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Demonstrators displayed posters advocating for fossil fuel divestment and improved student representation.

Divest and SLAM Occupy New Admissions Center, Demand Trustee Action

Alex Domb, Deputy News Editor March 26, 2018
NYU Divest and the Student Labor Action Movement occupied the first floor of the Bonomi Family Admissions Center on Monday.
The first slide of the presentation about protecting New York's environment.

Cuomo, Al Gore Reveal Offshore Wind Plans at NYU

Sarah Jackson, Deputy News Editor March 9, 2018
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and former Vice President Al Gore spoke at NYU on Friday morning about New York’s initiatives for environmental preservation and sustainability.
The panel at the event held by GSOC discussing debate and action surrounding Title IX.

GSOC Panel Discusses Title IX and Sexual Harassment

Darcey Pittman, Contributing Writer February 21, 2018
GSOC, NYU's graduate students' union, held an event Tuesday on Title IX and sexual misconduct.
A student reports an incident to the Bias Response Line.

Bias Response Line Releases Pilot Report — Annotated Facts and Figures

Alex Domb, Deputy News Editor February 19, 2018

Number of reports by semester:  The relatively low number of reports in the spring 2016 semester reflects Bias Response Line's May 2016 debut date, and thus spring 2016 was a...

University Senate meetings are held on a monthly basis in the colloquium room. Attendees include members from the Student Senators Council, the Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty Senators Council and the Full-Time Continuing Contract Faculty Senators Council, among others. (WSN File Photo)

University Senate Discusses New Freshman Housing, Sexual Misconduct

Sarah Jackson, Deputy News Editor February 16, 2018
WSN attends the University Senate meeting that occurred on Feb. 15.
The Bias Response Line report is now available to the public.

Bias Response Line Delivers First Report, Two Semesters Late

Alex Domb and Sayer Devlin February 14, 2018
The Bias Response Line has released its initial report two semesters later than scheduled.
NYU’s Rory Meyers College of Nursing ranked number ten on Nursing School Hub’s “Top 30 Cutting Edge Nursing Schools.”

Nursing Students Feel Neglected

Sakshi Venkatraman, Deputy News Editor November 27, 2017
Many nursing students feel like the strenuous nature of their academic and work life goes unrecognized by fellow students.
In the fall of 2015, NYU held a three-hour listening session — facilitated by then-CAS Dean Gabi Starr and Provost Katherine Fleming — that mostly featured students of color discussing the lack of belonging many of them felt within the NYU community.

NYU’s Newest Diversity Effort, Explained

Sayer Devlin, News Editor November 14, 2017
NYU to launch climate survey to evaluate attitudes, behaviors and standards of NYU professors, students and employees.
CAS sophomore and NYU College Democrats Treasurer Ryan Trumbauer is campaigning for Vice President of the College Democrats of New York. He hopes to increase communication between the organization’s different branches.

CAS Sophomore Elected VP of College Democrats of NY

Sierra Jackson, Managing Editor May 1, 2017
CAS sophomore Ryan Trumbauer has just been elected Vice President of the New York state chapter of the College Democrats.
Crime Log: Jan. 20 to April. 30

Crime Log: Jan. 20 to April. 30

Coco Wang and Htoo Min May 1, 2017
A look at this semester's crimes.
Although President Trump’s recent executive order threatening the funding of sanctuary cities was overturned, New York City and the sanctuary campus movement at NYU still face significant threats.

President Trump’s Administration Threatens Sanctuary Cities

Arushi Sahay, Contributing Writer April 27, 2017
Trump has threatened the funding of sanctuary cities — how has this affected NYU's sanctuary movement?
Closet, Cloth and StyleBook — all outfit-planning apps — give styling tips digitally. Some apps even allow one to choose looks ahead of time and save them for future dates.

Students Say No to Styling Apps

Thomas Chou, Staff Writer April 24, 2017
Are closet organization and styling apps actually useful to NYU students?