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NYU students and faculty hold vigil to mourn deaths in Sudan
Over 100 students and faculty members gathered at NYU’s Kimmel Center on Thursday, April 27, to grieve the hundreds of lives lost in the ongoing conflict in Sudan.
NYU course assistants demand $1.3 million in missing back pay
The university’s graduate student union is calling on NYU to compensate course assistants for back pay included in a summer 2022 settlement.
EU ambassador talks AI at NYU Law event
The ambassador to the United States visited NYU’s School of Law to speak about the future of AI regulation and government surveillance.
Historic East Village theater faces foreclosure
Lorcan and Genie Otway pursue a final battle to save 80 St. Marks Place before an auction on May 9.
NYU named partner in Governors Island climate center project
Students and faculty will have access to classrooms, laboratories and other spaces at the newly announced New York Climate Exchange, set to open on Governors Island in 2028.
NYU holds first-ever grad ceremony for first-generation students
Approximately 200 students celebrated their upcoming graduations at NYU’s first ceremony dedicated to first-generation students.
Recipient of $12,500 NYU journalism award will report on climate crisis
Adam Willis, a reporter for the local news nonprofit The Baltimore Banner, received NYU’s Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award.
NYU Law dean confronts protesters for heckling Israeli politician
Dozens of pro-Palestine students protested an event hosted at NYU Law last Thursday that featured an Israeli politician.
Climate advocates call for NYU trustee Larry Fink’s expulsion from board
A group of student climate activists called on NYU to expel a member of its board of trustees for his company’s investments in fossil fuels and private prisons.
CAS student council to hold schoolwide vote on campaign rules
After a candidate was disqualified from the CAS Student Council presidential election last week, the council has decided that the student body should have the chance to vote on proposed election guideline changes.
