Category: University News
PSC claims NYU ‘intentionally misread’ statement referencing armed struggle as an anti-colonial tactic
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…
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NYU reaches ‘confidential settlement’ with students in antisemitism suit
NYU reached a confidential monetary settlement in a November lawsuit filed by three Jewish students that accused the university of being indifferent toward antisemitic incidents on campus since the start of the war in Gaza, a joint statement from the two parties confirmed Tuesday. As part of the settlement, which was reached Monday morning, the…
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Georgina Dopico appointed NYU’s next provost after 2 years as interim
Georgina Dopico was named NYU’s new provost on Tuesday after holding the position in an interim capacity for nearly two years, ending a seven-month international search for a new chief academic officer. “Given NYU’s academic momentum, the wonderful colleagues with whom I work, our presence in New York and across the globe, there is nowhere…
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Protesters gather outside NYU Langone hospital condemning termination of labor nurse
Around 100 protesters gathered outside NYU Langone Health’s Tisch Hospital on Friday afternoon to demand that the medical center formally apologize to labor nurse Hesen Jabr, who was terminated in late May after she spoke about the suffering of women during the war in Gaza in her acceptance speech for a compassionate care award. The…
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NYU Langone CEO Robert Grossman and board chair Kenneth Langone to retire next year
NYU Langone Health CEO Robert Grossman and the medical center’s namesake Kenneth Langone, who chairs its board of trustees, will retire next year, Grossman announced Wednesday. A national search for Grossman’s successor “will begin soon” ahead of his retirement in August 2025, NYU Langone spokesperson Steve Ritea told WSN. Ritea also said Fiona Druckenmiller, co-chair…
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‘Extremely disturbing’: Concerns over academic freedom at NYU Abu Dhabi surface following policies restricting attire at graduation
New regulations at NYU Abu Dhabi’s commencement ceremony barred graduates from decorating their caps and gowns with scarves or symbols and carrying posters or “flag-like attire,” with one Ph.D. student allegedly detained for a week and deported after pulling out a keffiyeh at the event, multiple sources told WSN. The regulations reflected escalating concerns over…
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NYU Langone terminates nurse after speech about ‘current genocide in Gaza’
A labor nurse at NYU Langone Health was terminated earlier this month after she spoke about the suffering of women “during the current genocide in Gaza” in a speech when accepting an award for her work aiding mothers who had lost their children during pregnancy and childbirth. Hesen Jabr received this year’s Sebastian Brown Compassionate…
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Faculty group threatens NYU with service strike if demands are not met by fall
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…
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NYU leadership proposes budget of $4.3 billion for next academic year
NYU announced it proposed a budget of $4.3 billion for the 2024-25 academic year to the board of trustees in a universitywide memo last week, marking a 5% increase from last year’s $4.1 million. Under the budget — signed by interim provost Georgina Dopico and Executive Vice President Martin Dorph — the undergraduate cost of…
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OSC to ‘improve the quality’ of assignments imposed on students arrested in Gould Plaza after faculty complaints
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…
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