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.
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.
Opinion: NYC is the best place to get over heartbreak
Feeling sad at the end of a relationship? Don’t worry: the city streets have plenty to help you recover.
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.
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.
Review: ‘Showing Up’ continues Kelly Reichardt’s soft-spoken hot streak
The Oregon-based director focuses on the studio art world in her latest film for A24. “Showing Up” is currently showing at select theaters in New York City.
Bill de Blasio on his political career, Andrew Cuomo and Amazon
At a recent lecture, the former mayor of New York City spoke about potential plans for his future in politics, his relationship with former governor Andrew Cuomo and a failed Amazon construction project.
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.
