All content by Sydni Johnson
![People are sitting around a table with red solo cups and bottles of Canada Dry. Some of them are holding paint brushes.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/arts-black-artists-collective-feature-1200x657.jpg)
Need a creative safe space? The Collective has Black students covered
One of NYU’s best safe spaces invites Black students to freely rest and create.
Sydni Johnson, Contributing Writer
• October 20, 2023
![An illustration of a woman with curly red hair and a gold hair decoration wearing a purple shell-shaped top.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/image-900x900.png)
‘The Little Mermaid’ will offer a window into a new world
How Halle Bailey’s portrayal of Ariel positively impacts Black girls and women.
Sydni Johnson, Contributing Writer
• May 5, 2023
![Noelia Carrasco plays the cello wearing a dark blue sweater.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2D530848-AE7C-4B12-A54E-1B75688EFD36-900x585.jpg)
Grammy-winning NYU student on uplifting Black female composers
Noelia Carrasco, a talented cellist who studies cello performance at NYU, speaks on the process of recording an album at the height of the pandemic and the importance of representation in music.
Sydni Johnson, Contributing Writer
• March 6, 2023
![Three women stand on stage with a wooden stool in the middle of them. On the left is a woman wearing a blue tank top and black yoga pants holding up both of her fists; on the right is a woman wearing a blue t-shirt and blue jeans holding her right fist over her head; in the middle of them is a woman wearing a gray hoodie and blue jeans trying to stop the other two women from fighting.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/arts-FUKT-theater-review.jpg)
Review: ‘FUKT’ reminds us that it’s never too late to redefine ourselves
Emma Goldman-Sherman’s ‘FUKT’ is an uplifting tale that shows how childhood trauma doesn’t ultimately define us.
Sydni Johnson, Contributing Writer
• November 29, 2022
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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