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COVID-19 Coalition Begins ‘Virtual Week of Action’

The NYU COVID-19 Coalition advocated for graduate student support, tuition refunds and protection for the essential workers during the inaugural event of its Virtual Week of Action.

Anna-Dmitry Muratova, Deputy Managing Editor • April 21, 2020

The NYU COVID-19 Coalition — a student-led activist organization — kicked off a week of virtual activism with a town hall, outlining the week ahead and providing an overview...

Three NYU Professors Awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

Three NYU faculty members received the prestigious fellowship to help fund their projects over the next year.

Nick Mead, Deputy News Editor • April 14, 2020

Three NYU faculty members were announced as Guggenheim fellows on Thursday, April 9. The fellowships are awarded to advanced professionals who have already demonstrated their ability...

Dismissal of NYU Retirement Funds Lawsuit Overturned

A federal appeals court ruled that the case of six NYU professors who allege that the university mismanaged their retirement funds will not be dismissed.

Ishaan Parmar, Deputy News Editor • October 22, 2019

The case of six NYU professors alleging that the university mismanaged their retirement funds will be retried, a federal appeals court ruled on Oct. 1. The U.S. Court of Appeals...

Liberal Studies Commencement ’19

Yasmin Gulec, Under the Arch Editor • May 22, 2019

As excited family members and friends took their seats in the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, the 2019 Liberal Studies graduating class lined up backstage, whispering...

Faculty Discuss NYU’s Ties to Abu Dhabi

Meghna Maharishi, Deputy News Editor • December 4, 2018

Faculty members decided to host an open forum to discuss NYU’s relationship with the UAE and the existence of academic freedom at NYU Abu Dhabi.

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

Professors hope to take action where they feel NYU’s administration has not in regards to the universities relationship with the United Arab Emirates.

5 Key Takeaways From the Being@NYU Survey

WSN Staff • October 9, 2018

Thirty-one percent of all students, faculty, staff and administrators took the heavily advertised Being@NYU survey in the fall 2017 semester, administered as a means of gauging...

NYU Defeats Employees in Retirement Plan Lawsuit

Alex Domb and Kristina Hayhurst • August 3, 2018

NYU prevailed in a lawsuit brought forth in March by a group of employees claiming the university mishandled faculty retirement plans.

LS Professor No Longer Teaching After Allegations of Sexual Misconduct Surface

Alex Domb and Yasmin Gulec • April 26, 2018

Liberal Studies Professor J. Ward Regan no longer has teaching responsibilities at NYU after news emerged of sexual relations he had with a 15-year-old student in a class he was teaching in the early 1990s.

Racial Discrimination and Islamophobia Pervasive in Stern

Jemima McEvoy and Sakshi Venkatraman • April 23, 2018

Muslim and black students have reported experiencing racial discrimination and Islamophobia in the Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

Rapper Q-Tip To Teach Course on Jazz and Hip-Hop This Fall

Louise Choi, Staff Writer • April 12, 2018

Rapper Q-Tip will join the faculty of the Clive Davis Institute in the Tisch School of the Arts in fall 2018 to teach a course about the relationship between jazz and hip-hop.

An Inside Look at the Group Pushing NYU’s Administration

Alex Domb, Deputy News Editor • April 2, 2018

Behind the scenes with the Student Labor Action Movement, who championed resolutions for student and faculty trustees that were recently approved in the University Senate.