Minnesota prof criticizes public health response at COVID-19 lecture
University of Minnesota professor Michael Osterholm gave a virtual lecture at NYU on Tuesday, Feb. 8, criticizing aspects of the official response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bill Clinton, John Sexton visit NYU to receive degrees from Israeli university
Former U.S. president Bill Clinton and ex-NYU president John Sexton were awarded honorary degrees from the Israeli University of Haifa for achievements in their respective fields.
Russian journalist Yevgenia Albats, New Yorker editor David Remnick on Ukraine, US midterms
NYU’s Distinguished Journalist in Residence Yevgenia Albats spoke with special guest David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, on the war in Ukraine and U.S. politics at the Jordan Center on Nov. 17.
Slavoj Žižek is the public intellectual for an absurd world
The oratory style of Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek is as much performance as it is lecture.
Teach-in condemns NYU Law Policing Project
Two NYU School of Law groups hosted a teach-in to discuss the funding and research of the school’s Policing Project, which they say harms marginalized communities.
