NYU Abu Dhabi will welcome its first cohort of students pursuing a Master’s in Interdisciplinary Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in fall 2026, making it the first institution to offer such a program in the United Arab Emirates. The two-year, 36-credit program will allow students to explore seven specialization areas — including economics, health informatics... This story NYU Abu Dhabi to offer master’s in data science and AI appeared first on Washington Square News.| Washington Square News
Content warning: This article contains discussions of sexual assault. Roman Polanski is an Academy Award-winning director who drugged and raped a thirteen-year-old girl named Samantha Geimer in 1977. Though his case with Geimer is the most infamous, Polanski has been accused of sexual assault on several accounts after fleeing from the United States to Europe... This story Roman Polanski’s recent film just screened across NYC — here’s why it matters appeared first on Washington Square News.| Washington Square News
During your recent walks through Washington Square Park, you might have noticed chalk drawings of pink ribbons with the words “Zeta Thinks Pink” circling the fountain — just one effort from NYU’s chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha, which has spent the past month increasing breast cancer awareness. Though philanthropy is a consistent pillar of the panhellenic... This story How an NYU sorority is uplifting breast cancer awareness appeared first on Washington Square News.| Washington Square News
“I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer … What did they look like?” muses Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) at the beginning of “Tron: Legacy.” Outside of dazzling visuals and top-notch soundtracks, the Tron films have continually imagined this idea of a digital frontier while simultaneously casting light on the... This story ‘Tron: Ares’ can’t follow through on its core directive appeared first on Washington Square News.| Washington Square News
Researchers at NYU Langone Health found that conversations about religion and spirituality during radiation therapy helped manage stress symptoms caused by gynecologic cancers, in collaboration with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Published in Practical Radiation Oncology, the research team used the FICA Spiritual History Tool — faith, importance, community and addressing spiritual needs... This story Langone explores spirituality as stress relief for cancer patients appeared fir...| Washington Square News
As October comes to an end, the seasonal rewatches of our favorite Halloween movies draw nearer. Friend groups around the world gather every year to watch classic slashers like 1978’s “Halloween,” iconic comedies like “Hocus Pocus” and — perhaps controversially — “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” At this point, classic Halloween movies are not difficult to... This story Elevate your Halloween movie night with 5 unconventional picks appeared first on Washington Square News.| Washington Square News
NYU senior leadership should unequivocally reject the “Compact of Academic Excellence in Higher Education” that the Trump administration’s Department of Education has pressured all U.S. universities to sign. The compact is extortionary, repressive and unconstitutional. It has been rightly compared to a “loyalty oath,” conditioning federal funding for universities on the latter accepting a wide-ranging... This story NYU must reject Trump’s coercive ‘compact’ appeared first on W...| Washington Square News
I spent my first year in London alongside a cohort of roughly 35 students through a Stern program called the First Year in London opportunity. The word at the end is noteworthy: opportunity. Nowadays, I observe my peers questioning the extent of this opportunity — sometimes, it feels like London was a one-way ticket to... This story Stern isn’t what I expected after a year abroad appeared first on Washington Square News.| Washington Square News
NYU’s Grossman School of Medicine placed No. 2 out of 154 medical schools on a ranking that ordered institutions based on their apparent diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, rewarding those that “resist the tide of wokeness.” The “Medical School Excellence Index,” published last month by new medical watchdog group Do No Harm, evaluated schools based... This story NYU Grossman ranks No. 2 in anti-‘wokeness’ evaluation appeared first on Washington Square News.| Washington Square News
One of the best parts of NYU is its proximity to the theater. In fact, the hypnotizing lights of Broadway are a mere 20-minute subway ride from Washington Square Park. Whether you’re a Chemistry major at the College of Arts & Science or an artist at Tisch School of the Arts, the wonderful world of... This story NYU schools as Broadway musicals appeared first on Washington Square News.| Washington Square News
NYU researchers partnered with Nigerian singer Adekunle Gold to launch an organization that uses music to reduce stigma and raise awareness around sickle cell disease, as a part of the university’s Arts & Impact Initiative launched last month. The project, titled “Building Engagement Through Music Artistry and Storytelling for Sickle Cell Disease” — or BEAT-SCD... This story Musicians destigmatize sickle cell disease with NYU researchers appeared first on Washington Square News.| Washington Square News
With its smooth vocals and lustrous instrumentals, Miguel’s “CAOS” seems like a continuation of his previous R&B work upon first listen. But unlike his past releases, the project experiments with dissonance and distortion, both in sound and its depiction of personal journey. “CAOS” lays bare Miguel’s struggles in reconciling his Black and Mexican identity, turning...| Washington Square News
Jewish students from NYU, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology testified about their experiences with antisemitism on campus since the start of the Israel-Hamas war at a news briefing held by House Republicans on Tuesday. The students, among them NYU junior Bella Ingber, criticized their respective universities for their...| Washington Square News
Josh Groban’s Find Your Light Foundation, which has previously collaborated with students from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, raised a record $1.5 million in support of arts education programs at its second-annual benefit concert Wednesday night. The concert, hosted by Groban in Jazz at Lincoln Center, presented performances from Jordan Fisher, Norah Jones and...| Washington Square News
Graduating GSAS students are barred from wearing “decorated caps, sashes, stoles, cords, pins, scarves” at their school-specific convocation ceremonies due to “safety and security” concerns, administrators told students in a Thursday email. The convocation team also said that they will halt the event if any graduate “attempts to disrupt” the procedures, following a wave of...| Washington Square News
Dozens of students, many wearing keffiyeh scarves and booing in dissent, walked out of this year’s commencement ceremony at Yankee Stadium as NYU president Linda Mills gave her address to graduates. Mills, who opened her speech with a quote from the Broadway musical “Wicked,” did not directly address recent protests and arrests on campus. Some...| Washington Square News
Last week, ABC announced that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” would be on pause indefinitely following a statement that Kimmel made on air about MAGA benefiting politically from Charlie Kirk’s killing. President Trump took action against a pillar of American broadcasting, merely because Kimmel mocked the President for responding to news of Charlie Kirk’s death with exciting...| Washington Square News
When you finally decide that it’s time for a break from seeing all of your classmates at the dining hall and you go out to dinner for a change, you’ll realize that no matter where you go, you can’t escape your peers. For a school with over 29,000 undergraduate students, you might think it would...| Washington Square News
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NYU’s Office of Student Conduct is allegedly requiring that some students arrested at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment in Gould Plaza write “reflection papers” and complete “dozens of writing assignments,” a recent Faculty & Staff for Justice in Palestine press release stated. The release said that in emails sent last week, the university informed students they...| Washington Square News
NYU suspended nine students who participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Bobst Library’s atrium Friday afternoon, a recent NYU Palestine Solidarity Coalition press release states. A university spokesperson had told WSN that students who participated in the protests, which took place in the lobby and outside the building, would “be subject to the university’s disciplinary...| Washington Square News
More than 5,000 NYU alumni sent letters to administrators demanding that the university remove police from campus and meet the demands of the NYU Palestine Solidarity Coalition — including divestment from companies with ties to Israel and pardoning disciplinary action against students and faculty participating in pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus. The letter, written by the...| Washington Square News
This is a developing story, check back for updates. Around 14 students were arrested in a sweep of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment outside the Paulson Center early Friday morning, NYU’s Palestine Solidarity Coalition confirmed in a recent statement. Tents and supplies at the encampment, which was set up on the Greene Street Walk last week,...| Washington Square News
President Linda Mills said less than half of the protesters arrested at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment in Gould Plaza “were current NYU students, faculty or staff” in a universitywide email earlier this evening. Mills stated that hundreds of demonstrators on campus last Monday “did not have permission to be at NYU” and “significantly threatened” the...| Washington Square News
NYU terminated a postdoctoral instructor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences earlier this month, after he was seen taking down posters of hostages taken by Hamas, a Faculty & Staff for Justice in Palestine statement said and a copy of a termination letter obtained by WSN confirmed. The instructor, Darren King, appears to have...| Washington Square News
The NYU School of Law is demanding that 31 students contractually pledge to halt protests in order to access campus buildings following a pro-Palestinian sit-in outside Dean Troy McKenzie’s office last week. The move has sparked criticism from hundreds of students and legal organizations who argue that it violates the First Amendment and inhibits students...| Washington Square News
Graduates across NYU’s schools wore keffiyeh scarves, carried signs and held Palestinian flags at their respective graduation ceremonies last week in protest of the war in Gaza and the university’s recent crackdown on pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus, which have led to dozens of student and faculty arrests. NYU president Linda Mills — who has faced...| Washington Square News
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Executive Vice President Martin Dorph will retire in October after 18 years at NYU, President Linda Mills announced in a Friday memo to senior leadership. Dorph, one the longest standing members of the university’s administration, has overseen all university business and administrative operations since 2015 after previously serving as its chief financial officer. Dorph oversees...| Washington Square News
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NYU spokesperson John Beckman will retire at the end of 2025 after 29 years at the university, President Linda Mills announced in a Tuesday email to senior administrators. Kyle Kimball, vice president for government relations and community engagement, will also step down in early September. Mills said that the departures are “entirely independent.” Beckman and...| Washington Square News
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” css=””] For 13 years, Lisa White was a steady presence in the emergency department at NYU Langone Health’s hospital in Brooklyn. A charge nurse with a doctorate of nursing practice, she spent the past three decades caring for the people of the New York tri-state area. But last fall, just weeks after undergoing...| Washington Square News
Dozens of graduates and faculty quietly called for expanded free speech policies and divestment from companies with ties to Israel at NYU’s school-specific graduation ceremonies, just days after NYU said it was withholding the diploma of a Gallatin graduating student who condemned “atrocities currently happening in Palestine” in his ceremonial speech. During the Tisch School...| Washington Square News
NYU is withholding the diploma of a Gallatin graduate after he condemned “the atrocities currently happening in Palestine” during his speech at the school’s graduation ceremony on Wednesday. The university has faced significant pushback for its decision from several student, faculty, alumni and civil rights groups. Logan Rozos, the student speaker at this year’s ceremony,...| Washington Square News
Dozens of graduates booed and some wearing keffiyehs walked out of Yankee Stadium during NYU President Linda Mills’ commencement address on Thursday, marking the second year in a row that students left the arena in protest of NYU’s continued crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech amid a federal attack on higher education. Mills, whose speech focused on...| Washington Square News
Former “Saturday Night Live” star Molly Shannon told graduates to push through challenges and embrace their talents in a recount of her postgraduate years spent searching for work during her honorary address to tens of thousands of students and guests at NYU’s 192nd commencement exercises on Thursday. Shannon, a three-time Primetime Emmy nominee and Screen...| Washington Square News
A sea of violet robes flooded Yankee Stadium on Thursday morning as nearly 30,000 graduates and guests entered the arena in celebration of NYU’s class of 2025, amid what President Linda Mills called “times of intense change” in the wake of a federal crackdown on higher education. The May 15 ceremony opened with a mashup...| Washington Square News
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeInUp” css=””]For 60 years, the NYU Grossman School of Medicine invited students to join its Medical Scientist Training Program — a federally funded, dual-degree MD-Ph.D. program — and develop the specialized skillset of physician-scientists. However, the tradition came to a halt when administrators suddenly rescinded nine prospective students’ acceptances in January after losing the...| Washington Square News
Guest essays reflect opinions from writers beyond WSN. If you’d like to submit a guest essay for consideration, please email opinion@nyunews.com. I write this as an open letter to our university’s Office of the President, as all other open requests for constructive conversation remain ignored or sabotaged — and I mean it to be an invitation,...| Washington Square News
Guest essays reflect opinions from writers beyond WSN. If you’d like to submit a guest essay for consideration, please email opinion@nyunews.com. The Graduate School of Arts & Science 2025 convocation webpage features a smiling graduate wearing a kente cloth stole. Kente is a millenia-old West African weaving technique, taken up in the 1970s in the...| Washington Square News
Four years later, my Brightspace page is still glitchy and Bobst Library’s fluorescent lighting is still dizzying and disorienting. I’ve lost my NYU ID in every nook and cranny of campus and dining hall food has certainly given me a mild case of food poisoning — but that’s not why I feel sick. The violet...| Washington Square News
Dear readers, Three years ago, I stepped into the basement of Third Avenue North and, unbeknownst to me, began a long journey at the Washington Square News. Coming to NYU, I was convinced I wanted to be a filmmaker, or at the very least work in something remotely cinema or arts-related. I was admitted into...| Washington Square News
With no shortage of contentions and controversies to cover at NYU, our tenure as news editors has been defined by record-late work times and countless all-nighters. When you’re stationed in the basement of Third Avenue North from late afternoons until early mornings, a caffeine boost is necessary — and Celsius has become a news-desk staple. ...| Washington Square News
As those last few assignments and exams hang over your head, remember that the torture will soon cease. Come May 14, the dark ages will officially end, and summer will be in full swing. There are a million ways to spend your summer: From bed rotting to globetrotting, it’s hard to figure out what option...| Washington Square News
NYU condemned a message from the People’s Solidarity Coalition which the university claims to have included “a deplorable ‘embrace’ of ‘armed struggle’” in a public statement Thursday, a message the group said was “intentionally misread.” In the statement, NYU spokesperson John Beckman said the university “is shocked” that members of the campus community would endorse...| Washington Square News
Some faculty and staff at NYU are threatening to withhold administrative work for the fall semester if senior leadership does not remove police from campus and pardon those facing disciplinary action for their participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations by Aug. 1, NYU’s Faculty & Staff for Justice in Palestine group announced this morning. The strike would...| Washington Square News
NYU said the Office of Student Conduct will begin looking at ways “to improve the quality” of reflection papers imposed on students arrested at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment in Gould Plaza later in the fall, after hundreds of faculty complained about the practice in a letter to university leadership. In the May 15 letter, over...| Washington Square News
