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Washington Square News

New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

The NYU MetroCenter is housed at 726 Broadway, which is also the location of many other major NYU facilities, such as the Liberal Studies.

Report Shows Diversity is Crucial

Chelsey Sanchez, Digital Director November 13, 2017
A report by the Metro Center finds that diversity in NYC public schools plays a role in the quality of education.
Should psychedelic therapists be required to try their own medicine? NYU professor Elizabeth Nielson brought up the issue in her talk at the annual Horizons Conference held at Cooper Union on Oct. 6-8.

NYU Professors at Horizons Conference Share Psychedelic Research

Kristina Hayhurst, Contributing Writer October 12, 2017
NYU researchers discuss treating patients with psychedelic drugs at this year's Horizons Conference.
While expensive to acquire, green carts equipped with EBT machines lead to significantly higher sales.

NYU researchers found that while expensive

EBT Cards Make Produce an Easy Choice

Herman Lee, Contributing Writer October 5, 2017
New research on food stamps spending shows a link between electronic purchases and healthy food choices.
NYU professor Lauren Feldman has been awarded a 5 year $1 million grant to research how to better teach integrated healthcare

Lauren Feldman Awarded Grant to Research Integrated Healthcare Teaching

Chelsey Sanchez, Contributing Writer September 18, 2017
Lauren Feldman was awarded a $1 million grant to research how to better teach integrated healthcare.
Tandon professor Nasir Memon, along with other researchers, found that smartphones' fingerprint authentication systems can be hackable through a master print, which has many users' partial fingerprints.

Tandon Professor Discovers Faults in iPhone Fingerprint Sensor

Herman Lee, Staff Writer April 17, 2017
NYU Tandon Professor Nasir Memon, NYU Postdoctoral Fellow Aditi Roy, Michigan State University Professor Arun Ross discovered iPhone fingerprint censor easily hackable due to fingerprint similarities and shortcomings in software.
Two NYU professors, Joseph Chow and Constantine Kontokosta, won National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards. The awards are prompted by their research in sustainable energy in urban transportation.

Two Tandon Professors Win CAREER Awards

Sayer Devlin, Deputy News Editor March 21, 2017
Two Tandon professors have recently received CAREER awards from the National Science Foundation for researching the future of urban energy and transportation.

More Than A Hashtag: The Rise of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement

Kati Garrity, Staff Writer March 8, 2016
NYU researchers examined how social media played a role in advancing the #BlackLivesMatter social justice movement.
Even though laws changed, people under the age of 21 have still been able to find stores which allow them to purchase cigarettes.

NYC vendors not complying to 21 and up cigarette law change

Christine Wang, Deputy News Editor November 30, 2015
NYU researchers discovered after NYC raised the legal age to purchase cigarettes to 21, few retailers are enforcing the law since the change.
NYU researchers collaborated with East China Normal University to explore the effects of urban design on obesity in China.

Health impacts of urban design analyzed

Tiffanie Hwang, Contributing Writer March 1, 2015
A recent study by researchers from NYU and East China Normal University explores the effects of urban design on obesity levels in China
courtesy of NYU

Study relates violence to school performance

Marita Vlachou, Staff Writer April 22, 2014
NYU researchers conducted a study that links violence in communities with the number of children that fail a grade in elementary school.