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NYU alum Maria Bartiromo — a voting member of the university’s board of trustees and avid supporter of U.S. President Do...
09/04/2026

NYU alum Maria Bartiromo — a voting member of the university’s board of trustees and avid supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump — abruptly left her anchor role at Fox News on Thursday, after working for over a dozen years on the network.

Fox News did not specify a reason for Bartiromo’s departure in its Thursday announcement, but stated that they would cut ties “effective immediately.” The move comes after Bartiromo reportedly leaked internal Fox communications to the White House — revealing that company executives told journalists to ignore Trump’s “delusional claims” about election security during his July primetime address.

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More than 8,000 New Yorkers petitioned to stop NYU Langone Health from closing a Kips Bay movie theatre after it was ann...
09/03/2026

More than 8,000 New Yorkers petitioned to stop NYU Langone Health from closing a Kips Bay movie theatre after it was announced that the hospital giant purchased the site. NYU also began discussions with the Tokyo government to consider a Japan study-away site, and opened a Brooklyn cybersecurity clinic to defend vulnerable organisations from cyber attacks.

As you kick off the new academic year, take a look at some of the news around NYU you might have missed over the summer.

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Thousands of first-years filled the Barclays Center on Monday for NYU’s biannual Presidential Welcome Reality Show — whe...
09/01/2026

Thousands of first-years filled the Barclays Center on Monday for NYU’s biannual Presidential Welcome Reality Show — where university president Linda Mills encouraged them to build unlikely friendships, embrace offline connections and overcome obstacles.

When they got to their seats in the Brooklyn venue, students received a tote bag with a journal and two pamphlets advertising The NEST, a device-free lounge in the Kimmel Center for University Life, and the “NYU IRL Phone Breakup Challenge.” Slated to begin Sept. 28, the challenge aims to motivate students to use their phones less with weekly assignments and incentives.

The Presidential Welcome Reality Show was hosted at the Barclays Center for the first time since 2018, after it was hosted at Radio City Music Hall every year since. Mills kicked off the 90-minute event with a speech, before students performed a sketch-comedy musical to introduce first-years to NYU’s health and safety resources.

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Welcome Home is WSN’s first Under the Arch issue of the academic year. The magazine is tailored to incoming students, fe...
08/27/2026

Welcome Home is WSN’s first Under the Arch issue of the academic year. The magazine is tailored to incoming students, featuring a variety of guides and personal accounts to help you make the most of your time at NYU.

You can pick up Welcome Home magazines at newsstands around campus, including Bobst Library, the Kimmel Center for University Life and some residence halls.

Click the link in our bio to read this semester’s first issue of Under the Arch.

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The U.S. Department of Defense ordered NYU to cut academic and financial ties with “foreign entities of concern” by Aug....
08/21/2026

The U.S. Department of Defense ordered NYU to cut academic and financial ties with “foreign entities of concern” by Aug. 31, threatening to slash the university’s federal research funding if it fails to comply.

NYU was one of 30 U.S. universities told to submit a comprehensive audit of partnerships with institutions based in China, Russia and Iran that, according to the Pentagon, could exploit federally funded research. While the Defense Department did not name the specific schools in its Monday announcement, officials anonymously shared the entire list with media outlets such as DefenseScoop and The Guardian.

In a statement to WSN, NYU spokesperson Joseph Tirella said administrators are “reviewing the Department’s request.”

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07/10/2026

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A federal judge temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Justice from seeking NYU Langone Health’s records on children...
06/25/2026

A federal judge temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Justice from seeking NYU Langone Health’s records on children who received gender-affirming care.

On Wednesday — the medical center’s deadline on a federal subpoena demanding those records — the Manhattan judge, Katherine Polk Failla, gave the department a temporary restraining order until further notice. In a conference call with lawyers, Failla said she was concerned by the extent of information the federal government requested in its grand jury subpoena, issued last month.

“Because I cannot conceive of a crime that would require the breadth of disclosure sought in the subpoena — identifying and sensitive medical information for an entire class of people for a six-year period — I have to find that the government’s interest does not outweigh the plaintiffs’ interest in privacy,” Failla told attorneys, The New York Times reported.

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NYU’s chapter of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity has been temporarily suspended amid an ongoing investigation into sexual h...
06/15/2026

NYU’s chapter of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity has been temporarily suspended amid an ongoing investigation into sexual harassment, hazing and antisemitism allegations.

Last month, an Instagram account called “The ZBT Files” began posting photographs, videos and screenshots of group chats depicting ZBT members participating in sexual assault and hazing rituals. The anonymous account — which has since shared over 90 pieces of evidence — has garnered over 10,700 followers.

NYU spokesperson Joseph Tirella said administrators are investigating the chapter “for allegations of serious violations” to student conduct and non-discrimination policies. Suspended on an “interim basis,” the group cannot recruit or host activities until the investigation concludes.

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