NYU holds first-ever grad ceremony for first-generation students
Approximately 200 students celebrated their upcoming graduations at NYU’s first ceremony dedicated to first-generation students.
Recipient of $12,500 NYU journalism award will report on climate crisis
Adam Willis, a reporter for the local news nonprofit The Baltimore Banner, received NYU’s Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award.
NYU Law dean confronts protesters for heckling Israeli politician
Dozens of pro-Palestine students protested an event hosted at NYU Law last Thursday that featured an Israeli politician.
Climate advocates call for NYU trustee Larry Fink’s expulsion from board
A group of student climate activists called on NYU to expel a member of its board of trustees for his company’s investments in fossil fuels and private prisons.
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.
Opinion: The 18-credit limit is a barrier to success
Extra tuition costs can bar students from pursuing additional course offerings, or even finishing their majors on time.
NYU students join protest for 47 pro-democracy figures on trial in Hong Kong
Local activists and students held a demonstration at Washington Square Park in support of pro-democracy advocates in Chinese government custody.
NYU YDSA protest demands NYU expand abortion coverage
Protesters gathered on the steps of the Kimmel Center for University Life on April 15 to call on the university to expand abortion coverage to those without NYU insurance.
How NYU London students celebrated Passover
Living abroad allows students to find unique ways to celebrate Passover while joining new communities.
