Former employee suing NYU Langone for disability discrimination
The employee said she was fired after requesting leave due to a breast cancer diagnosis.
Bobst Library undergoing first floor remodel
Improvements on the building’s first floor — including new furniture, updated lighting and a redesigned study space layout — will be open next month.
Summer recap: What you missed at NYU over the last few months
Linda Mills’ appointment as university president, the U.S. Supreme Court’s strike down of race-sensitive college admissions and more news you missed from over summer break.
NYU to drop COVID-19 vaccine requirement
The university announced that, starting May 11, it will end its vaccination requirements for students and visitors.
US Census director on how to count 330 million people
Census Bureau director Robert Santos visited two NYU schools to speak about his experience running the 2020 census, and share what changes the bureau is making.
NYU Langone sued for disability discrimination
A former physician’s assistant filed a complaint against NYU Langone, accusing the institution of disability discrimination after the hospital terminated her employment last year.
NYU prof. gets $75,000 for work on quantum physics
Dries Sels, a professor in the university’s physics department, has been awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship for his work on quantum physics and machine learning.
NYU dental study shows promising results for alternative cavity treatment
Researchers at the NYU College of Dentistry found that a one-time medical treatment prevents 80% of cavities.
Contract faculty move to formalize union, demand recognition from Hamilton
Contract faculty at NYU marched to university president Andrew Hamilton’s office in Bobst Library to demand union recognition on Feb. 22, an action they have been asking for since 2020.
What NYU’s student government plans to do with its new $1 million fund
From new mental health initiatives to better options for fried chicken on campus, students share what they hope the student government will do with their newfound fortune.
Students and faculty mourn Palestinian deaths at vigil
NYU’s Student Government Assembly and Students for Justice in Palestine held a vigil on Thursday to honor Palestinian lives lost in an Israeli military raid.
NYU Tisch film student caught writing racial slurs in class
An NYU undergraduate was caught writing racial slurs in a notebook during a seminar. When asked why they did it, they pointed to a Black student sitting a few rows ahead.
