![MLK Scholar’s 2023 Cohort at their October Travel Colloquium in front of NYU’s Washington D.C. campus. MLK Scholars volunteered at an ALS walk, went to the Holocaust museum, African-American museum, and the MLK monument (Image from nyu.edu)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1570931288095-900x675.jpg)
MLK Scholars Call Out NYU for Tokenism, Performative Activism and Lack of Communication
Despite a commitment to increase funding for the MLK Scholars Program, students who are in the program received no updates following the university's announcement — until they shared an open letter criticizing the administration.
Roshni Raj, Deputy News Editor
• July 28, 2020
![In the letter, NYU Divest said that many Board of Trustees members have connections to the fossil fuel industry, which they deem to be conflicts of interest.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Snip20171121_13.png)
NYU Divest Letter Drop Demands Hamilton and Board Response
Alex Domb, Deputy News Editor
• November 21, 2017
![NYU SLAM members made posters outlining how members of the board have ties to other industries that could be deemed a conflict of interest.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/image_uploaded_from_ios_720-3.jpg)
NYU SLAM Seeks Support for Student Representation at Alumni Weekend
Alex Domb, Deputy News Editor
• October 21, 2017
![A purple N.Y.U. flag hangs on a building.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/news-childaistudy-1200x800.jpg)
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • July 9, 2024
![Students stream past the clay-colored main entrance of Bobst Library on a bright fall afternoon. The green scenery of Washington Square Park is reflected off the library’s windows.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/news-sustainability-900x600.jpg)
Julia Smerling, Photo Editor • June 18, 2024
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Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • June 18, 2024
![A woman dressed in red and holding a purple sign that reads NYU is Complicit in Genocide.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RallyForHesen-3-1200x800.jpg)
Mikaylah Du, Under the Arch Editor • June 15, 2024