NYU challenges keffiyehs across graduation ceremonies
As Tisch, Gallatin, NYU Law and Tandon graduates wore keffiyehs and waved Palestinian flags, they said NYU arbitrarily enforced its attire policies.
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Graduates boo Haidt during commencement speech
The Stern professor and social psychologist continued speaking, encouraging graduates to expose themselves to challenges and prioritize in-person relationships.
NYU opens daily access to Abu Dhabi campus
Administrators said they will share “key decisions” regarding the Abu Dhabi commencement next week, as details on the U.S.-Iran ceasefire come to light.
Global Fashion Collective blends culture and couture at NYFW
Japanese, Taiwanese, Indian and Native American-inspired brands showcased their collections across three shows over the weekend.
Staff Reacts: Super Bowl LX
WSN staff shared their thoughts on this year’s game and halftime show.
2025 commencement: All-university exercises begin at Yankee Stadium
Tens of thousands of graduating students and guests are set to celebrate NYU’s 192nd commencement ceremony amid a national crackdown on higher education.
NYU Grossman rescinds program acceptances after losing federal grant
Students at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine spoke to WSN about the sudden “pause” in admissions for a joint MD-Ph.D. program after the school rescinded the acceptances of nine prospective students earlier this year.
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From the WSN desk that never sleeps.
Molly Shannon, former SNL star, to speak at NYU commencement
The award-winning actress and graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts will be among three honorary degree recipients at the university’s commencement ceremony this year.
Federal gov’t restores immigration status of ‘some’ NYU affiliates
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement warned that it plans to continue revoking hundreds of visas across the country after reworking its termination policies.
Martin Dorph, executive vice president of 10 years, to retire in October
Executive Vice President Martin Dorph has been at NYU for nearly two decades, overseeing the university’s administrative and business operations since 2015.
Books beyond Bobst: A conversation between Kublai Khan and Marco Polo, a Russian classic and more
Books beyond Bobst is a book-rec column highlighting what NYU students are reading now, outside of their classes. If you’re in need of a new read, look no further.
‘Some’ students and faculty affected by visa revocations, Mills says
The email comes after at least one adjunct faculty member’s visa was terminated and several NYU affiliates were named on a list allegedly sent to the Department of State.
Mills freezes hiring amid federal funding uncertainty
President Linda Mills said that due to “a number of financial risk areas,” the university will pause hiring and lower salary increases as it faces multiple investigations by the Trump administration.
RA union begins bargaining negotiations with NYU
The union is fighting to change how resident assistants are compensated, arguing that on-campus housing is necessary for their jobs and should not count as payment.
Beyond NYU: Pursuing public service from Gallatin to City Council
Andrea Gordillo, who graduated from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 2017, spoke to WSN about her childhood and current campaign for New York City Council.
Global Fashion Collective toys with heritage, nostalgia and the cosmos
Featuring a group of high school designers, Sunday morning’s runway saw looks that crossed boundaries between space and time.
Mills breaks silence on Trump’s immigration crackdown, aid freeze
In her first message of the spring semester to the NYU community, President Linda Mills said the university would release updates on its website rather than “writing community-wide emails with every new development.”
Club Fest relocated to Kimmel after Paulson Center flood
The damage from a burst drinking water pipe on Thursday was contained to the cellar and subcellar floors of the Paulson Center’s athletics facility, which are currently closed until further notice.
Winter recap: What you missed over break
NYU LA moves students to hotels, Tandon receives $10 million for a new tech project and other on-campus news since you’ve been gone.
2 faculty members arrested at Bobst demonstration
The New York City Police Department arrested at least eight protesters, including faculty, since they began demonstrating outside the library’s entrance early this morning.
Strand Bookstore workers go on strike, demand higher wages
New Yorkers joined unionized workers at a picket outside the bookstore’s flagship East Village location in the wake of the employees’ contract expiring in November.
NYU Law admin threatens pro-Palestinian students with disciplinary action
The student group alleged that the administrator disrupted a silent demonstration, where law students displayed signs accusing NYU of funding “genocide” amid the war in Gaza.
Books beyond Bobst: An activist’s self-help book, a new Percy Jackson novel and more
Books beyond Bobst is a book-rec column highlighting what NYU students are reading now, outside of their classes. If you’re in need of a new read, look no further.
Beyond NYU: How a Gallatin alum built her brand up from flea markets to fashion shows
Dissatisfied with her experiences in the fashion industry, Leah Gans decided to change the trajectory of her career by creating a clothing label.
RAs win majority vote to unionize
The union, which now officially represents hundreds of RAs at NYU, is demanding increased compensation and improved working conditions for resident assistants on campus.
Dozens of NYU students protest updated student conduct policy
Student protesters collaborated with pro-Palestinian groups from three other college campuses in lower Manhattan to protest the schools’ ties to Israel.
Summer recap: What you missed on campus since May
A student sues roommate for stealing over $50,000 in luxury items, a $6 million donation for artificial intelligence research and more news around campus you missed over the last few months.
NYU cites ‘code words, like ‘Zionist’’ as discriminatory in updated student conduct policy
In response to listening sessions over the summer, NYU changed its student conduct policy to further define protest regulations and non-discrimination policies ahead of the fall semester.
NYU leadership proposes budget of $4.3 billion for next academic year
With a proposed 5% increase in budget over the 2023-24 academic year, the university will launch the NYU Promise, reopen Rubin Hall and Goddard Hall, and increase its endowment fund.
Students protest war in Gaza at graduation ceremonies
Pro-Palestinian disruptions, including students chanting and waving Palestinian flags, occurred at the ceremonies for Tisch, Gallatin and NYU Law.
Over 100 protesters rally outside Bobst Library, condemn Mills’ leadership
The demonstration took place hours after the New York City Police Department swept the pro-Palestinian encampment outside the Paulson Center.
Beyond NYU: Maintaining memories through shared albums
How a Tandon student is helping college students keep connections from a night out.
Over 100 picket in front of Stern after NYU barricades Gould Plaza
Two days after NYU put up a barricade in front of Gould Plaza, pro-Palestinian demonstrators picketed on the sidewalk, condemning the university’s response to the Gaza Solidarity Encampment and demanding that NYU divest from Israel.
Beyond NYU: Writing to help women combat social media’s toxic impact
Kara Alaimo used her interest in gender studies to help create sustainability goals within the United Nations, write articles for CNN Opinion and publish books.
RAs unionize, demand university recognition
A majority of resident assistants on campus recently unionized, and are now demanding that NYU recognize them as a formal union.
3 professors named Guggenheim Fellows
Two Steinhardt professors and one Institute of Fine Arts professor were awarded fellowships to expand their work in the arts.
What to do this week: Earth Day, farmers markets and more
The Daybook is WSN’s weekly column listing in-person and online events at NYU and across New York City. This week: April 15 - 21.
University research hub receives over $1 million in funding from New York senator
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is gifting $1.15 million from the United States’ annual federal budget to allocate toward NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge.
Beyond NYU: From books to ballads
Ambrose Getz was unsure where she would end up when she first arrived at NYU. Now, she is releasing music and performing it across New York City.
Campus Safety responds to wave of assaults near Washington Square Park
The Department of Campus Safety said it “is aware of reports on social media” of women being assaulted in several New York City neighborhoods, including near NYU’s Washington Square campus.
Beyond NYU: A shy guy’s transformation into Broadway success
After studying music composition and musical theater writing at NYU, Steinhardt and Tisch alum Joe Iconis is creating musicals in unconventional ways.
‘It’s better than nothing’: NYU partially reopens Kimmel stairs
The university reopened a section of the Kimmel stairs this week, five months after closing it due to heightened protest activity near campus.
NYU moves to dismiss antisemitism lawsuit brought by Jewish students
The university called for the lawsuit, which accuses it of indifference toward antisemitic incidents on campus, to be dismissed earlier this month.
What to do this week: Ax throwing, an Easter parade and more
The Daybook is WSN’s weekly column listing in-person and online events at NYU and across New York City. This week: March 25 - 31.
Beyond NYU: A global jazz singer’s journey to becoming a Grammy winner
From studying vocal performance at NYU to winning a Grammy, Steinhardt alum Nicole Zuraitis is finding ways to share her love for jazz with the world.
NYU Langone expands its health care practices to Queens
The new facility marks the medical center’s second location in the borough and aims to serve 13,000 patients each year.
Beyond NYU: Mastering movies and music videos
Tisch alum Jason Baum moved across the country to produce music videos for some of the music industry’s biggest artists. He now has five Grammy nominations and one Grammy win under his belt.
Students protest NYU Bookstore’s ties to Nike
The students are demanding that the university cut ties with Nike until the company pays wages owed to workers at a factory in Thailand.
Beyond NYU: Switching medicine for music business
CAS alum Mir Hwang co-founded GigFinesse to help emerging artists reach the big stage.
Ex-NYU finance director pleads guilty in $3.5 million fraud scheme
Cindy Tappe, who worked as an administrator for the university until 2018, will face five years of probation and pay restitution for embezzling around $3.5 million in New York state grants.
What to do this week: Violet 100, a salsa dancing event and more
The Daybook is WSN’s weekly column listing in-person and online events at NYU and across New York City. This week: Feb. 26 - March 3.
Beyond NYU: How 2 brothers went from creating art to opening a gallery
Sam Kapp and his twin brother always had a passion for making art. Now, they work together to run their own gallery in New York City.
Court dismisses claims in alum’s Title IX suit over Tisch ‘blacklist’
A Tisch alum accused of sexual misconduct on an anonymous “blacklist” sued NYU over how the university addressed his concerns. The court dismissed his federal claims earlier this month.
Beyond NYU: Making musicals come to life in the Midwest
Steinhardt alum Kelsey McDaniel is taking her passion for musical theater across the country by creating her own production company in Indianapolis.
‘Publish or Perish’: The dark side of tenured professorship
As tenured professorships become harder and harder to find, the pressure to publish research is taking priority over quality and integrity in academia.
Beyond NYU: When music meets ‘Mean Girls’
Steinhardt sophomore Mahi Alam marked his big debut on the silver screen with the musical remake of the iconic early 2000s film “Mean Girls.”
Langone purchases $33 million building in Florida
The new building will expand NYU Langone Health’s presence in Florida, where it will now have four locations.
What to do this week: A book talk, Lunar New Year celebrations and a film festival
The Daybook is WSN’s weekly column listing in-person and online events at NYU and across New York City. This week: Jan. 29 - Feb. 4.
Winter recap: The news you missed at NYU over break
A recent donation to president Linda Mills’ new financial aid initiative, the end of an anti-racism workshop and all the other news on campus since you’ve been gone.
NYU Law Policing Project to collaborate on Minneapolis public safety plan
The Minneapolis City Council recently approved a $1 million contract with NYU Law’s Policing Project that will help the city define future strategies for public safety.
Village residents threaten to sue NYU if local Morton Williams isn’t saved
Greenwich Village residents demanded that NYU and city authorities preserve the Morton Williams supermarket near the Paulson Center — which is at risk of being demolished — on Sunday afternoon.
SGA calls for Gov. Hochul to sign reparations bill at rally
Members of the student government called on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign a bill that would establish a commission to study reparations to African American New Yorkers at a rally in Washington Square Park.
What is NYU’s Prison Education Program?
Last month, President Linda Mills announced that the university’s Prison Education Program — which has helped hundreds of incarcerated people in New York earn college credit at no cost — will now provide bachelor’s degrees.
Pro-Palestinian students and faculty call JPMorgan, universities ‘complicit’ in Israel-Hamas war
Students and faculty at NYU, Columbia University and the City University of New York held a teach-in at JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s New York headquarters on Friday.
Students and faculty join nationwide strike at Astor Place Starbucks
Members of NYU’s Young Democratic Socialists of America and NYU faculty joined a protest outside the Astor Place Starbucks on Thursday, calling on the company to improve working conditions for employees in a daylong nationwide strike.
NYU Langone to study AI detection for blood clot conditions
The medical center is working with ultrasound artificial intelligence company ThinkSono to study how it could help health care workers detect blood clots in deep veins using AI.
Bobst Library to undergo more renovations in coming months
The library’s newly designed ground floor was revealed to the NYU community last week, with more changes, including a coffee shop and new carpeting, to come within the next few months.
Tisch establishes new master’s degree in virtual film production
The Tisch School of the Arts will offer a graduate program in virtual production beginning next fall in an effort to train students to work with contemporary filmmaking technology.
NYU researchers measure anti-Asian bias across the country
Researchers at the university found that a state’s party leaning and its population of people of Asian descent are associated with its levels of anti-Asian bias.
Author Clint Smith speaks on bestselling book at NYU Reads event
This year’s NYU Reads author, Clint Smith, spoke about his book, “How the Word Is Passed” at a Monday discussion with Interim Provost Georgina Dopico.
