![A white flag with a purple N.Y.U. logo outside a building.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/news-tappefraudlawsuit-1200x800.jpg)
Ex-NYU finance director pleads guilty in $3.5 million fraud scheme
Cindy Tappe, who worked as an administrator for the university until 2018, will face five years of probation and pay restitution for embezzling around $3.5 million in New York state grants.
Aashna Miharia and Maisie Zipfel
• February 28, 2024
![An N.Y.U. flag hangs above the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Cars line the road to the right of the building and an entrance to Washington Square Park can be seen in the background.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/DSC_0444-900x598.jpg)
Ex-NYU finance director charged with embezzling millions
Cindy Tappe, who worked at NYU until 2018, stole millions of dollars by funneling money through shell companies. She now faces multiple felony charges.
Carmo Moniz and Tori Morales
• December 20, 2022
![The NYU MetroCenter is housed at 726 Broadway, which is also the location of many other major NYU facilities, such as the Liberal Studies.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/metrocenter_polinabuchak-900x566.jpg)
Report Shows Diversity is Crucial
Chelsey Sanchez, Digital Director
• November 13, 2017
![LaMar P. Miller, founder of The Metro Center, passed away at the age of 92.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/obit_metro-center-489x900.jpg)
NYU Metro Center Founder LaMar P. Miller Dies at 92
Sakshi Venkatraman, Deputy News Editor
• November 8, 2017
![A purple N.Y.U. flag hangs on a building.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/news-childaistudy-1200x800.jpg)
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • July 9, 2024
![Students stream past the clay-colored main entrance of Bobst Library on a bright fall afternoon. The green scenery of Washington Square Park is reflected off the library’s windows.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/news-sustainability-900x600.jpg)
Julia Smerling, Photo Editor • June 18, 2024
![A woman with brown hair and a blue shirt.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/dopico.jpeg)
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • June 18, 2024
![A woman dressed in red and holding a purple sign that reads NYU is Complicit in Genocide.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RallyForHesen-3-1200x800.jpg)
Mikaylah Du, Under the Arch Editor • June 15, 2024