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Letter to the Editor: ‘The Miseducation of Business’

Stern Professor Michael Posner responds to Aug. 22 article, "The Miseducation of Business." He argues expanding coursework is the key to an ethical business education.

September 2, 2019

In his Aug. 22 opinion piece, “The Miseducation of Business,” Cole Stallone uses the case of Bill Tsai, a 2019 Stern School of Business graduate charged with insider trading,...

Resolutions Halted Before USenate

Authors of two prominent resolutions last semester express concern about the future of their proposals.

Mansee Khurana, Deputy News Editor • February 11, 2019

The University Senate will hold its first meeting of the spring 2019 semester on Valentine’s Day. It will be the first opportunity for the University Senate to potentially present...

The Case for Prison Abolition

Read one writer’s take on the recent incident at MDC Brooklyn and what it says about the criminal justice system as a whole.

Cole Stallone, Deputy Opinion Editor • February 6, 2019

In the midst of New York’s frigid weather last weekend, Metropolitan Detention Center Brooklyn, a pre-trial federal detention center for low-level offenders, lost power and heating....

Why NYU Must Support the Resolution on the Human Rights of Palestinians

Our tuition is funding human rights violations — we must hold NYU accountable and put an end to this practice.

Authors of BDS Resolution, Contributing Writers • November 30, 2018

Our tuition is funding human rights violations — we must hold NYU accountable and put an end to this practice.

On-Campus Club Protests Wendy’s Restaurant Chain Labor Practices

Natasha Roy, Managing Editor-at-Large • April 6, 2018

NYU Peer Health Exchange helped lead a protest against Wendy's on Thursday night for the fast food company's refusal to join the Fair Food Agreement.

Rachel Stern

It’s in Her Nature

Yasmin Gulec, Features Editor • March 8, 2018

Second Avenue is home to Block Drug Store, a pharmacy that has survived for over 100 years while surrounding businesses have shuttered. Restaurants turned into chic coffeeshops...

Sexual Harassment Isn’t Just Political

Shraddha Jajal, Contributing Writer • September 13, 2017

Title IX is not about politics, but about a human being's right to be protected and seek justice. No administration should be able to take that away.

Angie Liao

Translating Human Rights

Thomas Price, Opinion Editor • March 23, 2017

Maybe it’s the yoga. Or maybe it’s her natural serenity. But more than likely, it’s Angie Liao’s knowledge that being frazzled does nothing to advance the human rights...

Women, Allies Take to the Streets

Taylor Nicole Rogers, Features Editor • January 23, 2017

This weekend, hundreds of thousands of women marched on Washington and in other cities both great and small across our nation. As to be expected, hundreds of member of the NYU community participated. Here are a few of their stories.

Divest Rallies With National Standing Rock Movement

Diamond Naga Siu, News Editor • November 16, 2016

Divest stood in solidarity with Standing Rock during its pre-rally on Kimmel's staircases that happened before they joined a larger rally in the Financial District — a nationwide effort that occurred in various cities today.

GSOC Passes Referendum in Support of Boycotting Israel

Yulin Lou, Staff Writer • April 28, 2016

Members of the Graduate Student Organizing Committee voted in support of a referendum calling for NYU to withdraw their investments from Israeli state institutions and international corporations complicit in violations of Palestinian human and civil rights.

Virginia Felon Voting Highlights Democratic Inconsistencies

Connor Borden, Staff Writer • April 24, 2016

The day each citizen enjoys full access to their inalienable civil liberties is the day the U.S. will know equity, and from there progress can march forward.