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

Washington Square News

A $1 million grant has been issued to NYU professors Debra Laefer and Rae Zimmerman for the study of underground infrastructure in response to climate change. Laefer, a Tandon engineering professor, and Zimmerman, a professor of public administration, now co-lead the Unification for Underground Resilience Measures project. (Staff Photo by Ryan Kawahara)

After disastrous storms, NYU wins $1M grant to study subsurface NYC infrastructure

The National Science Foundation grant will allow a research team of Tandon and Wagner professors and students to continue modeling New York City’s underground infrastructure in order to improve its resilience to natural disasters.
Meghana Kakubal, Contributing Writer November 9, 2021

Hurricanes Henri and Ida tore through the New York City metropolitan area in late summer 2021, shutting down public transit, flooding basement apartments and killing 46 people....

While shooting, he stopped me to ask about my camera.

Underground

WSN’s Photo Editor’s five-hour journey on the 6 train, photographing strangers both aware and unaware of her lens.
Alina Patrick, Photo Editor February 26, 2019

Jurnee Smollett-Bell, one of the stars of “Underground”, speaks about the difficulty in portraying an enslaved character.

Fusion Festival Premiere Takes Different Angle on Slavery

Adrienne Messina, Contributing Writer April 11, 2016
Fusion celebrated alum Misha Green by hosting a screening of the new WGN show "Underground", a series about the Underground Railroad that Green co-created.
Remains found in a burial vault near Washington Square Park are believed to date back to the 19th century.

Burial vault unearthed by construction on campus

Alex Bazeley, News Editor November 5, 2015
Construction on a water main near Washington Square Park uncovered skeletal remains from at least a dozen people.
Courtesy of Jake Cheriff

Ghetto Pug music blog celebrates underground talent

February 24, 2013
Jake Cheriff and his friends run a blog to share and discuss underground music.