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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

An image of Bobst Library looking down on the ground-floor atrium. On each level, metal screens run from the floor to the ceiling.

Bobst Library’s enduring history of suicide

Alyssa Goldberg, Features Staff March 7, 2022
How a string of student deaths in the early 2000s shaped NYU’s architecture, curriculum and mental health services.
The NYU Wellness app allows students to directly chat with Wellness Exchange counselors. We follow up on students' experiences with it. (Photo by Tony Wu)

NYU Text-A-Therapist App Yields Few Users, Poor Experiences

NYU’s Wellness Exchange app is too impersonal for some students, but might be the only option for others.
Ronni Husmann, Deputy News Editor November 18, 2019

One year after the Student Health Center launched an app that allows those in need of mental health services to message a counselor 24/7, some students say the concept of online...

Will NYU Improve the SHC Now?

Will NYU Improve the SHC Now?

NYU’s department of Counseling and Wellness Services has officially fallen below the national standard. Will this finally be the impetus for NYU to improve its mental health facilities?
Abby Hofstetter, Opinion Editor November 6, 2019

I felt pretty hopeless at the end of last semester. WSN reported in May that the wait times between appointments from NYU’s Counseling and Wellness Services are dangerously above...

Student Health Center provides resources for transgender students. (Photo by Nina Schifano)

Student Health Center Site Listed Staff No Longer Employed by NYU

The website listed 14 employees who no longer work for NYU, despite an update in May that added new employees. However, the website suddenly removed them after an inquiry by WSN last week.
Lisa Cochran, Deputy News Editor November 5, 2019

The Student Health Center website inaccurately included 14 former employees in its list of current social workers — some of whom had not been employed by the university since...

Student Health Center provides resources for transgender students. (Photo by Nina Schifano)

NYU Launches Program to Address Long Wait Times for Counseling

Called “While You Wait,” the program gives students the option to participate in group therapy if they have more than two weeks until their next appointment.
Mina Mohammadi, Deputy News Editor October 7, 2019

A new program by NYU’s Wellness Exchange will provide students access to group therapy if they are experiencing long wait times for individual counselors. Last semester, multiple...

Students read Anonymous Affirmations, a Lipton Residence Hall initiative that sends messages of positivity to NYU students. (Photo by Jorene He)

Current Wellness Resources Fall Short of Expectations

Fourteen students who have used NYU’s Counseling and Wellness Services told WSN they did not receive adequate care.
Mansee Khurana, Deputy News Editor April 29, 2019

*Some of those who spoke to WSN asked to only be identified by their first name for privacy reasons. Jaelynn Ortiz’s first semester at her dream school did not always feel...