CAS student council to hold schoolwide vote on campaign rules
After a candidate was disqualified from the CAS Student Council presidential election last week, the council has decided that the student body should have the chance to vote on proposed election guideline changes.
Russian journalist Yevgenia Albats discusses journalists incarcerated in Moscow
Yevgenia Albats, NYU’s Distinguished Journalist in Residence and Russian journalist, hosted David Hoffman on April 18 to speak about the Moscow incarceration of two journalists.
Social work students demand compensation for unpaid work hours
Students at NYU’s Silver School for Social Work are calling on the university to pay for the hours they spend in the field, joining a movement of graduate social work students across the country.
Tandon relents, students to walk at graduation
Administrators at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering reversed changes to the school’s graduation ceremony that would have eliminated the traditional walk across the stage due to time constraints.
How NYU London students celebrated Passover
Living abroad allows students to find unique ways to celebrate Passover while joining new communities.
NYU to resume merit scholarships for MLK program after outcry
The university announced that it will resume merit-based scholarships for students in its flagship MLK Scholars program, following years of criticism from students.
CAS student council ousts president candidate from election
One of two presidential candidates for the CAS Student Council was removed from the election at a meeting on Tuesday after being charged with two campaign violations.
The Soapbox: Tension in Palestine, Indigenous representation in Australia, migrant housing in the UK
The Soapbox is a weekly column by WSN covering major news developments at NYU’s campuses and study away sites abroad. Global consciousness for a global university.
NYU drops antisemitism charge against grad student
A graduate student worker who lost her on-campus job and was charged with counts of vandalism and antisemitism after writing on a discarded mailbag will be rehired by the university.
‘It pains me that you are in pain,’ Tandon dean says to disgruntled graduates
Aggravated students from NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering, unhappy that they will not be able to walk across the stage at graduation this year, sat down with their dean at a town hall on Wednesday.
NYU to drop COVID-19 vaccine requirement
The university announced that, starting May 11, it will end its vaccination requirements for students and visitors.
NYU game design programs ranked No. 1
The NYU Game Center was named the best school for game design out of 150 surveyed institutions, according to The Princeton Review’s 14th annual rankings.
