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Victor Porcelli, News Editor
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BDS Resolution Meets Resistance
Some students studying away at NYU Tel Aviv wrote a letter in response to a resolution that would have NYU sever ties with companies tied to Israel.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• December 3, 2018
![The NYU Abu Dhabi campus. (Courtesy of Aizaz Ansari/The Gazelle)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1-900x600.jpg)
Faculty To Discuss Academic Freedom at NYUAD
Professors hope to take action where they feel NYU’s administration has not in regards to the universities relationship with the United Arab Emirates.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• December 3, 2018
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Student Government Initiatives Gaining Traction, But Not Passed Yet
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• November 30, 2018
![Protestors assemble outside the steps of the Long Island City Courthouse. (Staff Photo by Victor Porcelli)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_3213-900x675.jpg)
Queens Residents Protest Amazon’s Arrival
Protestors gathered on a rainy Monday afternoon in Long Island City to protest the impending arrival of Amazon's new headquarters.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• November 27, 2018
![An aerial view of Shanghai. (Photo by Tony Wu)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/news-foreigngifts-shanghai-1-TonyWu-900x600.jpg)
$114M of NYU’s Gifts From Donors in China, UAE
Donations from China and the UAE to NYU totaled $114 million from 2012 to 2018.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• November 26, 2018
![Student Government Assembly Chairperson Jakiyah Bradley leads a November 2018 town hall on food insecurity. (Photo by Sam Klein)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/FoodSecurity_SamKlein-1-900x600.jpg)
Town Hall Highlights Few Resources for Food-Insecure International Students
Students affected by food insecurity came together to talk about the scope of the issue and how it is being dealt with at NYU.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• November 20, 2018
![A panoramic view of Hollywood, Los Angeles. NYU President Andrew Hamilton has announced that the university will be expanding its presence in Los Angeles. (Photo by Alex Domb)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/MG_6212-63-900x600.jpg)
Steinhardt Sets Sights on LA
With NYU looking to expand in LA, Steinhardt students now hope to take advantage of new opportunities in the City of Angels.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• November 19, 2018
![Graphic by Rachel Buigas-Lopez](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Forbes-01-900x817.png)
NYU Recipients React to Making Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List
Nineteen NYU community members made the list this year.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• November 19, 2018
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NYU’s Involvement in Amazon Bid Unclear
NYU President Andrew Hamilton has said the university was “part of the bid” to bring Amazon’s new headquarters to New York City.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• November 16, 2018
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Club Fest Is Now at Your Fingertips
A team led by a former student has created an app that will allow students to easily connect with clubs that match their interests.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• November 16, 2018
![NYU President Andrew Hamilton answers questions at a town hall in November regarding the Being@NYU survey results. (Photo by Sam Klein)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/20181114_untitled_shoot_DSC_8409-900x601.jpg)
Being@NYU Town Hall Highlights: Faculty Want Money, Students Want Inclusivity
In a presentation to students on the Being@NYU survey conducted by the university, President Andrew Hamilton addressed issues ranging from diversity at NYU, sexual misconduct, Aramark’s prison ties and the potential of a university program in Los Angeles.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• November 14, 2018
![A 50-year-old man was taken out of his home on 210 E. Ninth St. after causing a disturbance and throwing things down onto the street below. (Photo by Pamela Jew)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_9235-900x581.jpeg)
Man Threatens to Jump From Building Near Alumni Hall
Students near Alumni Residence Hall and the Barney Building stopped in their tracks as cops flooded the area and a landing pad appeared on the sidewalk.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• November 12, 2018
![The outside of NYU Langone Medical Center.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/image-900x599.png)
NYU to Open New Medical School on Long Island
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• November 8, 2018
![“Vote Here” signs in multiple languages outside the polling center in Brittany Hall. (Photo by Alina Patrick)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/LiveMidtermElections_AlinaPatrick_12-e1541656303542-900x477.jpg)
Democrats Clinch Control of State Senate for the First Time Since 2010
With Democrats in complete control of the New York state government, citizens may see abortion rights formally passed into law, single-payer healthcare and voting and campaign finance reform.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• November 8, 2018
![NYU President Andrew Hamilton speaks at a Fireside Chat event in Kimmel on Nov. 6, 2018. Hamilton announced at the event that NYU will open a new campus in Los Angeles.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/HamFireside_SamKlein-1-550x550-1.jpg)
NYU to Open Los Angeles Campus
At a fireside chat with administrators, Hamilton cited a large number of students already in Los Angeles as why Los Angeles makes sense to be NYU's next site.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• November 6, 2018
![A protest regarding transgender rights took place in Union Square Park on Friday. (Photo by Victor Porcelli)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_2670-900x675.jpg)
Transgender Activists Protest Trump, Prepare to Vote
With a push to rollback Obama-era policies that had expanded transgender rights, activists are protesting Trump and looking to elect representatives that oppose the possible changes.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• November 5, 2018
![Left to right: Senators-at-Large Rose Asaf and Bayan Abubakr, and Alternate Senator-at-Large Leen Dweik, wearing Keffiyehs, or scarfs to show solidarity with Palestine. (Photo by Victor Porcelli)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/image1-900x675.png)
Student Introduces BDS Resolution, to Vote by Secret Ballot
Divesting from pro-Israel corporations that violate Palestinian rights could harm Tandon students job prospects.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• November 2, 2018
![A float from this years NYC Halloween Parade. (Photo by Tony Wu)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/halloween-1-TonyWu-900x600.jpg)
New Yorkers Let Loose at Packed Halloween Parade
At the annual New York City Village Halloween Parade, WSN met a queen from Colombia, Bob and Linda Belcher and a cotton candy-costumed foodie.
Victor Porcelli and Meghna Maharishi
• October 31, 2018
![President Andy Hamilton delivered a remark before the Being@NYU results presentation on April 24 in Kimmel Rosenthal.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_0415-900x600.jpg)
Professors Spar With NYU Over Self-Expression on BDS
Students, professors and administrators react after the university released a statement about the 30-club boycott of NYU Tel Aviv.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• October 31, 2018
![A demonstration of the use of Virtual and Augmented Reality technology in motion capturing. (Photo by Victor Porcelli)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG-3097-900x675.jpg)
Alter Reality With Tandon’s New VR Hub
RLab, as the virtual and augmented reality hub is called, is backed by Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• October 25, 2018
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30 NYU Clubs Pledge ‘Non-Cooperation’ With NYU Tel Aviv
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• October 23, 2018
![Former HUD Secretary Julián Castro discusses issues in current US administration and the state of American opportunity with NPR Latino USA Anchor Maria Hinojosa in a Brennan Center public conversation on Tuesday. (Photo by Tony Wu)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/news-juliancastro-1-TonyWu-900x600.jpg)
Potential 2020 Presidential Candidate Speaks at NYU Law
Robert Coventry, and Victor Porcelli
• October 18, 2018
![The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement hopes to end support for Israel until the country ends occupation of Palestinian territory. (via bdsmovement.net)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/image-1.png)
BDS Resolution Alarms Pro-Israel Groups
NYU microcosm of the Israeli-Palestinian debate.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• October 15, 2018
![Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will be speaking at the Stern School of Business on Oct. 16 at 5 p.m. (Collage by Katie Peurrung; photos via flickr.com and Jake Quan)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/kissinger-by-katie-images-via-flickr-and-jake-quan-for-web-900x600.jpg)
Students Condemn ‘War Criminal’ Kissinger
Kissinger is slated to speak at the Stern School of Business on Tuesday.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• October 15, 2018
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Student Senators Continue Efforts to Divest From Israel With New Proposal
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• October 12, 2018
![Scaffolding is raised along West 4th Street around Bobst Library. (Photo by Tony Wu)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/news-constructions-1-TonyWu-900x600.jpg)
Construction on West 4th to End in November — Before Resuming in Spring
Wake me up when November ends.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• October 9, 2018
![Paul Romer, a professor at NYUs Stern School of Business, won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics. (Photo by Victor Porcelli)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/nobelprize-victor-e1539034385225-900x675.jpg)
Professor Wins Nobel Prize in Economics
Paul Romer was honored for his work in "integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis."
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• October 8, 2018
![President Hamilton Talks Avital Ronell, Trustees at University Senate Meeting](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/image1-900x900.png)
President Hamilton Talks Avital Ronell, Trustees at University Senate Meeting
Campus leaders convened Thursday for the first University Senate meeting of the 2018-2019 academic year.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• October 5, 2018
![An IEC protestors sign in the Kimmel Center for University Life on Wednesday.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IEC-protest_Katie-Peurrung_07-900x600.jpg)
With Its Contract Expiring, Student Activists Advocate for End to Aramark
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• September 26, 2018
![An installation made from death certificates of people who died from police brutality.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Popup_SamKlein-4-900x601.jpg)
Pop-up Museum Spotlights NYPD Failings
A new pop-up museum near campus hopes to bring attention to broken-windows policing.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• September 24, 2018
![(From left to right) Ben Zinevich, Rose Asaf, Leen Dweik and Bayan Abubakr.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/41595848_2101358853449601_7776868605370564608_n-900x675.jpg)
How Freedom of Information Could Look at NYU
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• September 17, 2018
![(From left to right) Ben Zinevich, Rose Asaf, Leen Dweik and Bayan Abubakr.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/41595848_2101358853449601_7776868605370564608_n-900x675.jpg)
Student Senators Take Another Shot At Board of Trustees Transparency
After resolutions for student and faculty representation on the board were rejected in July, Student Senators are proposing a new way to increase transparency.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• September 13, 2018
![Words from the Declaration of Independence are now etched on walls of the station.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG-2891-900x675.jpg)
Photo: 17 Years After 9/11, Cortlandt St. Station Reopens
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• September 11, 2018
![The exterior of Rubin Residence Hall, which is NYUs lowest cost first-year residence hall due to its absence of air conditioning.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Third-North_Veronica-Liow_-1-e1536670433932-900x775.jpg)
Rubin Will Cool Down — In Three Years
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• September 10, 2018
![Food Insecurity Programs Serve Only ‘Tip of the Iceberg’](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/mo_money05-e1536565916418-900x669.jpg)
Food Insecurity Programs Serve Only ‘Tip of the Iceberg’
Due to fears of overuse, an NYU program meant to address food insecurity has been kept quiet.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• September 10, 2018
![Rubin residents lie on temporary cots during the heat wave.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Rubin-kids-900x416.jpg)
Heat Wave Displaces Rubin Hall Residents
Rubin Hall residents were temporarily moved to cots during the heat wave.
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• August 29, 2018
![Courtyard of the Brennan Center at NYU Law](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/campus-3_092117_TonyWu-900x600.jpg)
Brennan Center Sues U.S. Department of Justice
Victor Porcelli, Deputy News Editor
• August 26, 2018
![On Transferring to NYU](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ops-victor-porcelli-1-900x600.jpg)
On Transferring to NYU
Victor Porcelli, Deputy Opinion Editor
• April 30, 2018
![Elitist Policies Surrounding Stern](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ops-victor-porcelli-1-900x600.jpg)
Elitist Policies Surrounding Stern
Victor Porcelli, Deputy Opinion Editor
• April 24, 2018
![Cynthia Nixon Embodies Worrying Trend](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ops-victor-porcelli-1-900x600.jpg)
Cynthia Nixon Embodies Worrying Trend
Victor Porcelli, Deputy Opinions Editor
• April 20, 2018
![First-Years: Internships Don’t Matter](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ops-victor-porcelli-1-900x600.jpg)
First-Years: Internships Don’t Matter
Victor Porcelli, Deputy Opinions Editor
• April 13, 2018
![Slack Chat: How can student activists better leverage NYU?](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Slack-chatz-900x600.jpg)
Slack Chat: How can student activists better leverage NYU?
Tyler Crews, Natasha Roy and Victor Porcelli
• April 13, 2018
![Big Data, Big Problems](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ops-victor-porcelli-1-900x600.jpg)
Big Data, Big Problems
Victor Porcelli, Staff Writer
• April 8, 2018
![Autonomy or Loneliness? Dealing with the Independent Culture of NYU](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ops-victor-porcelli-1-900x600.jpg)
Autonomy or Loneliness? Dealing with the Independent Culture of NYU
Being an NYU student can be lonely at times, but living in the city can also be an opportunity to become more independent.
Victor Porcelli, Staff Writer
• April 6, 2018
![Society Favors Extroverts](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ops-victor-porcelli-1-900x600.jpg)
Society Favors Extroverts
Victor Porcelli, Staff Writer
• April 2, 2018
![Which Lives March for Our Lives Is Missing](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ops-victor-porcelli-1-900x600.jpg)
Which Lives March for Our Lives Is Missing
Victor Porcelli, Staff Writer
• March 26, 2018
![General Education As a Juice Cleanse](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ops-victor-porcelli-1-900x600.jpg)
General Education As a Juice Cleanse
Victor Porcelli, Staff Writer
• March 22, 2018
![Don’t Censor Lil Yachty](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ops-victor-porcelli-1-900x600.jpg)
Don’t Censor Lil Yachty
Victor Porcelli, Staff Writer
• March 19, 2018
![Companies Have Values, Just like People](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ops-victor-porcelli-1-900x600.jpg)
Companies Have Values, Just like People
Victor Porcelli, Staff Writer
• March 6, 2018
![Georgia’s Unjust Spiritual Shield](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ops-victor-porcelli-1-900x600.jpg)
Georgia’s Unjust Spiritual Shield
Victor Porcelli, Staff Writer
• March 4, 2018
![School Spirit, Only $5](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/022618Cartoon_Victor-W-696x900.jpg)
School Spirit, Only $5
Victor Porcelli
• February 26, 2018
![Don’t Discredit This Opinion](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ops-victor-porcelli-1-900x600.jpg)
Don’t Discredit This Opinion
Victor Porcelli, Contributing Writer
• February 20, 2018
![The Wealth Gap and Canada’s Golden Goose](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ops-victor-porcelli-1-900x600.jpg)
The Wealth Gap and Canada’s Golden Goose
Victor Porcelli, Contributing Writer
• February 16, 2018
![Let Woody Allens A Rainy Day in New York See the Light of Day](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Contributing-Writer-Image-1-1200x932.jpg)
Let Woody Allen’s ‘A Rainy Day in New York’ See the Light of Day
Victor Porcelli, Contributing Writer
• February 2, 2018
![Adulthood Begins at 24](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Contributing-Writer-Image-1-475x369-1.jpg)
Adulthood Begins at 24
Victor Porcelli, Contributing Writer
• January 31, 2018
![Ansari Heard ‘Yes’ When She Didn’t Say ‘No’](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Contributing-Writer-Image-1-475x369-1.jpg)
Ansari Heard ‘Yes’ When She Didn’t Say ‘No’
Victor Porcelli, Contributing Writer
• January 29, 2018
![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
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Julia Smerling, Photo Editor • June 18, 2024
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Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • June 18, 2024
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Mikaylah Du, Under the Arch Editor • June 15, 2024