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Patricia McSteen will join NYUs Department of Campus Safety as the senior associate vice president and deputy of campus safety. McSteen was previously the student affairs administrator and dean of students at Ohio University.

NYU campus safety hires new administrator

Patricia McSteen, Ohio University’s former dean of students, will join the campus safety department next week to bolster community outreach.
Abby Wilson and Gabriel Hawthorne February 8, 2022

Patricia McSteen, a former interim senior associate vice president and dean of students at Ohio University, will join NYU’s campus safety department as the second in command....

Missing NYU adjunct professor found at Harlem Hospital

Missing NYU adjunct professor found at Harlem Hospital

A Tandon professor who was reported missing this week was found safe at Harlem Hospital on Thursday.
Rachel Cohen, News Editor January 28, 2022

An inactive NYU adjunct professor who went missing this week was found safe at Harlem Hospital on Thursday. He has dementia, according to his wife Mary Hegde. Suryanarayan...

Gloria Corruzzi is a professor at the Center for Genomics and System Biology. (©Moree: Courtesy of NYU Photo Bureau)

24 NYU professors named world’s most cited researchers

Researchers across the university were recognized for authoring papers that were in the top 1% of their fields when ranked by number of citations. 
Natalie Thomas, Contributing Writer December 7, 2021

Twenty-four NYU professors were recognized for making significant impacts in their academic subjects on Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers 2021 list. The ranking catalogues...

On Nov. 12, a Tandon union came to a tentative agreement with NYU. The new contract provides employees with benefits like childcare subsidies and a percentage increase in wage and portable tuition. (Staff Photo by Manasa Gudavalli)

Victory for Tandon workers as tentative agreement reached with NYU

Tandon employees represented by the Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 153 are voting to ratify a six-year contract that includes childcare subsidies, a percentage increase in wages and portable tuition. 
Rachel Cohen, Deputy News Editor November 15, 2021

A union representing approximately 38 non-teaching staff at the Tandon School of Engineering came to a tentative agreement with NYU on Friday, Nov. 12, after several bargaining...

The first Student Government Assembly meeting of this semester took place last Thursday. Students’ concerns regarding COVID-19 guidelines and the recent shooting that happened outside the Tandon School of Engineering were addressed. (Illustration by Charlie Dodge)

Health and safety take center stage at first fall 2021 student government meeting

The NYU Student Government Assembly discussed the university’s COVID-19 guidelines and other safety protocols during its first meeting of the semester.
Maria Freyre, Contributing Writer October 5, 2021

NYU’s Student Government Assembly discussed student concerns about the university’s COVID-19 safety guidelines and questioned campus security protocols in relation to the recent...

Tandon’s senior leadership and members of the Department of Campus Safety hosted a town hall at Tandon’s Dibner Library on Sept. 23. They addressed the shooting of an NYU student outside a Tandon building, and students voiced concerns and asked questions about the shooting and the universitys communication and response. (Staff Photo by Manasa Gudavalli)

At Tandon town hall, NYU confronts the aftermath of Sept. 21 shooting

Two days after a student was shot outside a campus building, the Tandon School of Engineering held a town hall addressing unanswered questions as well as the university’s self-described “communication breakdowns.”
Arnav Binaykia, News Editor September 27, 2021

Tandon dean Jelena Kovačević and head of campus safety Fountain Walker held a town hall on Sept. 23 to address the Sept. 21 shooting of an NYU student outside of a Tandon building....

Police and guards surround the Tandon campus in Brooklyn. An individual was shot near 6 Metrotech on Tuesday afternoon. (Staff Photo by Arnav Binaykia)

NYU student shot on Brooklyn campus

A Tandon sophomore was wounded in a shooting on the Tandon School of Engineering campus.
Arnav Binaykia September 21, 2021

An NYU student was shot at approximately 3:15 p.m. outside 5 MetroTech Center on the NYU Tandon School of Engineering campus. The victim, a Tandon sophomore, was wounded in the...

A distinct sign labels a Tandon building. Tandon was recently awarded for advancing womens participation in computer science industries. (Via NYU Tandon)

Tandon Receives Award for Increasing Women’s Role in Computing Fields

Tandon School’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering received an award and $50,000 prize for promoting women in computing education.
Min Ji Kim, Contributing Writer February 28, 2020

NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering received an award honoring the school for increasing women’s participation in computing education. The...

How Maha Hashwi Rallies to Build a Better World

How Maha Hashwi Rallies to Build a Better World

The Tandon senior brings together her background and her undeniable strength to prove that the power of the people can set waves of change into motion.
Mansee Khurana, Under the Arch Senior Editor December 5, 2019

On one of the first cold Tuesdays of the year, the Muslim Student Association’s mentorship event had a low turnout, but even with only 30 of the 100 or so members present, you...

Steinhardt professor Raul Lejano works in environmental education for those displaced by the Rohingya refugee crisis. (Via NYU)

Steinhardt Professor Helps Prepare Rohingya Refugees for Natural Disasters

Environmental Education professor Raul Lejano and his team have created natural disaster prevention programs to educate Rohingya refugees for potential extreme weather events.
Julia Santiago, Staff Writer December 4, 2019

To help victims of the Rohingya refugee crisis, NYU Steinhardt professor Raul Lejano created workshops on environmental disaster risk education, working with graduate students...

Some of the high school teams robots at a competition at the Tandon School of Engineering on Tuesday. (Photo by Jesse Jimenez)

Robot Hall Monitor Wins Top Prize at NYU Tandon High School Robotics Competition

Seven teams of high school students presented robots aimed to solve problems in their schools in a competition for a cash prize and an internship as part of an NYU Tandon academic enrichment and professional development program.
Jesse Jimenez, Staff Writer May 1, 2019

A robot that can roam the halls of any school in the nation, looking for any students outside of the classroom and reporting them at a moment’s notice won first place at a robotics...

(Photo by Katie Peurrung)

Kyra-Lee Harry | Engineering an Image

December 6, 2018

Kyra-Lee’s hands slice through the air as if she is conducting a piece of music — they’re cupped and emphasize each note of the conversation with poise. When raised,...