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Trump wins record support in blue New York

November 7, 2024 by Elena Xiang

Close-up of a hand holding a 2024 "I Voted" sticker in New York City.

The 2024 election marks a turning point in New York’s political landscape. This year, Donald Trump secured 44.2% of New York’s votes, outperforming all Republican candidates since 1992. Although New York has long been a Democratic stronghold, it’s showing signs of a conservative shift. “I just think the migrant crisis needs to be addressed. We […]

Filed Under: Election Coverage, News, Politics Tagged With: Brooklyn, Election, NYU, politics, Trump

NYU bans e-scooters from its halls, citing fire risk

September 24, 2024 by Jessica Brand

A food delivery worker rides an e-bike in New York City.

New York University has banned e-mobility devices powered by lithium-ion batteries, like e-scooters and e-bikes, from inside its buildings with immediate effect, though campus officials concede that the new safety measure might complicate some students’ and staff’s transportation to campus. Lithium-ion battery fires are now a leading cause of fire and fire death, according to […]

Filed Under: News, Politics, Uncategorized Tagged With: east village, New York City, NYC, NYU, nyu students

Making Order From the Chaos of the World – Helene Stapinski’s Journey as a Writer

March 28, 2024 by Viktoria Ivanova

It was the early 1990s. Helene was at an Italian street festival with her mother in her hometown, Jersey City. They were in line to order some food with one man waiting before them. Then, the worker at the counter looked Helene in the eyes and asked her what she’d like. “I think that guy […]

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Features, Literature Tagged With: career, journalism, NYU, profile

NYU Steinhardt debuts first opera on Iris Cantor stage

December 7, 2023 by Gabby Torres

NYU Steinhardt’s vocal performance program premieres its first opera in the new Iris Cantor Theatre with Gian Carlo Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors.” “It’s a great Christmas show that is different from shows like ‘The Nutcracker,’ but it is still very festive. I believe it will rejuvenate people’s joy for the holiday season,” states […]

Filed Under: Features, The Word Tagged With: art, east village, music, NYU, opera

VIDEO DISCOVERY: Rebooting NYU Stern Rugby

November 11, 2022 by David Cheung

Four people playing rugby

Since its establishment in 1996, NYU Stern Rugby has served as a club for enthusiasts, offering rugby to the NYU community, alumni, and even beyond, all within a university that doesn’t place a strong emphasis on sports and in a city not traditionally associated with rugby. However, the club faced abandonment due to the pandemic’s […]

Filed Under: COVID-19, Features, Health, Multimedia, News, Sports, Video Tagged With: NYU, nyu rugby, nyu sport, nyu stern rugby, rugby, rugby club, sport, sports club

NYU Student Wins NPR Podcast Competition

May 6, 2022 by ruby naylor

  In a podcast that won a $5,000 prize, NYU sophomore Aria Young weaves together interviews and personal storytelling to explore how she is reclaiming her heritage through her Chinese name. Young’s entry, “What’s in a Name,” placed first among 10 finalists and entries from 37 states in NPR’s 2022 College Podcast Challenge. The other nine […]

Filed Under: Multimedia, The Word Tagged With: NPR, NYU

Russian International Students Caught in the Economic Crossfire of the War in Ukraine

March 22, 2022 by Nathan Burke

Blue and yellow clothes dotted the hundred-strong crowd at Washington Square Park for the second Sunday in a row. Ukraine’s azure and gold banner waved in the air as its bearers paraded around the park’s iconic fountain at the heart of New York University. Activists hoisted signs with calls for peace and demands for an […]

Filed Under: News, The World, Ukraine Tagged With: New York City, NYU, nyu students, protest, Russia, Sanctions, students, Ukraine, Washington Square Park

Sam Pollard: An Awe-Inspiring Figure Chronicling the Black Experience

May 12, 2021 by Nathan Hughes

Harlem-born Sam Pollard, a filmmaker and Oscar nominated editor, has spent his entire career chronicling the Black American experience.  Pollard, now a professor of film at New York University for the last 27 years, found his passion for movies by watching the works of Howard Hawks, John Ford, and Alfred Hitchcock. He credits them for […]

Filed Under: Social Justice Tagged With: film, NYU, sam pollard

Online classes are a struggle for many international students

September 18, 2020 by Bry Leberthon

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Back to school for international students in their home countries means Zoom classes in the middle of the night and a fight to stay awake.  Vish Yadav, an New York University student  is back home in Pune, India and dealing with time zone changes that make attending and being alert for classes a struggle. He […]

Filed Under: COVID-19, Health, News, The Word Tagged With: international students, NYU, time zones, zoom

NYU students of color struggle under the weight of racial injustice

September 18, 2020 by Addison Aloian

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NYU students of color  are struggling months after the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd and having to face head on the cries of racial injustice that are sweeping the country and the backlash.  Sonali Burns, a junior,  said that the heaviness of the murders didn’t impact her at first because she […]

Filed Under: Social Justice, The Word Tagged With: anxiety, Black Lives Matter, LatinX, NYU, race, students

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