Around two dozen professors, students and Starbucks baristas from NYU and Hunter College demanded that administrators sever ties with the global chain at a teach-in at the Kimmel Center for University Life on Thursday. NYU’s chapter of Students Against Starbucks organized the event, in partnership with Starbucks Workers United and the university’s chapter of Young…
Over the past 10 days, students logging in to Brightspace or Albert may have noticed an unfamiliar sign-on screen. The universitywide change, which applies to all of NYU’s 100-plus online services, is part of a broader IT initiative to “strengthen security and streamline access.” Users are now required to enter their NetID email addresses with…
An NYU Wagner study found that more 24 to 29-year-olds are moving back with their parents, particularly among Black and Hispanic communities, which researchers said can worsen their “prospects for upward mobility.” The three researchers analyzed 3.5 million U.S. Census Bureau annual demographics surveys from 2006 to 2019. They found that within the 1.3% general…
NYU’s contract faculty union rejected administrators’ push to hire a third-party to mediate its negotiation sessions, claiming that the university is stalling on at least 14 proposals related to faculty wages, academic freedom and data privacy. NYU spokesperson John Beckman said on Wednesday that in an effort to “spur progress” between administrators and Contract Faculty…
NYU’s new supercomputer, launched earlier this month, is now the most powerful in New York state and across any higher education institution in the country. Five times faster than the university’s current supercomputer, “Torch” is programmed to meet increasing demands of researchers at NYU. The supercomputer is a cluster of servers combined to form one…
A panel of U.S. and French diplomats discussed the current state of international law and global conflicts at NYU’s La Maison Française Tuesday evening, as part of its two-year partnership with Normandie Pour La Paix. Organized by Guy Sorman, founder and honorary president of Action Contre La Faim, the event featured four speakers who addressed…
Professors across East Coast universities called for institutions to reject President Donald Trump’s contract offering “multiple positive benefits” to schools that meet a series of his political demands at an American Association of University Professors town hall at NYU’s Cantor Film Center on Tuesday. At the event, held by the New York Metro Coalition for…
Two decades before Zeke Virant helped build award-winning video games, he was a 10-year-old who was first exposed to the gaming world through his Apple II computer. That’s when he joined online messaging boards to team up with friends to practice their gaming skills. The player community was small then, as digital devices were not…
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…
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…
