for over a century as a community space at the intersection of arts, faith and activism.
Sam Donagi, Copy Editor October 17, 2025

55 Washington Square S represents much more than another building students pass on their way to class. Adorned with pride flags and Black Lives Matter banners, Judson Memorial...

NYU’s Abu Dhabi campus. (Sam Klein for WSN)

NYU Abu Dhabi develops LED-light pill for gut examination

The ingestible technology can help experts identify digestive and metabolic disorders without performing surgery.
Sam Donagi, Copy Editor September 23, 2025

Researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi and the Tandon School of Engineering spearheaded the development of an ingestible device with LED light technology that could transform the way doctors...