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Opinion: Recitations shouldn’t be mandatory

NYU should allow students to take ownership of their learning.

Molly Koch, Deputy Opinion Editor • April 4, 2023

NYU is a large university, with over 50,000 enrolled students, which means class sizes are not always going to be small. Unless you are like me and lucked out with small discussion-based...

NYU’s grad student workers will go on strike beginning Monday

NYU and GSOC, the union representing NYU’s graduate student workers, remain at a stalemate over contract negotiations. Members of GSOC will not report to work starting April 26, barring a last-minute agreement between the university and the union.

Arnav Binaykia and Trace Miller • April 23, 2021

Graduate student workers will go on strike starting Monday, April 26, after NYU and the Graduate Student Organizing Committee failed to resolve differences between the union’s...

Teaching assistants at Tandon on strike

Undergrad teaching assistants for Tandon’s General Engineering 1003 course have gone on strike demanding competitive wages and an end to alleged administrative mismanagement.

Arnav Binaykia, Deputy News Editor • April 7, 2021

Undergraduate teaching assistants for the General Engineering 1003 class at Tandon went on strike Monday, April 5, demanding a minimum wage of $25 an hour and better working conditions. Every...

GSOC negotiates tentative contract with NYU administration

Marita Vlachou and Alanna Bayarin • March 10, 2015

Negotiators from NYU and the union for graduate employees met to discuss a new contract for graduate student TAs.