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NYU Classes is dead

After eight years with NYU Classes as the university’s learning management system, NYU expects to fully transition to Brightspace by December 2021.

Rachel Cohen, Deputy News Editor • September 2, 2021

The fall 2021 semester begins today, Sep. 2, but unlike previous years, most students will not log on to NYU Classes to download their syllabi and view their assignments. Instead,...

Shriya Khonde | Climbing Through Advocacy

Akshay Prabhushankar, Deputy Managing Editor • March 14, 2019

App Will Connect Faculty to Student Babysitters Next Year

The university hopes to launch an on-demand care services app in 2020 that will initially offer features such as babysitting and tutoring.

Akiva Thalheim, Social Media Editor • March 11, 2019

Faculty members at NYU are outnumbered by students 10 to one. Managing their workloads can be overwhelming on its own, but professors with kids have even more to worry about. A...

Nearly Six Months After Rollout, NYU Community Evaluates MFA

Paul Kim, Staff Writer • March 22, 2018

Feelings are mixed about Multi-Factor Authentication — a security measure that was made mandatory to the NYU community six months ago.

What Do Students Really Think of MFA?

Sherry Yan, Staff Writer • February 1, 2018

For the most part, students remain unsatisfied with Multi-Factor Authentication. Others, however, weight in with alternative opinions.

I Tried… Multi-Factor Authentication for a Week

Natalie Chinn, Staff Writer • October 20, 2017

NYU students will have to start using multi-factor authentication before logging into NYU related sites starting Nov. 6. Here's what it's like.

Multi-Factor Authentication Use Still Low, Despite IT Department’s Efforts

Helen Crosby, Contributing Writer • September 15, 2017

NYU IT implements a mandatory Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) security system for its academic sites and services.

What You Missed This Summer

Sierra Jackson, News Editor • August 28, 2017

Although students may have been on vacation this summer, the news at NYU did not take a break. Here is an update of what you missed this summer.

IT Mixup Temporarily Forfeits Students’ Administrative Control

Jemima McEvoy, News Editor • February 6, 2017

Students with Android phones were asked to accept a list of privacy-invading terms and conditions when they logged into their NYU gmail account.

On the Job: Miranda Zhou

Yeho Hwang, Staff Writer • December 7, 2015

An installation in the On The Job series on Stern sophomore Miranda Zhou.